Spearheading AU’s Middle States accreditation efforts are Nancy Parker (liaison officer), Sandy Sales (committee recording secretary), and Ken Collier (committee chair). Athabasca University is proceeding with its efforts to achieve full accreditation with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, an accomplishment that will help facilitate AU’s expansion into the US market. Ken Collier, chair… Read more »
Science Outreach Update Robert Holmberg, Associate Professor, Biology, reports on recent activities of Science Outreach – Athabasca: Conservation in the Boreal Forest Elston Dzus from Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries spoke at AU Central on March 20 as part of Science Outreach’s public presentations. Many Albertans have little knowledge about this secretive member of the deer family… Read more »
SME Playwright Centre for Language and Literature professor Dave Brundage reports that Vern Thiessen has been hired on an SME (subject matter expert) contract, to help Dave develop English 402: Writing for Performance. Dave says that Vern has already found some promising sites; and they will be amalgamating these into a senior level course in… Read more »
New Governing Council Member Athabasca University is pleased to announce that the Lieutenant Governor in Council has appointed Joy Romero as a member of the Athabasca University Governing Council. Ms. Romero is presently the Director, Bitumen Production at Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. in Calgary, where she resides. She has served in various leadership roles in… Read more »
Continuing the series of Things You Should Know About the Library, librarian Elaine Magusin shares additional Frequently Asked Questions: Q: I have been looking at the library website and noticed something called the Digital Reference Centre. What is it? A: The Digital Reference Centre (DRC) is a list of websites and subscription sources that AU… Read more »
Distinguished Alumni Award Audrey-Lynn Karperien is the recipient of the 2002 Distinguished Alumni Award. She graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of General Studies with great distinction and although her numerous scholarships and appearances on the honour’s list would suggest otherwise, Audrey didn’t devote all her energies to her studies. She has been an active… Read more »
Continuing the series of Things You Should Know About the Library, librarian Elaine Magusin shares additional Frequently Asked Questions: Q: Why do I have to enter my username and password to get into the databases? A: The journal databases are subscription-based products. The AU Library has purchased subscriptions to these databases for the use of… Read more »
From Alberta … It’s CDE Live! The Centre for Distance Education continues to break new ground in its online teaching techniques. Here, Dr. Jon Baggaley climbs inside a PowerPoint presentation for a live presentation to his MDDE662 class. “The students contribute to the online seminars via live audio and video,” says Jon. MDE student Jim… Read more »
Continuing the series of Things You Should Know About the Library, librarian Elaine Magusin shares additional Frequently Asked Questions: Q: I’m a new staff member at the university and would like to know how long the loan periods are on library materials. Are there overdue fines? A: Loan periods for staff are different than those… Read more »
AU’s list of honours continues to grow: the School of Business has been recognized with an E-Business Leadership Award. Awards were presented Nov. 28 in Edmonton to eight Alberta companies, communities and not-for-profit organizations that have demonstrated leadership and success in electronic commerce, learning, community support and other innovative ways of using the Internet. Singled… Read more »