Posts By: The Voice

The Voice

The Voice is the collective presence of the writers who submit on behalf of the magazine. All praise to them!

Research Assistant Opportunity!

If you thought your social media platforms were the main culprits for gathering every modicum of personal information about your digital life, think again.  It turns out that “Learning systems like Moodle and Brightspace store comprehensive log data about students’ and educators’ behaviours and actions.” So, even humbler and bookish academic platforms like Moodle gather… Read more »

Student Sizzle—AU Social Media

Facebook: Transferring from AU. A student asks for feedback on experiences with transferring from AU to another university. Most responses indicated that AU is considerably more difficult than other universities, given its self-directed study format. In another post, a student indicates that AU’s computer science program has a lot of readings but not enough programming…. Read more »

Vintage Voice

We’re at the tail end of Random Acts of Kindness week (Feb 11 to 17), which culminates in Random Acts of Kindness Day on February 17.  We were pleased, but not at all surprised, to discover many articles in The Voice‘s archives on this kindness movement. From one student to another.  Debbie Jabbour, who was… Read more »

Scholarship of the Week

Scholarship name:  Troop 17 Scholarship Sponsored by:  RCMP Deadline:  March 31, 2024, 11:59pm PST Potential payout:  $1000 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents, and must be enrolled full-time in an accredited Canadian university or college.  Refer to application form for full eligibility requirements. What’s required:  An email with a completed application… Read more »

Scholarship of the Week

Scholarship name:  UCT Heaston Scholarships Sponsored by:  United Commercial Travelers (UCT) Deadline:  March 15, 2024 Potential payout:  up to $6000 per year Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be high-school seniors who are enrolled and entering a undergraduate university or college program in the coming academic year. What’s required:  A completed application form, along with a personal… Read more »

Vintage Voice

Hungry students will be interested to know that February 9 is National Pizza Day.  Similar to that food’s myriad variety, we found a multiplicity of pizza references in the archives. In praise of battleaxes.  Bill Pollett makes the case that the world could use more people like his blunt-talking, pizza-toting friend, Linda.  “By her own… Read more »

Research Assistant Opportunity!

As a student you may be familiar with platforms like Moodle, Blackboard, and Bright Space.  What you may not know is how little is understood about such platform’s relative efficacy, in terms of quantifiable participant statistics.  Despite feedback from pupils to tutors, such “data is very difficult to access and interpret by instructors and learning… Read more »

AU-Thentic Events

Library Chat Tues, Feb 13, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MST Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page Learning MLA Tues, Feb 13, 12:30 to 2:00 pm MST Online via MS Teams Hosted by AU Write Site www.athabascau.ca/news/events/learning-mla-2 Register through above link AUSU Student Council Election… Read more »

Student Sizzle

Facebook: Consider taking funded spring/summer classes! One student inquires about the possibility of receiving funding for a third semester in a year. Another student responds that it is indeed possible to receive funding for a third term, which is known as an intercession period. However, the funding for intercession periods is typically less than the… Read more »

Vintage Voice

February 2 is Groundhog Day in North America.  Now that you’ve got your late-winter forecast, join us as we dig around for some of the critters in the archives. Move over, Bill Murray.  Erik Ditz beats the late-winter blues by providing some tips on movie, music, and book gems.  “Around this time of year, it… Read more »