Student veteran Jordan Ninde fulfills his dream to attend Auburn

Jordan Ninde, a senior exercise science major, joined the U.S. Marine Corps a few months after his high school graduation. He left the military in 2020 and made his way to the Plains, fulfilling a dream 20 years in the making.

November 09, 2023

Dream math graduate Anna Baker outside Samford Hall

Anna Baker changed the trajectory of her career by choosing to participate in the DREAM-Math program at Auburn University.

November 07, 2023

two faculty members, a man and a woman, stand together smiling in front of foliage

Auburn faculty members Jada Kohlmeier and Steven Brown have been awarded more than $2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Education to conduct virtual professional development with secondary social studies teachers from across the nation.

November 06, 2023

a physical therapist helps a woman stretch her core

The husband-and-wife team of Harsimran Baweja and Niyati Shah will lead the new Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program in Auburn University's School of Kinesiology,

October 31, 2023

Teachers on the trip to Korea gather for a photo.

Last summer, Dr. Jung Won Hur and eight elementary and high school teachers from Alabama traveled to South Korea for nearly two weeks.

October 30, 2023

Math educators meet to address STEM teacher shortage

Mathematics educators from the SEC universities, along with several from other universities, held a summit on the University of Florida campus this fall to discuss how their universities can increase the number of new mathematics teachers they are producing.

October 23, 2023

A Gear Up Achieve logo

Led by efforts from the College of Education and University Outreach, Auburn University has received an $18.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education to provide greater access and opportunities to more than 6,500 Alabama middle school students.

October 12, 2023

A group of seven interdisciplinary scholars poses for a photo

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have awarded Auburn $550,000 over the next five years to establish a Gulf Scholars Program on campus.

October 11, 2023

A man lying down on a medical bed

Auburn University's Warrior Research Center (WRC) has joined forces with the Auburn Police Department to redefine officer wellness – with the WRC focusing on the physical aspects of a police officer's job.

October 06, 2023

School of Kinesiology doctoral candidate Sarah Brinkerhoff was named one of Auburn University's Outstanding Doctoral Students for 2022-2023. Brinkerhoff was selected by a special committee of the Graduate Council for the quality of record she has established at Auburn and reflects exception and positive credibility on her advisor, Dr. Jaimie Roper, and the School of Kinesiology.

October 06, 2023

Two students will be joining the College of Education this fall as part of Auburn University's Presidential Graduate Opportunity Program, or PGOP.

October 06, 2023

Matt Miller, professor and director of the Performance and Exercise Psychophysiology Lab, has been named the assistant director of the School of Kinesiology.

October 06, 2023

Soolim Jeong and Chloe Jones, students in the School of Kinesiology, were accepted into the Predoctoral Clinical/Translational Research, or TL1, Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Center for Clinical and Translational Science. TL1 trainees are predoctoral students finishing their second year in a health-related program.

October 06, 2023

Students from Auburn's School of Kinesiology were well represented at this year's annual Southeastern Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine, or SEACSM, meeting, held Feb. 23-25. A student poster competition is held annually, and the abstracts of students who indicated their intention to compete go through additional screening to be selected.

October 06, 2023

William “Hank” Murrah, an associate professor in Auburn's College of Education, was named head of the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, or EFLT, last month.

October 06, 2023

Students in College of Education teacher preparation programs recently participated in “A Day at Pebble Hill” to tour and learn about the history of the 1847 former plantation cottage in Auburn.

October 06, 2023

Professors from Auburn University's College of Education and College of Sciences and Mathematics are joining forces to help reverse a glaring shortage of K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, teachers throughout the state of Alabama.

October 06, 2023

Rooted in extensive research, “Bloody Sunday, Selma and the Long Civil Rights Movement,” a unique project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) launched this summer with a pair of week-long workshops for dozens of K-12 educators from districts across the nation.

October 06, 2023

Upcoming construction of the College of Education building and the STEM + Agricultural Sciences Complex on the site of the former Hill Residence Halls means major changes for campus.

October 06, 2023

In 2020, Astakhova was recruited by Auburn women's tennis head coach Caroline Lilley, and she has now played three seasons for Auburn.

October 06, 2023

Evelyn Hunter, an associate professor in the College of Education's Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling, is working to reframe the perspective around remediation in psychology.

October 06, 2023

Auburn's College of Education recently created a new minor option for graduate students, the Psychology of Learning minor.

October 06, 2023

Auburn professors in the College of Education and College of Nursing are launching a new collaborative initiative designed to increase mental health services in rural Alabama schools.

