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A group of Golden Eagle adults sit around a table at a recent event.

At this year’s Golden Eagles event, 14 alumni from the College of Sciences and Mathematics celebrated their 50th anniversary of graduating on the Plains, including surgeon Gregory Windham.

September 18, 2024

A group of people wearing orange shirts working in a broadcast control room with multiple screens displaying various camera feeds.

The reputation of the School of Communication and Journalism and its programs were showcased to a national audience on ESPN when ESPN Sideline Reporter Taylor Davis '14 shared a heartfelt tribute to Senior Lecturer Ric Smith during the broadcast of Auburn's homecoming game.

September 17, 2024

Gary Godfrey with Austin Hill

New Realm Brewing–Auburn will host Ales for ALS Fest on Friday, Sept. 27, as a portion of each beer sold will go toward supporting ALS research. Current brewing science and operations graduate student Austin Hill created the beer recipe for the event.

September 12, 2024

Student petting therapy dog

Auburn’s Student Counseling & Psychological Services uses therapy dogs, some who are retired service dogs, to promote mental health and wellness for all Auburn students.

September 11, 2024

Hugh Freeze speaking at podium

Auburn University head football coach Hugh Freeze and his wife Jill took time to share about family life and football as the keynote speakers at the “Fall-Star” Supper hosted by the Women’s Philanthropy Board in the College of Human Sciences.

September 11, 2024

Major General Livingston smiles and waves to the crowd in a footballs stadium

Major General James E. Livingston, the only Auburn graduate to receive the Medal of Honor, was honored as the Gameday Hero during the Tigers’ football game on Saturday, Sept. 7.

September 09, 2024

The Alumni Who Helped Build the Graduate Hotel

Project Manager Mike Brown ’03 and Project Engineer Matthew Doyle ’20 are two of the many Auburn grads helping to build the Graduate Hotel.

September 06, 2024

Laura West Ramkorun

History alumna and English-Language Arts teacher Laura West Ramkorun ’10 spent the summer studying education in India through the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program.

September 05, 2024

Brittany Upchurch

For two-time Auburn alumna Brittany Upchurch, giving back is a family affair and motivation for her career.

September 03, 2024

Abdul-Khaliq Murtadha as Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop

Theatre and Dance faculty traveled across the country this summer to bring the Bard's work to life at the states' annual Shakespeare Festivals.

August 28, 2024

Tailgates of yore were often banquets fit for royalty.

For lifelong football tailgaters, every season brings friendships, fans and family to a coveted spot on campus.

August 27, 2024

Auburn

In the kickoff episode to the new season of the Everything Auburn Podcast, hear about the enhanced gameday experience inside Jordan-Hare Stadium. From extra hype stadium lighting and pyro to stadium tours and VIP experiences, more than a dozen enhancements will elevate the 2024 gameday experience.

August 26, 2024

Auburn's EAGLES program has been nominated for a Chick-fil-A 2024 True Inspiration award, which includes a philanthropic grant. The Auburn Family can help the EAGLES program win the top award by voting in the Chick-fil-A app Sept. 3-30.

August 26, 2024

A young man holding a camera stands in front of Cinderella

The Walt Disney Company, which employs many Auburn alumni and students, will be on campus on October 8 for Disney Day on the Plains.

August 22, 2024

Elmo and Douglas Ziebach on a hunting trip together

A family of College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment alumni has seen the fruits of an Auburn education. The achievements of the Ziebach family highlight the CFWE’s 75-year history of producing forestry graduates who have fueled the growth of the state and region’s forest industry.

August 21, 2024

A young woman in a hard hat and vest smiles while at a construction site.

Two Auburn baseball fans, a student and an alumnus, are working on the Plainsman Park expansion project.

August 12, 2024

Laura Stevens speaking with a student

As the incoming director of the Honors College, Laura Stevens, the English professor and previous director at the University of Tulsa’s Undergraduate Research Challenge, immediately felt a sense of belonging.

August 09, 2024

A man poses for a photo in the woods

Ken Day’s passion for natural resource management ignited at CFWE in 1976.

July 31, 2024

PNPS alumnae

Gabby Thabes and Reagan Myers talk about how a degree in philanthropy and nonprofit studies has allowed them to focus on solving critical problems and help people and organizations.

July 24, 2024

Rowdy Gaines poses with Olympic gold medal.

Forty years ago, Rowdy Gaines ’81 won three gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympic Games.

July 24, 2024

Emily Brutko

Professional flight senior Emily Brutko is an accomplished student aviator and rising star in flight instruction.

July 19, 2024

Stuart Simms

A history doctoral candidate in the College of Liberal Arts is studying what happens on Earth while we explore space.

July 15, 2024

A man stands in a forested area surrounded by fire

Drawing from his life’s passion and admiration of the longleaf ecosystem, CFWE alumnus John McGuire recently published a book titled “The Forest that Fire Made.”

July 12, 2024

USA Team Handball image showing a wheelchair and ball

A trio from Auburn University has been selected to lead the inaugural USA Team Handball Wheelchair National Team.

