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38-39 Educational
Foundations,
Leadership and
Technology
40-41 Kinesiology
42-43 Special Education,
Rehabilitation,
Counseling/School
Psychology
44 Learning
Resources Center
45 Truman Pierce Institute
46 Office of the Dean
3-10 Education Extra
11 Retired Faculty
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18-19 University
Highlights
20-27 Student Success
28-29 Awards and
Recognition
30-35 Research and
Outreach
47, 80 College Knowledge
52-53 National
Advisory Council
54-69 Alumni/Alumni Notes
70-80 Donor Recognition/
Development
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EDUCATION EXTRA
Pilot program works to save
at-risk students | page 3
Truman Pierce Institute’s initiative receives
$400,000 boost from AT&T Foundation
Youthful exuberance | page 6
Helping children lead healthy lifestyles
energizes Dr. Leah Robinson
INTERNATIONAL
A summer to remember | page 12
Four COE alums enjoy Olympic experiences
Everywhere but Antarctica | page 16
Internships, classes abroad offer world of
opportunity for students
RESEARCH AND OUTREACH
Flipping out | page 30
World audience takes note of biomechanics
research about popular casual footwear
KEYSTONE LEADER
Pills of wisdom | page 48
Keystone Leader Brenda Smith Sanborn
knows what it takes to succeed in corporate
America
Alumni
Education sensation | page 54
Suzanne Freeman ’92 garners national acclaim
On the Cover:
Cambre Prater, a senior elementary education major from Hoover,
Ala., and a College of Education student ambassador, helped bring the
Keystone’s cover concept to life. Her footwear pays tribute to the
research done by Dr. Wendi Weimar and doctoral candidate
Justin Shroyer on the orthopedic risks of wearing flip-flops to
their breaking point. Her luggage provides a snapshot of where
College of Education students have been as well as where they
are going on a global scale.

Keystone Volume VI, 20092
This has been a year of significant reflection as our faculty, staff, and alumni came to-
gether to finalize our five-year strategic plan. This plan, which builds on the strategic
plan recently proposed by Auburn President Jay Gogue and adopted by Auburn’s Board of
Trustees, has charted a course for the college as we move toward the completion of our first
century as an entity in the university.
Knowing where we want to be was not enough, however. Paramount in our academic, col-
laborative and scholarly responsibilities is knowing who we are as educators and professionals.
Therefore, in the fall, our faculty and staff worked together to establish a set of core values to
guide our efforts in pursuing our mission, improving society and building better futures for all.
Both documents complement our mission, vision and conceptual framework — not to
mention each other. Strategic priorities at the college level resonate within the university’s
strategic plan. And themes from both of these can be found throughout this edition of the
Keystone. I invite you to pay special attention to:
• programs like Holmes Scholars and expanded efforts to expose students to the world and
bring the world to our college advance our diversity, international and intercultural
programming while teaching our students to respect the concepts of ethics and dignity.
• student accomplishments and alumni success bringing to fruition our emphasis on excel-
lence, student focus and high-quality academic programs.
• enhanced administrative support is leveraging faculty research, exploration and innova-
tion that is also garnering additional financial support and national and international
attention to the college.
• outreach programs that strengthen and create partnerships with and service to schools
and communities and lead to opportunities for financial prosperity.
With all that is occurring in our college, the true challenge we have each year is finding space
to highlight everything in the Keystone. Since we couldn’t fit all our good news in this edition, I
invite you to visit our Web site often to read news and stay informed.
Warmest regards … and War Eagle!
Frances K. Kochan, Ph.D.
Dean and Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor
edudean@auburn.edu
Core values
• Excellence
• Ethics and Dignity
• Diversity
• Student Focus
• Collaboration and
Public Engagement
Strategic Plan
• High-quality
Academic Programs
• International and
Intercultural
Engagement
• Financial Prosperity to
Realize College’s
Mission and Vision
• Research, Exploration
and Innovation
• Collaboration and
Partnership Engagement
The full text of our core values
and strategic plan is available at
education.auburn.edu/aboutus.
A Welcomefrom the Dean
Dean’s Welcome

Education Extra
A $400,000 gift from the AT&T Foundation will fund an initia-
tive by the college’s Truman Pierce Institute to reduce the dropout
rate in Alabama high schools, but it also stands as an investment in
the state’s future economic well-being.
According to a recent study by the Southern Educational Foun-
dation, a lagging state economy over the course of the last three
decades stems in part from an alarming high school dropout rate.
The study found that Alabama’s high school dropout rate soared to
39 percent in 2006-07, a statistic that contributes to the state rank-
ing 42nd in the nation in per capita income. The SEF reported that
almost two-thirds of Alabama’s income gap with
the rest of the nation is entirely attributable to
educational shortcomings.
In order to combat the problem, TPI will
use its funding from the AT&T Foundation to
introduce a pilot program, “Building Individual
Capacity for Success,’’ at Opelika High School,
Dadeville High School, Bullock County High
School, a Hale County high school and Lo-
achapoka High School in Lee County. Dr. Cindy
Reed, TPI director, said the program will identify
50 at-risk children each year and assist them as
they make the transition from eighth to ninth
grade. Each cohort will receive services through-
out their high school career. The components of
the initiative include mentoring, leadership training, service learn-
ing, action research, and exposure to a global awareness curriculum.
Dr. Jeffrey Brooks, co-director of the project, and Dr. Lisa Kensler,
evaluator for the project, are both faculty members in the Depart-
ment of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, and
will help Reed implement the program.
“It’s a non-traditional program,’’ said Reed, a professor in the
college’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and
Technology. “We believe very strongly that rather than doing more
remediation with young people, we need to be looking at ways to be
building them up as individuals, to really help them understand the
opportunities they have to be successful and to build from one suc-
cess to the next.’’
Kensler, a former middle school and high school teacher in
urban and suburban settings, said that the students will be inspired
to envision possibilities they might not have previously imagined.
“We’re really trying to connect kids with the world beyond
themselves and help them see and understand how what they have
to contribute to the world is needed,’’ she said.
The $400,000 gift from the AT&T Foundation reflects the com-
munications holding company’s commitment to education. AT&T
Alabama President Fred McCallum said the grant is a byproduct of
the ASPIRE Program, a nationwide philanthropic endeavor that will
provide $100 million to schools and nonprofit organizations aimed
at retaining high school students, preparing them for college and
equipping them for the workforce.
McCallum and Auburn President Jay Gogue stressed the impor-
tance of student retention during remarks at a December reception
hosted by the university at the The Hotel at Auburn University
and Dixon Conference Center to honor AT&T representatives and
highlight “Building Individual Capacity for Success.’’ In its study of
high school students during the 2006-07 school year, the Southern
Educational Foundation labeled the 39 percent dropout rate the
state’s “number one’’ educational and economic obstacle.
“It gets to be a really scary number,’’ Gogue said of the state
dropout rate. “We know it’s important for our state and it’s impor-
tant for our families to know that those kids can stay in school and
they can go to college and they can be successful.’’
Dr. Marvin Lowe, principal of Bullock County High School, and
Darren Douthitt, assistant superintendent of secondary education,
curriculum and instruction for Lee County Schools, said the peer
connection component of the “Building Individual Capacity for
Success’’ program may prove to be its most powerful asset. Students
assisted by TPI will be called upon to act as mentors by sharing les-
sons they learn with future classes in the program.
“It’s going to be a phenomenal experience to work with these
students and watch them grow,’’ Lowe said. “You start a peer connec-
tion that will keep other students in school.’’
Added Douthitt: “If we can save five, six or seven kids a year
with this initiative, it will have a huge impact.’’
AT&T Foundation’s $400,000 gift supports Truman Pierce
Institute pilot program focused on student retention
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The AT&T Foundation’s $400,000 gift will enable the
Truman Pierce Institute to reach 50 at-risk children per year.

