Happy birthday, wellness services
MRU celebrates 10 years of health BAJ Visser Staff Writer Mount Royal University’s orange-spangled wellness services centre celebrated its tenth year on campus as an integrated service on Oct. 24. Ten...
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Don’t press pause
What will you do this year? Hopefully something, because otherwise it will be really dull around here. Year after year, September rolls around and many students go back to school resolved to...
No tuition, deadlines or grades at new university
NextGenU.org now offering first course Laura Lushington Web Editor A University of British Columbia professor is taking post-secondary education to a whole new level. Erica Frank, a professor at the UBC...
No more school, no more books
Most students tend to give up on learning once the bell tolls in April. On some level, everyone deserves some degree of academic freedom. Is this a good idea? Should learning really stay...
Podcasts to help ease university experience
For new students, post-secondary education can be challenging and bring about a variety of new experiences. Many first-year students can easily get overwhelmed and lost in the new world of university. We...
Fred Penner delights MRU’s young-at-heart
Famed children’s entertainer jams at The Hub Rachael Frey News Editor The nostalgia was so thick when Fred Penner played The Hub on March 16, you could almost taste it in the...
$1-million donation backs MRU scholars
Nexen program helps faculty focus on education research Rachael Frey News Editor Students come to university to learn, but they aren’t just studying — they’re also being studied. Mount Royal University...
New library not in the balance books
We’re still pushing for it, says MRU president Rachael Frey News Editor Alberta’s provincial budget for 2012 is here and it contains both good and bad news for Mount Royal University. ...
MRU education students accredited to teach
Rachael Frey News Editor It’s official: students of Mount Royal University’s bachelor of education — elementary degree will graduate as certified teachers under the Teaching Quality Standard set by the Government of Alberta....
Former dean gets PC nod
Wendelin Fraser running for MLA position Samara Hawkins Staff Writer Political careers and the Bissett School of Business have been going hand-in-hand these past few years. After former non-profit studies professor...
