In recognition of Black History Month\, the Auburn Alumni Association will host Freedom Riders Bill Harbour and Charles Person. Harbour and Person will offer riveting accounts of their experiences as civil rights activists who rode interstate buses through the segregated southern United States in the early 1960s. <a href=\'https://events.attend.com/f/1383777850\'>Registration</a> is...
Glenn Loughridge became Auburn University’s director of Campus Dining in 2012. A native of Clearwater\, Florida\, and a 1994 Auburn alumnus\, Loughridge works with the Auburn dining contractor\, student groups\, faculty\, and staff to create a campus dining experience that is dynamic and responsive to changes in dining needs and...
Gen. Lloyd J. Austin is a retired U.S. Army general with nearly 41 years of military service. As the commander of U.S. Central Command from March 2013 through March 2016\, he was responsible for the 20-country Central Region that includes Iraq\, Syria\, Iran\, Yemen\, Afghanistan\, Pakistan\, Egypt and Saudi Arabia....
All Auburn men and women are familiar with the iconic <em>Auburn Creed</em>\, but most know almost nothing about its mysterious origins and esteemed author. Mike Jernigan will introduce you to George Petrie\, who brought intercollegiate football and baseball to the plains 125 years ago with two 1892 contests against the University...
Christopher J. Heacox serves as the inaugural executive director of the Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University\, which is slated to open in August 2019. As executive director\, Heacox leads the artistic and administrative functions of the Gogue Center by striving to bring in world-class performances...
This year\'s series kicks off on with Wanona Satcher\, ’02\, ’05\, CEO and founder of ReJuve Corp. and Makhers Studio LLC. Satcher will present on the topic of “Designing Forward.\' Satcher\'s talk is being held in conjunction with the Auburn Alumni Association\'s Black Alumni Weekend. Auburn University will host the...
Head Coach, Robb Taylor, will introduce you to the sport of wheelchair basketball. He will talk about the history of the Auburn Wheelchair Basketball program and the direction the team is headed. He will also talk about his experience as a coach with the US Paralympic Team and how that...
Sam Heys first saw Henry Harris play basketball in 1969 when Harris was only a teenager, but Heys could sense he might be sitting in on history, that he was watching a change agent at work. He was struck by Harris’s power and grace in the face of racial epithets...
Mallory Lucier-Greer, a PhD alumni of Auburn University and clinical marriage and family therapist, has done research examining how stressors impact families and their members, from relocations and deployment for military families, to navigating co-parenting, and other situational stressors. She and her team identify leverage points to help families produce...
Rusty Smith, associate director of Rural Studio in the College of Architecture, Design, and Construction, is presenting a talk on the programs 25 years of leadership in the area of Public Interest Design. Rural Studio, a world-renowned architectural education program, features a unique hands on approach where students work in...
Alabama has one of the highest opioid prescribing rates in the country. These drugs (including heroin, oxycodone, hydroconone, morphine, and fentanyl) work to diminish pain and produce feelings of relaxation and euphoria. To combat the opioid crisis in the state, Harrison School of Pharmacy faculty members Drs. Brent Fox, Haley...
Student Affairs is inviting Auburn students to attend the Black Alumni Panel. Regenia Sanders ’95, ’99 (Engineering), partner with Ernst & Young and president of the Auburn Alumni Association board of directors will serve as the moderator. Additional panelists will include Shirley Boulware ’91 (Engineering), recruiting manager, Georgia Pacific; Ronnie...
