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Join Us for the Second Annual “Is it Just Food?” Symposium

Post contributed by Melani Landerfelt, M.A., Auburn University Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Candidate, Community and Civic Engagement Graduate Assistant As part of the Annual College of Liberal Arts No Impact Week celebration, faculty, undergraduate students, and graduate students are all invited to present on any formal or informal research they have done…

adminFebruary 23, 2018

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Building Community: One Bite at a Time

Post contributed by Dr. Virginia Koch, Auburn University Residence Life Director How do you build community? First, begin with the end in mind. Ask yourself, how do I want my community to look, feel, sound, and smell? Paint a picture of your ideal community. Does it look beautiful, well-maintained, or…

adminJanuary 30, 2018

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Building Community Around a Common Purpose

Post contributed by Christopher T. Wyckoff, Ph.D., Assistant Director, First Year Experience I’ve always had an interest in and passion for the environment. One of my most vivid memories is from my childhood, on a chilly spring day in Chicago. I decided to button up my coat, jump on my…

adminJanuary 30, 2018

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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…

adminJanuary 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…

adminJanuary 29, 2018

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Engineering College Offers Guest Lectures on Sustainability-Related Topics

Post contributed by Dr. Nanette Chadwick, Director of Academic Sustainability Programs For faculty who are preparing your spring classes, please note that there are engineering faculty members who are willing to give guest lectures on sustainability-related topics. Also for students, if you are interested in hearing lectures about any of…

adminJanuary 10, 2018

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Faculty Invited to Apply for Paid Positions Co-Teaching Sustainability Courses

Post contributed by Dr. Nanette Chadwick, Director of Academic Sustainability Programs Academic Sustainability Programs invites applications from faculty members in all academic units, to co-teach in our interdisciplinary courses in sustainability during the 2018-19 academic year. Each of our courses typically is co-taught by a team of 4 or more…

adminJanuary 10, 2018

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Busy Beyond Belief? Why an Alternative Sleep Cycle Might be the Answer

Post contributed by Jack Parrish Did you make a New Year’s resolution last year? Did you keep it? For many of us, we find ourselves repeating the same patterns each year; we decide to recycle, work out, meal prep, etc. but it rarely sticks. Instead we get busy. As my…

adminJanuary 10, 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…

adminJanuary 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…

adminJanuary 9, 2018

Join Us for the Second Annual “Is it Just Food?” Symposium

Building Community: One Bite at a Time

Building Community Around a Common Purpose

Building Our Community with Auburn Parks and Recreation

Building Community: A Process of Purpose

Engineering College Offers Guest Lectures on Sustainability-Related Topics

Faculty Invited to Apply for Paid Positions Co-Teaching Sustainability Courses

Busy Beyond Belief? Why an Alternative Sleep Cycle Might be the Answer

Shooting for Gold STARS

Systems Thinking: Discerning Connections out of View

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