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Auburn’s oldest living alumnus celebrates 105th birthday

Auburn’s oldest living alumnus celebrates 105th birthday

When he walked at graduation William H. Holley, like many before and since, shook the hand of the university’s president, Dr. Bradford Knapp. At that time the president lived in Cater Hall. The governor was Bibb Graves. Know those names? The oaks at Toomer’s hadn’t been planted yet. Toomer’s Drugs was still competing with Homer [...]

Accolades continue for Auburn grad Octavia Spencer with Essence Magazine’s “Breakthrough Award”

Accolades continue for Auburn grad Octavia Spencer with Essence Magazine’s “Breakthrough Award”

And it don’t stop for Octavia Spencer.

Auburn alum Octavia Spencer receives Oscar nomination

Auburn alum Octavia Spencer receives Oscar nomination

Our chances of landing that TWER interview grow slimmer by the day.

Former Auburn track teammates helping charities raise funds via sports gambling

Former Auburn track teammates helping charities raise funds via sports gambling

Two former Auburn track and fielders are betting that folks will really be into gambling for a good cause.

Stop motion LEGO video marriage proposal to Auburn grad goes viral

Stop motion LEGO video marriage proposal to Auburn grad goes viral

It took several days and 2,600 photos—and at least one orange and blue outfitted LEGO figure.

Can an Auburn fox help Cox rock JOX?

Can an Auburn fox help Cox rock JOX?

Cox Media Group’s 97.3 The Zone might not be able to get Paul Finebaum away from WJOX, but they are trying something different in sports talk radio in Birmingham, with an Auburn alum sharing the helm.

Death from (All The) Above: Auburn flag flies in window of American chopper in Afghanistan

Death from (All The) Above: Auburn flag flies in window of American chopper in Afghanistan

Apparently, if you’re trying to get your terror on in the mountains of Afghanistan these days, the last thing you might see on this earth is an Auburn logo. Bravo, Matt Fischer, for continuing the newest Tiger tradition. Via our friends at AUFamily. … Keep Reading: * Auburn Brew Club wins bet, quaffs Oregon homebrew [...]

’74 Auburn grad reinvents herself with docu-tourism

’74 Auburn grad reinvents herself with docu-tourism

Lisa Weldon, ’74, decided last year she needed something different in her career. A lifelong advertising executive based in Atlanta, she felt she was missing out on the newest trends in the business, primarily social media. She set out to change that by enrolling in a course at Parsons in New York City. She found [...]

Watch Auburn alumna Octavia Spencer win a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress

Watch Auburn alumna Octavia Spencer win a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress

Auburn laid a tiny claim to its first Golden Globe Sunday night. Montgomery native and 1994 Auburn graduate Octavia Spencer won the Hollywood Foreign Press’ award for Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role for her critically acclaimed performance as a maid in Civil Rights-era Mississippi in the 2011 film “The Help.” [...]

Recent Auburn grad receives kidney from nurse

Recent Auburn grad receives kidney from nurse

Twenty-three year old Clay Taber was nursed back to health last week, so to speak.

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