Auburn University 
Auburn University (
AU or
Auburn) is a
state university located in
Auburn,
Alabama,
USA. With more than 23,000 students and 1,200 faculty, it is the largest
university in the state, a private
liberal arts school affiliated with the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The
college was donated to the state of Alabama in
1872, when it became the state's
public land-grant university under the
Morrill Act and was renamed the
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. In
1892, the college became the first four-year
coeducational school in the state. The college was renamed the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API) in
1899. In
1960, its name was officially changed to Auburn University, as it had long been popularly known. Auburn is one of only 13 American universities designated as a
land-grant,
sea-grant, and
space-grant research center.
History The school was reopened in
1866 following the end of the Civil War and has been open ever since. In
1872, control of the institution was transferred from the Methodist Church to the State of
Alabama for financial reasons. Alabama placed the school under the provisions of the
Morrill Act as a
land-grant institution, the first in the South to be established separate from the state university. This act provided for 240,000 acres (971 km²) of Federal land to be sold in order to provide funds for an agricultural and mechanical school. As a result, in 1872 the school was renamed to the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama.
Under the provisions of this act, land-grant institutions were also supposed to teach military tactics and train officers for the United States military. In the late 1800s, most students at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama were enrolled in the cadet program, learning military tactics and training to become future officers. Each county in the state was allowed to nominate two cadets to attend the college free of charge.
In
1892, two historic events occurred: women were first admitted to the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, and football was first played as a school sport. Eventually, football replaced polo as the main sport on campus. In
1899, the school name was again changed, this time to Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
On
October 1,
1918, nearly all of Alabama Polytechnic Institute's able-bodied male students 18 or older voluntarily joined the
United States Army for short-lived military careers on campus. The student-soldiers numbered 878, according to API President Charles Thach, and formed the academic section of the Student Army Training Corps. The vocational section was composed of enlisted men sent to Auburn for training in radio and mechanics. The students received honorable discharges two months later following the Armistice that ended
World War I. API struggled through the great depression, having scrapped an extensive expansion program by then-President
Bradford Knapp. Faculty salaries were cut drastically, and enrollment decreased along with state appropriations to the college.
During
World War II, API again found its place training officers for the U.S. Military on campus; Auburn produced over 32,000 troops for the war effort. Following the end of World War II, API, like many colleges around the country, experienced a period of massive growth caused by returning soldiers taking advantage of their
GI Bill offer of free education. In the five-year period following the end of the war, enrollment at API more than doubled.
Post-Civil War Recognizing that the school had moved beyond its agricultural and mechanical roots, it was granted university status by the Alabama Legislature in
1960 and officially renamed Auburn University, a name that better expressed the varied academic programs and expanded curriculum that the school had been offering for years. Like most universities in the
American South, Auburn was
racially segregated prior to
1963, with only white students being admitted. Compared to the images of
George Wallace standing in the door of the
University of Alabama, integration went smoothly at Auburn, with the first African-American student being admitted in
1964, and the first doctoral degree being granted to an African-American in
1967.
Today, Auburn has grown since its founding in
1856 to have the largest on-campus enrollment in the state of Alabama, with over 23,000 students and a faculty of almost 1,200 at the main campus in
Auburn. Additionally, there are over 6,000 students at the
Auburn University Montgomery satellite campus established in
1967.
Name Change: Auburn Auburn has traditionally been rated highly by academic ranking services. According to the most recent rankings from
U.S. News & World Report, Auburn is ranked 38th among the nation's top 50 public universities and is tied for 3rd among public universities in the SEC (sharing this spot with the
University of Tennessee and the
University of Alabama). Auburn University is typically the highest-ranked university in the state of Alabama in the
U.S. News & World Report rankings, having held the number one ranking in the state for 12 of the past 14 years, and was ranked below another university only on one occasion (and tied this year). Auburn was the only college or university in Alabama included in the inaugural edition (1981) of the widely respected
Peterson's Guides to America's 296 Most Competitive Colleges, .