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Carey Andrzejewski
Assistant Professor
Educational Foundations
Educational
Foundations,
Leadership and
Technology
Margaret M. Flores
Assistant Professor
Special Education
Special Education,
Rehabilitation,
Counseling/School
Psychology
Lisa Kasmer
Assistant Professor
Mathematics Education
Curriculum and Teaching
Jeffrey S. Brooks
Associate Professor
Educational Leadership
Educational
Foundations,
Leadership and
Technology
Troy Johnson
Communications Editor
External Relations
Office of the Dean
Pam Hardie
Administrative
Support Associate
Professional
Education Services
Lisa Kensler
Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership
Educational
Foundations,
Leadership and
Technology
In addition to welcoming 13 faculty members during the 2008-
09 academic year, the College of Education solidified its commit-
ment to supporting enterprising research and global learning by
establishing two new offices.
To lead these efforts, the college
welcomed Rodney Greer as
director of the Office of Research
and Innovation and Melanie
Brooks as coordinator of the Of-
fice of International Programs.
Created with the help of a $1
million gift by 1968 Educa-
tion graduates Wayne T. and
Cheryl Glass Smith, the Office
of Research and Innovation
supports faculty research efforts
to identify, cultivate and pursue
state, regional, national and
international funding opportu-
nities. Under Greer’s guidance,
the office also facilitates grant
preparation and completion of funded projects.
Before Auburn, Greer served for four years as the assistant to the
dean for teacher education partnerships, professional development
and technology in Western Illinois University’s College of Education
and Human Services. Previously, he taught courses in educational
psychology, assessment and human development for seven years as a
faculty member in Western Illinois’ Educational and Interdisciplin-
ary Studies Department.
He has also worked as a school psychologist in rural Southern
Illinois. He holds a master’s degree in educational psychology from
Southern Illinois University and a bachelor’s in psychology from
Monmouth (Ill.) College, and is a doctoral candidate in educational
psychology at SIU.
His research interests include the role of educational technology
in the teaching and learning process, learning strategies and tactics,
and systems as related to the
adoption of new technologies
by individuals and organiza-
tions. He has directed more than
$785,000 in state and national
research funding.
Brooks joined the College of
Education faculty through a
joint appointment with Auburn’s
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
to coordinate the Office of Inter-
national Programs. She comes to
Auburn from The Florida State
University, where she worked as
the education subject special-
ist for the main library. In her
current library appointment, she
is a reference and instruction librarian and library liaison for the
university’s UNIV courses that help students transition to university
life and employ successful study habits.
As the college’s coordinator for International Programs, Brooks
will direct the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching program
(COST), expand study abroad programming and promote research
and service-learning opportunities for undergraduate and gradu-
ate students, not to mention college faculty and staff. She possesses
first-hand international experience having been a student in Rennes,
France, and Perth, Western Australia, as well as a Peace Corps vol-
unteer in Thailand.
Brooks is currently pursuing a doctorate in international educa-
tion from Florida State. She holds master’s degrees in both cur-
riculum and instruction and library science from the University of
Missouri-Columbia.
Her current research is focused on the personal lives and profes-
sional work of American teachers working in international settings.
Her interests also are aligned with international school library
development, information literacy and information equity.
College reaffirms commitment to
research and establishing global reach
New Faculty and Staff

Dr. Marilyn E. Strutchens,
a professor of mathematics
education in the Department
of Curriculum and Teaching,
received a 2008 Distinguished
Diversity Researcher Award from
the Auburn University Research
Initiative for the Study of Diversity and Auburn’s Of-
fice of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs.
Strutchens, who also serves as co-director of
TEAM-Math, and the other award recipients gave a
lecture at the Celebration of Diversity Research in
October 2008. The overarching session was entitled,
“Understanding Differences That Matter: Diversity
Research at Auburn University.’’
Strutchens’ research focuses on factors that affect
students’ mathematics achievement, particularly
among African-American students. She studies such
factors as socio-economic status, access to mathemat-
ics courses, teachers’ beliefs about students, parental
influence and students’ expectations and beliefs.
Through her research, Strutchens pursues ways of af-
fecting positive change in mathematics achievement.
Dr. John W. Saye Jr., a professor in the Department of Cur-
riculum and Teaching, received an alumni professorship
from the Auburn Alumni Association in 2008.
The association sponsors 25 five-year, non-renewable
alumni professorships, which carry an annual salary
supplement of $3,500.
Saye has been among the Curriculum and Teaching faculty
since 1994 after completing his doctorate in social science education at the
University of Georgia. He also serves as the program coordinator for the col-
lege’s Secondary Social Science Education program. Saye, along with Indiana
University’s Dr. Tom Brush, directs the Persistent Issues in History project.
Saye’s list of Auburn accolades includes the 2006 Outstanding Faculty
Award for Research from the College of Education and the 1999 Outstanding
Professor Award from the Auburn Panhellenic Council.
Nominations for the alumni professorships were sought from department
heads through college deans by the Provost’s Office. The awards are presented
on the basis of research, publishing and teaching. The 2008 alumni professors
were honored at a university-wide awards ceremony last fall.
Angela Love
Assistant Professor
Early Childhood
Education
Brian Parr
Assistant Professor
Agricultural Education
Tammy Sanabria
Administrative
Support Associate
Learning
Resources Center
Deborah L. Morowski
Assistant Professor
Elementary Education
Julie Nolen
Director of
Development
Office of Development
John C. Quindry
Assistant Professor
Exercise Science
Kinesiology
DaShaunda
Patterson
Assistant Professor
Special Education
Special Education,
Rehabilitation,
Counseling/School
Psychology
Carolyn Wallace
Associate Professor
Secondary Science
Education
Jonghee Shim
Assistant Professor
Early Childhood
Education
T. Lee Williams
Assistant Professor
Reading Education
Strutchens earns
first university
Distinguished Diversity
Researcher Award
Saye receives
alumni professorship
Education Extra
Did you know?
As of fall 2008, the College employed 121
full-time faculty — including 15 distinguished
professors and one alumni professor — and
58 staff.
New Facult y and Staff
Get to know the College of Education’s new
faculty and staff members by logging on to
education.auburn.edu/facultystaff/newfs

