Alumni Hospitality Tent changes location this football season
The Auburn Alumni Association's hospitality tent - ground central for football fans prior to kickoff on the Plains each fall - is in a new location this season on the Wallace Center lawn west of Jordan-Hare Stadium. Guests will also notice another change: Entrance fees are higher in order to cover the event's growing costs. All dues-paying members of the Auburn Alumni Association (life and annual), and children ages 3 and under, will still get in free. (Members may bring one non-member guest for an entrance fee of $5.) Non-members ages 13 and over will pay $10 per person; children ages 4 through 12 will be charged $5. Sponsors include Bruno's and Comcast/Charter Sports. For details, see www.aualum.org.
Can't make it to the game? Join a local watch party
Join other Auburn alumni in your area and make new friends at a football game-watching party in your area. To find out whether your local Auburn club is scheduling events this season, see www.alumni.auburn.edu/clubs/gamewatch-locations.html.
Travel with the Tigers to away games
Travel to the Tigers' football games in other states and tailgate with your Auburn Alumni Association this season: Join the Nashville Auburn Club for an Oct. 4 party prior to the Tigers' game against Vanderbilt; head to Morgantown, W.Va. from Oct. 22-25 to watch Auburn face West Virginia; and, finally, take a trip to Memphis, Tenn., and Oxford, Miss., Oct. 31-Nov. 2 to take care of business with Ole Miss. For details, e-mail tanja.matthews@auburn.edu or check out www.aualum.org/travel/away-game.
You're invited to the MAIN Event
Registration is now open for the Auburn Alumni Association's annual MAIN (Minority Alumni Involvement Now) Event planned for Nov. 7-8 in conjunction with Auburn University's Homecoming football game against the University of Tennessee at Martin. The MAIN Event includes a dance featuring music by Atlanta-based Urban Legends' disc jockey "DJ Soul" at the Auburn Alumni Center and a brunch hosted by Auburn University President Jay Gogue. For details, see www.aualum.org/main/main-event.html.
Votes for Tuberville mean student scholarships
Vote for Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville as Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year, and your Auburn Alumni Association could win $20,000 for scholarships. To cast your ballot weekly, see www.aualum.org and look for the Coach of the Year link.
'Auburn All-Access' offers sports on demand
Auburn Alumni Association members receive a 25 percent discount on CSTV's "Auburn All-Access" online sports programming, featuring games, coaches' shows, interviews and more. Don't miss any Tigers action: Check out www.cstv.com/auburnalumni today.
Become a member for life
Are you an annual member of the Auburn Alumni Association? Did you know that, over the course of your lifetime, you'll pay more than three times the cost of a one-time-only lifetime membership payment? Go life today ... kick it up before Oct. 11 for a T-shirt and the chance to participate in the association's third annual chili cook-off at the alumni hospitality tent prior to the Tigers' home football game against Arkansas. See www.aualum.org/membership and follow the "JOIN/RENEW" link for details.
Give your grad a European tour
Know a recent graduate? Spoil him or her with a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe with other brand-new alumni. From the pomp and pageantry of London to the glamour of Paris, from ancient Roman ruins to the majesty of the Greek isles, Europe's most famous cities and beaches provide the setting for a journey that celebrates and educates. Give a graduation trip to remember; for details, see www.aualum.org/travel/tour2009-europe.html.
Fly overseas with Auburn's War Eagle Travelers
This spring, join the Auburn Alumni Association's War Eagle Travelers for a romantic trip to Paris, one of the world's most romantic and glamorous destinations. Marvel at the world famous Eiffel Tower, the Gothic cathedral of Notre Dame, the Louvre Museum and the magnificent Palace of Versailles. For information on this or any one of the more than 30 international trips offered next year through the War Eagle Travelers program, see www.aualum.org/travel.
Support AU Scholarships with Spirit of Auburn Credit Card
The new Spirit of Auburn credit card featuring the WorldPoints program contributes to Auburn's scholarship fund while building rewards for you, too. By using this card for all your everyday purchases, you share the Auburn spirit by benefiting students who most deserve academic scholarships at no additional cost to you and you ultimately help shape the future of Auburn. And cardholders will be rewarded when they redeem all the points earned for travel, merchandise or cash rewards. This is the only card that directly supports your alma mater. For more information about the card, or to apply, go to www.auburn.edu/spiritcard. |
Students from Auburn's McWhorter School of Building Science spent two months abroad this summer studying 17 construction marvels and 4,000 years of building practices and achievements. The group is compiling their research into a textbook, a first of its kind, about the history of construction for future students.
Auburn University is ranked 28th among land grant universities nationally and in the top 50 of public universities overall for the 16th consecutive year, according to an annual survey released by U.S. News & World Report. Auburn placed 45th among the top 50 public universities.
Auburn University veterinary professor Jim Wohl has been appointed Auburn's first ombudsperson to serve as a neutral party in helping employees and the university solve grievances and workplace concerns.
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five videos.