Auburn is a charter member of the
Southeastern Conference (SEC), which is comprised of 11 of the largest Southern public universities in the US and one private university,
Vanderbilt. Among the other 10 peer public universities, 2 are ranked ahead of Auburn by
U.S. News & World Report, and 2 others tie Auburn. This high ranking and reputation for academic quality is in spite of the fact that Auburn's $316 million endowment
The university currently consists of thirteen schools and colleges. Programs in engineering, architecture and business have been ranked among the best in the country and Auburn also boasts strong programs in veterinary medicine, mathematics, science, agriculture, and journalism. The university's
core curriculum has likewise been recognized as one of the best in the nation.
The Ginn College of Engineering has a 134-year tradition of engineering education, consistently ranking in the nation's top 20 engineering programs in terms of numbers of engineers graduating annually. The college has a combined enrollment of close to 4,000. Auburn's College of Engineering offers majors in civil, mechanical, electrical, industrial, polymer and fiber engineering, aerospace, agricultural, chemical engineering, computer science, and software engineering, and--more recently--began a program in wireless engineering after receiving a donation from alumnus
Samuel L. Ginn. In 2001, Ginn, a noted US pioneer in wireless communication, made a $25 million gift to the college and announced plans to spearhead an additional $150 million in support. This gave Auburn the first Bachelor of Wireless Engineering degree program in the United States. Auburn University was the first university in the Southeast to offer the bachelor of software engineering degree and the master of software engineering degree.
Auburn has historically placed much of its emphasis on the education of engineers at the undergraduate level, and in recent years has been ranked as high as the 10th largest undergraduate engineering program in the US in terms of the number of undergraduate degrees awarded on annual basis. The Ginn College of Engineering is now focused on growing the graduate programs, and recent rankings demonstrate the increasing profile of graduate engineering education at Auburn. The Ginn College of Engineering was recently ranked 60th nationally overall and 35th among public universities that offer doctoral programs in engineering by
U.S. News and World Report. Last year, the College ranked 67th among all engineering programs and 40th among such programs at public universities. "America's Best Graduate Schools 2006" ranks the Ginn College of Engineering's graduate program in the Top 100 graduate engineering programs in the US. Auburn's Industrial and Systems Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering were all ranked in the top 100.
The architecture profession's publication
Design-Intelligence recently ranked Auburn's School of Architecture as the No. 1 school in the South for preparing its graduates for the professional field. In addition, the school was ranked No. 10 in value nationally, with a 9th place national ranking for the Interior Architecture program. Of critical mention here is the School's
Rural Studio programme, founded by the late
Samuel Mockbee.
Auburn's Economics Department, in the College of Business, was ranked 123rd in the world in 1999 by the
Journal of Applied Econometrics. Auburn was rated ahead of such international powerhouses as INSEAD in France (141st) and the London Business School (146th). Auburn's MBA Program in the College of Business has annually been ranked by
U.S. News and World Report magazine in the top ten percent of the nation's more than 750 MBA Programs.
Nationally recognized ROTC programs are available in three branches of service: Air Force, Army, and Navy/Marine Corps, the latter being the only one of its kind in Alabama. Each of these three ROTC units is ranked among the top ten in the nation. Over 100 officers that attended Auburn have reached flag rank (general or admiral), including one,
Carl Epting Mundy Jr., who served as
Commandant of the US Marine Corps. Auburn is one of only seven universities in the Nuclear Enlisted Commissioning Program, and has historically been one of the top ROTC producers of Navy nuclear submarine officers.
In addition to the many outstanding ROTC graduates commissioned through Auburn, two masters degree alumni from Auburn, four-star generals
Hugh Shelton and
Richard Myers, served as
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the last decade. Both officers received their commissions elsewhere, and attended Auburn for an M.S. (Shelton) and M.B.A. (Myers).
Auburn has graduated six astronauts (including
T.K. Mattingly of
Apollo 13 fame) and one current and one former director of the
Kennedy Space Center. 1972 Auburn Aerospace Engineering graduate Jim Kennedy, currently director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, was previously deputy director of
NASA's
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Several hundred Auburn graduates, primarily engineers and scientists, currently work directly for NASA or NASA contractors. Hundreds of Auburn engineers worked for NASA at MSFC during the peak years of the "space race" in the 1960s, when the Saturn and Apollo moon programs were in full development.