Education Extra
D
r. Leah Robinson’s most effective tools in positively influ-
encing the lives of Auburn Day Care Centers preschoolers
may be her ready smile and an effusive personality that
encourages the children to match her own seemingly inexhaustible
energy level.
“I’m a kid myself, so it’s pretty easy to relate to them,’’ said
Robinson, who joined the Auburn University College of Education’s
Department of Kinesiology faculty in 2007.
Robinson’s enthusiasm for fostering healthy lifestyle habits in
young children may only be rivaled by their willingness to partici-
pate in any activity she leads. When Robinson made an off-campus
visit to the Moton Center in fall 2008 to lead its preschoolers in their
weekly exercise program, Auburn Day Care Centers director Ethel
White couldn’t help but marvel at the hive of activity stirred up by
her presence.
“We don’t have any children sitting down,’’ White said. “We don’t
have any children who are unhappy or who are bored.’’
Robinson, whose research focuses on early childhood motor
skill development, hopes her work translates
into a decrease in the amount of children
who are unhealthy. She derives an
immense amount of satisfaction
from seeing a room full of 3- to
5-year-olds in a running, jump-
ing frenzy because a
consistent routine
of such activities
will shape healthier
lifestyles in adult-
hood. While the
Auburn University
College of Education’s
partnership with the Auburn Day
Care Centers positively affects
preschoolers at the local level,
Robinson’s investigation of physi-
cal and motor competence among
at-risk children could have state-
wide and national implications.
The National Association for
Kinesiology and Physical Education
in Higher Education named Robin-
son as the winner of its 2009 Hally
Beth Poindexter Young Scholar
Award. Robinson, the first Auburn
professor to be selected as a
Hally Beth Poindexter Young
Scholar, received her award
and presented her research on
“Perceived Physical Com-
petence and Actual Motor
Competence in Children Who Are At-Risk’’ at the January 2009
NAKPEHE Conference held in Sarasota, Fla. The Hally Beth Poin-
dexter Young Scholar is selected through a blind review by leaders
in the association and presented to one higher education profes-
sional in his or her first five years of work at the university level. The
award is named after Dr. Hally Beth Poindexter, professor emeriti
and former chair of the Department of Kinesiology at Rice Univer-
sity, who boasts more than 50 years of professional service.
Robinson said receiving such a prestigious award will inspire her
to continue exploring the workings of the human body and seeking
answers to some of the health issues plaguing pediatric populations.
Through her involvement with the Department of Kinesiology’s
Motor Behavior Center, Robinson encourages children to be lifelong
movers. She has worked with Drs. Mary Rudisill, Mark Fischman
and Danielle Wadsworth to positively affect the wellness of young
children from rural, underserved areas. According to recent data re-
leased by the state, 18 percent of Alabama’s young children are clas-
sified as obese. The percentage has risen each year and has grown to
include an especially high number of African-American children in
Alabama’s rural counties.
“All of my research is dealing with populations who
are in need or are at-risk,’’ she said. “I really want
to help those who are underserved, who need
the work and the assistance. “Any time I
see a kid improve in terms of their skill
development or engaging in more
physical activity, that is encouraging.
It might be a small group that I’m
working with and making the change
in now, but hopefully as my research
and lab continue to grow, we can hit
larger populations of kids.’’
Since arriving at Auburn, Robinson
has received the College of Educa-
tion’s Outstanding Faculty Early
Career Award for excellence, research
and outreach and the American Al-
liance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance’s Young Professional
Award. Rudisill, a Wayne T. Smith distin-
guished professor and head of Auburn’s
Department of Kinesiology, said Robinson’s
acclaim as a scholar stems from her blend of
energy and authenticity.
“I think she’s so effective because
she’s so genuine,’’ Rudisill said.
“She genuinely cares about the
children she’s working with and
she really wants to help them
meet their full potential. What’s
really driving Leah is she wants
to bring about positive change.’’
Auburn ‘Young Scholar’
demonstrates
wealth of experience

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Wayne T. Smith
Professors
Dr. Joseph Buckhalt, 2003
Dr. Mark Fischman, 2004
Dr. Peter Hastie, 2008
Dr. Frances K. Kochan, 2005
Dr. E. Davis Martin, 2007
Dr. Randall McDaniel, 2002
Dr. Mary Rudisill, 2004
Humana-Germany-
Sherman Professors
Dr. Craig Darch, 1999
Dr. Bruce Gladden, 1999
Dr. David D. Pascoe, 2007
Dr. David M. Shannon, 2007
Dr. Bonnie White, 2002
Mildred Cheshire
Fraley Professors
Dr. Glennelle Halpin, 2003
Dr. Marie Kraska, 2003
Emily R. and Gerald S.
Leischuck Professor
Dr. W. Gary Martin, 2008
The College of Education welcomed Dr. Peter Hastie and
Dr. W. Gary Martin to its ranks of honored professors in 2008.
Hastie, a professor and graduate program officer in the Depart-
ment of Kinesiology, received the Wayne T. Smith Distinguished
Professorship. Martin, a professor of mathematics education in the
Department of Curriculum and Teaching, is the inaugural recipient
of the Emily R. and Gerald S. Leischuck Endowed Professorship.
Since their creation, the college’s four endowed profes-
sorships have honored 21 faculty — 15 of whom remain
members of the college’s faculty.
Hastie joined the College of Education faculty in 1994
and teaches pedagogy in the department’s physical edu-
cation-teacher education program. His research interests
include the ecology of physical education settings, as well
as sport education curriculum and instruction model. Last
year, he received the college’s Outstanding Faculty Award
for Research — the second time he was selected for it by
his peers. Hastie has been the author or co-author of six
books and has published his work in numerous practitio-
ner and refereed journals.
In 2002, Hastie was elected a fellow to the Association
Internationale d’Ecoles Superieures d’Education Physicque.
Before coming to Auburn, he served as a faculty lecturer at
the University of Queensland in Australia, where he also completed
his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.
Martin, a member of the college’s faculty since 2000, serves as
the project director for the National Science Foundation-funded
TEAM-Math program, which bolsters mathematics education in
15 East Alabama school districts. His research interests include
geometric knowledge and problem-based instruction. Auburn
President Jay Gogue recently named Martin the university’s first
presidential faculty fellow, an appointment enabling Martin to
deepen his understanding of higher education administration.
Through the fellowship, Martin developed a proposal to establish a
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics center (STEM)
at Auburn University. Martin has been active in a number of state
and national organizations, serving as chief education officer and
director of research for the National Council of Teachers of Math-
ematics (NCTM) and on the board of directors for the Association
of Mathematics Teacher Educators and the Alabama Council of
Teachers of Mathematics. As a project director and writer, he was
instrumental in the publication of Principles and Standards for
School Mathematics, sponsored by NCTM.
Both professorships reflect the generosity of the college’s alumni
and friends. The newest of the college’s professorships, the Emily R.
and Gerald S. Leischuck Endowed Professorship for Critical Needs
in Education, was established in 2007 by Dr. Gerald and Mrs. Emily
Leischuck, both emeriti Auburn administrators and 1964 College of
Education graduates. The Leischuck Endowed
Professorship has equipped the college to
identify and retain faculty members in the
most critical and understaffed disciplines in
grade levels K-12.
The Wayne T. Smith Distinguished
Professorship was first awarded in 1998
with assistance from the Humana Founda-
tion. Smith, a College of Education graduate
who was serving as chief operating officer of
Humana at the time, recognized the need for
a distinguished professorship to help recruit,
reward and retain outstanding professors for
the college.
Martin and Hastie receive
endowed professorships
Drs. Peter Hastie (left) and Gary Martin are among the
15 faculty members who have earned endowed professorships.

