AUBURN - The NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee has selected Auburn University to serve as a first- and second-round host for the 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship.

The games will take place in the new Auburn Arena, which will be in its first year of operation. The 2011 event will mark the first time for Auburn to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament under its current bid format.

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AUBURN - Members of the Auburn University family can show their colors this fall by participating in the upcoming All Auburn All Orange and College Colors Day loyalty programs.

Events begin on Friday, Sept. 4, with College Colors Day, a national movement in conjunction with the kick-off of the college football season. College Colors Day promotes higher education and celebrates the achievements, spirit and traditions of colleges and universities. Governor Riley has officially proclaimed Sept. 4 as College Colors Day in Alabama. The Auburn Family is encouraged to wear their orange and blue on College Colors Day to show support for the Tigers.

Auburn fans can continue to show their support at home events throughout the fall by participating in All Auburn All Orange. Established in 2004 to celebrate the unity and spirit of the Auburn family, the All Auburn All Orange program encourages fans to purchase and wear the official All Auburn All Orange T-shirt to designated events.

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AUBURN – The Auburn University Athletic Department and Tigers Unlimited recently announced the endowment of the Ralph "Shug" Jordan Professorship in memory and honor of the beloved Auburn coach.

During the recent A-Day festivities, Athletics Director Jay Jacobs made a special presentation to Ralph Jordan Jr. and Provost Mary Ellen Mazey, who will award the professorship to a deserving faculty member.

Jacobs said the professorship was established to support the academic mission of Auburn University and President Jay Gogue's initiative to increase professorships on campus.

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AUBURN – Auburn University's campus will be filled with activities Saturday, April 18, for football fans and other guests in town attending various events. Highlighting the day will be the A-Day football scrimmage at 1 p.m. at Jordan-Hare Stadium as new head coach Gene Chizik gives the public its first look at the 2009 Tigers. After the game, fans will be allowed on the field for an autograph session with the team. More information about the game, which is being presented by the U.S. Navy, can be found at www.auburntigers.com.

Prior to the game, the Auburn Alumni Association will host its Minority Alumni Involvement Now, or MAIN, A-Day tailgate party from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the Nichols Center lawn near Jordan-Hare Stadium's west entrance. More information is available at www.aualum.org. The Student Alumni Association and the Auburn University Parents Association will have their Spring Family Day Fish Fry from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Wallace Center lawn. Details are at www.auburn.edu/parents/spring09.html.

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AUBURN – Auburn University students, alumni and fans will have the opportunity to vote for the 2009-10 All Auburn All Orange T-shirt design from April 6-10. All Auburn All Orange was created by the Student Government Association and the Athletic Department as a way to promote the unity and spirit of Auburn. It is a celebration of the "Auburn Family," and the shirt designs will reflect this.

Three potential designs will be featured on the All Auburn All Orange Web site. Fans can vote once per day until 4:45 p.m. on April 10.

"Our coaching staff is excited to be a part of the Auburn Family and supports the mission of All Auburn All Orange," said Gene Chizik, head football coach. "We encourage everyone--students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the university--to unite behind this program."

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AUBURN – Paul Hemphill, Auburn alumnus and author of “A Tiger Walk Through History: A Compete History of Auburn Football from 1892 to the Tuberville Era,” will talk about his book at a reception in his honor on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m. in the Ariccia lounge in The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center.

In this book, he chronicles Auburn’s football program from the first game, coached by Auburn legend George Petrie, to the present. Contributors to the volume include Rheta Grimsley Johnson, Ken and Joy Ringer, Anne River Siddons, Jim Stewart and Cynthia Tucker and Auburn athletic director emeritus David Housel.

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AUBURN - David Housel, athletic director emeritus at Auburn University, will speak at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 5 p.m., on "Victory Auburn Style."

Housel's talk is part of the museum's monthly Free Night offering and will be followed by a reception and a free wine tasting provided by Gus's Fine Wine and Beer. His presentation is in conjunction with the exhibition, "Visions of Victory: 100 Years of Sports Photography, on display in the museum through Nov. 29.

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AUBURN - Thom Gossom Jr., actor, author, athlete and Auburn alumnus, will read from his memoir, "Walk-On," on Thursday, Nov. 6, from 6 - 7 p.m. at Auburn University's Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. A reception will follow the reading and both the reading and the reception are free and open to the public.

"Walk-On" is Gossom's coming-of-age memoir, set in the culturally changing Alabama of the 1970's, and details his experiences as the first black athlete to graduate from Auburn. The author will sign copies and "Walk On" will be available for purchase at the Museum.

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AUBURN - If Auburn University would have been its own country in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, its 18 medals would have tied for 14th place in the world with Spain and Canada.

The university sent 31 current and former Auburn athletes to China and ranked sixth among U.S. universities according to an article by Forbes magazine. Tiger representatives hailed from 13 countries and competed in a total of 24 events.

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AUBURN - Auburn University students, alumni and fans will have several opportunities to show their colors this fall by participating in three upcoming loyalty programs: College Colors Day on Friday, Aug. 29; All Auburn All Orange beginning Aug. 30; and a new program, Paint Your Town Orange and Blue.

“The Auburn family is proud of its heritage, and we are encouraging them to show it by wearing their orange and blue wherever they are on Fridays and to support our All Auburn All Orange events,” said Jay Jacobs, Auburn University Athletics Director.

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