AUM social work professor receives Fulbright Specialist Award to Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaPosted on September 19, 2022 Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) Associate Professor of Social Work Lacey Sloan has received a Fulbright Specialist Award to spend more than two weeks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and develop and implement social work training on domestic violence. Lacey Sloan Sloan will travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for her first Read More
AUM earns Top 15 placements in U.S. News & World Report ‘Best Colleges’ surveyPosted on September 12, 2022 Auburn University at Montgomery has consistently earned recognition for the quality of its undergraduate teaching. Auburn University at Montgomery earned Top 15 recognition among regional comprehensive universities in the South in three categories, according to U.S. News & World Report’s newly released 2022-2023 “Best Colleges” rankings. In addition to being ranked 11th among the “Most Read More
Erik Maas named director of athletics at AUMPosted on July 27, 2022 Erik Maas, an administrator with more than 18 years of experience in leadership, management and coaching in college athletics, has been selected as the next director of athletics at Auburn University at Montgomery, Chancellor Carl A. Stockton announced Wednesday. Erik Maas Maas, who will begin at AUM August 8, is joining the Warhawks after most Read More
Theatre AUM seniors earn scholarship, trip at national KCACTFPosted on July 21, 2022 Auburn University at Montgomery seniors Yahzane Palmer and Brandon Baggin recently earned top honors competing at the national level of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). Yahzane Palmer Palmer was awarded second place for the 2022 Mark Twain Scholarship for Comedic Performance at the national KCACTF event. The scholarship provides $1,000 for an Read More
AUM course ignites passion for firefightingPosted on July 7, 2022 In a span of two semesters, Auburn University at Montgomery senior HeavenLee Pagan went from learning about wildland firefighting in an online AUM course to helping contain an actual wildland fire in New Mexico this summer. HeavenLee Pagan In May, Pagan traveled to Ocate, New Mexico, to work as a subcontractor with a burn crew Read More
AUM Poll finds Britt leads Brooks by double digits in closing days of U.S. Senate runoffPosted on June 16, 2022 https://www.aum.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/AUM-Poll-on-2022-U.S.-Senate-Runoff.mp4 A new AUM Poll from Auburn University at Montgomery’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration shows Katie Britt leading U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks by more than 20 percentage points heading into the Alabama Republican runoff for an open seat in the U.S. Senate. The poll found that 50 percent of respondents intend Read More
AUM’s new online master’s in psychology prepares professionals for pandemic and post-pandemic work environmentsPosted on June 6, 2022 Auburn University at Montgomery has launched a new online master’s degree program in psychology that will help address the changing nature of work environments in a pandemic and post-pandemic world. Dr. Casey Giordano AUM’s new industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology graduate program is geared for professionals seeking to advance in their careers by helping organizations Read More
Sophomore Destiny Wallace awarded scholarship for persevering through tragedyPosted on May 10, 2022 Auburn University at Montgomery sophomore Destiny Wallace was recently awarded a unique scholarship that allowed her to share her traumatic life story. Destiny Wallace (Courtesy of Bold.org) This spring semester, Wallace received the $10,000 Cat Zingano Overcoming Loss Scholarship after learning about the opportunity on Bold.Org. “I applied for the scholarship because it gave me Read More
AUM biology students win awards at university-wide research symposiumPosted on April 25, 2022 Two Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) biology students earned awards for their undergraduate research at the “Auburn Research 2022 Student Symposium” in March. The annual symposium hosted at Auburn University showcases undergraduate and graduate student research through university-wide oral and poster presentations, which are open to the public. AUM students competed against each other in Read More
AUM’s first concurrent RN to BSN student celebrates graduationPosted on April 19, 2022 While working as a radiology tech at an urgent care facility, Brittney McGinness learned about a new Auburn University at Montgomery partnership with Southern Union State Community College to offer a concurrent RN to BSN degree that could elevate her career, but she was hesitant to enroll in the program. Brittney McGinness “I was hesitant Read More