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Anumber of College of Education initiatives have captured the
attention and gained the support of state and federal policy-
makers in recent years.
Elected officials at the local, state and national levels have been
involved in a variety of ways — as keynote speakers at College of
Education events, as members of the National Advisory Council and
champions of a number of causes that matter to university and K-12
educators as well as students.
State Leaders as Trusted Advisers
The college’s 33-member National Advisory Council provides an im-
portant service in not only advocating for the college, but advising
those who oversee its academic and administra-
tive efforts. Alabama State Treasurer Kay Ivey
’67, who was among the council’s first mem-
bers and in 2005 was the college’s first female
Keystone Leader-in-Residence, continues to
support the college through her membership in
the Dean’s Circle and 1915 Society.
Appointed to the council in 2007, Dr. Vic-
tor Gaston ’80, representing the 100th House
district (Mobile, Ala.) in Alabama’s House of
Representatives, now lends his counsel as a
retired school administrator.
Benefitting from Experience
Through their work on behalf of Alabama
citizens, state and federal lawmakers can offer a perspective that
directly benefits College of Education students’ efforts to prepare for
their chosen careers and to appreciate the differences among those
around them.
U.S. Rep. Artur Davis of Alabama’s 7th Congressional District,
has long supported efforts by the college’s Truman Pierce Institute
to enhance opportunities for students in his
district — including the state’s Black Belt region
— and throughout Alabama. A frequent speaker
at such events, Davis’ most recent service in
January 2009 as the keynote speaker for TPI’s
Leadership in Action Network Winter Confer-
ence supported initiatives to boost student
achievement in school districts with high poverty rates.
Ivey, a Wilcox County native, has also been a staunch supporter
in the region through her work with the Truman Pierce Institute’s
West Alabama Learning Coalition and Leadership Action Network.
State Sen. Ted Little of Alabama’s Senate District 27 — which is
home to Auburn University — along with leaders of state advocacy
groups, addressed the issue of understanding poverty in Alabama
during “Poverty Awareness Week” (see page 42). The November
2008 effort was an effort led by Dr. Jamie Carney, a professor of
counselor education and adviser of the college’s chapter of Chi
Sigma Iota international counseling honor society.
Higher Education Advocates
Many of the college’s programs not only prepare students to be
professionals, but directly serve Alabama individuals, schools and
communities, are enhanced through the advocacy for and support
of state and federal policymakers. As state and federal lawmakers
look to the college as a source of expertise, the college equally ben-
efits from the time they take to become better acquainted with our
academic, research and outreach efforts — not to mention needs.
State Rep. Cam Ward of Alabama House
District 49 and a father of a child with autism,
has brought much awareness to the serious-
ness of autism in Alabama and the country. His
efforts in 2007 to establish the Alabama Autism
Task Force has elevated the Auburn University
Autism Center’s role in serving and supporting
children and adolescents with autism.
Ward, along with local state Reps. Mike
Hubbard (House District 79) and DuWayne
Bridges (House District 38), toured the college’s
Autism Center and visited with college leaders
to better understand the demand and needs of
families for services.
Autism is not the only area that benefits
from Hubbard’s support. Through his advocacy,
the Auburn Transition Leadership Institute has
been able to help youth with disabilities flour-
ish in post-school educational, vocational and
social roles.
Support of the college’s scholarship oppor-
tunities and educational partnerships has been
at the forefront of Little’s efforts. Recent support
of the college’s K-12 Master’s Instructional Leadership Preparation
Program in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership
and Technology, and the Evelyn Moore Endowed Scholarship, will
mean enhanced opportunities for students and professionals alike.
Members of Alabama’s congressional delega-
tion, including Davis, Rep. Mike Rogers, Rep.
Joe Bonner, Sen. Richard Shelby, Sen. Jeff Ses-
sions, former Rep. Terry Everett and members
of their respective staffs met with representa-
tives of the College of Education in June 2008
during the American Association of Colleges of
Teacher Education’s annual“Day on the Hill.’’
College maintains strong relationships
with federal and state policymakers
Hubbard
Davis
Bridges
Rogers
WardIvey
Gaston

Students and educators in the nearby Chambers County school
district will soon receive assistance from the Strategic TIPS in Read-
ing program, a joint project involving faculty members in Auburn
University’s College of Education and College of Liberal Arts, the
Auburn University Montgomery School of Education and the Ala-
bama Reading Initiative (ARI).
The program will be facilitated by a $98,000 grant awarded by
the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in response to Dr.
Edna Brabham’s proposal entitled, “Strategic Teaching for Improved
Performance of Students (TIPS) in Reading.’’ The reach of the
ACHE’s grant will be extended by $25,768 of in-kind support from
Auburn University.
The Strategic TIPS in Reading program will expand the ARI pro-
fessional development model, a statewide K-12 initiative whose goal
is to improve reading instruction and achieve 100 percent literacy
among public school students. The Strategic TIPS in Reading project
will serve Chambers County educators in 2009-10 and, if fund-
ing is available, will be offered to Tallapoosa County the following
year. Both school systems were identified by the U.S. Department of
Education as high-need local education agencies.
Brabham, an associate professor of reading
education in the Department of Curriculum in
Teaching, said the Strategic TIPS in Reading
program will initially reach 50 teachers, para-
professionals and principals from public and
private schools in Chambers County.
“We’re working with research-proven methods
that have been around for some time, but these teachers may not
have had the opportunity to experience them in active, hands-on
ways or to really put them into action in their classrooms,’’ Brabham
said. “We hope that there will be additional funding through the
Alabama Reading Initiative and other sources to make this happen
in many more middle schools and high schools. There is an effort
now to put more funds in those directions and to improve adoles-
cent literacy instruction and achievement across the content areas.’’
Other individuals involved in the collaboration include Dr. Aly-
son Whyte, associate professor of English language arts education,
Dr. James Ryan, associate professor in the Department of English,
Dr. Connie Buskist, assistant professor of reading education at
AUM, and Jennifer Hall, an ARI education consultant.
The ACHE grant will enable the project to focus on accomplish-
ing four major goals:
• providing resources to support a professional learning com-
munity in which educators build knowledge and skill for using
literacy and inquiry as tools for teaching English language Arts.
• engaging teachers and administrators in hands-on experi-
ences with activities, materials and technologies proven to be
effective in improving student learning of core content and text
comprehension.
• increasing student learning in core academic subjects and
improving performance on state-mandated reading and writing
assessment tests.
• providing participants with three options for involvement that
will support and extend adult learning and collaboration —
participation in summer workshops and in-school sessions,
opportunities for teachers to earn continuing education credit
for recertification by completing online assignments and dis-
cussion on strategic teaching, and university course credit that
can be applied toward a graduate degree.
Collaboration, $98,000 grant hold key to
improving reading education in nearby schools
Dr. Gary Martin was among four faculty mem-
bers named Academic Leadership Develop-
ment fellows for the 2008-09 academic year by
the Office of the Provost — part of a program
developed by the Southeastern Conference
Academic Consortium. Martin is a Leischuck
distinguished professor in the college’s Depart-
ment of Curriculum and Teaching and TEAM-Math co-director.
The program is part of an effort by consortium member in-
stitutions, including Auburn, to offer training to tenured faculty
members who are interested in future administrative positions such
as graduate program chair, department head or chair, assistant or
associate dean or other similar roles.
The fellows attended two workshops during the academic year.
The first was in October at the University of South Carolina and the
second was in February at the University of Arkansas.
During the spring semester, Martin served in the Office of the
President as Auburn’s first presidential faculty fellow. There, he
worked on developing a proposal to establish a science, technol-
ogy, engineering and mathematics initiative at Auburn as part of a
nationwide coalition widely known by its acronym, STEM.
He also assisted President Jay Gogue and Executive Vice Presi-
dent Don Large with administrative responsibilities and joined those
executives in meetings with a cross-section of Auburn constituents.
Martin: One of four Auburn faculty selected as
Academic Leadership Development fellows
Education Extra

