The Chinese Club, Japanese Student Organization, Korean American Student Association and Indian Student Association are cosponsoring a film screening of Zhang Yimou's "Not One Less" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, in 3195 Haley Center as part of the Asian spring film series. The film is free and open to the public. It will be accompanied by English subtitles.
Auburn University students and local immigrant populations have a unique new opportunity for cooperative learning and action, thanks to the creation of Closing the Gap, a student organization whose purpose is "to provide a link of communication, education and advocacy between Auburn students and the international community in Auburn and surrounding areas."
The idea for the new organization began when Gilda Socarras, assistant professor of foreign languages, required her upper-level Spanish students to meet weekly to tutor non-English-speaking immigrants, while using their Spanish language skills to communicate with them. Socarras, a 2008 participant in the College of Liberal Arts Summer Academy for Community and Civic Engagement, added the component to her class as a creative way to increase student learning and build community among local Hispanic populations.
For more information and to join the organization, contact Taylor Baronich at tlb0001@auburn.edu or Gilda Socarras, faculty adviser at socargm@auburn.edu.
The Auburn gymnastics team will take on Alabama tonight at 7 p.m. in Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum in the annual Pink Meet to support Breast Cancer Awareness. There will be a pre-meet silent auction from 5-7 p.m. featuring items autographed by Pat Dye, Pat Sullivan, Tommy Tuberville and other Auburn legends; Auburn Athletics gear; and items from local businesses. All proceeds benefit the East Alabama Medical Center Foundation Breast Cancer Fund. "Flip for the Cure" T-shirts will be for sale outside the main entrance for $10, which includes free admission to the meet. Fans are encouraged to wear pink.
Nine doorways of Auburn University's most historic buildings are featured on this full-color print from the original watercolor paintings. (The doorways pictured are Comer Hall, Mary Martin Hall, Langdon Hall, Textile Building, The Chapel, Ramsay Hall, Samford Hall, Smith Hall and Hargis Hall). Area artist Geri McGriff Davis ('61) researched the Auburn University Architecture Archives in order to recreate the original doorways of each of the hallowed buildings on this stunning print entitled, "Through These Portals." The print is being presented by the College of Liberal Arts and all profits will benefit the CLA Scholarship Fund. To view or purchase the print, visit
http://media.cla.auburn.edu/cla/display_news.cfm?NewsArticleID=124. Auburn students have been passing through these doorways since the 1800s. Own a handsome piece of Auburn University's history.
The broadcast of tonight's Auburn-West Virginia game has been relocated to the 2nd floor of the Student Center because of impending weather. The event, sponsored by the UPC and SGA, will feature free food starting at 5:30 p.m. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. Come watch the game on the big screen with lots of other Auburn fans!
Beginning on Monday, Sept. 29, the Auburn University Marching Band will be competing against six other collegiate bands in ESPN's online Battle of the Bands. The Auburn Band was selected by ESPN and Paramount pictures as one of seven bands in the country to participate. Each band selected was asked to perform the theme music from the latest Indiana Jones movie, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The videos are posted on ESPN.com for fans to vote for their favorite performance. The winning band will be featured on College Gameday on Oct. 11, and will receive a $25,000 donation. The winner is decided by an online vote, so the band needs as many Auburn fans as possible to go to the site and vote daily in order for them to take home the grand prize. The voting starts Monday, Sept. 29 at the following Web site: http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contests/indianajones/. Don't forget to vote each day. Let's support our Auburn University Marching Band! War Eagle!
The Auburn Asian Association will be showing The Darjeeling Limited this Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. in Dudley B6. This Wes Anderson film, starring Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman, follows three brothers as they venture across India on individual spiritual quests. The viewing is free and is open to the public. The Darjeeling Limited is rated R.
Join Auburn Soccer this Friday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. and help "Cram the Complex" as the Tigers host the Ole Miss Rebels at the Auburn University Soccer Complex. The goal is to break the all-time attendance record! Admission is free and the first 250 fans to the game will receive a free "Cram the Complex" T-shirt from University Village. It's also All Auburn, All Orange and Spirit Points will be awarded. For more information on Auburn Soccer, please visit www.AuburnTigers.com.
The Auburn Alumni Association and the Nashville Auburn Club will cosponsor a tailgate party Oct. 4 in Nashville, Tenn., preceding Auburn University's football game against Southeastern Conference rival Vanderbilt University. The event begins four hours prior to kickoff behind Vanderbilt Stadium's northern end zone. Admission is $25 per person and includes a buffet, non-alcoholic beverages, music and special guests. Tailgate tickets may be purchased in advance by contacting Deborah Freeman at (615) 332-2409 or dfreeman@nsm-seating.com. Proceeds benefit the Nashville Auburn Club's scholarship endowment. The Auburn Alumni Association is a nonprofit organization designed to support the allegiance between Auburn University and its graduates and friends. The group is composed of more than 45,000 dues-paying members. For more information, see www.aualum.org.
The Auburn Community Orchestra, Howard Goldstein, Music Director, is pleased to present its annual concert in the Grand Gallery of the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art, Sunday, Sept. 28, at 3 p.m. Bill Schaffer, Auburn professor of horn, will perform Haydn's First Concerto. The orchestra also salutes the 200th birthday of Felix Mendelssohn with a performance of his 12th String Symphony. Admission is free; however, seating is limited and must be reserved by calling 501-2963.
