Welcome to part two of The Voice 2004 convocation coverage. Last week we featured short interviews with ten of AU’s newest grads. This week’s coverage includes a convocation photo album, and many other convocation themed articles throughout this issue. We hope you enjoy this extra-large, two-week edition of The Voice. Look for a new issue… Read more »
Once again, I had the privilege of attending Athabasca University’s crown jewel performance – Convocation 2004. The university catch phrase most often heard regarding convocation is “this is why we are here,” and you truly get a sense that convocation is the highlight of the year, the reason why the university exists. Every time I… Read more »
AU’s newest grads flocked to Athabasca this past weekend to collect their parchments and visit their alma mater. For many, it was the first time they had laid eyes on AU’s main campus, which is visited by only a small number of students each year, primarily science students attending summer labs. This year’s graduates were… Read more »
Are you ready to graduate? AU convocation 2004 takes place this year over the June 11th to 12th weekend. The undergraduate ceremony is on Friday June 11th, and the graduate ceremony is on Saturday, June 12th. You may be eligible to convocate this June if you have finished all of your degree requirements. Students who… Read more »
I’m looking for the face I had Before the world was made — W.B. Yeats Sometimes, standing before the bathroom mirror, I find myself confronting the wraith. Like a swamp creature, he rises up to meet me as if from the depths of a great dark pool. In a gesture of friendship or demonstration of… Read more »
Are you ready to graduate? AU convocation 2004 takes place this year over the June 11th to 12th weekend. The undergraduate ceremony is on Friday June 11th, and the graduate ceremony is on Saturday, June 12th. You may be eligible to convocate this June if you have finished all of your degree requirements. Students who… Read more »
Are you ready to graduate? AU convocation 2004 takes place this year over the June 11th to 12th weekend. The undergraduate ceremony is on Friday June 11th, and the graduate ceremony is on Saturday, June 12th. You may be eligible to convocate this June if you have finished all of your degree requirements. Students who… Read more »
As if AU didn’t have enough to overcome… If you live in Alberta, you’re probably already sick of hearing about Ralph Klein and the heavily plagiarized essay he submitted to the Alberta legislature last week in a bizarre attempt to worm his academic work into an entirely unrelated discussion on insurance rates. Klein clearly wanted… Read more »