Lauren is a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technician in Winnipeg, Manitoba and is currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Science program at Athabasca University. In her spare time, she loves meeting new people, exploring, playing sports, and going to ballet shows. This is her story. Can you give us a little bit of background information about yourself?… Read more »
If you really want to get into the meditation zone, you need, if not complete silence, then meditation music — ambient, world, classical, jazz, or anything that draws you into your own contemplative space, usually music that’s free of voices or any audio distractions that force you to think or that draw you away from… Read more »
To be fit for the costs of living—and the shock of student debt—we need to woo job interviewes. I bombed at interviews. It took me a year to find a job. Sadly, I would get interviews every week—sometimes three—but no-one would hire me. So, I bought new clothes, hit the gym, splashed on makeup, dyed… Read more »
Pop culture gleams with opportunities for sociological analytics. Take the country song “What Was I Thinking” by Dierks Bentley: “I was thinking ‘bout a little white tank top sitting right there in the middle by me I was thinking about a long kiss man just gotta get goin’ with a night like me Well I… Read more »
Jeffrey J. Selingo (2013) suggests education could wind up as a bursting bubble, not unlike the housing bubble that exploded this past decade, which devastated the global economy. “Michael Crow … in his ten years as president, had transformed Arizona State from a sleepy public university to a test bed for new ideas …. [He… Read more »
MATH 366 (Complex Variables I) is a three-credit, upper-level mathematics course that is an introductory complex variable course covering complex numbers, complex variable functions, continuity, limits, derivatives, transcendental functions, integration on the complex plane, infinite series with complex variables, and the residue theorem with some of its applications. MATH 366 requires students to take MATH… Read more »
Dear Barb: My mother is in her mid seventies and is starting to slow down. My father passed away five years ago and mom has stayed in our family home. Recently, she decided to move into an apartment and has been getting rid of stuff. The problem is mom expects me and my two sisters… Read more »
You may have already heard that David Koch, one of the richest men on the planet, recently died at the age of 79. Mr. Koch was well known for his involvement in politics, providing funding to many organizations that work to discredit the idea of man-made climate change, and that also work to fight against… Read more »
As an AU Student it can be difficult to focus on your studies and work full-time. All my energy was concentrated into this job that was going nowhere and I put my studies on the back burner. In a way my unplanned pregnancy was the push I needed to refocus on what was important, which… Read more »
Local food has been growing in popularity every year, and is being marketed to people as a local solution: saving the earth and eating fresh sort of ideology. This idea is highlighted more and more at grocery stores and is also featured on restaurant menus. This local food idea seems to have shifted from a… Read more »
Scholarship name: Community Leaders Scholarship Sponsored by: BluEarth Renewables Deadline: September 15, 2019 Potential payout: up to $3000 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be residents of Canada or the U.S., and pursuing full-time studies at an accredited Canadian or United States university, college, or trades or technical school. What’s required: An online application form, including academic… Read more »
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AthaU Facebook Group Christine seeks other AU students near Brock University for meet-ups and study support. Kristy is taking her first course after a break of 15 years and seeks advice; AU students deliver! Other posts include marking time for paper exams, individualized versus group study, the 2019 federal election, and courses HIST 224 and… Read more »
