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AUSU Update – New 2010 AUSU Handbook/Planners

New 2010 AUSU Handbook/Planners The new AUSU Handbook/Planners are in the final stages of creation, and should be available within the next couple of months. We had great response on it being full colour, so we’ll be doing that once more. Also, numerous suggestions for improvements have been heard and we’re fitting in what we… Read more »

Around eCampus – Linda McCloud-Bondoc

Linda McCloud-Bondoc is the Academic Coordinator in charge of overseeing AU’s Write Site. As such, she supervises ?the entire range of Write Site services, which includes writing assessments, writing coaching, and selection and updating of online resources.? She is also ?responsible for collaborating with other departments at AU to develop appropriate writing resources and standards… Read more »

Maghreb Voices – The German Mujahid

Book: Boualem Sansal, The German Mujahid Publisher: Europa Editions Publication date: 2009 Translated by Frank Wynne from the French title Le Village de l?Allemand ou Le Journal des Frères Schiller Reconciling the Irreconcilable ?Solemn judgement gives the crimes back their full horror and restores to the guilty some part of their lost humanity. Silence perpetuates… Read more »

AUSU Update – New 2010 AUSU Handbook/Planners

New 2010 AUSU Handbook/Planners The new AUSU Handbook/Planners are in the final stages of creation, and should be available within the next couple of months. We had great response on it being full colour, so we’ll be doing that once more. Also, numerous suggestions for improvements have been heard and we’re fitting in what we… Read more »

Around eCampus – Cindy Kilborn

Cindy Kilborn spent 22 years as the Administrative Manager of a large Edmonton law firm before retiring in 1991. After moving to Baptiste Lake and ?spending a couple of years being ?retired,?? however, Kilborn decided that she ?much preferred working? and joined AU as the Manager of Learning Services Tutorial in 1996. In January of… Read more »

Dear Barb – Constant Need for Reassurance Takes a Toll

Dear Barb: I’ve been involved with a woman for the past six months. We are both in our mid-thirties and are divorced. We really connected and got along fantastic at the beginning. In fact, I thought everything was going well until a few months ago when she seemed to become very insecure and had doubts… Read more »

From Where I Sit – A Bold Prediction

I don’t know what astrologers and clairvoyants have said about 2010 but based on what I’ve seen less than two weeks in I predict the craziness will continue. From matters sublime to sordid, from issues vital to vacuous, from people astute to asinine, there is no compelling indication that this year will be any better… Read more »