AUBURN - Students from Auburn University's College of Architecture, Design and Construction will light up the courtyard of Dudley Hall with the glow of more than 400 jack-o-lanterns at the 21st annual Pumpkin Carve on Friday, Oct. 30.

The event, sponsored by the Auburn chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students, will begin at 9 a.m. as pumpkins go on sale for $4 for festival visitors and as students begin to create their jack-o-lanterns for the evening's competition.

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AUBURN - Auburn University will hold its fourth annual Faculty Awards Celebrating Excellence Ceremony Oct. 27 at 5 p.m. at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center. A provost's reception will follow.

The awards presented at this ceremony are the highest honors the university gives to faculty and this year will honor the outstanding academic achievements of 16 faculty members.

Auburn University Provost Mary Ellen Mazey will host the event and Lawrence Wit, associate dean and professor of biological sciences in the College of Sciences and Mathematics, will be master of ceremonies. Robert Lowder, Auburn University Board of Trustees member, will give congratulations and special remarks.

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AUBURN - The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University will exhibit a selection of some of the museum's most treasured pieces from its "Advancing American Art" collection Oct. 24 through Jan. 23 in the Chi Omega-Hargis Gallery.

The 36 paintings and works on paper in this collection constitute one of the most significant components of the museum's permanent collection. Acquired by Auburn University in 1948, when Auburn was known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute, they were originally part of a group of 117 oil paintings and watercolors assembled by the U.S. State Department in 1946 to demonstrate the ascendancy of American modern art at the mid-century.

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AUBURN - Auburn University will host teams from East Alabama middle schools in the inaugural History and Current Event Scholars Tournament on Nov. 10 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Auburn University Student Center ballroom. Registration for the tournament is under way with an Oct. 30 deadline.

The purpose of the competition, hosted by Access and Community Initiatives, a unit of Auburn University's Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, is to promote teamwork and study skills, to encourage a broader sense of social awareness and to give students an opportunity to showcase school pride.

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AUBURN - The Auburn University Department of Music and the Auburn University Bands will present the Auburn University Symphonic Band in concert on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Opelika Performing Arts Center at Opelika High School.

The Symphonic Band will feature two faculty soloists, Ann Knipschild on oboe and William Shaffer on horn, both members of the Auburn University Department of Music faculty.

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AUBURN - Auburn University will host the Alabama Gubernatorial Forum 2010 on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom.

All gubernatorial candidates who declared candidacy prior to Sept. 25 were invited to participate in the forum. Participating candidates are Robert Bentley, Bradley Byrne, Artur Davis, Kay Ivey, Tim James, Bill Johnson and Ron Sparks. The moderator for the event is Jeremy Campbell of ABC 33/40 in Birmingham.

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AUBURN – A crowd of cheering onlookers packed Auburn University's Student Activities Center recently to see the 2009 War Eagle BEST Robotics competition. Twenty-four Alabama middle and high school teams showed how they had met this year's challenge to design a robot to help with today's energy crisis.

Six weeks prior to the competition in Auburn, the teams received their kits of standardized parts and were given the details of this year's game, “High Octane,” a challenge to design robots to collect and employ common molecules, CO2 and H2O, and essential resources to complete a series of chemical reactions to maximize production of the alternative fuels.

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AUBURN - The 2009 War Eagle Native American Festival will take place on Friday, Oct. 23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the grounds of the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University.

The Auburn University Multicultural Center and Access and Community Initiatives, both of which are units of the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, will host the free public event.

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AUBURN - The Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Wenzhong Zhou, will visit Auburn University Oct. 20-21 at the invitation of Auburn President Jay Gogue to promote international education partnerships.

Ambassador Zhou will give a public presentation, "China's Development and China-U.S. Relations," at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Auburn University Student Center. His visit also will include campus tours as well as gatherings hosted by President and Mrs. Gogue, the Chinese Professional Association and the Chinese Student Organization.

Governor Bob Riley will host the ambassador at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 21 in Montgomery.

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AUBURN - The Auburn University Chamber Winds and Percussion will perform in an evening of music for small ensembles on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Opelika. The concert is presented by the Auburn University Department of Music and the Auburn University Bands.

Selections will span almost 400 years and feature instrumentation from as few as three to as many as 35 musicians in the final selection. Featured composers will include Modest Mussorgsky, Maurice Ravel, Gordon Jacob and Alfred Reed.

The Auburn University Chamber Winds and Percussion are a select group from the Symphonic Band conducted by the director of bands, Rick Good.

The Auburn University Symphonic Winds and Percussion will also present a concert on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Opelika. All concerts are free and open to the public.

Contact: Richard Good, (334) 844-3178 (goodric@auburn.edu), or
Mike Clardy, (334) 844-9999 (clardch@auburn.edu)