In February 2009, the College of Education named Dr. E. Davis
Martin as department head for the newly formed Department of
Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling/School Psychology.
Martin, who had served as the interim department head since
the beginning of the 2008-09 academic year, emerged as the final
pick after a comprehensive national search. He will lead the depart-
ment that resulted from an August 2008 merger between two previ-
ous departments — Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology
and School Psychology; and Rehabilitation and Special Education.
Merger strengthens enrollment, research
The merger provides for a particularly strong and versatile
department by bringing a balanced enrollment and creating op-
portunities for research and outreach collaborations since faculty
members now under the SERC umbrella often have complementary
skills and objectives.
Before the merger, the former Department of Rehabilitation and
Special Education featured strong undergraduate enrollment, while
the enrollment in Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology and
School Psychology was solely comprised of graduate students. After
the merger, fall 2008 joint enrollment stood at 365 students (122
undergraduates and 243 graduate students).
The combined resources result in a department with 26 faculty
serving students pursuing one of its three undergraduate and seven
graduate degree options — three of which may also be earned
through distance education.
Martin known for state, national service
Martin, a recipient of the college’s Wayne T. Smith Distinguished
Professorship, came to Auburn in 2003 as a professor of rehabilita-
tion and special education. He is a licensed counselor, as well as a
national certified rehabilitation counselor and vocational evaluator.
Martin also holds diplomate status with the American Board of
Vocational Experts and serves as editor of the Journal of Forensic
Vocational Analysis. In addition to those professional credentials,
Martin serves as project director
of $2.5 million grants from the
U.S. Department of Education.
Martin has received a number
of honors for his professional
and academic service, including
recent recognition by the Ala-
bama Rehabilitation Counselors
and Educators Association. The
organization presented Martin
with its Distinguished Service
Award to acknowledge his service
as vice chair of the Alabama State
Rehabilitation Council and chair
of its Program Evaluation and
Consumer Services Committee,
chair of the Advisory Committee
for the Governor’s Office on Disability, his development and pre-
sentation of Certified Rehabilitation Counselor workshops for the
Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services and other presenta-
tions on ethical behavior to rehabilitation personnel.
In 2008, Gov. Bob Riley reappointed Martin to the Alabama
State Rehabilitation Council, citing his “honesty and integrity.’’
“I know that you plan to embody these two virtues while serving
the people of Alabama ,” Riley wrote.
Martin earned his doctorate in higher education administration
from the University of Virginia after completing his master’s degree
in rehabilitation counseling at Virginia Commonwealth University.
He completed his bachelor’s degree at Richmond Professional
Institute of Psychology.
Martin is the author, co-author or editor of five textbooks relat-
ing to rehabilitation counseling and significant disability.
After 11 years of service to the college, Dr. Holly Stadler, profes-
sor and head of the former Department of Counselor Education,
Counseling Psychology, and School Psychology, accepted an ap-
pointment as dean of education at
Roosevelt University in Chicago in
May 2008.
Stadler joined the college in 1995
as professor and department head
following faculty and department
chair appointments in the Uni-
versity of Missouri-Kansas City’s
School of Education and School
of Medicine. She began her career
at the University of Wisconsin-
Oshkosh in 1975 as an assistant
professor remained on the faculty
until 1982.
A three-time Purdue Univer-
sity graduate, she completed a bachelor’s in psychology, a master’s
in counseling and student services and a doctorate in counseling
education, counseling and student personnel services.
College merges two departments,
names Martin as new head
Stadler accepts Roosevelt University deanship
Education Extra
Dr. Debra Cobia (left) presents
Dr. Holly Stadler with a memento.
Stadler, Kochan

Spirit on display
Visitors to the Dean’s
Office in Haley Center
will see the college’s
spirit on display in the
lobby thanks to the
generosity of Dr. Jack
Blackburn.
Blackburn, who served
as the college’s dean
from 1975-90, donated
a framed drawing of an
eagle to the college in
August 2008. It hangs
next to a framed copy of the college’s mission statement and
provides a stunning backdrop for photos taken of special visi-
tors to the college.
“It is a beautiful gift and we shall treasure it always,’’ Dean
Frances Kochan said.
Dr. Philip Browning, Wayne T. Smith distinguished profes-
sor and Rehabilitation and Special Education department head,
retired in August 2008 after a career in higher education that
spanned 40 years.
During his 19-year career at Auburn, Browning was known
for his scholarly works and leadership. He touched many lives as
the director of the
Alabama Transi-
tion Leadership
Institute, which
was created from
conferences initi-
ated by Browning
in 1991. Through
his ATLI contribu-
tions, Browning
helped many of Alabama’s youth and young adults with disabili-
ties — and the many professionals serving those individuals —
make the transition from work to school and community life. His
efforts and outreach through this program have affected the lives
of thousands throughout Alabama and across the nation.
Before joining the Auburn faculty as department head in
1989, he served as a faculty member at the University for Oregon
for 21 years, where he did extensive research. He served first as
training director, then research director, of the university’s Reha-
bilitation Research and Training Center in Mental Retardation,
as well as director of the Department of Special Education and
Rehabilitation’s doctoral program in Rehabilitation Research and
Interdisciplinary Studies.
Among his many
professional ac-
colades and honors
is the college’s
Wayne T. Smith
distinguished pro-
fessorship (1999);
Auburn University’s
Excellence in Faculty
Outreach award (2005); the Distinguished Career Award in Re-
habilitation Education from the National Council on Rehabilita-
tion Education (2003); the College of Education’s Outstanding
Faculty in Research (2000) and Outreach (1994) awards; the
Outstanding Special Educator of the Year award from the Ala-
bama Federation Council for Exceptional Children (1996); and
the Governor’s Certificate of Commendation.
In the last year, the College of Education has mourned the
passing of three former professors — Doug Alley, J. Boyd Scebra
and Earl P. Smith.
Alley, a retired English education professor, passed away
in March 2008 at 83. During the 1980s, Alley, a creative writer,
served as the college’s coordinator for English education for
several years and retired in 1990.
Scebra, associate dean emeritus, died in March 2009 at
the age of 76. He retired in 1989 after serving as a professor in
the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and
Technology. After retiring, Scebra worked in Auburn University
Admissions as a part-time adviser who met with prospective
students and their families.
Smith, former faculty member in the College of Education,
died in January 2009. He was 77. Smith taught at the University
of Virginia before joining the College of Education faculty in
1976. He eventually left to become chair of Troy University’s
Department of Arts and Classics and remained there until his
retirement in 1994.
Retired Faculty and Staff
Browning retires after
19 years of Auburn service
Education family grieves loss
of three former professors
Curriculum and
Teaching
Dr. Steve Silvern
Learning
Resources
Center
Yvonne Chamblee
Professional
Education
Services
Sandra Harris
rehabilitation
and special
education
Dr. philip
browning
The College of Education bid farewell to
four of its own during the past academic
year. we wish them well in retirement.

