Corey Edwards knows Aubie better than most. As advisor to the Aubie Program, Edwards has worked with the mascot every day for the past 13 years. That role includes working alongside the Aubie committee to develop skits Aubie uses to entertain fans, scheduling appearances for Aubie and of course, being by his side on gameday from Tiger Walk until the end of the game.

Edwards’ other full-time responsibility outside of advising Aubie is serving as the director of student involvement within Student Affairs. He’s served in this role for eight years after solely advising the Student Government Association for the previous five years.

“For students at Auburn, one of the best ways to make the university feel like home is by joining a student organization,” Edwards said. “It is my office’s goal to not only help retain and support students, but also enhance the overall Auburn experience for each student.”

Student Involvement is comprised of five Student Activity Portfolios: Service Programs, Leadership Programs, Student Governance, Student Organizations and Student Programming. These high-impact programs receive student activity fee funding and guidance and support from our team of 18 professional staff members and graduate assistants.

Edwards also serves as one of the advisors to the War Eagle Girls and Plainsmen, serves on several student affairs and university committees and works for Campus Recreation as a group fitness instructor.

More about Aubie:

Women love him, children adore him and men want to be him. Aubie, Auburn University’s tiger mascot and nine-time UCA National Champion, was the first to be inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame.

Those accolades don’t come without a lot of work, hard work.

During the 2018-19 academic year, Aubie was requested for appearances at 1,300 events across the country. Of those requests, Aubie completed about 1,100 requests. Since he can’t be in two places at the same time, he has to travel quickly to make it to places on campus, all over the state of Alabama and throughout the country.

Aubie's existence began as a cartoon character that first appeared on the Auburn/Hardin-Simmons football program cover on Oct. 3, 1959. Birmingham Post-Herald artist Phil Neel created the cartoon Tiger who continued to adorn Auburn program covers for 18 years.

Aubie's look on the programs changed through the years. In 1962, he began to stand upright and the next year, 1963, he wore clothes for the first time (a blue tie and straw hat). Aubie's appearances on game programs proved to be somewhat of a good luck charm for Coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan's teams. The Tigers were victorious in the first nine games he graced the cover and in his first six years, Auburn posted a 23-2-1 home record. Auburn's home record during the 18 years Aubie served as Cover Tiger was 63-16-2. Aubie's regular appearance on the game program cover ended on October 23, 1976, when Auburn downed Florida State, 31-19, but Aubie was called back onto the cover for three special Iron Bowl appearances: the 1987 game (November 27, 1987) in Birmingham, celebrating and commemorating the 40th renewal of the modern Auburn-Alabama series, the 1989 game (December 2, 1989) celebrating the Tide's "first time ever" trip to Auburn, and in 1991 when Auburn played its final "home game" in Birmingham's Legion Field (November 30, 1991).

In 1979, Aubie came to life at the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament. James Lloyd, Auburn spirit director for the Student Government Association, with help from the Alumni Association, contacted Brooks-Van Horn Costumes in New York, N.Y. The Company was provided with copies of the 1961 Auburn-Alabama and 1962 Auburn-Georgia Tech game programs to use for reference in creating a costume of the cartoon character. The firm, which also provided costumes for Walt Disney, designed and produced a Tiger costume for $1,350. Individual contributions from various Auburn clubs, alumni and friends helped pay for the first costume.

Aubie proudly marched into the Birmingham-Jefferson County Civic Center on February 28, 1979, and helped lead first-year Auburn coach Sonny Smith's team to an upset of Vanderbilt in his first appearance as a live Tiger mascot. The following day, Aubie returned to the arena and the Tigers surprised Georgia in the longest game in SEC tournament history, four overtimes. Before the weekend was complete, Aubie helped lead the ninth-place team in the regular season to the semifinals of the tournament.