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Consider This: 8 Ways You Can Support Students Every Day
As academic life resumes its normal course over the next couple of weeks, those of our students who were away for the summer are returning, and about 8000 students at all levels will join our community for the first time. Our students are a very diverse group in terms of age, development, languag...
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As academic life resumes its normal course over the next couple of weeks, those of our students who were away for the summer are returning, and about 8000 students at all levels will join our community for the first time. Our students are a very diverse group in terms of age, development, languag...
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In Memoriam: Henry Hargreaves and Helen Liebel-Weckowicz
The University of Alberta has lowered it's flag in remembrance of both professors emeriti Henry Hargreaves and Helen Liebel-Weckowicz.Continue Reading
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The University of Alberta has lowered it's flag in remembrance of both professors emeriti Henry Hargreaves and Helen Liebel-Weckowicz.Continue Reading
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Team Drive: The Newest Addition to the U of A's Google App Suite
The U of A's faculty, staff, and students are now able to share and collaborate online using Google Team Drives.Continue Reading
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The U of A's faculty, staff, and students are now able to share and collaborate online using Google Team Drives.Continue Reading
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Meet Greta Cummings
When I met her at the door to her office, Greta Cummings appeared friendly, welcoming and composed—a combination that suggests her years of cancer nursing experience and healthcare leadership.Continue Reading
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When I met her at the door to her office, Greta Cummings appeared friendly, welcoming and composed—a combination that suggests her years of cancer nursing experience and healthcare leadership.Continue Reading
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Everyday People
Brad Burns will tell you that it’s no big deal. That it’s all in a day’s work.Continue Reading
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Brad Burns will tell you that it’s no big deal. That it’s all in a day’s work.Continue Reading
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Learning Analytics and eClass: Improving Teaching and Learning
As you get ready for the coming semester, have you thought about how learning analytics could be used to improve your teaching?Continue Reading
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As you get ready for the coming semester, have you thought about how learning analytics could be used to improve your teaching?Continue Reading
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Reforming the Copyright Board
On August 9, 2017, the Federal Government announced the launch of consultations on reforms to the Copyright Board of Canada. Although this process is separate from the statutory review of the Copyright Act, which will start in November of this year, the reform of the Copyright Board could have s...
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On August 9, 2017, the Federal Government announced the launch of consultations on reforms to the Copyright Board of Canada. Although this process is separate from the statutory review of the Copyright Act, which will start in November of this year, the reform of the Copyright Board could have s...
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As a New Term Begins, We Uphold Our Values
At the beginning of next week, University of Alberta staff, faculty, and student volunteers will welcome thousands of new domestic and international students to residences on Augustana Campus, North Campus, and Campus St Jean. On September 4th, thousands more will arrive for Orientation Day, exci...
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At the beginning of next week, University of Alberta staff, faculty, and student volunteers will welcome thousands of new domestic and international students to residences on Augustana Campus, North Campus, and Campus St Jean. On September 4th, thousands more will arrive for Orientation Day, exci...
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Have You Met… Kirstyn Blomquist?
Have you met Kirstyn, Student Recruiter with the Alberta School of Business? Spend the next two minutes getting to know her a little better.Continue Reading
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Have you met Kirstyn, Student Recruiter with the Alberta School of Business? Spend the next two minutes getting to know her a little better.Continue Reading
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The Garneau Tree
Near the far northeast corner of North Campus sits the Garneau Tree. One of the oldest in Edmonton, the tree has become a natural monument to a founding family of one of the University of Alberta’s closest neighbouring communities. Now that the Manitoba maple, planted by Laurent and Eleanor Garne...
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Near the far northeast corner of North Campus sits the Garneau Tree. One of the oldest in Edmonton, the tree has become a natural monument to a founding family of one of the University of Alberta’s closest neighbouring communities. Now that the Manitoba maple, planted by Laurent and Eleanor Garne...
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Why Do We Have Community Gardens on Campus?
Community gardens are cropping up in cities across the world. Researchers across the academy have been watching this phenomenon closely, and many studies have noted a number of benefits of community gardens, including enhanced personal health among participants, community-building, support for gr...
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Community gardens are cropping up in cities across the world. Researchers across the academy have been watching this phenomenon closely, and many studies have noted a number of benefits of community gardens, including enhanced personal health among participants, community-building, support for gr...
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Tips for Viewing the Eclipse on Campus
If you want to know how to watch an eclipse, then Sharon Morsink is the person to talk to! But because she’ll be viewing the eclipse from a spot in the United States to experience a total eclipse (we’ll be seeing a partial one here in Alberta), she shared her tips with us a little early.So, if yo...
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If you want to know how to watch an eclipse, then Sharon Morsink is the person to talk to! But because she’ll be viewing the eclipse from a spot in the United States to experience a total eclipse (we’ll be seeing a partial one here in Alberta), she shared her tips with us a little early.So, if yo...
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Save the Date for the U of A’s Canada 150 Community Celebration!
Discussions of Canada, our history, our present reality, and the possibilities of our still unwritten future have been popular in 2017, and this September, you are invited to keep the conversation and the celebrations of our nation going at the U of A’s Canada 150 Community Celebration.Continue R...
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Discussions of Canada, our history, our present reality, and the possibilities of our still unwritten future have been popular in 2017, and this September, you are invited to keep the conversation and the celebrations of our nation going at the U of A’s Canada 150 Community Celebration.Continue R...
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My Move-In Story
It’s hard to believe we are only 18 days away from “Move In Day 2017,” as those of us in Residence Services prepare to welcome almost 5,000 students to campus—marking the beginning (or continuation) of their journey at the University of Alberta. Our offices have been abuzz with excitement, as we ...
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It’s hard to believe we are only 18 days away from “Move In Day 2017,” as those of us in Residence Services prepare to welcome almost 5,000 students to campus—marking the beginning (or continuation) of their journey at the University of Alberta. Our offices have been abuzz with excitement, as we ...
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Call for... Move In 2017 Volunteers
On Monday August 28, Residence Services will be welcoming students from across the world to live on campus—marking the beginning (or continuation) of their journey at the University of Alberta.Continue Reading
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On Monday August 28, Residence Services will be welcoming students from across the world to live on campus—marking the beginning (or continuation) of their journey at the University of Alberta.Continue Reading
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