Auburn University owns and operates the 334-acre
Auburn-Opelika Robert G. Pitts Airport, providing flight education and fuel, maintenance, and airplane storage. The Auburn University Aviation Department is fully certified by the FAA as an Air Agency with examining authority for private, commercial, instrument, and multiengine courses.
Auburn University has been recognized as having some of the best agriculture, fisheries, and poultry science programs in the South. The
Old Rotation on campus is the oldest continuous agricultural experiment in the Southeast, and third oldest in the United States, dating from
1896. In addition, the work of Dr. David Bransby on the use of
switchgrass as a
biofuel was the source of its mention in the
2006 State of the Union Address.
Modern Healthcare ranked Auburn University's Physicians Executive M.B.A. (PEMBA) program in the College of Business ninth in the nation among all degree programs for physician executives, according to the Journal's May 2006 issue. Among M.B.A. programs tailored specifically for physicians, AU's program is ranked second.
Academics College of Agriculture, 1872
College of Architecture, Design and Construction, 1907
College of Business, 1967
College of Education, 1915
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, 1872
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, 1984
College of Human Sciences, 1916
College of Liberal Arts, 1986
School of Nursing, 1979
James Harrison School of Pharmacy, 1885
College of Sciences and Mathematics, 1986
College of Veterinary Medicine, 1907
Graduate School, 1872
Schools and year originated Student life For most of the early history of Auburn, boarding houses and barracks made up most of the student housing. Even into the
1970s, boarding houses were still available in the community. It wasn't until the
great depression that Auburn began to construct the first buildings on campus that were "dorms" in the modern sense of the word. As the university gradually shifted away from agricultural and military instruction to more of an academic institution, more and more dorms began to replace the barracks and boarding houses.
Auburn's first dorms were hardly luxurious. Magnolia Dormitory, built in the
1950s and demolished in
1987, was once used by the state of Alabama in its defense against a lawsuit brought by state prison inmates. The inmates claimed that housing two men in a cell of particularly small dimensions constituted 'cruel and unusual punishment.' The state argued in court that students at Auburn actually paid to live in even smaller living spaces—at Magnolia Dorm. The inmates lost the case. Its "twin", Noble Hall, used as a women's residence, was demolished only in 2005 and was condemned during at least the final year in which it was inhabited.
In the last twenty years, the city of Auburn has experienced a rapid growth in the number of apartment complexes constructed. Most Auburn students today live off-campus in the apartment complexes and condos, which surround the immediate area around the university. Less than 25 percent of Auburn students live on campus.
Auburn's on-campus student housing consists of three complexes located at various locations over campus -- "The Quad", "The Hill", and "The Extension".
"The Quad" is the oldest of the four, dating to the
Great Depression projects begun by the
Works Progress Administration and located in Central Campus. Made up of eleven buildings, the Quad houses undergraduate students. Nine of the buildings are coed by floor, the remaining two are female-only.
"The Hill" is made up of 14 buildings and is located in South Campus. The Hill houses mostly undergraduate women with the exception of the two high-rise dormitories (Boyd and Sasnett), which are coed by floor. All of the Hill dormitories house at least one sorority with their chapter rooms in the basement.
"The Extension" is a block of six buildings (labeled A, B, C, D, E, and F), each comprised of two-bedroom apartments, housing undergraduates.
"The Village," formerly known as married student housing, recently housed a variety of students, to include undergraduates, graduates, and married students. In May 2006, this housing complex was closed to students and was demolished during the summer and early fall of 2006; however, it will be rebuilt in 8, 4-story buildings to accommodate 1,700 residents. The new Village is scheduled for completion in 2009 and is rumored to be primarily for sororities.
Housing Male Greeks in Auburn are roughly divided into two separate areas: Old Row and New Row. "Old Row" traditionally was made up of the fraternities whose houses were located along Magnolia Avenue on the north side of campus. "New Row" is made up of fraternities whose houses were located along Lem Morrison Drive southwest of campus. However, being an "Old Row" or "New Row" fraternity doesn't really depend on where the house is located but on the age of the fraternity. Ergo, there are some "Old Row" fraternities with houses on "New Row" Lem Morrison Drive because they moved there. Today's "Old Row" on and around Magnolia Avenue was once the "New Row," as the first generation of fraternity houses at Auburn were on or near College Street. Most of these houses were demolished by the end of the 1970s, and only two fraternity houses remain on College today.