International
After pushing his body to its limits in order to be ready
to swim in three events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics,
Jeremy Knowles ’05 found it being pulled in so many different
directions on his first morning back home.
The tiny hands of insistent fourth graders tugged him this way
and that as soon as he walked through the door at Hickory Grove
Baptist Christian School in Charlotte, N.C.
Come see our classroom, Mr. Knowles!
They led him inside the room that, unbeknownst to the stu-
dents, Knowles had decorated with a poster featuring the Olympic
rings just before leaving for Beijing. They peppered him with ques-
tions about what he did and saw while in China. Nevermind the
fact that Knowles, an elementary education graduate, happened to
be operating on only a few hours of sleep after the 20-plus hours of
travel from Beijing to Charlotte. “Mr. Knowles’ Ninjas,” as the stu-
dents call themselves, were crackling with excitement because their
teacher was back in the classroom after competing for his native
country, the Bahamas.
Knowles, one of four College of Education graduates to partici-
pate in the Beijing Games, left competitive swimming behind in
China and immediately plunged into a new career pool as a teacher
of science, math and religion at the private school.
College of Education
Olympians achieve
excellence in Beijing
and in the classroom
TM
Jeremy Knowles dived into classroom teaching
immediately after competing for the Bahamas in Beijing.
OlympicOdyssey

International
Kerron Stewart (left) and Maurice Smith
contributed to an unforgettable effort by
Jamaica’s Olympic track and field team.
Did you know?
If Auburn University had been classified as a nation in the 2008 Beijing
Olympic Games, its 18 medals would have tied for 14th place with
Canada and Spain. The total haul included three gold medals, 10
silver and five bronze in 13 events.

“That whole week was kind of a blur,’’ Knowles
said of the first week he spent with his fourth-
graders. “It has been an awesome transition. I’ve
been swimming my whole life. I knew I wanted to
be a teacher and was passionate about it, but didn’t
have a whole lot of experience. It helped me to
jump right into it.
“I hit the ground running.’’
Some of his fellow College of Education gradu-
ates who were in Beijing last summer can certainly
relate to that last statement.
Kerron Stewart ’08 and Maurice Smith ’05, a
pair of adult education graduates, helped Jamaica’s
track and field team put together an incandescent
and wholly unforgettable Olympic performance.
Stewart, a sprinter, captured a silver medal in
the women’s 100 meters and a bronze in the 200
meters, while Smith, a decathlete who won a gold
medal at the 2007 Pan American Games and a
silver medal at the World Championships, had the
honor of serving as Jamaica’s team captain.
Meanwhile, Harvey Glance
’91, a gold medalist in the
1976 Montreal Olympics, put
his know-how to good use
in coaching the U.S. track
and field team’s sprinters and
hurdlers in Beijing. Under
the guidance of Glance, a human exercise science
graduate who now coaches the track and field
team at the University of Alabama, the U.S. swept
the medals in the men’s 400 meters and the men’s
400-meter hurdles.
Stewart and Smith help highlight
Jamaica’s historic effort
The medals Stewart carried home from Beijing
serve as symbols of sweat equity. They resulted
from innate athletic ability as well as numerous
hours spent training at Hutsell-Rosen Track, where
she competed as a member of the Auburn Univer-
sity track team and continues to train in prepara-
tion for the international circuit.
Another component of Stewart’s success in Bei-
jing proved to be her ability to learn from her first
Olympic experience, the 2004 Athens Games. That
meant skipping out on the Opening Ceremonies
and sight-seeing.
“In 2004, I experienced everything,’’ Stewart
said. “I decided that at the next Olympics I was
going to be focused, take it seriously and see what
I could get out of it. When you’re at that level, you
have to think twice about what is going to mean
more to you — going to the Opening Ceremonies
or getting a medal.’’
Stewart didn’t spend a moment second-guess-
ing her approach after gobbling up 100 meters
in 10.98 seconds and sharing second place with
Sherone Simpson to round out an all-Jamaican
medalist stand alongside first place finisher Shelly-
Ann Fraser.
“I went there with a mission and accomplished
what I wanted to accomplish,’’ Stewart said.
Besides, most of her fun came on the back end
when she went home to Kingston. The nation’s
capital welcomed members of the Jamaican track
team like royalty because of its unprecedented suc-
cess in the Summer Games. While Stewart found
herself signing plenty of autographs, much of the
buzz was generated by Usain Bolt, a long-striding,
6-foot-5 sprinter who blew away his competition
while setting Olympic and world records in the
100 and 200 meters and teaming up to do the same
in the 4 x 100-meter relay.
Some of the credit for Bolt’s breakthrough
performance may belong to Smith who, as team
captain and Bolt’s roommate, helped inject some
much-needed levity in high-pressure moments.
When they weren’t competing, the duo was often
trolling the Olympic Village and venues in search
of scenes to capture on Smith’s video camera.
“It was a really fun experience,’’ said Smith,
a two-time Olympian who finished 14th in the
decathlon in Beijing. “I was given [the position
of] captain of a team that created history and did
something that may never be outdone. That’s going
to be hard to top.
“The team spirit was there from the get-go. You
could tell everyone wanted it.’’
continued
Jeremy Knowles (right) took in the
Opening Ceremonies with his father, Andy,
who coached the Bahamian swimming team.
Knowles made sure his fourth grade class
learned about the Olympics while
he was competing in Beijing.
Knowles and his wife, Heather, got away
from the pool long enough to see
the Great Wall of China.
OlympicOdyssey

