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Alumni Association accepting nominations for 2012 Faculty Service Award
The Auburn Montgomery Alumni Association sponsors an alumni faculty service award to recognize outstanding Auburn Montgomery faculty. To be eligible for this honor, faculty must have 10 or more years of full-time service at AUM. This honor will be conferred during the fall semester convocation and the recipient will receive a $250 award from the Alumni Association.
Nominations by AUM faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends must be submitted or postmarked by July 31, 2012. Nomination letters should be no more than two pages in length and should emphasize teaching excellence as well as a strong record of service to the university and community. A vita may be attached, if available.
Send nomination letters to: Awards Committee, Auburn Montgomery Alumni Association, P.O. Box 244023, Montgomery, AL, 36124-4023, or email them to alumni@aum.edu. For more information, call or email Martie McEnerney at 244-3433 or mmcenern@aum.edu.
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Physical Sciences gets 'astronomical' boost from donated telescope
The Department of Physical Sciences is reaching for the stars, and the generosity of an amateur astronomer just helped the department get a little closer. Keith W. Starnes donated a Celestron NexStar 8se telescope to Physical Sciences during the recent Transit of Venus event on campus. The department will use the telescope in its introductory astronomy class. more
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Dudolski on the job as Assistant Dean in Student Affairs
The Office of Student Affairs would like to welcome Bob Dudolski to Auburn Montgomery as the new Assistant Dean. Dudolski will oversee Student Involvement and Leadership Programs. more
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Student orientation on June 29 cancelled
The Office of Student Involvement and Leadership has cancelled the new student orientation that was scheduled for June 29. The next new student orientation is scheduled for Friday, July 20. Future orientation dates
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Family Campaign update - 50 units across campus contribute to 88 percent participation
The Office of Advancement has announced that several additional campus units that participated at a 100 percent rate in the 2012 Auburn Montgomery Family Campaign were inadvertently left off the most recently published list. In addition, Advancement would particularly like to recognize the School of Education, which was the only one of the university’s five academic schools to participate at 100 percent. more
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Graduating in spring 2013? Check your transcript for writing-intensive courses
If you're planning on graduating in spring 2013, then AUM's Writing Across the Curriculum program would like to remind you not to "get lost in the audit" and check your transcript now for three courses labeled as writing-intensive. All undergraduate students are required to complete a total of five WAC courses in order to graduate: (a) two Composition courses, fulfilled through ENGL 1010 and 1020; and (b) three courses labeled as writing-intensive (WI) in the section field of Webster when registering, with two of the three WI courses required in the program major or concentration. Contact your advisor for assistance to ensure you meet these requirements.
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Dr. Brian E. Johnson, Assistant Professor of geography, served as a Reader for the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) Human Geography Exam. Each June, university professors and high school teachers from around the world gather to evaluate and score the free-response sections of the AP Exams. This year’s assembly was in Cincinnati. Johnson has also served as a Reader in 2010 (Cincinnati), 2009 (Lincoln, Neb.), and 2006 (Clemson, S.C.). Nearly 100,000 students took the exam this year, continuing the AP Human Geography exam's sustained and significant growth in recent years, alongside increasing enrollments in geography courses at universities nationwide.
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Wednesday, June 20
Thursday, June 21
Friday, June 22
- Faculty/staff Yoga exercise class: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Library Tower 10th floor, South Room.
- Faculty/staff Yoga exercise class: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Library Tower 10th floor, South Room.
Monday, June 25
- Faculty/staff Yoga exercise class: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Library Tower 10th floor, South Room.
- Faculty/staff Yoga exercise class: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Library Tower 10th floor, South Room.
For additional events, check the AUM events calendar.
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