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Valley Rescue Mission's Camp JOY now accepting applications

Submitted by Christina Kleehammer on Tuesday, May 21st, 12:10 pm

Now in its 40th year of operation, Camp JOY is a 6-week long summer camp for children ages 7 to 11. There will be 3 weeks for girls, and 3 weeks for boys. Every child who enrolls can attend during one week of their choice.

There is no charge to the families for sending children to Camp JOY. Instead, their week at camp is generously underwritten by supporters from throughout the community.

Camp JOY seeks to provide a camping experience that will encourage Christian growth and have a lasting positive impact on the children.

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Fashion executive and JetBlue corporate officer to speak at Auburn University spring commencement

Submitted by Christina Kleehammer on Monday, April 29th, 2:20 pm

AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Two successful corporate executives will be guest speakers at Auburn University during spring commencement in the Auburn Arena on Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5. Approximately 3,359 new graduates will receive diplomas.

Commencement ceremonies will be streamed online, and can also be viewed on mobile devices through the website or the Ustream app.

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Auburn Journalism Students to Present Chattahoochee Heritage Project at Columbus Museum

Submitted by Christina Kleehammer on Monday, April 22nd, 1:42 pm

(WTVM)--Students from Auburn University’s Department of Communications and Journalism will deliver a special presentation about their recent work in Columbus on April 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Columbus Museum.

The presentation is part of the Chattahoochee Heritage Project, which Journalism students at Auburn University participate in each semester. These students create multi-platform content that focuses on significant areas of cultural and historical interest.

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SEC’s Auburn University Faculty Achievement Award presented to engineering professor

Submitted by Christina Kleehammer on Wednesday, April 10th, 4:04 pm

AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Auburn University and the Southeastern Conference announced today that Professor Pradeep Lall of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has been honored with the SEC’s Auburn University Faculty Achievement Award for 2012-2013.

Lall, the T. Walter Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Center for Advanced Vehicle and Extreme Electronics at Auburn, will receive a $5,000 honorarium, and he becomes Auburn’s nominee for the SEC Professor of the Year, who will be selected from 14 nominees representing SEC universities.

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Rheta Grimsley Johnson to give 2013 New Horizons Lecture

Submitted by Christina Kleehammer on Monday, April 1st, 3:18 pm

AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Award-winning journalist and Auburn alumna Rheta Grimsley Johnson will give the 2013 New Horizons Lecture Tuesday, April 9, at 2 p.m. in Auburn University’s Langdon Hall auditorium.

The veteran newspaper reporter and columnist’s career spans 42 years, and has garnered awards such as the Scripps Howard Ernie Pyle Award for feature writing, and the American Society of Newspaper Editors’ Distinguished Writing Award for Commentary. In 1991, she was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.

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Aurburn Police Division prepares for "Cops on Top" Fundraiser

Submitted by Christina Kleehammer on Monday, April 1st, 1:47 pm

Beginning Friday, April 26, 2013 at 8 a.m., members of the Auburn Police Division will be on top of the Kroger store located at 300 N. Dean Road in support of this year’s Alabama Special Olympics.

The “Cops on Top” event, as it is known, will end on Saturday, April 27th at 10 p.m. For 38 continuous hours the APD officers will be on the roof of the building in an effort to raise awareness and funds for the Special Olympics organization which sponsors competitive events each year for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

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Raptor Center releasing owls to the wild

Submitted by Joshua Ninke, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013, 3:48pm

AUBURN, AL - The Southeastern Raptor Center at Auburn University will release a Barn Owl, two or more Barred Owls and an Eastern Screech-Owl Friday, Feb. 22, at 5 p.m. at the Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve at 2222 N. College St. in Auburn.

The Eastern Screech-Owl is a small owl about six inches tall that inhabits the eastern portion of the United States and prefers wooded areas for its habitat. It has three morphs, or colors, of plumage: gray, brown and red. It eats nocturnal insects but will also take on small mammals and birds.

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