Guest Posts

Post contributed by Dawn Morgan, Coordinator for Student Leadership Programs, Office of Student Involvement, Auburn University Student Affairs With a new year comes a new opportunity to reflect on our impact on the world. For many, it’s a time to set a resolution to change a personal attribute. A recent trend…

Post contributed by Ethan Heard, Sophomore at Auburn University Over the past month and a half, I have been all over the world. My journey started when I landed in Dunedin, New Zealand, and it ended in Nadi, Fiji. Now I know what you are wondering how that could be…

Is this the year for you? An invitation to the Summer 2019 Fall Line Project and Faculty Awards “Green Curriculum, Green Campus, Green City” Faculty are invited to enhance your teaching and engagement with environmental and social issues by participating in the 9th year of the Fall Line Project, May…

Post contributed by By Mary Jo Berkstresser, Senior in Natural Resources Management I love nature. I have always loved being outside and surrounding myself with the beauty and might of the outdoors. Because of this, I decided to go to Auburn to get a degree in Natural Resources Management in…

Post contributed by Laura Vinzant, Senior in Global Studies The Resourceful Nature of Fijians There are countless things I learned during my four-week journey on the small, North Fijian island of Vorovoro from winding fish lines on bottles to cooking every-day meals. I saw, first-hand, what the gender roles looked…

Post contributed by Dr. Nanette Chadwick, Academic Sustainability Programs, Director More than 20 courses are being offered toward the Minor in Sustainability Studies during Spring Semester 2019, spread across 8 colleges on campus. Most of them can also be used as free electives, or even toward students' majors. Academic Sustainability Programs has posted online a guide to sustainability…

Post contributed by Dane Block, President, Student Government Association The most unique aspect to our great University is the people that work for and call Auburn home. This wide range of individuals spans from the community that surrounds the campus, the students themselves, as well as faculty and administration. Diving…

Contributed by Mary Jo Berkstresser, Senior, Natural Resource Management As a senior in natural resources management, people keep asking me, “Mary Jo, why this trip? How does living in New Zealand or Fiji help you in the long run?” Well nosy neighbor, this trip is called Sustainability in Action so that…

Post contributed by LaJae Coleman, Community & Civic Engagement Graduate Assistant Dr. Bernard Lafayette On Thursday, November 1, 2018, the Auburn University Community and Civic Engagement Initiative in the College of Liberal Arts will be hosting a one-day Diversity Symposium in the beautiful Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts &…