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Wednesday - second history film series entry says 'Goodbye Lenin!'
The AUM chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society Inc. will present a series of three films that are comedies, yet deal with very serious subjects - communism and the Russian Revolution. All three films will be played in Goodwyn Hall 112 beginning at 6:30 p.m. after a five-minute introduction by Dr. Lee A. Farrow, Associate Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Associate Professor in History, who is an expert in Russian history and widely published author on the subject. Snacks will be provided.
Warhawks sweep tennis regionals, five headed to National Championships
The Warhawks men's and women's tennis teams continued their fantastic start to the fall season at the ITA South Regional Championships. AUM won all four events, with the winners qualifying for the National Championships later this month. Next stop - Mobile
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Education offering reading enrichment program for children
The School of Education is now enrolling children in its fall Reading Enrichment Program. This program is planned and supervised by a university reading professor and education students in the Department of Early Childhood, Elementary and Reading Education. Each session is designed to stimulate children’s interest in reading through engaging lessons and activities. The program will run on Mondays and Wednesdays, Oct. 17 through Nov. 14, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Education Building. Cost is $50, and enrollment will be limited to the first 50 children who register. The deadline to register is Wednesday, Oct. 10. For more information, call the AUM Reading Center at 244-3399. Registration form
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Nur Amin visiting AUM to 'Make the Case for Black Dance' on Oct. 18
The AUM Lectures Committee , School of Liberal Arts, Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, and Campus Activities Board will welcome to AUM Dr. Takiyah Nur Amin, Assistant Professor of world dance at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, to present "Making the Case for 'Black Dance' in the 21st Century." This lecture will explore historical definitions and assumptions associated with 'Black Dance' and its implications in a postmodern, "post-racial" society. Nur Amin will then be joined for response and discussion on the import of Black music and literature in contemporary curricula by Dr. Pamela Burns, Dr. Jackie Trimble and Professors Donna Edwards-Todd and Rueben Ornelas from Alabama State University’s Departments of Performing Arts and Languages and Literature. The event will take place on Thursday, Oct. 18, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Goodwyn Hall 109.
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Auburn Montgomery hosts Military Appreciation Night on campus
Auburn Montgomery hosted families from Maxwell last week at a Military Appreciation Night on campus. The event was held to welcome families to the River Region and thanked all military guests for their service. Event held in new Grove area
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Get out and 'Rock the Vote' on Wednesday
Housing and Residence Life in partnership with AUM's Greek organizations will host Rock the Vote on Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the lawn at The Commons. The event will help all AUM students prepare to vote in November's elections by offering registration assistance, confirming polling locations and ordering absentee ballots before the upcoming deadlines. There will be free food and prizes, and WVAS will be on hand to provide some tunes.
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Next generation of nonprofit leaders at AUM awarded scholarships
Students involved with Auburn Montgomery’s Nonprofit Leadership Alliance have been awarded $4,500 scholarships from the Next Generation Nonprofit Leaders Program to complete internships in the local community and become certified. The chosen students were among more than 70 applicants from 29 affiliated colleges and universities to be reviewed for the scholarship. Find out who won the scholarships
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Dr. Denise Davis-Maye, Associate Professor in Sociology, is the latest member of the AUM family to be surprised with an Unsung Hero Award from the Office of International Affairs. The Unsung Hero Award recognizes the contributions of staff units or individuals who contribute to the campus’ globalization mission, but whose normal mandate or duties typically would not put those staffers in a position to deal with International Affairs.
Dr. Yanyi Djamba, Director of the Center for Demographic Research and Professor in Sociology, and Sitawa Kimuna (East Carolina University) have published an article titled "Migration, Sexual Behavior and Perceptions of Risk: Is the Place of Origin a Factor in HIV Infection?" in the September issue of Advances in Applied Sociology, 2012 Vol. 2, No. 3, 167-178.
In addition, Djamba was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the Southern Demographic Association (SDA). While his term will not officially begin until January 2013, he will travel to Williamsburg, Va., next week to attend the annual SDA conference. Djamba and the Center for Demographic Research, a unit of Auburn Montgomery Outreach, will host the 2013 conference at the Renaissance Hotel in Montgomery. This will bring close to 200 SDA professionals from around the country.
Dr. Darren Harris-Fain, Professor and Chair in English and Philosophy, published his article "It Rhymes with Bust: The Failure of the St. John Picture Novels" in the International Journal of Comic Art (Fall 2012). The article explores an attempt in 1950 to create a line of crime stories for adults in comics format, anticipating the later graphic novel. The article is an expansion of a paper he presented in 2009 at the Popular Culture Association conference in New Orleans.
Harris-Fain also served as an adviser to volume 258 of Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, edited by Lawrence J. Trudeau (Gale, 2012). Harris-Fain wrote the introduction, bibliographies, and annotations for the entry on Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark. In addition, Harris-Fain wrote the entries on Harvey Kurtzman’s Jungle Book, Alan Moore’s Watchmen, and Alison Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For for the multivolume reference work Critical Survey of Graphic Novels, edited by Bart Beaty and Stephen Weiner (Salem Press, 2012).
Elvar Sigurdsson, a sophomore midfielder majoring in biology from Kopavogur, Iceland, was selected the Southern States Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 24. Read more at aumathletics.com
Zach Sollie, a freshman cross country runner majoring in exercise science from Opelika, Ala., recently was named the second recipient of the Army ROTC Athletic Achievement Award for the 2012-13 school year for his efforts both on and off the field. Read more at aumathletics.com
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Tuesday, Oct. 9
- Chancellor's Cabinet meeting: 8 a.m., Young Tower 10th floor, South Room.
- Human Resources quarterly forum: 2 p.m. - 3 p.m., Young Tower 10th floor, West Room.
Wednesday, Oct. 10
Saturday, Oct. 13
Monday, Oct. 15
For additional events, check the AUM events calendar.
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