AU OUTREACH eNews

October 2023 Volume 2, Issue 13

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Auburn University Award for Excellence in Faculty Outreach 2023 Recipient Adrienne Duke-Marks

Duke-Marks’ record of distinguished outreach exemplifies the highest qualities and purposes of community engagement through her outreach to the youth and families in Alabama. Duke-Marks facilitates and trains agents, staff and school-based personnel to promote bullying education programs affecting more than 8,000 youth annually. With the support of regional extension agents, Duke-Marks’ work with the vaping prevention program, Escape Vapes, has affected more than 7,000 youth and adult participants. With a commitment to outreach that impacts, Duke-Marks has helped youth and their families address these critical issues through systematic outreach efforts that result in school and community programs, educational publications, blog posts, public forums and news. Adrienne Duke-Marks is an Associate Professor and Extension Faculty in the Department of Human Development and Family Science, College of Human Sciences

Faculty recipients will be formally honored at the 17th annual Faculty Awards ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 9.

Duke-Marks in the News:

www.wsfa.com/video/2023

Escape Vapes Programs & Resources

www.aces.edu/blog

Campus Kitchen, University Outreach and Campus Dining work to increase access to nutritious food

Approximately 30 percent of college students at American schools are food insecure and Auburn is no exception. Research shows that lack of access to healthy food can lead to depression and anxiety, malnutrition, poor academic performance and higher dropout rates. Campus Kitchen, University Outreach and Campus Dining work in tandem to increase access to nutritious food.

READ MORE HERE.

Auburn University receives $18.4 million grant

for GEAR UP Achieve

Led by efforts from the College of Education and University Outreach, Auburn University has received an $18.4 million Grant from the U.S Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education to provide greater access and opportunities to more than 6,500 Alabama middle school students.

Read more HERE.

Office of Outreach Global: Forging International Partnerships and Enriching Local Communities

The Office of Outreach Global is establishing new international connections. This past October, Dr. Royrickers Cook, VP of University Outreach, and Dr. Elizabeth Quansah, Director of Outreach Global, made exploratory visits to Tanzania and Rwanda in the East Africa region.

During their time in Tanzania, Drs. Cook and Quansah were accompanied by Dr. Joan Harrell, Director of Inclusive Excellence, from the College of Liberal Arts. They conducted educational and cultural explorations in Dar es Salaam to lay the groundwork for an upcoming educational service-learning program for Auburn University (AU) students in the Africana Studies Program. Outreach Global hopes to launch this program in 2024. Additionally, the team had a productive meeting with the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania, Ambassador Michael A. Battle Sr., to discuss opportunities related to service-learning and capacity-building.

Following their visit to Tanzania, Dr. Cook and Dr. Quansah journeyed to Kigali, Rwanda, where they engaged with the nonprofit organizations, Rwanda Girls Initiative and the Rwanda Environment Awareness Organization. Outreach Global hopes to establish capacity-building training programs in collaboration with these two nonprofits. 

While Outreach Global continues to share Auburn University with the world, it also works to share the world with the Auburn-Opelika community. The past couple months, the office has had the opportunity to participate in CEOE’s Auburn University Career Technical Academy (AUCTA), where they provided high school students with Global Communication Skills Training. Furthermore, in partnership with the AU College of Education, Outreach Global is set to offer the Fulbright in the Classroom program to more than 100 local high school students this November.

For more information, contact:

Elizabeth Ivy Quansah, PhD, MBA

Director

Outreach Global

116 O.D. Smith Hall, Auburn, AL 36849

Phone: +1 (334) 844-5716

[email protected]

Featuring Rachel Snoddy – Chambers Co. Extension

Everything OnMed with Rachel Snoddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ6YqKqffyw

About Everything Auburn Podcast:

Description - Recorded from the Hey Day Market on the Plains, the “Everything Auburn” podcast is THE PLACE for learning all about the amazing people, places, traditions and “work, hard work” that sets Auburn University apart from the rest!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

GEDI/EDAA Leadership Institute Courses: 

https://www.auburn.edu/outreach/gedi/edaaleadership/#courses

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development

November 9, 2023 - online

ACCMA Local Government Professional Management Certification Program

https://www.auburn.edu/outreach/gedi/accma/#registrationschedule

Leadership and Effective Public Management

November 8-9, 2023 - Auburn and Online

Laws and Ethics for Public Management

December 14-15, 2023 - Auburn and Online

Economic and Community Development

February 8-9, 2024 - Auburn and Online

Human Resource Management and Staff Effectiveness

March 7-8, 2024 - Auburn and Online

Public Budgeting and Financial Management

April 16-17, 2024 - Auburn and Online