WINNIPEG (CUP) — Many students are forced to reduce their course loads to get involved with their university, to earn money to pay for their education or for medical reasons. But when they do, Canada Student Loans is often the largest barrier they face. Students who switch to part-time status, or drop out altogether, quickly… Read more »
Next time you visit Athabasca University’s home page, check out the ?I Stand Out? banner at the top of the page. The banner features photos of AU students in their home towns. But did you know the banner is interactive? Click on the banner and you’ll enter a mini site. Along with links to courses,… Read more »
On February 5, AU’s Learning Link Office in the HUB Mall at the University of Alberta celebrated its one-year anniversary! Cindy Koziej and Jordanna Chipiuk hosted the celebration, and refreshments and prizes greeted visitors to the Learning Link, including AU staff members and U of A students and staff. Karen Wong, director of Learner Support… Read more »
Are you an AU grad student? If you are, do you know about all the services and information available to you through the Athabasca University Graduate Students’ Association (AUGSA)? Created in 2007, the AUGSA is ?dedicated to serving its students worldwide, by promoting a global community and acting as a liaison between students and the… Read more »
At Home: More winter on the way for Canadians Environment Canada’s senior climatologist has some fashion news for Canadians: leave the spring bonnets in storage and hold onto your toque. Spring may officially be here, but the cold weather isn’t going away anytime soon. As the CBC reported, David Phillips cautions that ?Canadians won’t see… Read more »
It’s a sure sign that both Easter and warm weather are in the air when images of rabbits, eggs, and fluffy chicks start appearing everywhere. In the interest of all things spring-like?including weather, clothing, and moods?this week’s Click took a stroll on the sunny side, and discovered there’s more to these icons than pastel-coloured egg… Read more »
EDMONTON (CUP) — A national shortage of computer science graduates has the industry scrambling to find employees, but fewer and fewer women are taking part in those programs. Today, only half as many women as in the 1970s are completing computer science degrees, and academics are trying to figure out why. ?Twenty years ago, more… Read more »
Next time you visit Athabasca University’s home page, check out the ?I Stand Out? banner at the top of the page. The banner features photos of AU students in their home towns. But did you know the banner is interactive? Click on the banner and you’ll enter a mini site. Along with links to courses,… Read more »
At Home: P.E.I. pop can bust A man in Prince Edward Island lost close to 10,000 cans of pop to a seizure by the provincial environmental agency in charge of upholding the pop can laws there. To date, this is the largest pop can bust in the history of P.E.I. In 1984 Prince Edward Island… Read more »
Are you an AU grad student? If you are, do you know about all the services and information available to you through the Athabasca University Graduate Students’ Association (AUGSA)? Created in 2007, the AUGSA is ?dedicated to serving its students worldwide, by promoting a global community and acting as a liaison between students and the… Read more »