AUBURN - Auburn University recently created a professorship in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering through a donation by H. Vincent Groome III, owner of Groome Transportation, which operates Tiger Transit system. The gift was given in honor of Groome's father. The Harold V. Groome [...]
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AUBURN - Ensign Lauren Nevels, a recent Auburn University graduate, has been recognized as the top Naval Reserve Officers Training Corp Midshipman in the nation. Nevels received the Admiral James L. Holloway Jr. Award in a ceremony June 30. Rear Adm. Robert Crates, president [...]
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AUBURN - George Mitrevski, an associate professor in Auburn University's Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to study in Macedonia. Mitrevski, who leaves in August, received a nine-month appointment and will be conducting research on an electronic collection of Macedonian texts [...]
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AUBURN - After more than 15 years of researching African-American spirituals, Auburn University music professor and professional singer Rosephanye Powell has released a CD titled "Motherless Child." Powell, a professor in Auburn's College of Liberal Arts, said African-American spirituals, songs that enabled slaves to develop a [...]
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AUBURN -  A new Auburn University-designed, high-tech pharmacy in Meridian, Miss., is the first of its kind and is a model facility that could be built in communities across the United States. Auburn pharmacy professors Kenneth Barker and Betsy Flynn led a multidisciplinary team in designing the recently opened facility for [...]
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The Auburn University Bookstore will be collecting new dog toys until Thursday, July 2, to be donated to the Lee County Humane Society. The basket is located near the doors to the concourse. For more information, contact Margaret Hendricks at mhendrm1@auburn.edu. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fblog.auburn.edu%2Fthisweekatau%2F2009%2F06%2F29%2Fdog-toy-drive-being-held-at-campus-bookstore%2F'; addthis_title = 'Dog+toy+drive+being+held+at+campus+bookstore'; addthis_pub [...]
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Students are invited to participate in a tennis tournament organized by the International Student Organization on July 9 and 10. The tournament will be held on the tennis courts at the Student Activity Center and will begin both days at 5:30 p.m. To register, please fill out the registration form found on the ISO website [...]
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Nominations are being accepted until tomorrow, June 30, for the 2009 Pamela Wells Sheffield Award, sponsored by the Auburn University president’s office and athletics department and coordinated by the Office of Alumni Affairs. The annual award recognizes women who show extraordinary service and commitment to the university and the Auburn family. For nomination guidelines, see [...]
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Michelle Murphy, director of the Miss Auburn University scholarship program, was recently named the 2009 Pageant Director of the Year for the Miss Alabama pageant. She received this honor on June 6 during the finals of the Miss Alabama pageant at Samford University. There are 47 preliminary pageants and corresponding directors for 2009, and the [...]
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Students can still sign up for summer Auburn University community courses. Beginning in July, classes will be available in investment basics, calligraphy, jewelry design, floral arrangement, ACT/SAT prep, ballroom dance and Texas two-step. There are also introductory workshops in belly dance and tai chi. Finally, the boating safety course has been rescheduled for the first [...]
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