A guide to the top construction projects on campus

Incoming freshmen can expect to see some neon orange with the blue on campus as they navigate around Auburn this fall. Here are the top three projects.

Aviation department announces exciting changes

Aviation training at Auburn University is getting revamped. The center for aviation currently housed in the Raymond J.

3,738 degrees awarded across four graduation ceremonies

The University will award 3,738 diplomas during the four ceremonies on Saturday, May 7, and Sunday, May 8.

Student runs own 'party animal' business

Some students have pets, some have farms, and some have their own businesses. Patrick Starr has all three. Starr, a freshman in poultry science and pre-veterinary medicine, has been running his own petting zoo business since he was 13.

Career Center prepares graduates for the 'real world'

From the day a student steps foot on Auburn’s campus, one question will pervade their entire college career: Will I find a job? The Auburn Career Center is prepared to help, according to Addye Buckley-Burnell, assistant director of career development at the Career Center. 

Sexual assault in campus building reported

Auburn Police Division was contacted by a third party about a fondling incident that reportedly occurred in the Sciences Center Classroom Building close to midnight, according to an announcement by Auburn University Public Safety and Security.

Biology department holding clownfish sale

All proceeds go to the University's anemonefish culture program.

University officials invited to White House to discuss higher education’s role in justice system reform

Kyes Stevens, the founder and director of the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project in the College of Human Sciences at Auburn, and Provost Timothy Boosinger will join a group of prison higher education directors and provosts from universities around the country to explore the role of higher education and the challenges facing the current criminal justice system, according to a University release.

Auburn University and Alabama Community College System teaming up on aviation programs

The University and the Alabama Community College System are working together with their aviation programs, according to a University press release.  President Jay Gogue and Alabama Community College System Chancellor Mark Heinrich signed a "memorandum of understanding" Thursday at the Auburn University Regional Airport, marking the beginning of the partnership. "This agreement will benefit the state's students through coordinated programs and will expand innovation, technology and job creation in Alabama," Gogue said.

Discover Auburn book talk on the history of Auburn University set for May 5

Dwayne Cox, former head of Auburn University Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives Department, will close the spring 2016 season of the Discover Auburn lecture series with a talk on his new history of Auburn University book titled “The Village on the Plain, Auburn University 1856-2006," according to a campus notice.

SGA announces changes to student ticketing system

Ignited Cards will now be checked at the gate to ensure that the owner of the card is the one using it, according to SGA's newly released 2016 Football Student Ticketing Policy.

Twitter executive, Army general to speak at spring commencement ceremonies

A Twitter executive and an Army general, both Auburn graduates, will speak at the spring commencement ceremonies Saturday and Sunday, May 7-8, in the Auburn Arena, according to a University release.

Students honored during memorial ceremony

In memory of Eric Jaegge, Dakota Parker and Justin Latting Weimer, Auburn students and faculty, as well as friends and family gathered together in the Student Center Ballroom to celebrate the lives of the three students who’d passed during this school year. Bobby Woodard, associate provost and vice president for student affairs, opened the memorial ceremony and offered his condolences to the family and friends in attendance. “For 17 years I’ve been in this field and these ceremonies never get any better...situations like this are never easy,” Woodard said. Woodard then read the poem “The Dash” by Linda Ellis, where Ellis describes the time between birth and death as a ‘dash’, or the time that matters. “I hope you understand that here at Auburn University, the people sitting in this room are honored to be a part of your sons’ ‘dash’,” Woodard said.

​#AUTogether spreads following Campus Climate Survey

The 2016 Campus Climate Survey final report was recently released, and those students that participated called for a cultural change in Auburn that provides more inclusion and sense of belonging. Julie Huff, Provost Office director of strategic initiatives and communications, said diversity is perceived differently now than it was during Auburn’s 2003 Campus Climate Survey. “I think that we as a society operationalize or we define diversity differently now,” Huff said.

Auburn University doctoral candidate wins awards for red light camera research

Master of Landscape Architecture program granted re-accreditation

Changes to Village Dining, other dining options to occur over summer

SGA discusses memorial at open forum

A provost open forum was held in the Student Center on Oct. 21 where students and members of the Auburn Community listened to conceptual designs and were invited to comment on the plans, voice concerns and make suggestions.