AUSU just held its annual Executive Council Election, in accordance with policy 3.02. Although the entire student council is elected by the general student membership, the executive positions are elected internally from among the elected councillors.
We are pleased to announce that our existing executives will be continuing in their roles for another year. This is a great benefit to AUSU, for numerous reasons: Continue Reading
AUSU just voted in the student members of the new AUSU Student Advisory Committee during the January 2019 council meeting.
The committee consists of undergraduates from around the world who will help represent AUSU members on a variety of topics throughout the year.
Welcome aboard to the new Student Advisory Committee members: Continue Reading
Tell us on social media for a chance to win a ProctorU code for FREE AU online exam invigilation FROM HOME or an AUSU swag pack!
Find our #AUSUContest post on one of our social media sites and respond in the comments about what you are looking forward to in 2019 for your chance to win!Continue Reading
Want a chance to get involved with your AU students’ union?
Would you like to provide invaluable feedback for both AU and AUSU priorities and gain some great experience in the process?
AUSU is now accepting applications for a new Student Advisory Committee. The primary role of the committee will be to provide the leadership of AUSU and its stakeholders with feedback on varying student topics as required throughout the year. Continue Reading
AUSU values your opinions! We want to know how we can best serve our student members, and help you have a positive experience as a student at Athabasca University.
Please take a few minutes to fill out our services survey – it should take no more than 8-10 minutes to complete. All of your answers are completely confidential.
AUSU was proud to have provided AU students with access to a mental health and wellness program called the Student Lifeline for the past three years, in partnership with AUGSA. Athabasca University has now taken over offering a Wellness Program for AU students through Homewood Health.Continue Reading
AUSU will be proposing amendments to the Bylaws as well as policy 6.08 Financial Management: Membership Fees at the next two public council meetings.
You can access the revised documents using the links below:
The rationale behind the proposed changes includes the following:
To ensure full transparency and to get feedback from our members on these proposed amendments, the following consultation opportunities are available:Continue Reading
After our Public Council Meeting on August 9th, please join your Council Members and Executives for an AUSU Annual Members Meeting. Students will be given the opportunity to voice their concerns and ask any questions they may have about AUSU, our initiatives, and a portion of this event will be focused on collecting student feedback on your overall learning experience and what that may look like in the future.
Time: 7:30pm-8:30pm MST
Date: Thursday, August 9th
Location: GlobalMeet https://athabasca.pgimeet.com/AUStudentsUnion
If you had the opportunity to improve AU, how would you do it?
Well now is your chance, find out how you can help re-imagine online learning at AU!
For months you have heard us talk about the university’s IMAGINE plan and how over the next few years AU is going to be making some big changes. This is great news for students and now with a 4.9-million-dollar grant from the government momentum is gaining. So, what does this mean for you as a student?
It means that you have an opportunity to help write AU history. How often does a university decide that they are going to make sweeping changes and then turn to students for input. That is the opportunity we have before us. We can participate in the re-imagining of both AU as an institution and learning itself. Thanks to our out of the box thinking administration at AU we are looking past AU as it currently exists and focusing on what would be the most optimal university. Once we have this picture we can then begin to build AU’s future.
The first step in the redesign process is developing a learning framework. So, what does that entail? In the simplest form the framework is going to lay out what learning looks like fifty years from now. It is a very broad topic that is being addressed by numerous AU committees. AUSU has a seat on the steering committee and from hearing from the other committees, they also need student feedback.
The university wants to be able to understand questions like: What student’s expectations of learning are? What skills do we expect to gain from our education? What needs to be considered regarding learning to ensure student success.
With how important this process is AUSU has been working on developing ways to get your input. We want to know what you would like to see happen at AU. So, to do this, we will be launching an engagement campaign very shortly. There will be many ways to get involved including online and in person town halls, meet & greets, online discussions in the AUSU app and forums, or you can always reach out to me. Make sure to keep an eye on our social media platforms and website for more details.
This is an exciting time, and I can’t wait to see our members contribute their input to help us Imagine a better AU experience.
All the best,
Brandon Simmons
AUSU President
Email : president @ausu.org
Cell: 780-668-2952
During the May 10th regular public council meeting, following member consultation and a first reading vote during the April 10th public council meeting (in accordance with our bylaws), the AUSU council unanimously supported the following special resolution motion for an AUSU fee increase:
Be it resolved that AUSU council approve a membership fee increase in the amount of $0.75 per credit to take effect on October 1, 2018
-Carried 12/0
A great deal of consideration and research was put into the fee increase. Although AUSU always has and will continue to advocate for the lowest possible fees for post-secondary students at AU, student council is confident that this fee increase will have a healthy impact on the AUSU membership for the foreseeable future.Continue Reading
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