There are sixteen sororities represented at Auburn University. Sorority recruitment is a week-long process held by the Panhellenic Council in August every year. Sororities are located not in individual houses like Auburn fraternities, but in the designated dorms located on the Hill. This has had the unintended side effect of keeping dues for these sororities among the lowest in the nation. Each dorm has a sorority "chapter" room within it for the sorority designated to that dorm.
Greek associated students make up roughly 18 percent of men and 34 percent of women at Auburn. Many of the Student Government Association Presidents have been greek.
Greek life Main article: Auburn Tigers Athletics Main article: Auburn Tigers football Football Main article: Auburn Tigers swimming and diving Swimming and diving Main article: Auburn Tigers men's basketball Men's basketball The Auburn University women's
basketball team has been consistently competitive both nationally and within the SEC. Despite playing in the same conference as perennial powerhouse
Tennessee and other competitive programs such as
LSU,
Georgia, and
Vanderbilt, Auburn has won four regular season SEC championships and four SEC Tournament championships. AU has made sixteen appearances in the NCAA women's basketball tournament and only once, in their first appearance in
1982, have the Tigers lost in the first round. Auburn played in three consecutive National Championship games from 1988–1990 and won the Women's
NIT in 2003. When Coach
Joe Ciampi retired at the end of the 2003–2004 season, Auburn hired former
Purdue and U.S. National and Olympic team head coach,
Nell Fortner. Standout former Auburn players include:
Ruthie Bolton, Vickie Orr, Carolyn Jones, Chantel Tremitiere and Monique Morehouse.
Women's basketball Auburn Baseball has won six SEC championships, three SEC Tournament championships, appeared in sixteen NCAA Regionals and reached the
College World Series (CWS) four times. After a disappointing 2003–2004 season, former Auburn assistant coach Tom Slater was named head coach.
Samford Stadium-Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park is considered one of the finest facilities in college baseball and has a seating capacity of 4,096, not including lawn areas. In addition to
Bo Jackson, Auburn has supplied several other players to
Major League Baseball, including
Frank Thomas,
Gregg Olson,
Scott Sullivan,
Tim Hudson,
Mark Bellhorn,
Jack Baker,
Terry Leach,
Josh Hancock, and
Gabe Gross.
Baseball Auburn's Women's Golf team has risen to be extremely competitive in the NCAA in recent years. Since 1999, they hold a 854-167-13 (.826 win percentage) record. The team has been in five NCAA finals and finished second in 2002 and then third in 2005. The program has a total of six SEC Championships (1989, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2005, and 2006). In October of 2005, Auburn was named the #3 team nationally out of 229 total teams since 1999 by
GolfWeek magazine.
Since 1996, the team has been headed by Coach Kim Evans, a 1981 alumna, who has turned the program into one of the most competitive in the nation. Coach Evans has helped develop All-Americans, SEC Players of the Year as well as three SEC Freshman of the Year. She has led the Tigers to eight-straight NCAA appearances. She is by far the winningest Coach in Auburn Golf History, having over 1100 wins and winning five of Auburn's six total SEC Titles. Evans was named National Coach of the Year in 2003 and has coached 8 individual All-Americans while at Auburn.
Women's golf The Auburn women's track and field team won its first ever national title in 2006 at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, scoring 57 points to win over the University of Southern California, which finished second with 38.5 points. Auburn posted All-American performances in nine events, including two individual national champions and three second-place finishers, and broke two school records during the four-day event.
Auburn's men's team finished second at the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Championships and at the 1978, 1997 and 2003 NCAA Indoor Championships. The women's team finished 14th (2002, 2003) at the Outdoor Championships and seventh (2003) at the Indoor Championships.
Track and field Auburn's Equestrian team captured the 2006 national championship, the first equestrian national championship in school history. Senior Kelly Gottfried and junior Whitney Kimble posted team-high scores in their respective divisions as the Auburn equestrian team clinched the overall national championship at the 2006 Varsity Equestrian Championships at the EXPO/New Mexico State Fairgrounds in Albuquerque, N.M.
