Student org offers COVID-safe socializing
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for some students to form social interactions, particularly freshmen.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for some students to form social interactions, particularly freshmen.
There are many Auburn students who would describe their diets as vegan, vegetarian or somewhere in between. To accommodate and provide a support system for students with these diets, Jean Gannett, senior in art studies, started a club called the Plant-Based Plainsman.
In past years, Alternative Student Breaks and Auburn's Black Student Union would travel to Selma, Alabama, participating in many service projects within the city in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. At the end of the day, both groups would perform the symbolic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, which is the same bridge that King and other civil rights leaders marched across on March 7, 1965, a day remembered as “Bloody Sunday.”
Each year, Auburn students work with a community in Macon County as part of a course in the college of liberal arts. For the past two years, students have partnered with the town of Shorter, Alabama, on different projects with economic and cultural impact.
This November, student veterans from Auburn University and the University of Alabama will begin their annual march across the state, traveling the 151 miles from Jordan-Hare to Bryant-Denny on foot.
For Auburn residents who are food insecure, meals might be harder to come by with the economic challenges the pandemic has posed. One group of students, known as Campus Kitchens at Auburn University, is seeking to relieve this uncertainty by providing community members food from the convenience of their cars.
As Auburn students have navigated their way through a different semester with many classes online, some have said they are finding schoolwork behind a screen more challenging than face-to-face instruction.
A new club called Senior Pals at Auburn University focuses on partnering students with older residents of the Auburn community. The club was started this semester by Clare Promer, junior in accounting, and Anthony Spafford, senior in architecture, who spent their time volunteering at a local nursing home in Auburn last year.
COVID-19 has created obstacles for students who are looking to pursue an occupation in the medical field by postponing many necessary research, shadowing and volunteering opportunities.
In the last few months, businesses have made use of work-from-home methods to ensure they continue operations while employees are away from offices. At Auburn’s first career fair this semester, they also reached out to future prospective employees remotely, a new means of student engagement for the University’s Career Center.
Auburn University announced its Masterlease agreement with 160 Ross, an apartment complex east of the core campus, in February after approval from the University Board of Trustees. This agreement stated that about half of the complex would be used for campus housing, while the other half would continue to be used for residents who signed leases with the apartment complex.
Updated on May 1
Many scheduled events and programs are suspended for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester because of Auburn University's transition to remote learning. The University Program Council is a student-led organization that plans multiple events for students to be able to meet and engage with their peers. UPC had many upcoming events that were forced to be canceled due the coronavirus pandemic.
For clubs and organizations trying to get more funding, Tiger Giving Day is a chance to make their case to donors.
The Canine Performance Sciences Program at Auburn University is an initiative of the College of Veterinary Medicine to expand canine intelligence in areas such as genetics, physical performance and neuroscience.
Voting for SGA president, SGA vice president, SGA treasurer and Miss Auburn will be conducted here and last from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020.
The next candidate is Michael Thomas, a sophomore in finance from Auburn. Thomas gives tours for the business school, and he mentioned how passionate he is about returning the generosity he has received from Auburn.
The first candidate for treasurer is Caroline Willoughby, junior in accounting from Hoover, Alabama. Willoughby has served as director of City relations, and she is currently a senator for the Harbert College of Business. She has been on Lobby Board throughout her time in college.
The University’s Office of Inclusion and Diversity continued its Critical Conversations Speaker Series on Jan. 21. Featured speaker Eddie Glaude, chair of Princeton University’s Department of African American studies, spoke to attendees at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center.
On Nov. 12, the University Program Council hosted a Q&A with Youtube vlogger David Dobrik. During the event, Dobrik handed out cash prizes to three students.