Two athletes look forward
to 2012, one moves on
Smith has an exit strategy when he nears the finish
line to his current career. He comes from a family
of teachers — his mother, Daphne Burke-Smith,
is vice-principal at St. Mary’s All-Age School in
Above Rocks, Jamaica — so he can see himself
coaching track and field one day. Stewart, who
earned one of the College of Education’s outstand-
ing undergraduate student awards in
2008, wouldn’t mind continuing her
education in sports medicine.
Their immediate plans, however, in-
volve events like track and field’s World
Championships — any opportunity to
get a leg up on the competition in prep-
aration for the 2012 Summer Games in
London. After coming so close to claiming a world
championship last
year, Smith wouldn’t
mind crossing that
milestone off his list
before capturing an
Olympic medal.
“I think at the
(2007) World
Championships I was
definitely prepared —
not just mentally but
physically,’’ he said.
“In the decathlon,
you have to be men-
tally strong because
it will break you.
There’s no doubt in my mind that I will be around
for another four years.’’
By the time the 2012 Olympics arrive, Stewart
plans to be even faster than she was in Beijing. Be-
ing separated from a gold medal by a mere fraction
of a second will fuel her preparations.
“I compete for and against time,’’ she said. “My
opponents are just there to help push me, but I
don’t focus on them. I work hard not to stay on
top, but to be one of the best. I train hard to keep
what I have and I train to my limits.’’
Knowles reached his competitive
limit after competing in the 2000, 2004
and 2008 Olympics and undergoing a
rigorous training regimen that some-
times included the unconventional
approach of a catch-and-release chase
of sea turtles in the crystal waters off the
Bahamas. Retirement was not treated
lightly by the 27-year-old since the
Olympics exist as a part of the Knowles family
legacy. His father, Andy, coaches the Bahamian
swim team and once competed for it while his
grandfather and great uncle made multiple
Olympic teams in sailing. Knowles also established
himself as a sporting legend in his native country
as a 16-year-old by becoming the first individual
to complete a risky 30-mile open ocean swim from
Exuma to Nassau.
The thickness of Knowles’ athletic portfolio
made his ultimate decision easier to accept. A little
more than a month before the Olympics, Knowles
accepted a job offer from Hickory Grove Baptist
Christian School.
“I’m completely out of the pool by choice,’’ he
said. “It’s a difficult thing to retire from competi-
tive sports. I wanted to be clear in my plans as far
as what I wanted to happen. My plan was to jump
right into a new career.’’
So there he was in the lobby of his school, fresh
off an airplane after his Olympic odyssey, immers-
ing himself in a new career.
“Now I’m just Mr. Knowles,’’ he said. “That’s
how I want it.’’
His new form of competition, far removed
from the pool and the Olympic stage, involves
winning over young minds.
“I was named the captain of a team that created history
and did something that probably will never be outdone.
That’s going to be hard to top. … The team spirit was
there from the get-go.’’
Maurice Smith,
decathlete and captain of Jamaica’s Olympic team
International
Read more about Jeremy Knowles’
Olympic and classroom experiences at
education.auburn.edu/blogs
Maurice Smith captured the
Southeastern Conference
heptathlon title in 2004.
Kerron Stewart and Maurice Smith (below)
still train at Auburn’s Hutsell-Rosen Track.
Kerron Stewart was named
the nation’s top college
track and field athlete in
voting for the Collegiate
Women Sports Awards
in 2007.

Before embarking on a semester-long teaching
internship, Jenny Sallee knew the age group
of the students she wanted to work with after
graduation. However, the senior elementary edu-
cation major has re-examined where that work
will take place based on her experience teaching
fourth graders at Oakes Field Primary School in
the Bahamas.
Her dream job may exist on Andros, Great
Exuma or one of the other slices of paradise
that make up the 700-island archipelago.
“Originally, I was planning on applying for a
teaching position in Charlotte, N.C.,’’ said Sallee,
a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. “Now I’m interested
in possibly teaching in a primary school on one of
the ‘Family Islands’ in the Bahamas.’’
The sugary beaches and warm crystal water
provide ample incentive to stay, but Sallee said
her epiphany came courtesy of the 34 children she
taught during the internship.
“I wanted to step out of my ‘comfort zone’
and submerge myself into another culture to
gain a completely new perspective on things and
ultimately grow as an educator,’’ she said. “I believe
that experiencing and understanding this diversity
Internships and courses abroad
open up a world of opportunity
College programs take students to every continent except Antarctica
Jenny Sallee’s willingness to step out of her comfortzone extended to local sea creatures.
Read about Jenny Sallee’s internship
and look for updates on future
student travels by visiting
education.auburn.edu/blogs

in general is something that is crucial for every
educator to do in order to work with students from
different backgrounds.’’
Thanks to the College of Education’s efforts
to expand its international partnerships, students
now have a plethora of colorful settings where they
can hone their teaching skills and encounter new
cultures. Melanie Brooks, who coordinates the col-
lege’s Office of International Programs, said such
travel experiences can make future educators more
marketable to prospective employers and better
equipped to lead increasingly diverse classrooms.
“One of the things that is a real focus with edu-
cation now is globalization and the understanding
that we are living in a much smaller world,’’ said
Brooks, who traveled to France and Australia as
a student before heading to Thailand as a Peace
Corps volunteer. “When students go abroad, they
are challenged in ways they have never been chal-
lenged before culturally, socially and analytically.
Their senses are tapped in ways they’ve never been
tapped. They can bring their experiences back.’’
Through its participation in the Consortium
for Overseas Student Teaching (COST), the Col-
lege of Education enables students to take courses
and complete internships in 14 countries. Brooks
said the college is also working to create opportu-
nities in Hungary and the Philippines.
Some locations offer more creature comforts
than others. For instance, Sarah Cooper ’08, now
a graduate student in the English for Speakers of
Other Languages program, will spend the sum-
mer in San Marcos La Laguna, a rural village in
Guatemala, teaching English to children in grades
second through eighth. Cooper, who
completed a bachelor’s degree in Spanish
education, will stay with a host family
that includes eight children.
Cooper offered some advice for current
students who may be on the fence with
regard to international internships.
“Do it!’’ said Cooper, a Summer-
dale, Ala., native. “As an educator it is
important to be able to relate to your
students no matter who they are. Almost
all teachers will encounter students who
have just moved and it’s nice to know what
they feel like. You’ll be like them, in a new
place, new friends, maybe a new language
and culture. You’ll be a better teacher if you
can anticipate your students’ anxieties and
help them relax.’’
Speaking of relaxation, don’t think for
a moment that Sallee’s location affords her
non-stop recreation. Although she couldn’t
have asked for a more picturesque classroom
setting, Sallee said her internship kept her
busy with work — just as she had hoped.
“When I walked in the room on my first day
of teaching practice, I was initially overwhelmed
by the large class size and did not think I would
be able to truly develop relationships with all of
these children, let alone remember all of their
names,’’ she said. “This assumption ended up
being false and I was able to not only learn their
names, but also get to know each one person-
ally within the first week.
“I’m also amazed at how much they appre-
ciate everything I do with them in the class-
room, whether it’s incorporating an activity
into a lesson or raffling off something small
for ‘good behavior.’
“I’ve had such an amazing experience
and would have ended up regretting it if I
hadn’t come.’’
International
Seeing the world
through its participation in the consortium for overseas student teaching (COST), the college
of education enables students to take courses and complete internships all over the globe.
Learn more at education.auburn.edu/internatl.
Corine Lamas and Jasmin Bean recently completed
teaching internships in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Dear Auburn Alumni and Supporters,
T
he economic downturn is having a dramatic impact on businesses, families and gov-
ernment. The same is true at Auburn University and all of higher education.
Because of the sluggish economy, cuts to the Auburn budget are substantial. Support
to Auburn from the Alabama Education Trust Fund was reduced this year by almost $69 mil-
lion, the steepest cut in our history, and we expect lean budgets again in the future.
Auburn is fortunate in that sound financial management through the years has put us in a
position to thus far avoid severe cost-cutting measures such as employee furloughs or hiring
freezes. Some of the ways we are cutting expenses is by slowing the pace of hiring, reprioritiz-
ing capital expenditures, improving the way we pay for goods, services and travel, and review-
ing ways to decrease healthcare costs.
We also see ways in which Auburn will excel during these tough economic times. For
example, we are reviewing our internal procedures, looking for ways to do more with less, and
embracing sustainability practices, helping to both protect the world around us and cut costs.
Through it all, a key objective guiding our actions is Auburn’s commitment to provid-
ing first-class education. Our budget decisions will minimize impact in the classroom as we
instead cut expenses primarily from administrative and non-instructional areas of campus.
In other news, we welcome Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey as Auburn’s new provost and vice
president for academic affairs after a national search to replace Dr. John Heilman. She has an
extensive background in teaching and administration, most recently as dean of the Eberly
College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University. Dr. Mazey brings to Auburn a vision
in higher education administration, and her expertise in strategic planning will help us achieve
the ambitious goals we have laid out for our future.
On the subject of Auburn’s strategic plan, we are making good progress. If you have not
read the plan, it is available on our Web site at www.auburn.edu/strategicplan. In the upper
right corner of that page is a link to a “report card” detailing the progress that is being made in
each of the initiatives covered in the plan.
Although we face economic obstacles, the strategic plan will keep us focused on enriching
our academic environment, building the foundation for a larger and stronger research enter-
prise and expanding the impact of our outreach activities.
War Eagle!
Jay Gogue
A Messagefrom the President
University Highlights
Strategic Plan
• Elevate academics and
enrich the
undergraduate
experience
• Build the foundation
for a stronger and
larger research
enterprise
• Redesign extension
and outreach for
greater impact
• Support, develop, and
strengthen our people
• Commit to ongoing
improvement of
programs and activities
• Build the financial
resources needed
to advance

