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Annual Welcome Week events set to kickoff Thursday

EETV Web Team | August 13

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Auburn University’s annual Welcome Week events kick off Thursday as students start to head back to the plains for the start of the fall semester. Over 100 events will be hosted over the week by different campus organizations and departments in order to ring in the new academic year. This is the first year that Welcome Week has officially moved under the auspices of the University Program Council and organization officials are expecting a major lineup of events this year.

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Meet the Candidates: Jordan Langdon

EETV Web Team | August 2

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- An Auburn University student has thrown their hat into the Auburn mayoral election, joining three other candidates. Auburn sophomore Jordan Langdon officially qualified to run for Auburn's highest office Wednesday according to Auburn city officials. “I’ve always had an interest in government from a young age," stated Langdon in a press release sent out by his campaign "I have had a desire to serve the community that I love so dearly, but I never knew exactly how.

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Bats reported near Haley Center, Jordan-Hare Stadium

EETV Web Team | July 11

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV) - Bats have been reported near the 

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Auburn launches new required assessment for all graduating seniors

Ken Ward | May 29

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Auburn University's Office of Undergraduate Studies has launched a new required assessment that all graduating seniors must take before receiving access to their diploma application. The new assessment is called S.C.O.R.E which stands for Student Core Outcomes and Readiness Evaluation.

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Auburn Pharmacy School gets high ranking

EETV Web Team | May 16

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV) – The Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy was recently ranked among the top 25 pharmacy programs in the country by Drug Store News. In an effort to help hiring managers find the right pharmacists for specific retail environments, the magazine compiled a list, offered in no particular order, of the top programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. “Being recognized as one of the top 25 pharmacy schools in the country is a testament to the hard work of our students, faculty and staff,” said Dean Richard A.

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Testing to occur May 17 after Auburn student found to have Tuberculosis

EETV Web Team | May 11

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- On May 9, Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) officials notified Auburn University of plans to investigate a case of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) identified in a student enrolled on the Auburn campus.

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Auburn Navy ROTC members marching to honor fallen Marines

EETV Web Team | May 8

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)– On Wednesday, May 9, a group of 44 Marines, Sailors and Midshipman of the Auburn University Navy ROTC will depart on a three-day, 209-mile ruck march from Auburn to Navarre, Florida. "Rucking for Raiders" is in memory of the members of Marine Special Operations Team 8231, or The Raider 7, an elite group of Marines who perished in a helicopter crash during a training accident on March 10, 2015. Staff Sgt.

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Alabama Dept. of Public Health reviews uveal melanoma cases associated with Auburn University

EETV Web Team | May 4

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is working in conjunction with Auburn University to review cases of uveal melanoma among former Auburn students and employees in the area.

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Hollywood comes to the Plains for Melissa McCarthy movie premiere

Grace Reynolds and Julia Murphy | May 1

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV) - Hollywood stars visited the Plains Monday for the world premiere of the new comedy, "Life of the Party," starring Melissa McCarthy and directed by Ben Falcone.

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Auburn University named first Bee Campus USA in Alabama

Ellie McCoy | April 30

Auburn, Ala. - Bee Campus USA has just recently announced its decision to name Auburn University as the first university in the state of Alabama to become an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program.

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Alarms goes off at Foy Hall

Ken Ward | April 30

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- The fire alarms at Auburn University's Foy Hall went off early Monday afternoon. The alarms, which prompted an evacuation of the building, went off for several minutes. According to officials with Auburn's Campus Safety and Security office, the alarm was due to construction going on in the building. 

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Civil Rights leader and visiting Auburn scholar Bernard Lafayette discusses his role in the civil rights movement

Ken Ward | April 25

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Born in Florida, Dr. Bernard Lafayette grew up when segregation was still in place in many southern communities.  Lafayette, currently the Breeden Eminent Scholar in Auburn's Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities, 

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Event celebrating Auburn Equestrian's national championship win to be held Tuesday

EETV Web Team | April 23

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)– The Auburn national champion equestrian team will be honored with a celebration at Toomer’s Corner Tuesday at 5:15 p.m.

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Student Act renovation and new parking deck on the docket for Friday's Auburn Board of Trustee meeting

Ken Ward | April 19

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Several facilities improvements are set to be on the docket at the Auburn University Board of Trustees meeting scheduled for Friday. According to the released agenda, board members will be looking to approve six new facility projects including several athletic facility improvements, the renovation of the Student Activities Center and a new parking deck on South College Street near the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center.

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Auburn IFC announces liquor ban

Ellie McCoy | April 19

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Auburn’s Interfraternity Council has recently announced that they will be putting a hard liquor ban into effect beginning on May 5, 2018, as voted for by the Committee of Presidents.

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2017-2018 Auburn Involvement Awards winners

EETV Web Team | April 18

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Auburn University's Office of Student Involvement hosted their annual Involvement Awards Tuesday night. The awards are meant to honor the many different campus student organizations with award categories ranging from marketing to advising.

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Final Critical Conversation event cancelled

Ken Ward | April 16

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- The final Critical Conversations speaker event that was scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

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Auburn HR looking for student feedback

EETV Web Team | April 16

AUBURN, AL (EETV)- Auburn University students are invited to complete a brief survey about on-campus student employment and to share their suggestions for enhancing the University’s current processes. Survey results will be used to help configure TigerTalent, a campus-wide Talent Management System which is scheduled to launch by the end of this year.

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Auburn student wins prestigious scholarship

EETV Web Team | April 15

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)– Auburn University sophomore Elizabeth Farrar will work this summer on a research project in Germany that focuses on the parasites that cause sleeping sickness, a disease deadly to both humans and animals. Farrar is one of only 150 students nationwide selected to conduct undergraduate research in Würzburg, Germany, this summer as a German Academic Exchange Service Research Intern in Science and Engineering, or RISE, undergraduate fellow.

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Big changes coming to campus dining following new contract

Grace Reynolds | April 14

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV) - Tiger Dining is gearing up for several changes following signing a new contract with Aramark.