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Student announcements
Graduate Students - Program Information
CNHS Graduate Program Students: Please download the following document for information about your graduate program.
Graduate Student Program Information (Word Document)
Graduate Program - Program Requirements & Course Registration Reminder - Winter 2011
Please see Course Registration Winter 2011 (Word Document).
Graduate Student Association Fee
The Faculty of Graduate Studies has received notification from the Athabasca University Graduate Students Association (AUGSA) that the Graduate Student Association Fee (GSAF) has been increased from $5.00 per credit to $12.00 per credit. This means that the GSAF for a 3-credit course will now be $36.00. The fee will be automatically added to your total fees payable. This fee pertains to all graduate students (program and non-program) and to all graduate programs whether degree, diploma or certificate.
The new fee will be in effect for courses beginning in September 2010. Students who will be registering on May 1, 2010 or later, for courses that begin in September 2010 or beyond, will be charged the new GSAF.
For questions or concerns regarding the new Graduate Student Association Fee, go to the AUGSA Executive site at http://gsa.athabascau.ca/council.html or contact Amanda Neilsen, President AUGSA at anielsen@ualberta.ca.
Graduate Student's Association
The Athabasca University Graduate Students' Association (AUGSA) is currently looking for a nursing student to act as the graduate council rep for that program. This role entails attending regular council meetings and consulting with the rest of AUGSA on nursing student issues. Please contact either Adam Snider at athabasca.grads@gmail.com, or the AUGSA's President Amanda Nielson at anielsen@ualberta.ca.
Alternatively, if no students are able to take on the role of Nursing Program Representative, we would be happy to hear from one or two students who are willing to consult with AUGSA on nursing student issues on an ad hoc basis (i.e., they can get in touch with AUGSA when the need arises, but will otherwise be free of the obligations that come with acting as a full-fledged council member).
Graduate Program - Fall 2010 - Program Requirements and Course Registration Reminder
Please see Course Registration Fall 2010 (Word Document)
Alberta Association on Gerontology - Graduate Student Awards 2010
Alberta Association on Gerontology (AAG) is offering two scholarships to support masters and doctoral research on gerontology. For information go to the AAG awards site at http://www.aagweb.ca/awards.htm
Athabasca University Announces New Scholarships/Awards
New Awards/Scholarships/Bursaries have recently been established at Athabasca University
AU Award for a Mature Graduate Student
AU Award for a Mature Undergraduate Student
AU First in Family to Attend University Award
AU Glass Ceiling Awards
AU Undergraduate Refugee Award
AU Masters Level Refugee Award
AU PLAR Bursary ...
For Additional See >>AU Awards Listing
Closure of Project route to MHS and MN degrees
Athabasca University Academic Council has approved the closure of the project route to the MHS and MN degrees effective September 2010. This does not affect students currently registered in MHST/NURS 698 or 699. If you were contemplating a project, then you can either scale your idea into an independent study course or to a thesis. If you have questions please contact Dr. Margaret Edwards, Graduate Program Coordinator at marge@athabascau.ca
Changes to MHS and MN Thesis Route Regulations
The
following changes to the MHS and MN Thesis Routes have been approved by the
Athabasca University Academic Council. Students who have completed MHST/NURS
691 will continue with MHST/NURS 692 and 693 and will not be affected by
these changes to the regulations.
SPECIAL CALL for APPLICATIONS - Graduate Student Research Fund
For students who are involved in major research projects or theses. More information is available at the AU Research website under Information for Graduate Students: >>Read More
CNHS News
Dr. Margaret Edwards and Dr. Beth Perry and Publish Chapter in "Emerging Technologies in Distance Education Book
CNHS Faculty Publish Chapter 7 - "Creating a Culture of Community in the Online Classroom Using Artistic Pedagogical Technologies" 
>>AU Press - Emerging Technologies in Distance Education / >>Full Text EBook
Dr. Beth Perry - Publishes with AU Press
CNHS Faculty member Beth Perry publishes "More Moments in Time: Images of Exemplary Nursing"
>>View Video Interview / >>Full Text EBook
Convocation 2009 - Governor General Award Winner Nadine Tobin addresses the Class of 2009 Nursing Graduates
Nadine Tobin received the 2009 Governor General's Silver Medal for her academic accomplishments. Nadine addresses the Class of 2009 nursing graduates. >>View Video
Dr. Jeff Vallance Receives First AU AHFMR Award
Dr. Jeff Vallance’s project, Facilitating Physical
Activity Behavior and Health Outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving
Chemotherapy: A Practical Behavioral Trial, is focused on studying the
effects of physical activity on the health outcomes of breast cancer
patients who are undergoing chemotherapy. He will launch a major population
study in rural Alberta this
fall.
>>Read MoreCNHS Professor to launch major breast cancer patient study
Dr. Jeff Vallance, assistant professor in the Centre for Nursing and Health Studies at Athabasca University, has been awarded a $187,963 grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to conduct a three year study to examine strategies designed to facilitate physical activity behavior in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. >>Read More
Professor Publishes Prostate Surgery Guide
"We're always, as medical professionals, telling them what to do. But we're not as good at really finding out their concerns as they think about options for treatment."
If there's one thing Dr. Virginia Vandall-Walker believes in, it's listening to her patients. And what she discovered from all the listening is that men who are contemplating surgery for a potentially deadly condition have a lot of concerns, but not a lot of readily-available information. The result is Before and After Radical Prostate Surgery: Information and Resource Guide. >>Read More
CNHS Professors Developing Interactive Teaching Strategies
Two Centre for Nursing and Health Studies researchers are taking a technological approach to introducing interactive teaching strategies into online learning.
Primary investigator Margaret Edwards and Beth Perry are adapting a research technique called Photovoice as an interactive online teaching tool. Their research is funded by the Western Region Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (WRCASN). >>Read More
Student/Graduates find New & Exciting opportunities
| CNHS Students Joan Cubbon and Debra Irvine-Kvistbo find new
and exciting opportunities as a result of their CNHS graduate studies! See Student Testimonials |
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Clinical Interest Groups
The Centre for Nursing and Health Studies (CNHS) is excited to host the CNHS Clinical Interest Groups. The purpose of the Clinical Interest Groups is to provide a national/international forum in which CNHS students and faculty members with common clinical interests can connect and network with one another in online discussion conferences.
For additional information see:
Clinical Interest Groups
Research Funding Opportunity
Are you currently involved in, or about to undertake, a research project in connection with an AU course-related project, master's thesis, or master's project? Would an award of up to $1,000 help you to offset the out-of-pocket costs of things such as gathering or analysing data, or presenting results of research at a recognized academic conference ?
DEADLINES FOR APPLICATIONS: FEB 10, MAY 10 and OCT 10 - See Research Centre Website
Graduate Scholarships - Athabasca University
A number of Athabasca University Graduate Scholarships are available.
Click here for a complete listing
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