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Review past new articles and stories from the Honors College at Auburn University. If you have a story idea, or need more information on any of the news articles below, contact the Honors College Communication Department.
Eagle Scholars Newsletters
2023-2024
Honors Stories
![Victoria Ashley reading a book in a chair in the Honors College lounge](https://wire.auburn.edu/content/honors/2024/07/Ashley_Hertog_FeatureImage.jpg)
Victoria Ashley, an Honors College rising senior studying political science, was awarded Hertog Foundation Political Studies Fellow thanks partly to her profound commitment to political studies and a drive to impact public policy.
Published: July 08, 2024
![image of Honors College medals with blue ribbons](https://wire.auburn.edu/content/honors/2024/06/images/RankingTop50_2024.jpg)
Auburn’s Honors College has been named among the top 50 programs in the nation according to College Transitions. With an overall ranking of 39, Auburn is among a handful of SEC institutions recognized and is the only institution in Alabama included in this year’s rankings.
June 28, 2024
![Walton Ferguson](https://wire.auburn.edu/content/liberal-arts/2024/06/images/20240612-walton-ferguson-2.jpg)
In the fall, recent Auburn graduate Walton Ferguson will begin his journey to complete a doctorate in quantitative psychology.
June 07, 2024
![Laura Stevens Headshot](https://wire.auburn.edu/content/provost/2024/05/images/Laura-Stevens.jpg)
Following a national search, Laura M. Stevens, the Roxanna McFarlin Chapman Professor of English at the University of Tulsa, has been named Auburn’s director of the Honors College, effective July 15.
May 14, 2024
![gloved hand holding a vile](https://wire.auburn.edu/content/honors/2024/04/images/NSF_GRFP_News.jpg)
Three undergraduate students and six Auburn graduates have won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships for graduate study in the fall, which provides three years of support accessible over five years.
April 24, 2024
![Elijah Parker and Katie Wolfe](http://eng.auburn.edu/images/news/web-version-ECE-Machine2.jpg)
Two seniors in electrical and computer engineering teamed with engineering students at Germany’s Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt to develop a system designed to foster farming sustainability.
April 23, 2024
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Katie Wolfe learned that she'd won first place for her presentation in the Honors Scholar section of the 101st Alabama Academy of Sciences Conference — from the Honors College Instagram account.
March 14, 2024
![Students traveling abroad looking at art on wall with fulbright logo on a white background](https://wire.auburn.edu/content/announcements/2024/03/images/fulbright_info_ca.jpg)
Learn more about the Fulbright Scholarship through an upcoming online presentation.
March 14, 2024
![Jada Neal](http://eng.auburn.edu/news/2024/02/Jada-Neal3.jpg)
Jada Neal is among the university's 13 inaugural Matthews Scholars Program fellows, and the only fellow representing Auburn Engineering.
March 12, 2024
![Maggie Nelson stands in front of a lab table full of research materials](https://wire.auburn.edu/content/honors/2024/01/images/Nelson_Preview_Wire.jpg)
Maggie Nelson, an aerospace engineering major and Honors College student, earned her fifth national prestigious scholarship when she nabbed the Winston Churchill Scholarship. She is the first student at Auburn to win this award. No other undergraduate in the history of Auburn has won as many prestigious scholarships as Nelson.
January 19, 2024
![Cam Tice reviewing data on computer with notepad](https://wire.auburn.edu/content/honors/2023/12/images/Cam-Wire-preview.jpg)
Marshall Scholarship winner Cameron Tice reviews data from his work with individuals suffering with substance abuse.
December 07, 2023