Equestrian Traditions In 1945, Auburn professor
George Petrie wrote a creed which grew to become a unifying set of beliefs and principles common to all Auburn students, faculty, and alumni. This creed is said to embody the spirit of Auburn and is reflected in every member of the Auburn family.
I believe in education, which gives me the knowledge to work wisely and trains my mind and my hands to work skillfully.
I believe in honesty and truthfulness, without which I cannot win the respect and confidence of my fellow men.
I believe in a sound mind, a sound body, and a spirit that is not afraid, and in clean sports that develop these qualities.
I believe in obedience to law because it protects the rights of all.
I believe in the human touch, which cultivates sympathy with my fellow men and mutual helpfulness and brings happiness for all.
I believe in my country, because it is a land of freedom and because it is my own home, and that I can best serve that country by "doing justly, loving mercy, and walking humbly with my God."
And because Auburn men and women believe in these things, I believe in Auburn and love it.
The Auburn Creed Two hours before the kickoff of each Auburn home football game, thousands of Auburn fans line Donahue Drive to cheer on the team as they walk from Sewell Hall (the former athletes' dormitory) to
Jordan-Hare Stadium. The tradition began in the 1960s when groups of kids would walk up the street to greet the team and get autographs. During the tenure of coach
Doug Barfield, the coach urged fans to come out and support the team, and thousands did. Today the team, led by the coaches, walks down the hill and into the stadium surrounded by fans who pat them on the back and shake their hands as they walk. To date, the largest Tiger Walk occurred on
December 2,
1989, before the first ever home football game against rival
Alabama—the
Iron Bowl. On that day, an estimated 20,000 fans packed the one block section of road leading to the stadium. According to former athletic director David Housel, Tiger Walk has become "the most copied tradition in all of college football."
[2] Tiger Walk Each spring, a Founder's Day celebration is held in Auburn. As part of this celebration, the football team plays a scrimmage game that gives Auburn fans a chance to preview the Tigers before the fall.
A-Day The intersection of Magnolia and College streets in Auburn, which marks the transition from downtown Auburn to the university campus, is known as Toomer's Corner. It is named after Toomer's Drugs, a small store on the corner that has been an Auburn landmark for over 100 years. Hanging over the corner are two massive old-growth oak trees, and whenever there is cause for celebration in the Auburn community, the trees are festooned with
toilet paper. Also known as "rolling the corner" or "rolling Toomer's," this tradition is said to have begun when Toomer's Drugs had the only telegraph in the city. During away football games, when employees of the local drug store received news of a win, they would roll the oak trees to signal a win to the public. Traditionally only used as a way to celebrate football victories, in recent years it has become a way to celebrate anything good that happens concerning Auburn. The Student Government Association worked with the City of Auburn to bring pep rallies on the plains back to Toomer's Corner during football season.
Toomer's Corner Main article: War Eagle War Eagle Auburn University's fight song,
War Eagle, was written in 1954 and 1955 by
Robert Allen and
Al Stillman. It was introduced at the beginning of the 1955 football season and served as the official fight song ever since.
War Eagle lyrics War Eagle, fly down the field! Ever to conquer, never to yield. War Eagle, fearless and true, Fight on you orange and blue. Go! Go! Go!
On to vict'ry, strike up the band! Give 'em hell, give 'em hell, Stand up and yell, hey! War Eagle, fight for Auburn, Power of Dixieland!
Fight song Auburn's
alma mater was composed by Bill Wood in 1924, with a word revision by Emma O'Rear Foy in 1960. The author of the 1960 revision was unclear for 40 years. In 2000, an Auburn professor discovered the author to be Foy, wife of former Dean of Students James Foy.
[3] Auburn Alma Mater Lyrics On the rolling plains of Dixie 'Neath its sun-kissed sky, Proudly stands our Alma Mater Banners high. To thy name we'll sing thy praise, From hearts that love so true, And pledge to thee our loyalty The ages through. We hail thee, Auburn, and we vow To work for thy just fame, And hold in memory as we do now Thy cherished name. Hear the student voices swelling, Echoes strong and clear, Adding laurels to thy fame Enshrined so dear. From the hollowed walls we'll part, And bid thee sad adieu; Thy sacred trust we'll bear with us The ages through. We hail thee, Auburn, and we vow To work for thy just fame, And hold in memory as we do now Thy cherished name.
