Scholarship name:  Odenza Marketing Group Scholarship Sponsored by:  Odenza Marketing Group Deadline:  November 15, 2023 Potential payout:  $500 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be between the ages of 16 and 25 as of the scholarship deadline date; be citizens of Canada or the U.S.; be high school students, or post-secondary students with at least one full… Read more »

The top news stories these past few weeks have revolved around Israel and Gaza.  Like other media outlets, we struggled to reach some balance in our Vintage Voice featured articles. Cooperative isolation.  Jason Sullivan describes the kibbutz movement in Israel through the lens of education.  “Not unlike a church with its Sunday-school component, kibbutz schools… Read more »

Scholarship name:  10 Words or Less Scholarship Sponsored by:  StudentScholarships.org Deadline:  November 15, 2023 Potential payout:  $1000 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be students between the ages of 14 and 25 who will be attending school in Canada or the U.S. in the Fall of 2024. What’s required:  A comment on any post on the My… Read more »

AU students will be interested to know that October 20 is Information Overload Day (though perhaps that event should be marked every day.)  We waded through the archives to find some articles dealing with that concept. Transferable skills.  Debbie Jabbour calls on her experience as a distance student to help in her new job involving… Read more »

Facebook How to contact your academic expert? A student tried to contact her academic expert at AU through the student help centre.  However, the help centre sends the student a dead-end message to submit a request to the student help centre.  As a result, the student asks how to contact an actual human.  One student replies… Read more »

Library Chat Tues, Oct 24, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page Faculty of Business Undergrad Program Orientation for New Students Tues, Oct 24, 12:00 to 1:00 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Faculty of Business news.athabascau.ca/events/faculty-of-business-undergraduate-program-orientation-for-new-students-20231024/ RSVP through above… Read more »

Library Chat Tues, Oct 17, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page How to APA: The essentials of formatting, citing, and paraphrasing Tues, Oct 17, 12:30 to 2:00 pm MDT Online via Microsoft Teams Hosted by AU’s Write Site news.athabascau.ca/events/how-to-apa-the-essentials-of-formatting-citing-and-paraphrasing-4/… Read more »

Scholarship name:  10 Words or Less Scholarship Sponsored by:  StudentScholarships.org Deadline:  November 15, 2023 Potential payout:  $1000 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be students between the ages of 14 and 25 who will be attending school in Canada or the U.S. in the Fall of 2024. What’s required:  A comment on any post on the My… Read more »

While some folks view Friday the 13th with superstition, others claim it is a day of good luck for them.  Either way, you may enjoy these vintage articles about luck. With a bit of luck, we may survive this.  Wayne E. Benedict reminisces on a few back-country experiences that turned out well despite how they… Read more »

Facebook What happens to funding if I fail a course? A student asks what happens if she fails a class. For instance, if she fails a course or two, does she lose her student loan? And if she pays it back, can she then re-access funding? Another student said that a fail required the student to… Read more »