Auburn University
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| motto | For The Advancement of Science and Arts |
| founding | 1856 |
| Sponsorship | public |
| place | Auburn , Alabama |
| country | United States |
| president | Jay Gogue |
| Students | 25,469 |
| Professors | 1,200 |
| Annual budget | 421 million US dollars |
| University sports | Auburn Tigers |
| Website | www.auburn.edu |
The Auburn University (also AU or Auburn is called) is a state university in Auburn in the US state of Alabama . With currently 24,847 students enrolled and 1,200 teaching staff, it is the second largest college in Alabama. The university is one of only 13 colleges in the United States to have land-grant , sea-grant, and space-grant research center status. The university has a particularly high reputation in the fields of architecture , engineering and economics . Of the universities in Alabama, it tends to do best in the rankings. Auburn University also has a campus in Montgomery, Auburn University Montgomery , which has about 6,000 students.
history
Auburn University was founded on February 1, 1856 as a private humanities college under the name East Alabama Male College . At that time the college belonged to the Methodist Church. The university was donated to the state in 1872 and renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama . In 1899 it was renamed the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API) again until it was finally given its current name in 1960. African American students have been admitted since 1964.
On June 9, 2012, a shootout occurred on campus in which several members of the Auburn Tigers Football Team were killed. The act took place at the clubhouse, 200 block of West Longleaf Drive.
Others
At Auburn University is the Donald E. Davis Arboretum , an arboretum covering nearly 6 acres.
Organizational structure
with year of establishment
- Architecture (1872)
- Architecture, design and construction (1907)
- Forestry and Wildlife Sciences (1984)
- Humanities (1986)
- Human Sciences (1916)
- Engineering Sciences, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering (1872)
- Natural Sciences and Mathematics (1986)
- Pedagogy (1915)
- Nursing (1979)
- Pharmacy, James Harrison School of Pharmacy (1885)
- Veterinary Medicine (1907)
- Economics (1967)
- Graduate School (1872)
Sports
The Auburn University sports teams are called the Auburn Tigers . The university is a member of the Southeastern Conference . The football team plays its home games at the Jordan-Hare Stadium .
Personalities
Professors
- Krystyna Kuperberg - mathematician
- Richard Penaskovic - Catholic theologian and philosopher
- Vern G. Swanson - Art and Art History
Graduates
- Frank Gatski (1945) - American football player
- Holland M. Smith (1901) - later general
- Clifton Williams (1954) - later an astronaut
- Ken Mattingly (1958) - later an astronaut
- Richard Myers (1967, MS) - later General
- Hugh Shelton (1973, MS) - later general
- Kathryn C. Thornton (1974) - later an astronaut
- William Andrews (1979) - American football player
- Timothy D. Cook (1982) - later CEO of Apple Inc.
- Rowdy Gaines (1982) - swimmer, later Olympic champion
- Bo Jackson (1986) - American football and baseball player
- Chuck Person (1986) - basketball player
- Jimmy Wales (1989) - later co-founder of Wikipedia
- Mark Spencer (1999) - later CEO of Digium
- Kirsty Coventry (2005) - swimmer, later Olympic champion
- Will Herring (2006) - American football player
- Quantez Robertson (2009) - basketball player
- Cam Newton (2011) - American football player
- Nick Fairley (2011) - American football player
- Greg Robinson (2014) - American football player
Without a degree
- Charles Barkley - basketball player, Olympic champion
- Jimmy Buffett - singer
- César Cielo - swimmer, Olympic champion
- Taylor Hicks - singer
- Chuma Okeke - basketball player
Individual evidence
- ^ Information about Saturday's incident at University Heights apartments , accessed June 11, 2012
Web links
| State universities |
Alabama • Alabama A&M • Alabama State • Auburn • Auburn Montgomery • Jacksonville State • Montevallo • North Alabama • South Alabama • Troy • UAB • UAHuntsville • West Alabama |
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| Private universities |
Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine • Amridge • Birmingham – Southern • Concordia • Faulkner • Heritage Christian • Huntingdon • Judson • Miles • Mobile • Oakwood • Samford • Selma • Southeastern Bible College • Spring Hill • Stillman • Talladega • Tuskegee • United States Sports Academy • Virginia College |
Coordinates: 32 ° 36 '12.1 " N , 85 ° 29' 9.9" W.