All students, staff and faculty need to be aware of emergency procedures in the event of a tornado warning. When a tornado warning is issued, you should IMMEDIATELY take shelter in the nearest safe location and stay in the shelter area until the warning expires. Classes are suspended for the duration of the warning.
After hours, there are designated severe weather shelters in each residence hall for students living on campus. Students living off campus are encouraged to have a plan for where they will go during a tornado watch and warning. For students who live in mobile homes or who do not have a safe location to shelter off campus, Greene Hall at the College of Veterinary Medicine and the RBD Library will be open if a tornado watch is issued. Students are encouraged to stay in close proximity to a safe location (on or off campus) when a watch is issued so that they can immediately shelter in the event of a warning.
Please read more about severe weather procedures on the AU emergency management website (www.auburn.edu/emergency).
During your college search, you decided Auburn was the place for you, and now we would like your help in recruiting high school students who are considering Auburn. Auburn is updating the brochures and Web pages that you saw during your college search that ended with you calling Auburn home. Please take several minutes to complete our online survey. Your answers can help us to present the facts about Auburn in the way that prospective students want to see. Click here to take the survey.
Due to severe weather, the Auburn University campus will close at 11 a.m. today. Employees may leave, unless your position is essential to emergency operations. Please monitor the weather and visit www.auburn.edu for updates. It is encouraged that you shelter in place if weather turns severe.
Auburn University will award 1,195 academic degrees at its summer commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, in Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum. Of the degrees Auburn will award, 840 are bachelor's degrees, 265 are master's degrees, 86 are doctorates, two are specialist degrees and two are professional degrees. The College of Liberal Arts will award the most undergraduate degrees with 281, followed by the College of Business with 212. The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and the College of Human Sciences will each award 76 degrees. The College of Architecture, Design and Construction will award 67 degrees, the College of Education 49, the College of Sciences and Mathematics 44, the College of Agriculture 30, and the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences five. The ceremony can be viewed live at www.auburn.edu/graduationlive. The broadcast begins at 1:45 p.m. Auburn has awarded more than 210,000 degrees at it main campus since its founding as East Alabama Male College in 1856.
Auburn University Photographic Services is offering Graduation Portraits Aug. 6 and 7. Portraits will be taken in the Photographic Services studio studio located at 104 Foy Student Union. Caps, gowns, tassels and folders are provided if you choose to use them. Hoods and other honors accessories are NOT provided. Photographs can also be taken in your choice of attire (one outfit per package). Please note that retouching will not be available for your initial package.
Each package includes one 5x7 and four wallets of each background (portrait, Samford Hall & bookcase background). For $29.95 (plus tax) you'll receive a total of three 5x7's and twelve wallets. Payment is expected at the time of your appointment (Cash, checks, Visa, MasterCard and Tiger Club cards.) Call (334) 844-4560, 844-4286 or come by Photographic Services at 104 Foy Student Union for more information.
The Auburn University Athletics Department has launched the Auburn Olympic Web site at http://auburntigers.cstv.com/ot/olympians.html. The page includes biographies of Auburn's 25 athletes and coaches participating in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Also available is a schedule of events denoting when Auburn athletes are competing, a listing of Auburn's all-time Olympic competitors and a listing of Auburn's all-time medalists. A PDF version of the Auburn Olympic media guide also is available on the page. For more information, contact Matt Crouch at mcrouch@auburn.edu.
The Washington Post's crossword puzzle from June 9 had an AU connection. One of the clues was "Home of the Tigers" and, of course, the answer was "Auburn."
The Office of Communications and Marketing has selected this photo taken by Mark Cianicosa, a graduate student in Physics, to display on the AU home page for the month of June. In this photo, Sam Gwin of the Auburn Flyers cycling team leads the pack at the 2008 UGA criterium. To see the full-sized image, visit www.auburn.edu. OCM would like to thank everyone who submitted photos. Next month, we will choose a new photo for the AU home page. If you have a unique or compelling photo of Auburn student life, please send it to auphotos@auburn.edu.
Want to see your own photo on the Auburn University homepage? Here is your chance! The Office of Communications and Marketing is asking students, faculty and staff to send in your photos of student life--they can be from campus, study abroad trips or anything Auburn-related. Each month, the OCM staff will choose an image to display on the AU homepage. Photos should be appropriate for the AU web audience and should contain no overt advertising. When you submit a photo, please include a brief description that we can use for a caption. All photo submissions should be sent to auphotos@auburn.edu.
Want to see your own photo on the Auburn University homepage? Here is your chance! The Office of Communications and Marketing is asking students, faculty, and staff to send in your photos of student life-they can be from campus, study abroad trips, or anything Auburn-related. Each month, the OCM staff will choose an image to display on the AU homepage. Photos should be appropriate for the AU web audience and should contain no overt advertising. When you submit a photo, please include a brief description that we can use for a caption. All photo submissions should be sent to campusc@auburn.edu.
Auburn on the Hill, Auburn's Washington internship program, assists students who would like to intern in congressional offices or federal government agencies in Washington, D.C. These prestigious internships allow students the opportunity to live in the nation's capital, work with national leaders, and learn how the federal government works. Application deadlines vary. For more information, visit the Auburn on the Hill homepage at www.auburn.edu/washington or contact Heather Finch at finchhm@auburn.edu or 844-4784.
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