All Blog Posts Tagged 'freshman' (19)

Adjusting to college can prove to be a challenging transition. By joining a Learning Community, familiar faces can turn into friends.





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Learning Communities are becoming essential to a successful freshman year. Auburn University has approximately 35 learning communities.

A group of 20 to 25 students are…

Whether the acceptance comes through letter or email, the word “congratulations” is one every high school senior hopes to see. When the “congratulations” come from Auburn University, it’s more than just an acceptance to an elite university. The letter represents an invitation to a family that has roots over 150 years deep.

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Auburn University was named America's Best Architecture and Design School in 2010. It goes without saying, Auburn is a great school for industrial design.

Industrial design is in the College of Architecture, Design and Construction under the Department of Industrial and Graphic Design.

What exactly is industrial design (ID)?

Students majoring in ID learn how to create and develop new…

To live on or off campus; that is the question.

Deciding where to live freshman year can be challenging. Auburn has many options, ranging from campus dorms to houses in neighborhoods. When making the choice, factors like price, size, and proximity to campus play a major role in the decision. 

Sara Sellers, a junior in Exercise Science at Auburn, talks about her decisions on housing as a college…

For many students the idea of beginning college can be an overwhelming stage of life to conquer. Madeline White, a freshman majoring in Human Development and Family Science, grew up in a small town with big dreams of attending Auburn University one day. Madeline's family…

Elizabeth Simmons is a freshman majoring in Agricultural Communications. Her hometown boasts the world's largest livestock exposition and richest regular-season rodeo, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. She has served on the Jr. Rodeo Committee of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, and plans to do so in the future.…

Kathryn Ethridge is a freshman from Atlanta, GA. She is an outgoing and free-spirited 18-year-old with a passion for helping others. She grew up spending a lot of time in her local church and has participated in mission trips to many countries. She is currently active with the Auburn United Methodist Church…

When a lot of students come to Auburn they see it as a downsizing experience; a real small town feel.  Well for freshman Mary-Carter English that isn't the case.  English is from Monroeville, Ala. where the population is around 7,000 people, which is barely more than one grade at Auburn.  

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What’s your favorite Auburn tradition?

Football brings out the best in Auburn tradition. The tradition I enjoy the most is the tiger walk so that I get to see the coach and the stars of the team. It gets me pumped up for the game ahead and is definitely an Auburn tradition I can't miss out on game day.

If you could meet one Auburn legend, dead or alive, who would it be?

I am a sports fanatic so it is no wonder why I would like…

Caitlin, Beth, and Megan Frenzer

Political Science and Business Administration, Civil Engineering, History

Freshmen from Chicago, IL

Auburn receives new freshmen every Fall semester, but this Fall the University welcomed three girls from the…

Desi Ingram is a freshman at Auburn University majoring in business with the intent of going to law school upon graduation. She had a long move when deciding to attend Auburn. She is from a town just 15 minutes from Chicago, called Glenview, Ill. Desi was ready to…

Christian Fulks

Freshman,  Majoring in Elementary Education

Being a freshman at Auburn University can be a tough job. The adjustment from high school to college can be an overwhelming and scary experience. Christian Fulks is an energetic 19-year-old…

Callan Wheeler

Auburn University freshman

Interior Design major

One out of 25,000 is a scary ratio, especially to a new freshman. However, Auburn makes it easy for one student to find their niche among…

Rachel McKinnon

Pre-Medical student with a major in Biomedical Science

Freshman, College of Science and Mathematics

For most people on Auburn's campus, there is something distinctively recognizable about new freshmen.  But Rachel McKinnon fit…

As an incoming freshman, expectations of college life are incredible. Looking towards the future with images of classes, homework and professors swirling in the minds of many, college holds multiple changes in life. Ideas of what goes on after class is what is really intringuing. During those first days after being dropped off in beautiful Auburn for their first fall here, excitement about what the university has to offer academically is an important and…