News Releases

• Alabama Power Foundation gives $150,000 to AUM to support Wellness Center

  January 07, 2013

  The Alabama Power Foundation has given $150,000 to Auburn Montgomery in support of the Wellness Center. Leslie Sanders, Alabama Power's Southern Division Vice President, and Mike Jordan, External Affairs Manager, presented the check to Chancellor John G. Veres III and Carl Whatley, '83, Chairman of Imagine. Invest. Inspire. A Campaign for Auburn University at Montgomery, on Dec. 17.

• Rasmussen establishes endowed scholarship for Justice and Public Safety

  December 05, 2012

  Dr. Kathleen Rasmussen has established a named endowed scholarship for undergraduate students enrolled in the Auburn Montgomery Department of Justice and Public Safety. To be eligible as a "Dr. Kathleen A. Rasmussen Scholar," the student must be pursuing an undergraduate degree in the field of Justice and Public Safety and must have a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.

• Auburn Montgomery announces $12.5 million comprehensive campaign

  November 14, 2012

  More than 200 alumni and supporters of Auburn University at Montgomery gathered at the university’s new Wellness Center on Nov. 1 to launch “Imagine. Invest. Inspire. A Campaign for Auburn University at Montgomery.”

• Honors program gets grant from Daniel Foundation of Alabama

  October 26, 2012

  Auburn Montgomery’s University Honors Program has received a $100,000 grant from the Daniel Foundation of Alabama to fund travel, study abroad and research opportunities for AUM honors students.

• Blair’s $1.1 Million gift to AUM to support nursing, business and Wellness Center

  October 12, 2012

  Retired Montgomery businesswoman Dottie Kenady Blair has pledged $1.1 million to Auburn University at Montgomery to support AUM’s School of Business, School of Nursing and the university’s planned Wellness Center.

• Board of Trustees approve new certificate program, residence hall name

  September 27, 2012

  The Auburn University Board of Trustees on Friday approved the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, a new certificate program in the School of Liberal Arts, and a name for AUM’s new residence hall.

• Kath Carter Names Wellness Center Women’s Locker Room in Honor of Her Family

  September 17, 2012

  Ms. Carter honored her family by naming the Wellness Center Women’s Locker Room “The Charles Hallman Family Women’s Locker Room.”

• $1.25 million Whatley gift to Auburn Montgomery to benefit three schools, Wellness Center, Library

  February 02, 2012

  Carl Whatley Jr. and his wife, Marjorie, have pledged $1.25 million to Auburn Montgomery to support AUM’s schools of Business, Education and Liberal Arts, the AUM Library, the soon-to-be-built Wellness Center and the university’s unrestricted fund.