Alma mater Each year before the Auburn-Alabama football game, student groups work to build floats to participate in the Annual Beat Bama Parade. From Greeks to the freshman class and ROTC, many organizations take part in the parade. Along with all the fans that come to support the team, this parade and the pep rally at Toomer's Corner afterwards is a huge part of the football season.
Wreck Tech Pajama Parade Main article: Auburn University Marching Band
The Auburn University Marching Band Main article: Auburn University Marching Band The Auburn University Tiger Eyes Main article: Aubie Aubie Selected student organizations The Auburn Plainsman – the university's student-run newspaper, has won 23
National Pacemaker Awards from the
Associated Collegiate Press since 1966. Only the
University of Texas' student paper has won more.
WEGL 91 FM - The Auburn campus radio station.
The Southern Humanities Review- One of the leading literary journals in the region,
The Southern Humanities Review has been published at the University by members of the English faculty, graduate students in English, and the Southern Humanities Council since 1967, publishing the work of nationally known authors such as Kent Nelson and R. T. Smith.
Eagle Eye TV News - A weekly 30-minute television news program that is produced by Auburn University students and that airs on-campus, off-campus, and on-demand at the university website.
The Auburn Circle- The student general-interest magazine.
The Circle publishes poetry, art, photography, fiction, nonfiction, and architectural and industrial design from Auburn students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
Glomerata- Auburn University's student-run yearbook which began production in 1897, and got its name from the conglomeration of Auburn, hence its name Glomerata.
Auburn University Office of Communications and Marketing - Auburn University's news outlet for media related to the accomplishments of university faculty, staff, and students.
Media and Publications Auburn University College Democrats Auburn University Libertarians Auburn University College Republicans Politics United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) - Auburn University is the WFP's lead academic partner in a recently launched student "War on Hunger" campaign. In 2004, the WFP tasked Auburn University with heading the first student-led War on Hunger effort. Auburn then founded the Committee of 19 which has led campus and community hunger awareness events and developed a War on Hunger model for use on campuses across the country. The Committee of 19 recently hosted a War on Hunger Summit at which representatives from 29 universities were in attendance.
Cooperative Education (Co-Op) - Co-op at Auburn University is a planned and supervised program alternating semesters of full-time college classroom instruction with semesters of full-time paid work assignments. These work assignments are closely related to the student's academic program. Thousands of Auburn University graduates, especially engineering majors, have supported themselves financially while studying at Auburn by participating in Co-op. This educational program prepares students for professional careers by combining academic training with practical work experience in industry, business, and government.
The Sol of Auburn - Auburn University's Solar Car Team - recently participated in the North American Solar Challenge 2005. On July 27, 2005, Auburn's car crossed the finish line in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 4th place in Stock Class, 12th Place overall. The SOL of Auburn is the only solar car in Alabama, and the project is organized by Auburn University's College of Engineering with a team of four faculty and over twenty undergraduate students.
The War Eagle Flying Team (WEFT) - A student organization made up of both pilots and non-pilots. Most team members are Professional Flight Management, Aviation Management, or Aerospace Engineering majors. WEFT competes with other flying teams at the annual
National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) sponsored Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON).
Auburn University Computer Gaming Club- One of the oldest University Sponsored Computer Gaming Clubs in the USA. Weekly meetings and semesterly LAN parties.
Samford Hall Clock Tower - Information on the Samford Hall Clock Tower, a well known symbol of Auburn University. Also includes information on the bell and carillon. Note: This page is not directly maintained by Auburn University.
