Born and (mostly) raised in Calgary, Karl has been taking courses on and off at AU since 1999. At one point, he changed his major from Computing Science to Computing Science because the new program requirements fit what he’d already taken better. Since then, he switched to English and graduated (w/Great Distinction he likes to add) proving along the way that it is entirely possible to complete an entire AU course within a three week period. If only he had done this at the beginning of the course instead of in the last extension.
This is not something he advises unless you are desperate, masochistic, or, ideally, both.
He is currently the managing editor of The Voice Magazine, where he tries to put his education to use helping other students as they provide content for The Voice
I’ve got another article you need to read. This one about former AUSU President, Karen Fletcher. She joined an international contest, “Map the System”, and became one of six finalists that gave their presentation as Oxford. Her presentation revolved around how the connections between systems can fail students even though people in each system want… Read more »
Summer is well and truly here, as evidenced by how few events we have in the AU-thentic Events column. Folks at AU are busy with summer holidays and other activities that mean there’s fewer extra activities in the university community itself. This week, the gestalt seems to be landing upon trains, as the Fly on… Read more »
Go here, watch the video. Do it now. I’ll wait. This is the kind of thing that AU researchers are helping to spearhead, and, old fogey though I may be, I think it might be something that works, not only to promote its own message but also that of AU as a university that people… Read more »
The news sites this week have all been agog following the imaginary tale of the Titan, the doomed submersible that went in search of the Titanic. Story after story came out postulating what might have happened, what the situation might be for the people below, how long could they possibly hold out, the various timelines… Read more »
This week marks the last installment of “Dear Barb” in The Voice Magazine. Barb let me know with her regular submission that, after nearly 20 years of writing advice for various personal and health related issues, she was feeling she’d done all she could in this area. In addition, she’s done a number of one-off… Read more »
It’s convocation day! While at AU you can graduate on any day of the year, each year AU holds a celebration of those who’ve managed to complete their programs, with events held both in person and online, AU has a convocation ceremony that includes a brief bio of every student who crosses the stage, as… Read more »
There’ve been a few small changes happening behind the scenes at the Voice Magazine lately. One is that the magazine is coming out a little later on Friday than it used to. This is something that I hope to address in the coming weeks. But various health and personal issues have forced me to be… Read more »
The election is over, the results as was suggested would happen by the previous polls, and Danielle Smith and the UCP have retained a majority government, albeit a much smaller one. While it would have taken less than 2000 votes in crucial ridings to send things the other way, our first past the post system… Read more »
Each week, I get to pick three articles that I want to feature on the website. These three are “above the fold” as it were and are more likely to have people click into them to check them out. Naturally, the first thing that goes into these is our student interviews. Meeting fellow students, being… Read more »
Last night the one and only leader’s debate was held for the main contenders for the Alberta election, and the winner was the media. I don’t think there’s anybody else who could be said to have gained significantly from the entire affair, not the parties, not the leaders, and certainly not the viewers watching. Normally… Read more »