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Auburn Graduates Fulfill Dreams

...and One Important Question is Answered

Students and their…

By Jim Jackson and Amy Weaver, Office of Communications and Marketing

Mary Elizabeth, Sarah, Will and Caitlin Haynes came to Auburn University together and they will leave it together.

When the quadruplet children of Tammy and Bruce Haynes of Ohatchee, Ala., were admitted to college on the Plains, each earned the same four-year scholarship.

"Mom and dad told us, you have a scholarship for four years so you have four years to graduate, or you're on your own,"…

The Last Roll

Jules of the South

From Julia Robertson: "At my school we have two oak trees…

Imagine you are walking through the parking deck to your car after a late night spent at the library studying. Keys in hand, you make a beeline for your car. You hit the unlock button on your remote control key fob and the lights blink. But when you open the trunk to deposit your heavy backpack, someone grabs you from behind.

            This is the nightmare of many college age women. It is hard to feel confident going places alone when you feel helpless. However, Auburn University…

What did you dream of becoming when you were little? Did you have someone you looked up to or dreamed of becoming? Many people know what they want to become at a young age and hold on to their dream. 

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AUBURN, Ala. - The Auburn equestrian team defeated Georgia, 3-1, in a ride-off competition to win the 2013 NCEA Overall National Championship Saturday at the Extraco Events Center in Waco, Texas.

The Tigers also won the Hunt Seat National Championship earlier in the day en route to the overall title.…

The starting of spring semester for a senior student can often be a very stressful time. This is when most students start to really consider the options for post graduation. This was true for senior at Auburn University, Rachel Pridgen. The stress of school and graduation pointed Pridgen to a new hobby, yoga. Her new hobby then ended up leading her to an option for an occupation.

Pridgen started taking yoga classes at a relatively new yoga studio, Fly Yoga Studio, located downtown…

As the Toomer’s Oaks prepare to come down, Auburn University prepares to lose an iconic tradition that has brought the Auburn family together for decades.

Although fans will no longer be able to roll the famous oaks, Auburn University has plans to preserve the memories.

To commemorate the oaks, Auburn will be working with several licensed manufacturers to create mementos from the trees’ wood after their removal in late April.

All proceeds of…

On A-Day weekend, students and alumni celebrated 20 years of Eagle Eye TV. Alumni from all over the country came back to the Plains to say farewell to Toomer's Oaks and celebrate a milestone. 

Eagle Eye alumni were given tours of the station, where they marveled at Eagle Eye's improvements. Many of the alums remembered the "good ole days" when Eagle Eye had only one show a week, "Eagle Eye Magazine." Today, Eagle Eye produces seven shows a week and has over 40 members. 

Eagle…

Meg Danielson graduated from Auburn University in December 2012.  Like many accounting hopefuls, Danielson gained a prestigious internship with Ernst & Young, one of the top accounting firms located in Atlanta, Ga.

 

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After completing the internship Danielson was offered a full-time position,” I just now finished my internship with…

Finding a job is not easy. With the recent slumps in the American economy, college students are finding themselves on the wrong end of the job spectrum. While President Obama and his administration work to create more jobs and better the economy, it is up to today’s college graduate to work hard for the position of their dreams. It may seem impossible, but many students are finding new ways to generate leads, network and ultimately lockdown a full-time job.

“Networking is the…

Although the W. E. Winter Amphibious Warrior Mud Run is well known in the community, the organization that runs it isn’t as well known. The Semper Fidelis Honorary Society is a new student government association organization that was approved this past year to become a campus organization.

“Semper Fidelis” is Latin for “always faithful.”

Auburn University’s website states, “The mission of the organization is to seek to strengthen…

Most people think ‘civic engagement’ is just a ten-dollar phrase for volunteerism, that all it requires is 15 volunteer hours at the local food bank and you’re good to go till Christmas, but according to Auburn University professor Nan Fairley, it’s far beyond service.

“Civic engagement is about going beyond transaction to transformation,” said Fairley at the Engaged Scholar Speaker Series lecture Thursday, April 11. In its simplest form, it means building an equal partnership…

Robert Brannan, a senior in exercise science at Auburn University has been hard at work on a project to compare the electromyographic (EMG) activity of the middle-trapezius and posterior deltoid while performing a suspension inverted row and traditional inverted row. 

Brannan, a secondary investigator on this particular project, has fallen in love with the research and experience that this project has provided. 

This project was developed at Auburn University Montgomery in the…

That time of the year when most college students desert campus and it seems that no one is around, the high school students invade our territory. They come from all over to expand their knowledge in various subjects.



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“We are here to help high school students make decisions about their educational futures and careers,” said James…

After earning his Bachelor of Science in Landscape Horticulture at Auburn University, Jesse Holt decided to further his education by entering Auburn’s Master of Landscape Architecture program.

The Master of Landscape Architecture is a two-year, six-semester program dedicated to teaching and equipping graduate students with real world components to…

Chick-Fil-A is known for their famous chicken sandwich and being a christian company closed on Sunday, but not many know about what it takes to earn the S. Truett Cathy Scholarship. 

Sara Beth Deas was awarded this scholarship in March of 2013 after first being awarded the $1,000 scholarship from Chick-Fil-A two years ago. 

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The pressure of class registration is one that plagues many Auburn students. In an effort to better the registration process and improve graduation rates, Student Government Association teamed up with the Office of the Provost to offer a new academic support service this past fall.

Tiger Advisor @ the Library launched in October 2012 as a satellite advising station to add to the work of student's academic advisors. SGA Chief of Staff Collier Tynes…

Life is full of distractions, a statement that comes as no surprise to anyone, no matter what your age is.

Between schoolwork, your friends and the ever so enticing Internet it can be easy to lose track of time and get behind on matters more important than The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. (Yes ladies, unfortunately there are more important things to tend to.)

Although the same distractions exist in college as they did in high school, the distractions can…

Be The Match, a bone marrow registry that helps find donors for people who need bone marrow or blood transplants, is making a come back on Auburn’s campus. Be the Match matches donors to patients with Leukemia, Lymphoma, Sickle Cell Anemia and other blood cancers.

More than half of people who need bone marrow or blood transplants do not have a donor match in their family. Therefore, these patients rely on Be The Match to save their lives and find a…