Parade kicks off homecoming weekend
Crowds lined the streets of College Street Friday night as students, fans and alumni watched the first homecoming parade and pep rally since 2019.
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Crowds lined the streets of College Street Friday night as students, fans and alumni watched the first homecoming parade and pep rally since 2019.
The number of reported cases of COVID-19 on Auburn’s campus last week is the lowest since fall classes began.
An Opelika man has been arrested and charged with murder after his two-month-old daughter died Tuesday, Opelika Police Chief Shane Healey announced at a press conference Friday morning.
The Auburn University Board of Trustees is looking to get input from staff, students and community members on what Auburn should look for in its next president.
The Auburn University Board of Trustees unanimously approved the installation of a plaque outside Wallace Hall during its Friday morning meeting. The plaque is designed to contextualize the name of the building, named after former Alabama governor and self-described segregationist George Corley Wallace.
Harold A. Franklin, the first Black student to attend Auburn University, died Thursday morning of natural causes at his home in Talladega, Alabama. Franklin was 88.
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Auburn University’s search for its next president is officially underway.
From Aug. 23-29, the second week of fall classes, 360 Auburn students or employees reported testing positive for COVID-19, according to the University’s COVID-19 Resource Center.
On Monday, Aug. 30, 77 patients were hospitalized at East Alabama Medical Center and EAMC-Lanier, and 21 of 25 patients in the intensive care unit were on ventilators.
A local elementary school will be going online for over a week starting Tuesday, Lee County Schools announced on its website.
During the first week of fall classes, 424 Auburn University students and employees reported testing positive for COVID-19. Over 21% of all people who received a COVID-19 test from the Auburn University Medical Clinic tested positive during that week.
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Sixteen COVID-19 patients are on ventilators at East Alabama Health hospitals, a number that officials felt wouldn’t be reached after vaccines became available. There are 77 patients hospitalized at EAH for COVID-19, the highest since January 2021.
Kids are back in schools for the fall, and the fact that COVID is too is causing a local district to change its mask policy.
Student Involvement hosted Pizza and Popsicles with the President from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on the lawn of the President’s Home on Wednesday to get students out of their dorms or apartments, meet new people and say hello to the president.
Editor's Note: This story appears in The Plainsman's Welcome Back 2021 print edition. You can view a digital version of it here.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has issued a new state of emergency to address surging COVID-19 numbers across the state.
Auburn University announced on Monday that its Tiger Cards — the student IDs used to purchase meals, unlock residence halls and gain access into athletic events — will now have a mobile option.
A new manufacturing facility coming to Opelika is expected to create 261 jobs in the community.