Posts Tagged: Interview

Interview Ready

When I’m preparing for countless interviews, I know to be interview ready because one interview varies greatly from the other.  Heading to a meeting with someone you’ve never met before is both intimidating and stressful.  Despite your fears however, an upcoming job interview need not send you into a sweaty panic.  Planning and organization are… Read more »

Meeting the Minds—Dr. Hugh Notman

Dr. Hugh Notman is Associate Dean of Learning Technologies in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology.  How did you find AU? Why did you choose it? AU found me if I am honest.  It was eleven years ago.  I was looking for a faculty position.  I had just… Read more »

In Conversation—with The Racer

The Racer is an indie band from Monroe, New York, renowned for intelligent lyrics, an inimitable post-rock sound, and hugely entertaining live performances.  In 2017, after producing three LPs, the group decided to stop creating albums for now to focus on singles and videos.  In the last few months they’ve managed to produce four songs,… Read more »

Minds We Meet—Escaping with AU

Robin Bleich has been with AU since 2009.  She is a mother of a six-year-old, Eily, and is from the Niagara Region, Ontario.  Her education here is a continuation of her time at Niagara College, Ontario.  In 2009, she transferred the diploma to AU to join our BPA-Criminal Justice Program.  She finds that AU works… Read more »

In Conversation—with Given Names

Given Names is an intellectually engaging electronic rock duo of two artistic designers, one from Brooklyn and the other from Chicago.  EP 2 is their four-song sophomore release (listen to the single “East to West” here).  Recently duo-members David Raymond and Jeremy Perez-Cruz took the time to answer our questions about their history, the new… Read more »

In Conversation—with OVTLIER

“I’m paralyzed, living your lies I saw the devil in your eyes You put me down, you let me die Because you buried me, buried, Buried me alive” – from “Buried Me Alive” by Ovtlier, What Doesn’t Kill You Ovtlier is a metal band based in Rochester, New York.  Their debut EP What Doesn’t Kill… Read more »

Minds We Meet Interviewing Students Like You!

Lauren Klukas is currently finishing her Bachelor of Science- Human Science through AU while raising her daughter in Calgary, Alberta and testing out meal plans from her new cook book The Complete Plate – a Stronger, Healthier, Happier You that will be available throughout Canada in January, 2018.  Released in major book stores just in… Read more »

Minds we Meet – Interviewing Students Like You!

CaraLee MacLean is a first year student at AU working towards her Bachelor of Commerce with a degree in Accounting.  She currently resides in her hometown Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, a village known for its logging and lumber industry and as the Gateway to Mount Carleton Provincial Park.  Why did you choose AU for your… Read more »

In Conversation – with Sierra Blanca

Sierra Blanca is headed by Jethro Gaglione, a multi-instrumentalist indie/folk artist who divides his time between Nashville, Tennessee, and El Paso, Texas. His music displays many influences and his lyrics manifest a deep disappointment in the current political climate in the USA. He’s now working on an EP called Honorable Mention, due for release on… Read more »

Minds We Meet – Interviewing Students Like You

Recently featured writer for the Voice magazine, Karlee Kapler is a fairly new student at AU working towards her BA with a major in English.  She describes herself as analytical, irritable, and creative, and not really an outdoorsy person.  One of the surprising few who are born and raised in Grande Prairie, she not only… Read more »