Wade, in this issue read about award-winning Honors students, our NPS course and more.
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Honors student Parker Megginson awarded NSFGRFP
Parker Megginson and Robin Weaver have won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. This prestigious fellowship program ensures the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce in the United States. |
India Warren honored with Civil Engineering AwardHonors junior India Warren was recently awarded the Stone Leadership Award in Civil and Environmental Engineering by the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.
Warren, who is studying Civil Engineering with a specialization in Structural Engineering, received the award due to her leadership in student organizations, her substantial activities outside of civil engineering, her positive impact on others and her high scholastic achievement.
The Stone Leadership Award promotes the development of leadership abilities in Auburn’s civil engineering undergraduates. The award was established by Jeffrey I. and Linda J. Stone to recognize students who have exhibited outstanding leadership beyond the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Congratulations, India!
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Honors Course Feature: Going for the GoldThe central goal of “Going for the Gold: Preparing for National Scholarships, Graduate School and Other Opportunities," is to help high-achieving students imagine all sorts of futures for themselves and learn what steps will help them find those futures. |
Peer instructors for Fall 2025 selectedPeer Instructors are an integral part of class, helping students navigate their first year in Auburn and in Honors. They provide an informed voice, serving as representatives of the Honors student experience.
Congratulations to our Fall 2025 Peer Instructors: Allie Caesar, Nathan Cantrell, Natalie Cravens, Hayden Curtis, Jordan Deupree, Dylan Gravett, Ashlyn Greeson, Julia Guice, Kassidy Hea, Olivia Hillburn, Addison Johnson, Gabriella Millar, Ella Grace Munn, Savannah Mylius, Claire Nielsen, Anna Oliphant, Cole Queeney, Aiden Ray, Miriam Schaffer, Chloe Styles, and Peyton Sumrell.
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Opportunity growing in Auburn's backyard: Premier TechCarter Williams, an Honors College alumnus, takes us on a virtual trip to Premier Tech, a multi-divisional global company that is expanding its footprint in Alabama with a state-of-the-art, 165,000-square-foot facility in Montgomery. |
May 6, 2025
Spring is a season of birth and arrival in the natural world, but in schools across America it is also the time of joyful if poignant farewells. Professors and students in many classes are saying goodbye to each other as the intensity of the semester comes to a close, even as students scramble to finish their final papers or prepare for their examinations. In Cater Hall we look forward to welcoming our returning students in August, but we are also preparing to celebrate our graduating class and send them off into the world.
This coming Friday, I will enjoy the enormous privilege of conferring medals upon the almost 400 students who have completed the requirements for one of our four Honors distinctions: Honors Scholar, University Honors Scholar, Honors Research Scholar and University Honors Research Scholar. |
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| This will be my last “first” at Auburn Honors: the last major event I am experiencing for the first time as the Honors College’s director. As with the incoming cohort of Fall 2024, I will always feel a special connection to the first graduating cohort to whom I have said congratulations and farewell, the Auburn Honors class of 2025. |
Rising sports media talent uses courtside experience to spark promising careerVince Wolfram, an Honors senior who will graduate with a degree in journalism-sports production this spring, reflects on his time spent behind the lens and in the lecture hall. |
Women’s hockey club founder bound for medical school
Honors senior Abby Lin has left her mark at Auburn, and she hasn’t even graduated yet.
The proof is a banner, sporting her name and No. 14, hanging from the rafters of the Columbus Ice Rink in Columbus, Georgia.
As the founder of the women’s ice hockey club team at Auburn, Lin was honored on senior night when her teammates raised the banner, retiring her number and solidifying her place in the history of the club — and of hockey in the South. |
Graduates: join our LinkedInWe’re on LinkedIn! Honors graduates, follow our page to stay updated on alumni, faculty and student achievements, as well as upcoming events and networking opportunities.
After graduation be sure to update the education section of your profile. You can list both Auburn Honors as well as Auburn University on your LinkedIn profile. By doing so you'll be automatically connected to our alumni! |
Honor Your Teaching with our new research venture lyceum design fellowshipThe Auburn University Honors College’s “Honor Your Teaching: Research Venture Lyceum Design Fellowship” is a pilot program to support AU faculty in the creation of “Research Lyceums” that will provide small groups of students with an introductory experience in research or creative endeavor. To learn more about this program, please see the application and view a sample syllabus below. Applications are due July 1, 2025
to Suzanne Hunter at sap0005@auburn.edu. Please reach out to Suzanne with any questions. |
Honors co-sponsorship programFaculty, departments, colleges and students may now request that the Honors College co-sponsor an event or program. The sponsorship can help cover the costs of food and refreshments, speaker honoraria or venue expenses.
There are two annual deadlines. For events and programs occurring during a fall semester the deadline for proposals is June 1. For events and programs occurring during the spring semester the deadline for proposals is November 1.
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Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities Events
Third Thursday Poetry Series: Community Reading
Pebble Hill
May 15 | 6 p.m.
Join us for readings by community poets. Refreshments will be available at 6 p.m.; the readings will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Sundilla Concert Series presents Minor Gold
Pebble Hill
May 23 | 7 p.m.
Advance tickets are $20 and may be found at Spicer’s Music, Ross House Coffee, Foodie’s, and online at
sundillamusic.com; admission at the door will be $25.
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