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POSTED: 10:05 AM, October 29, 2009
AUBURN - Auburn University has identified programs that $25.9 million in stimulus funds from the federal government will support once released by Gov. Bob Riley.
The majority of the funds will support student learning, safety and other enhancements, as well as teaching. The intent is to enhance the experience of the entire student body, which for fiscal year 2010 has reached 24,602.
"It would have taken a 26 percent tuition increase to cover the gap created by the dramatic decrease in state appropriations for fiscal year 2010," said Don Large, Auburn University executive vice president. "The promise of stimulus funding allowed us to mitigate that by using the majority of funds to improve student services."
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POSTED: 2:50 PM, October 28, 2009
AUBURN - Auburn University has launched MATRIX for the Future: Premier Agriscience Education Academy in response to a growing shortage of secondary and postsecondary agricultural educators and declining enrollment numbers in agriculture at Auburn and at land-grant colleges nationwide.
The two-year project, funded by a $100,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant, was developed by Don Mulvaney, an Auburn University College of Agriculture professor, animal scientist and leadership coordinator for the College of Agriculture; and Brian Parr, an assistant professor in the College of Education and agriscience education specialist. Out of a shared concern for the future of agriculture in the United States, Mulvaney and Parr launched the program to prepare outstanding high school students enrolled in agricultural classes and involved in agricultural organizations to be the next generation of leaders in agricultural production, education, science and agribusiness.
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POSTED: 2:43 PM, October 28, 2009
AUBURN - Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Leslie F. Kenne will deliver the inaugural Extraordinary Women Lecture in Auburn University's Telfair Peet Theater Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 11 a.m. to noon. This public event is sponsored by the Women's Leadership Institute in Auburn's College of Liberal Arts. A reception will follow.
Kenne is a graduate of Auburn's ROTC program with 32 years of active military service. She is the first woman to achieve the rank of lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force and one of three women in history to achieve a three-star rank in the U.S. military.
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POSTED: 1:54 PM, October 23, 2009
AUBURN - "The House Detectives” will discuss their ongoing quest for photographs of Auburn's past as the Discover Auburn series continues Thursday, Oct. 29, at 3 p.m. in the Special Collections and Archives Department of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library. A reception will follow.
The trio that has dubbed themselves "The House Detectives” includes Ralph Draughon Jr., Delos Hughes and Ann Pearson. They are Auburn natives collecting photographs of houses, schools and other structures in town and on campus that no longer exist.
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POSTED: 12:05 PM, October 23, 2009
AUBURN - Auburn University's Executive MBA program in the College of Business is ranked 84th in the 2009 Financial Times global ranking of the world's best Executive MBA programs.
Auburn is ranked 40th among programs in the United States and is one of only two Southeastern Conference schools ranked this year. In the nine years Financial Times has ranked Executive MBA programs, this is the first year Auburn has been eligible for ranking. The University of Tennessee's program is ranked 93rd overall and 46th among programs in the United States.
The ranking is based on surveys completed by Executive MBA alumni and from information provided by the business school. The surveys evaluated 16 criteria in three areas including alumni career progression, diversity and international reach and research productivity of the faculty.
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POSTED: 3:09 PM, October 22, 2009
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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POSTED: 3:00 PM, October 22, 2009
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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POSTED: 12:48 PM, October 22, 2009
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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POSTED: 12:41 PM, October 22, 2009
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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POSTED: 7:58 AM, October 22, 2009
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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