Village Writing Project participants pose for a group photo.

Auburn University hosted the first Village Writing Project institute this summer, under the direction of College of Education associate professor Mike Cook.

July 15, 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

A group of EAGLES students pose with WINGS and Aubie.

Mission to equip students, family members, and caregivers with an integrated, easy-to-use “independence” platform grew out of an Auburn EAGLES article.

July 02, 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.

July 11, 2024

Dr. Tess Maginess and Dr. Leslie Cordie on June 6, 2024 at Queen’s University Belfast

Leslie Cordie, associate professor of adult education in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, received a medal from the Irish government in recognition of her leadership of Research Network #3 for the Asia-Europe Meeting Lifelong Learning Hub, or ASEM LLL, at University in Ireland.

June 24, 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

Jeffrey T. Fairbrother, dean and Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor of Auburn's College of Education, has been chosen to receive the 2024 MacVittie Emerging Leadership Award from the American Association of University Administrators.

May 28, 2024

LEAD participants look out over campus from the top of the Haley Center

Throughout the year, the Truman Pierce Institute hosts LEAD days to help area high school students achieve college and career readiness.

April 15, 2024

Early Childhood Summer Enrichment Program returns this summer

April 11, 2024

Three women sit on a white porch with a flowering bush in the background

Auburn's Regional Autism Network offers translation services for non-English speaking families.

April 02, 2024

Evelyn Hunter receives research funding from Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation

A philanthropic grant is supporting research into health disparities in rural communities.

March 18, 2024

Lightening lights up the sky over a landscape that includes trees and residential neighborhoods

Many rural counties in Alabama have residents who can’t receive severe weather alerts, often due to language barriers or a lack of consistent Internet access. Agriscience Education faculty members are working with Auburn University Extension staff to spread the word about the importance of disaster preparedness.

February 27, 2024

Chih-hsuan Wang, professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology; Peter Liu, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering; and Melody Russell, alumni professor of science education in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, have teamed up to develop an innovative AI curriculum for high school students from underserved school districts in the State of Alabama.

February 20, 2024

An Auburn University College of Education alumnus stands in front of his class teaching.

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.

February 13, 2024

An Auburn student tutoring a first-grader.

Since September, students in Katie Forster’s Foundations of Language and Literacy class have been working one-on-one with students at Richland to improve their reading skills.

November 29, 2023

Last updated: 11/14/2023