AUBURN – Hanna Gordon, an Auburn University spring 2012 summa cum laude Honors College graduate with a major in French, has been awarded a Fulbright-French Ministry of Education English Teaching Assistantship.

Gordon will be placed in a middle school in the Besancon region of France. She is the third consecutive Auburn University student awarded the assistantship in France, following Kristen Snow in 2011 and Helen Hunter Robertson in 2010.

"Hanna's desire to perfect her French language skills coupled with a sincere desire to embrace the French culture made her a strong candidate for the Fulbright," said Paul Harris, associate director of the Honors College. "It was a pleasure working with her throughout the application process.  She will represent Auburn University and the United States well during her time in France."

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AUBURN - Two former Auburn student athletes are among the six finalists for the 2012 Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship, the NCAA's highest academic award. Auburn's finalists are Dan Mazzaferro, diving, who graduated in 2010 from the College of Sciences and Mathematics and in 2011 from the College of Business; and Mary "Katy" Frierson, women's soccer, who graduated in 2011 from the College of Liberal Arts.

Each year, three male and three female finalists are invited to interview for one of two awards. One male and one female former student-athlete will be selected later this month for the renewable award, which provides $24,000 annually.

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AUBURN – Auburn University students Bianca Williams, a senior in chemical engineering, and Devin Kalafut, a senior in mechanical engineering, have been awarded National Science Foundation graduate fellowships; Matthew Ramirez, a 2011 graduate in the College of Sciences and Mathematics was named honorable mention.

Each fellowship provides three years of support at $30,000 annually and an additional $10,500 cost of education allowance. The purpose of the fellowship program is to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce in the United States.

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AUBURN – Werner Bergen, nutritional biochemist and professor in the Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences, has been named a fellow of the American Society for Nutrition, the preeminent worldwide scientific organization for nutritional sciences.

The status of fellow is the highest recognition the society bestows on nutrition scientists and is reserved for individuals who are 65 or older and who have a lifelong record of distinguished research accomplishments in nutrition research and practice.

In announcing Bergen's selection, Sharon Donovan, president of the society, cited the highly innovative research he has conducted throughout his career on protein and lipid metabolism in agriculturally important animals. Bergen's research objectives include enhancing efficiency in cattle and pig production, improving meat quality and ensuring product wholesomeness.

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AUBURN – Paul Bergen, a senior in Auburn University's College of Sciences and Mathematics double majoring in microbiology and German, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Germany for the 2012-13 academic year. At the Technical University of Munich, he will continue to pursue his research in microbiology.

"Paul is an inquisitive and engaging young man with a range of interests and activities that go well beyond the lab and range from the study of German politics, culture and language to being an active member of Auburn's nationally recognized mock trial team," said Paul Harris, associate director of the Auburn Honors College. "He will gain so much from his classes and interactions with German students and faculty and he will represent himself, Auburn University and the United States with distinction."

A four-year member of the Honors College with a 3.97 overall grade-point-average in two demanding majors, Bergen is Auburn's fourth consecutive Fulbright scholar, following Rebecca Ludvigsen, Germany, 2009, Helen Hunter Robertson, France, 2010 and Kristen Snow, France, 2011.

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AUBURN – Auburn University's graduate programs achieved high rankings in the newly released U.S. News and World Report "America's Best Graduate Schools" rankings.

The Harrison School of Pharmacy ranked 25th among public institutions and 26th nationally, while the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering ranked 40th among public universities and 67th nationally. Auburn's College of Education ranked 59th among public institutions and 77th nationally, and the College of Business ranked 46th among public institutions and 88th nationally.

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AUBURN – Henry Fadamiro, Alumni Professor in the College of Agriculture's Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University, has been named the university's Presidential Administrative Fellow for 2012.

Auburn's Presidential Administrative Fellowship Program is designed to help individual faculty members gain senior administrative experience while applying his or her faculty experience to issues and programs that impact a broad segment of the university community.

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AUBURN - Auburn University is ranked second nationally out of 145 public institutions in the enrollment of National Merit Scholars, the university's Office of Enrollment Services announced this week. The rankings are included in the recently released 2010-2011 National Merit Scholarship Corporation Annual Report.

Auburn is first in the Southeastern Conference among public institutions and second, behind Vanderbilt, among all Southeastern Conference institutions. Auburn ranked ninth overall out of the 359 institutions where these scholars are enrolled, with Chicago, USC, Harvard, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Washington-St. Louis, Oklahoma and Yale ranked higher. Only Oklahoma was ranked above Auburn among all public institutions.

Auburn enrolled 181 new scholars this summer and fall, which is a 35 percent increase over last year's number of 134. Auburn moved up from third in the SEC and 16th overall last year.

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AUBURN - Online graduate programs in Auburn University's College of Education and Samuel Ginn College of Engineering were named honor roll programs in U.S. News and World Report's first-ever Top Online Education Program rankings.

Those named to the honor roll ranked in the top third among their peers in four categories; there were no numeric rankings for overall program quality this year.

Online graduate degree programs were ranked based on student services and technology, faculty credentials and training, teaching practices and student engagement, and admissions selectivity. Programs named to the honor roll placed in the top third of at least three of the four category rankings.

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AUBURN - For the annual survey, "America's Best Architecture & Design Schools 2012," DesignIntelligence magazine has ranked Auburn University's undergraduate Interior Design program in the College of Human Sciences as best in the nation and Industrial Design and Architecture programs in the College of Architecture, Design and Construction in the nation's top 20 degree programs in their fields.

Based on interior design programs accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation, Auburn was ranked number one in the nation along with Savannah College of Art and Design.

"Being ranked number one is a testament to the efforts that both faculty and students have made to ensure that our graduates are indeed prepared for the professional world," said Carol Warfield, head of the Department of Consumer Affairs.

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