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Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 26,800 undergraduate students, over 6,100 post-graduate students, and a total enrollment of more than 34,000 students with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second-largest university in Alabama .
Auburn University (designated as a land-grant college in 1872 under the name Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama) Tuskegee University (private) Though Alabama A&M is Alabama's official 1890 Morrill Act institution, the mission and unique history of Tuskegee are so similar to those of the 1890 institutions that it functions as a de ...
In 1967, O.D. “Jack” Turner [2] was appointed the first dean of Auburn University's new School of Business, which was located in Thach and Tichenor Halls. During Turner's tenure, the teaching staff increased from 42 to 69, and the Business Advisory Council was established, which prepared the School of Business for entering the accreditation process.
The intersection of Magnolia Avenue and College Street in Auburn, which marks the transition from downtown Auburn to the university campus, is known as Toomer's Corner. It is named for businessman and State Senator Sheldon "Shel" Toomer who founded Toomer's Drugs on the corner of Magnolia Avenue and College Street in 1896, and helped to found ...
The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) maintains information on endowments at U.S. higher education institutions by fiscal year (FY). [1] As of FY2023 [update] , the total endowment market value of U.S. institutions stood at $839.090 billion, with an average across all institutions of $1.215 billion and a ...
Clockwise from left: Denny Chimes at the University of Alabama, Rogers Hall at the University of North Alabama, Samford Hall at Auburn University, Flowers Hall at Huntingdon College. There are 60 colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Alabama.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation accuses Auburn's coaches of using their position to illegally promote religion to student-athletes.
Recognizing that the college had expanded programs, added graduate programs, and moved beyond its agricultural and mechanical roots, in 1960 the Alabama Legislature authorized it as a university. It was officially renamed as Auburn University, a name that better represented the varied academic programs and expanded curriculum that the school ...