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Building Our Community with Auburn Parks and Recreation

Post contributed by Whitney Morris, Aquatics and Special Events Coordinator, City of Auburn Building communities is essential to our daily lives and the lives of those around us. Without a healthy, thriving community to live in, we would not be able to enjoy the basic pleasures that so many of…
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January 29, 2018
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Building Community: A Process of Purpose

Post contributed by Mark Wilson, Director of Civic Learning Initiatives, Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities, College of Liberal Arts In my Introduction to Community and Civic Engagement course this past semester, two students made comments that continue to echo in my mind, long after the grades…
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January 29, 2018
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Shooting for Gold STARS

Post contributed by Shelby Hall, Office of Sustainability Intern This spring, Auburn will begin reassessing the campus to renew its Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, & Rating System (STARS) rating. STARS is a self-reporting assessment used by universities and colleges to measure sustainability progress on campus. The program was developed by The Association…
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January 9, 2018
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Systems Thinking: Discerning Connections out of View

Post contributed by Lisa A. W. Kensler, Emily R. and Gerald S. Leischuck Endowed Associate Professor for Educational Leadership; Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology in the College of Education We are all systems thinkers. We all have the capacity to see beyond the obvious, to look deeply, to explore…
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January 9, 2018
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Making Small Changes

Post contributed by Maiben Beard, Outreach Associate, Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities Since opening the doors of our new building, the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities at Pebble Hill has hosted over 200 events. From book talks and symposia to concerts and exhibitions,…
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November 28, 2017
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Why Planning for Accessibility Helps Everyone

Post contributed by Trace Donald, Director, Office of Accessibility While getting my undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems in the early 90s, many of my senior level courses required group projects.  In two of my classes, I had a team member that was a quadriplegic.  In the early 90s, many…
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November 2, 2017
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Education as Sustainable Ecotourism

Post contributed by Mackenzie Skiff, senior, Global Studies Auburn University’s College of Human Sciences’ Study Abroad to Fiji is a great example of how ecotourism and community development can be reformed in a sustainable way. This past summer I, along with 12 other Auburn students, studied abroad on the island…
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November 1, 2017