General interest Schools and colleges: 13
Campus: 89 buildings on 1,843 acres (7 km²)
Library total volumes: 2,700,000
Endowment: $316,141,000
U.S. News Selectivity Rating: "More selective"
Statistics 2007 Fall enrollment: 21,263
53% Women
47% Men
1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
2% Asian/Pacific Islander
12% Black/Non-Hispanic
3% Hispanic
81% White/Non-Hispanic
Student to Faculty Ratio: 17:1
2007 freshmen:
- Enrolled: 5709
Average high school GPA: 3.52
SAT verbal scores over 600 27%
SAT math scores over 600 38%
SAT verbal scores over 700 4%
SAT math scores over 700 5%
ACT scores over 30 10% Enrollment & SAT/ACT Scores
Main article: List of Auburn University people Notable people Auburn is visually referenced in the
2004 Lions Gate film
A Love Song for Bobby Long, starring
John Travolta and
Scarlett Johansson. It is presumed to be the university where the main character, Bobby Long (Travolta), used to teach, as he is seen at the beginning of the movie wearing an Auburn T-shirt and later an Auburn baseball cap.
Auburn is mentioned in the
2003 Sony Pictures' film
Big Fish, directed by
Tim Burton and starring
Ewan McGregor,
Albert Finney,
Jessica Lange, and
Billy Crudup. The film was based upon the novel,
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, by
Daniel Wallace which makes more prominent mention of the university. However,
Huntingdon College in
Montgomery, Alabama, was used as the location for shooting.
During the opening ceremony of the
2002 Olympic Winter Games in
Salt Lake City, Auburn's golden eagle, Tiger (War Eagle VI), flew into the stadium as part of the celebration.
In the
1998 HBO movie
The Pentagon Wars, Auburn is referenced in the service record of protagonist
Lt. Col. James G. Burton (played by
Carey Elwes) as it is read back to him by Major General Partridge (played by
Kelsey Grammar).
At the end of the
1987 HBO movie
Long Gone, the protagonist, Jamie Weeks (played by
Dermot Mulroney), tells his friend and mentor, Cecil "Stud" Cantrell (played by
William Petersen), that he will probably go to Auburn now that their minor league baseball season has ended. The movie is based on a book by Auburn graduate and author
Paul Hemphill.
In the
1984 Lorimar movie
Tank, which starred
James Garner and
C. Thomas Howell, an Auburn plaque is mounted on the wall of William's (Howell) bedroom. The movie was filmed, in part, at
Fort Benning in
Columbus, Georgia, which is about 45 minutes from Auburn.
Auburn is mentioned in the
1971 TV-movie Brian's Song, a fact-based film about the friendship of professional football players
Brian Piccolo (played by
James Caan) and
Gale Sayers (played by
Billy Dee Williams).
At the end of the legendary
1940 movie
Knute Rockne All American, an honor roll of coaches who had played for
Rockne at
Notre Dame scrolls across the screen, with their names and the universities where they coached being read. Among these is the name of Jack Meagher, who coached at Auburn from 1934 until 1942.
Auburn has made a number of cameo appearances in the syndicated comic strip
Kevin & Kell, drawn by Auburn alumnus
Bill Holbrook. Appearances include
16-Dec-98,
3-Nov-04,
4-Nov-04,
5-Nov-04, and
6-Nov-04.
See also Dr. Jay Gogue, Auburn University President
Mr. John G. Heilman, Provost
Dr. Donald L. Large Jr., Executive Vice President
Ms. Kelley G. Taylor, Director, AA/EEO
Dr. Linda S. Glaze, Associate Provost for Undergraduate studies
Ms. Cindy Selman, Director of Financial services
Mr. Rick Taylor, Director of Human Resources
Mr. Randy Moon, Director of Maintenance Services
Mr. Kevin Robinson, Executive Director of Internal Audits
Mr. John Mouton, Head of Campus Planning
Mrs. Deedie Dowdle, Executive Director of Communcations and Marketing
Dr. Stephen L McFarland, Director of Auburn University Comprehensive University Planning System
Dr. Ralph Zee, Vice President and Assoc Provost for Research
Mr. RoyRickers Cook, Associate Vice President for Outreach
Mr. Ralph Jordan Jr., Auburn Alumni Association President
Ms. Christine Eick, Executive Director of Risk Management and Safety
Major Melvin Owens, Director of Public Safety
Dr. Overtoun Jenda, Associate Provost for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
Dr. Johnny Green, Dean of students
Mr. Jay Jacobs, Director of Athletics
Dr. Debbie Shaw, Vice President of Alumni Affairs
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