July 11, 2024

Alpha Sennon in a field surrounded by palms

A native of Trinidad & Tobago, doctoral student Alpha Sennon is the founder of an NGO called WHY FARM and a minor celebrity in the agricultural education world.

July 10, 2024

Dylan Cardwell with Chef Ana Plana

Auburn's Dylan Cardwell delivers a slam-dunk in the culinary laboratories of the Horst Schulze School of Hospitality Management as he brings his Chillin’ with Dylan Instagram feature to the Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center.

July 09, 2024

Landscape worker pruning a flower on a college campus

Across the SEC and the country, Auburn graduates are overseeing some of the biggest and most scenic college campuses.

July 09, 2024

a young man sits at a table with two women

Engineering's Young Alumni Council is devoted to keeping graduates engaged with Auburn.

July 09, 2024

Kate Lakis

Before Kate Lakis '24 left Auburn, she wanted to add one more opportunity for pre-law students to develop their legal expertise.

July 09, 2024

Margaret Renkl

Author and New York Times writer Margaret Renkl looks for answers to societal ills in the harmony between humans and nature.

July 08, 2024

Jayson Hill stands in front of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library sign

Jayson Hill, who serves as director of communications and marketing for Auburn Libraries, had a varied and interesting background before going to work on the Plains 13 years ago. He will retire in February 2025.

July 08, 2024

Judge W. Keith Watkins at the bench

W. Keith Watkins '73 balances the scales of justice in the Middle District Court of Alabama every day in hope of a better world. The foundation upon which he built that decades-long career serving society from the bench started at Auburn University.

July 01, 2024

Sean Forbes is a professor of educational psychology in Auburn’s College of Education and the executive director of O Grows

From the beginning, O Grows in Opelika, Alabama, has focused on community, partnership and philanthropy — people helping people.

June 28, 2024

An arial view of buildings shows people in lines to make the number 45

As the college celebrates its 45th anniversary, graduates from the first graduating class in 1981 remember the program’s humble beginnings.

June 25, 2024

A woman wearing a white dress and brown hair poses for a headshot

Brooke Bailey was one of four exceptional individuals honored as Employees of the Year during the 2024 Employee Recognition Program.

June 24, 2024

Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll was named as the new vice president of Facilities Management. He will assume his new role on Aug. 19

June 21, 2024

A brown-haired woman in an orange blazer poses for headshot against a brown background.

After 27 years at Auburn, the director of Risk Management and Insurance is retiring.

June 18, 2024

A young man stands at the finish line of a race

Meet Ethan Davis, an Auburn student who ran 26.2 miles at the Normandy Running Festival — and he isn't even a runner.

June 14, 2024

A woman wearing a white dress poses for a photo against a brick wall.

Caroline Whiting was one of four exceptional individuals honored as Employees of the Year during the 2024 Employee Recognition Program.

June 14, 2024

Prophet Dauda

Prophet Dauda ’24 was raised on stories. From the fireside in a small village in Malawi to Auburn University, the creative writing graduate proves how one person’s story can inspire, entertain and take you across the world.

June 12, 2024

Charles Gavin gazes out a window

Scholarships make an Auburn education possible for many students, and no one knows that better than Charles Gavin. Because it was the catalyst that brought him to Auburn and the force that propelled him through his college career, scholarships are one way Gavin gives back.

June 11, 2024

Walton Ferguson

In the fall, recent Auburn graduate Walton Ferguson will begin his journey to complete a doctorate in quantitative psychology.

June 07, 2024

Lifetime Achievement Awards Logo

The Auburn Alumni Association recently honored the 2024 class of Lifetime Achievement Award and Young Alumni Achievement Award recipients.

June 05, 2024

J.W. Norris

Recent Law and Justice graduate J.W. Norris '24 will attend the University of Oklahoma to pursue his certification in American Indian Law.

June 05, 2024

Troy Harris

Alumnus Troy Harris lives by the Auburn Creed, evolving from a forester in the trees to a businessman promoting the benefits of locally sourced innovative wood products.

June 05, 2024

Alina Braun BMW

College of Human Sciences' alumna and current head of design research & psychology at BMW Group Design Alina Braun shares how Auburn led her down her career path.

June 04, 2024

A blond woman wearing a blue and white dress poses with Aubie behind a big AU sign.

Kaylen Anderson was recognized as one of four exceptional individuals who were honored as Employees of the Year during the 2024 Employee Recognition Program.

May 31, 2024

The Auburn men

On Wednesday, May 29, at the Omni La Costa Champions Course in the California hills between San Diego and Los Angeles, the men's golf team defeated No. 6 Florida State 3-2 to win the 2024 NCAA Championship.

May 30, 2024

Mechanical engineering professor David Dyer is retiring after the longest Auburn career of any faculty member in university history. The man they call Doc reflects on how things on the Plains have changed over the past 59 years — and how some never have.

May 24, 2024

Abby Hinson is a 2017 industrial design graduate who fabricates prosthetics for patients at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

May 24, 2024