Scholarship name: AUSU Annual Awards Sponsored by: AUSU Deadline: October 31, 2023 Potential payout: up to $1000 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be undergrad students at AU; see individual awards for specific eligibility requirements. What’s required: An online application form, and supporting documents as indicated for each award. Tips: The online application form is available beginning… Read more »
Consent Awareness Week The Athabasca University Students’ Union (AUSU) is proud to support the Possibility Seeds’ Courage to Act project, a national Consent Awareness Week with community partners across Canada, running annually during the third week of September. Consent education and preventing sexual violence are every bit as important for online as for in-person campuses…. Read more »
As the remnants of Hurricane Lee churned up the east coast last week, we chased down some storm activity from Voices past.. Another stormed named Lee. This Click of the Wrist column provides links to help learn about, and prepare for, tropical-storm effects in Canada. “Although the season runs from June to November, September is… Read more »
Indigenous Student Week What is the I in FNMI? Mon, Sep 25, 5:00 to 6:00 pm MDT Online Hosted by AUSU www.ausu.org/event/whatistheiinfnmi/ RSVP through above link Library Chat Tues, Sep 26, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page FGS Developing… Read more »
Scholarship name: Pretty Actions Scholarship Sponsored by: Pretty Photoshop Actions Deadline: October 15, 2023 Potential payout: $500 USD Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be either high school seniors, students transitioning to university or college, or already enrolled at a university or college in Canada or the U.S. What’s required: An email with contact and academic info,… Read more »
Facebook MATH 265 Help? Students posted that they struggled with Math 265 after one requested resources. One student replied with a resource from Reddit on the topic of Math 265 learning aids. The Reddit post lists YouTube and Khan Academy tutorials that will aid the student in achieving success: https://www.reddit.com/r/AthabascaUniversity/comments/v25qmv/course_review_math_265/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Reddit How to get started… Read more »
Facebook AI teaches interpersonal communications?! A student jokes that her Interpersonal Communications class involves interacting with AI. Another student asks if it’s COM 329. Yet another student jokes that she preferred the class as an introvert and mentions that the final essay is about AI. Reddit Plan your major with Degree Works. A student is… Read more »
Library Chat Tues, Sep 19, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page What’s age got to do with it? Writing as a mature student Tues, Sep 19, 12:30 to 1:30 pm MDT Online via Microsoft Teams Hosted by AU’s Write… Read more »
Scholarship name: Pretty Actions Scholarship Sponsored by: Pretty Photoshop Actions Deadline: October 15, 2023 Potential payout: $500 USD Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be either high school seniors, students transitioning to university or college, or already enrolled at a university or college in Canada or the U.S. What’s required: An email with contact and academic info,… Read more »
Last week’s devastating earthquake in Morocco got us digging around to see what Voice writers had to say about that area. The fourth R. Jason Sullivan examines the structure Morocco’s education system developed after its 1956 independence from France. “Education in Morocco was always about more than just learning the three R’s or learning about… Read more »