Student Sizzle! – AU Social Media

Following What’s Hot!

Activity on AUSU’s Forums has picked up since The Voice Magazine’s June 12, 2015 article, “Dismantling the AUSU Forum”. Elsewhere, many students seem to be wrapping up courses before the summer.

AUSU Student Forums
In the Course Discussions forum, user KALinton seeks information on the format of POLI 277 assignments.
Other topics include student e-mail addresses, curling, online exams, and courses ECON 401 and PHIL 252.

AthaU Facebook Group
Marcy wants to know if numeric grades are rounded up or down to the nearest whole number when determining the final letter grade on a course. Kevin posts links to some online resources students can use to reduce eye-strain when reading from computer screens. Carla seeks input on whether Arts majors feel disadvantaged at university and in the workplace.
Other posts include exam-day glitches, waiting for final grades to be posted, the future of AU, and courses ADMN 404, EDUC 406, ENGL 255, HSRV 420, and PSYC 289.

Twitter
@AthabascaU tweets: “Another happy day for AU as it receives pair of #NSERC #research grants http://ow.ly/ODUfP Congratulations!”
@AthabascaUSU (AUSU) tweets: “Result are in from our AUSU Services Survey! We heard you, AUSU members! Stay tuned for exciting new developments! http://bit.ly/1GENLxU