October 06, 2023

This July, Auburn's College of Education hosted a small group of 10th-12th graders on campus for the World Affairs Youth Seminar, or WAYS, led by Jesús A. Tirado, assistant professor of secondary social sciences education.

October 06, 2023

Auburn University's College of Education online graduate programs are among the nation's best, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023 Best Online Program rankings released Jan. 24.

October 06, 2023

Auburn's College of Education will welcome three Presidential Graduate Research Fellows this fall.

October 06, 2023

Dustyn Taylor Lewis, an undergraduate student in the School of Kinesiology, will represent the College of Education as its student marshal for Auburn University's spring 2023 commencement ceremonies.

October 06, 2023

Christine Schnittka, professor of science education in Auburn University's College of Education, is among 32 scholars from universities and colleges across the country who will travel to Israel this summer to participate in the highly competitive academic Faculty Fellowship Program.

October 06, 2023

Jared Russell, a professor in Auburn's College of Education, college director of diversity and assistant director of the School of Kinesiology, has been named associate dean for academic and faculty affairs which became effective Jan. 1.

October 06, 2023

Construction recently began on the College of Education building that will be located at the intersection of West Samford Avenue and Duncan Drive, former site of the Hill Residence Halls.

October 06, 2023

McKenna Leckey, a graduate student at Auburn University studying social science education, has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright scholarship to Germany for the 2023-24 academic year.

October 06, 2023

Taylor Simon, a graduating senior from Aurora, Colorado, majoring in collaborative teacher special education, has been selected to lead the College of Education class of 2022 in this fall's commencement ceremonies set for Dec. 9-10.

October 06, 2023

School of Kinesiology doctoral candidate Mariah Morton was awarded a New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation.

October 06, 2023

Becoming an advocate, researcher and spokesperson for people with chronic health conditions was never the role Julie Hill thought she would one day have when she embarked on her career as a preschool special education teacher.

October 06, 2023

Marilyn E. Strutchens, Emily R. and Gerald S. Leischuck Endowed Professor and Mildred Cheshire Fraley Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Education in the College of Education's Department of Curriculum and Teaching, was recently invited to be a guest lecturer at Columbia University's Teachers College Mathematics Department.

October 06, 2023

The Auburn Board of Trustees at its Nov. 11 meeting took the final steps to approve the construction of a new building to be located at the corner of West Samford Avenue and Duncan Drive.

October 06, 2023

Melody Russell, Alumni Professor and professor of science education in Auburn's College of Education, was recently appointed to be a visiting scholar at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City this fall as part of her professional improvement leave.

October 06, 2023

Auburn University's College of Education is wrapping up a banner year, breaking college fundraising records by receiving more than $6.5 million in gifts during the fiscal year.

October 06, 2023

The College of Education's EAGLES—students with intellectual disabilities—had a blast during a recent visit from the Auburn men's basketball team and Coach Bruce Pearl.

October 06, 2023

Jeffrey T. Fairbrother, dean of Auburn's College of Education and Wayne T. Smith, Distinguished Professor, exchanged their business suits for a swimsuit to brave Auburn University Dance Marathon's dunk tank on the concourse on Wednesday.

October 06, 2023

Auburn University's College of Education recently welcomed more than 60 faculty members from the U.S. Air Force's Squadron Officer School, or SOS, for Convergence 2022.

October 06, 2023

Zach Dickey

Zach Dickey, a graduate student in Auburn University's College of Education, is a member of the U.S. Power Soccer National Team. He and his teammates are headed to Sydney, Australia, to compete against nine other nations in the Powerchair Football World Cup from Oct. 14-20.

October 05, 2023

Professor Margaret Flores teaches the CRA-I method to students in her Curriculum in Elementary: Literacy and Mathematics class

Two professors in Auburn's College of Education have spent the past year researching the implementation of the CRA-I method with students from Loachapoka Elementary.

September 21, 2023

DeAngelo Johnson in his classroom

Many Auburn alumni teachers are bucking the state and national trend that declares as many as 70% of teachers are said to have considered leaving their jobs in recent years.

September 14, 2023

Auburn students at therapeutic camp.

This summer, students majoring in collaborative special education spent their days working with adolescents and adults with disabilities.

September 12, 2023

Eagles students in Atlanta

This fall, the EAGLES program is asking for help to make the Auburn dream a reality for even more students through a crowdfunding initiative aimed at offsetting the costs students and families incur.

September 07, 2023

Julie Hill

Becoming an advocate, researcher and spokesperson for people with chronic health conditions was never the role Julie Hill thought she would one day have when she embarked on her career as a preschool special education teacher.

August 09, 2023