May 2025 Volume 3, Issue 9 | | |
Aspire Auburn: Leading People program
Cohort 3 Outreach Graduates ...
Launched by Auburn University Human Resources in Fall 2024, this six-week course aims to enhance leadership skills of persons in a supervisory role by focusing on Excellence, Integrity, and Respect. Participants learn best practices and leadership concepts, gaining insights from peers and experts. Congratulations to Shavon Williams, Bernard Hill, and Karen Rankin for completing the program!
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Grounded and Gearing Up:
Jason Bryant's Childhood Fuels Desire to Work with Rural Schools
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Education outreach champion’s childhood experience fuels his desire to help rural students and teachers – Jason Bryant earned his doctorate in administration of elementary and secondary education from Auburn’s College of Education, where he’s now a clinical professor. For the past four years, he’s been leading the Truman Pierce Institute, which aims to help students in rural areas.
Learn more ...
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Auburn hosts National Consortium for Nursing Academic Coaches (NCNAC) conference
Auburn University’s Office of Professional and Continuing Education (OPCE) and the College of Nursing have launched an industry-standard coaching credential for nurse educators. In March, Auburn strengthened this new practice by hosting the first National Consortium for Nursing Academic Coaches (NCNAC) conference.
Auburn College of Nursing’s Kendall Henderson started this organization nearly five years ago to connect educators in nursing academia looking for help in supporting their nursing students through academic coaching or student success. More than 150 nurses attended from across the nation for this first-of-its-type conference to hear speakers discuss this evolving field in the nursing profession.
“We spend our lives training and supporting people who are facing hard health-related challenges. This program helps us understand how our colleagues can coach us through some of our own tough times,” said Henderson, an assistant clinical professor and academic coach in the Auburn University College of Nursing.
“The reality is that nursing is a hard career. Newly graduated nurses often experience a higher level of stress than they expect and may leave the bedside after two to three years to move into clinic settings or to return to school,” Henderson said. “We believe that nurse coaching will help build a support network to help address some of the problems they face.”
“Nursing is just one discipline that can benefit from coaching,” according to Dr. Phil Chansler, assistant director of OPCE. “Coaching has broad applications across many fields from business to education to engineering. Building on the nursing model, our goal is to bring coaching support to other professions. It is a proven method of offering in depth support to employees throughout their career.”
For additional information visit the College of Nursing site or contact OPCE.
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Preserving 60 years of 'Bloody Sunday'
See how Professor Robert Finkel has worked to design a Website, Exhibit, and book to help educate audiences on this pivotal moment in American History Here!
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Urban Studio Inspiring
the Next Generation
Throughout the school year
for field trips and recruiting visits.
Local ACE (Architecture, Construction, Engineering) Mentor Program volunteers joined the Urban Studio team to lead small groups through downtown Birmingham. The scavenger hunt was designed to encourage students to look up, examine the façades of familiar buildings and match them with a checklist of architectural features.
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Thank you to all who participated in AU Outreach Global’s 4th Annual Global Community Day Festival on April 5, 2025!
With your support, we celebrated various global cultures, experienced colorful fashion, danced to lively music, enjoyed delicious food, and engaged with our community members. Your presence and participation made the day special. We hope you will join us next year!
Thank you and War Eagle!
Outreach Global
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The Village Writing Project (VWP) at Auburn University is an affiliate of the National Writing Project, dedicated to supporting the teaching of writing and helping teachers grow as writers. VWP offers a range of professional development opportunities, including the annual Summer Institute, which provides K-12 educators with a collaborative space to reflect, write, and explore issues of social justice and equity. Participation in the Summer Institute is free. The second VWP Summer Institute will be held on campus during the first two weeks in June. It will be led by Auburn professors Mike Cook (VWP Director) and Charlie Lesh (VWP Assistant Director).
For more information, contact VWP Director Mike Cook (mcp0035@auburn.edu) or visit our website.
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OLLI at Auburn Announces Graduate Teaching Position for 2025-26
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Auburn University invites Auburn University graduate students to apply for a competitively selected teaching position. Two student instructors will be selected to receive $1,200 in compensation for teaching a six-to-eight-week OLLI class on their current field of study and research. OLLI is a program under the Vice President for University Outreach that improves the quality of life for older adults by providing opportunities to engage with ideas, each other, and our community. At OLLI, curiosity never retires.
Applicants should submit a course proposal, CV, and at least one letter of support. Classes should be taught once a week for an hour and a half in consecutive weeks during one of OLLI’s three 2025-2026 academic terms.
Student instructors will be selected by the OLLI at Auburn Curriculum Committee and announced in June.
Submission deadline: Friday, May 9, 2025 at 5 p.m.
For more information and to apply: https://www.auburn.edu/outreach/olliatauburn/graduateteaching.htm
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NOMINATIONS BEING ACCEPTED!
Dr. Royrickers Cook Endowed Engagement Award
The Dr. Royrickers Cook Endowed Engagement Award is presented annually to one faculty or staff member who has shown an ongoing and purposeful commitment to implementing outreach. This award is intended to honor one recipient who understands civic and community engagement, interpersonal relationships, and serving the underserved.
Criteria
Specific criteria for this award include a letter from the nominee, letter from the nominator, letter from a community partner, and supporting documentation. Nominees should be a full-time faculty or staff member of Auburn University who is devoted to collaborative efforts that promote economic prosperity and make Auburn University proud.
Nominate someone here - applications close on June 5th
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
May 5-9, 2025
Personal Property Audits
Monday 8:30 AM- 5:00 PM; Tuesday- Thursday 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM; Friday 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM| Auburn Center fr developing Industries Suite A
MAY 15, 2025
AURA Spring Social with Dr. David Bronner
Thursday 5:00 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.
Auburn Alumni Center
MAY 20, 2025
EagleCast: The Value of Traditional Crafting: A Journey of Learning, Expression, and Connection with Dr. Christine Schnittka
8:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.
Zoom
MAY 27 - 31, 2025
Basic Handgun Safety: Summer Session II
Tuesday and Thursday, 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.; Saturday, 8:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
Lee County Sheriff's Office, W.S. Jones Center
June 1st, 2025
GlobalConnect Camp Registration Deadline
SAVE THE DATE for the 2025 Outreach and
Engaged Scholarship Symposium!
The 2025 Outreach and Engaged Scholarship Symposium
theme: "Catalytic Engagement through Strategic Access, Opportunity & Collaboration."
The symposium is to be held on Wednesday, August 27 and Thursday, August 28
Location - Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center
Submit a proposal (deadline June 1st)
Register for the event
Follow some of our programming on social media:
AuburnServes
https://www.facebook.com/AuburnUniversityServes/
GEAR UP Achieve
GEAR UP Achieve - Facebook
Circle K International at Auburn
(student led community-service organization)
Circle K International at Auburn University - Facebook
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"As a land-grant institution, Auburn University is dedicated
to improving the lives of the people of Alabama, the nation, and the world through forward-thinking education, life-enhancing research and scholarship, and selfless service."
― Auburn University Mission
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