It’s not always about football in Auburn. Sometimes, it’s about golf. While former Auburn guard Kendall Simmons might be better at tackling than putting, winning isn’t the point of the fourth annual golf tournament he co-hosts each year. Swing for Diabetes is slated for Monday at Moore’s Mill Golf Course, located on Fairway Drive off [...]
Day Two of Bo Bikes Bama found close to 100 riders following Bo Jackson through Cullman County. The group stopped at Fairview High School where they were greeted by elementary, middle and high school students. The Auburn fight song welcomed the riders to the school as they grabbed snacks and water. Jackson took a few [...]
One Auburn graduate has found a way to combine her love of baking, brew and bow-wows and turn it into a unique entrepreneurial venture. Niki Doyle, ’07, a former editor of The Auburn Plainsman, recently started her own company called Drunken Dog Treats based out of her Huntsville home. She, along with her dog / [...]
There will be a booth nestled between the barbecue and beer at Saturday’s Alpha Psi Rodeo that will be worth checking out–Button Up Sunshine, a business that supports children diagnosed with cancer. The owner, Auburn graduate Kelley Andrews, is a childhood cancer survivor. Andrews makes head wraps and bandanas for children who’ve lost their hair [...]
Auburn graduate Carter Wells is making waves in the science world. Wells, a ’93 graduate, is the chief executive officer of iCubate, a privately held molecular diagnostic company located at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville. The company recently won the prestigious Frost and Sullivan North American New Product Innovation Award. “This is a [...]
You like my shirt? Thanks, Pat Dye helped me make it. Talk about a line you don’t hear everyday. Actually, on Wednesday it might be a line you hear often. Coach Dye and Kendall Simmons, a former Auburn player and two-time Super Bowl champion, will be outside the student center helping tie-dye T-shirts orange and [...]
Auburn’s wheelchair basketball team has been playing together for several years, but the Auburn Wheelchair Basketball Invitational planned for this weekend at Auburn Arena is a first. The tournament kicks off Sunday at noon and admission is free. The team is part of a new student organization, something player Jared Rehm hopes will garner the [...]
Before motherhood, Robin O’Bryant used ketchup as a condiment on a hot dog at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Now the mother of three, she uses it as a way to get her daughters to eat their vegetables. Little did she know, the funny and often ridiculous parts of motherhood – like considering ketchup a vegetable – would [...]
It’s that time of year again when the smell of barbecue instantly brings memories of a tailgate and daydreams of touchdowns interrupt countless history lessons. What better way to appease the desire for football season than to spend a Saturday afternoon with Auburn legend, Zac Etheridge? Etheridge will be on-hand from noon-2 p.m. at Auburn [...]
As it turns out, wearing a dress to a football game is mostly a southern thing, but a Tiger transplant hopes to change that trend. During her last semester at Auburn, Wallis Smith-Owens started This Old Blouse, an Etsy-based shop where she sells dresses made from old college T-shirts. After graduating in December with a [...]
