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2025-2026
Honors Stories
Four Auburn University students — Trynnady Aldridge, Jacycie Clapp, Masha Turkic and Sally Price have been awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship for study abroad. The nationally competitive scholarship program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students to pursue academic studies around the world.
Published: June 16, 2026
Six Auburn University students have been selected to receive Undergraduate Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships from the NASA Alabama Space Grant Consortium (ASGC), a competitive program that supports students pursuing careers in aerospace, engineering and STEM research. The ASGC program strengthens NASA’s future workforce by recognizing academic excellence, research potential and a commitment to community outreach across Alabama.
June 08, 2026
New interdisciplinary initiative launches as part of University’s America 250 initiative exploring the ideas and institutions shaping American democracy.
April 30, 2026
Dr. Djibo Zanzot’s Honors section of Organismal Biology, BIOL 1037, is a reminder that honors education at Auburn University does not proceed in isolation from teaching and learning across the university. Rather, the smaller sizes of Honors classes often provide settings in which faculty can experiment with teaching methods that they can then apply more broadly.
April 28, 2026
Honors alumna Maggie Tennant reflects on her time at Auburn University and in the Honors College, starting with her arrival in the fall of 2019, which didn’t begin in a lecture hall - it began with service.
April 27, 2026
Every spring, the Honors College celebrates students, faculty and staff through the annual Eagles of Excellence Awards. The awards recognize individuals who have gone above and beyond in the Honors College and at Auburn University in the areas of leadership, research, service and teaching.
April 27, 2026
Vivian Gates, a junior majoring in law and justice with a minor in German with the College of Liberal Arts, has been selected to represent Alabama at the Henry Clay Center’s College Student Congress, a highly competitive, two-week leadership and public policy program that selects only one student per state.
April 14, 2026
Cater Hall is home to the Auburn University Honors College, but it is the students and staff inside who bring the historic space to life. As visitors walk through the doors of Cater, their first encounter is usually with two types of student workers: associates, who staff the front desk, and ambassadors, who speak with prospective students about their Honors College experience.
April 14, 2026
Members of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) visited Auburn University this past March to celebrate current and former Astronaut Scholars and promote the foundation’s nationally competitive scholarship program.
April 14, 2026
Earlier this semester, the Honors College hosted a Professional Networking Event, offering students an opportunity to practice professional communication skills and connect with local professionals across a range of fields.
March 31, 2026
Eirik Mulder’s work at the intersection of aerospace engineering and computer science has earned him one of the nation’s top undergraduate research honors.
March 31, 2026