University Highlights
Auburn University has hired a new provost, as well as two
new vice presents to oversee development and research.
Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey, former dean of the Eberly College of
Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University, assumed the posi-
tion of provost and vice president for academic affairs. Jeffrey P.
McNeill, formerly president of a South Carolina-based fundrais-
ing and higher education management consulting firm, became
Auburn’s vice president for development. John M. Mason, for-
merly dean for graduate studies, research and outreach at Penn
State University, now serves as AU’s vice president for research.
Mazey was responsible for 28 academic
units, more than 1,000 employees and more
than 50 academic programs at West Virginia
while serving as a professor and dean for
West Virginia’s largest and most diverse
academic unit.
McNeill managed Clemson University’s first
capital campaign and led the development
office to win the U.S. Steel Award for sus-
tained giving in a national competition.
Mason directed the Thomas D. Larson Penn-
sylvania Transportation Institute and served
as executive director of the Mid-Atlantic
Universities Transportation Center.
Auburn University
officially dedicated its
new Student Center in
November 2008 with
a parade led by two
spirited grand marshals,
dean emeritus James Foy
and Aubie.
The $50-million Student Center, which opened in time for
the start of the 2008-09 academic year, offers 185,000 square
feet of space that includes a ballroom, conference rooms, e-mail
kiosks, ATM machines, a copy center, TV and study lounges,
a game room and several food venues. Eateries include Chick-
fil-A, Starbuck’s, Au Bon Pain, Coyote Jack’s, the Chef’s Table,
Mamma Leone’s pizzeria and Outtakes.
The building houses office space for a number of student
organizations and media outlets, including the Student Govern-
ment Association, the University Program Council, Greek Life,
the International Student Organization, the Black Student Union,
IMPACT, WEGL FM radio, the Glomerata, the Plainsman, the
Auburn Circle, Eagle Eye and the Tiger Cub.
The state-of-the-art facility also includes the James E. Foy In-
formation Desk, named in honor of the parade’s grand marshal.
In the past few years, the Foy Information Desk received national
acclaim, including recognition on “The Today Show’’ and in
Oprah Winfrey’s magazine, “O.”
The building’s dedication was celebrated by a number of uni-
versity and student representatives, including Auburn President
Jay Gogue and Dean of Students Johnny Green.
Auburn University ranked 28th nationally among land-grant
universities and in the top 50 of public universities overall for the
16th consecutive year, according to an annual survey released in Au-
gust 2008 by U.S.News & World Report. Auburn placed 45th among
the top 50 public universities.
“The comparison to other land grants is critically important to
us, because land grants share certain common academic qualities,”
said Jay Gogue, Auburn University president. “Our strategic plan
calls for us to steadily increase our measures of quality among this
distinctive group.
“Beyond the specific rankings, having worked in other states
for much of my career, I am astounded at what higher education in
Alabama has been able to accomplish. The state has two universities
ranked in the top 50 of public institutions, and two ranked private
institutions, plus a highly ranked medical school. This is a major
achievement.”
Gogue said that Auburn’s new strategic plan calls for increasing
its selectivity of prospective students and increasing its graduation
rates, both of which could positively impact future rankings.
The undergraduate program of Auburn’s Samuel Ginn College of
Engineering is ranked 51st nationally overall and 28th among public
universities that offer doctoral programs in engineering, moving
up from 57th and 34th, respectively, from the previous year. The
College of Business ranked 30th among public institutions and 52nd
among national universities.
The annual rankings do not score undergraduate education
programs. Auburn’s various national rankings can be found on the
university’s Web site at www.auburn.edu/rankings.
Auburn welcomes
provost, two new VPs
Student Center celebrates
opening with a parade
Auburn maintains status as top-50 public university

Student Success
Given the hectic paces of their internship experiences, elemen-
tary education majors Sarah Anne Wilkes ’08 and Ashley Forster
didn’t have any trouble keeping their energy levels up for a mara-
thon day of job interviews with prospective employers.
“I didn’t get tired because I’m used to keeping up with kids all
day long,’’ said Wilkes, an Andalusia, Ala., native who graduated in
December 2008.
Wilkes and Forster were among the 144 Auburn and Auburn
University Montgomery students who attended the first of two Edu-
cation Interview Day sessions held in during the 2008-09 academic
year. They came dressed to impress representatives of 35 school
systems who came to the October 2008 event looking for potential
educators. Wilkes and Forster were counting on far more than smart
business suits and carefully polished resumes to stand out in the
minds of interviewers. They came ready to discuss the experiences
gained during their internships. Wilkes worked with sixth graders
at Samford Middle School, and Forster, a Hope Hull, Ala., native,
worked with third graders at Ogletree Elementary School.
“I wasn’t as nervous as I thought I’d be,’’ said Wilkes, who is
substitute teaching full-time while pursuing a master’s degree.
“The College of Education prepared us well.’’
Education Interview Day, hosted by Auburn’s Career Develop-
ment Services, has proven to be an essential resource for Auburn
University College of Education students in recent years. By the end
of the fall session, 580 interviews had been conducted. A second
interview day was held in March 2009.
“It gets your face and your name out there,’’ Forster said.
Melvin Smith ’87, special events coordinator for Career Develop-
ment Services and three-time College of Education graduate, said
many of the school systems represented at the fall and spring are
repeat customers.
“We’ve got a lot of school systems interested in filling positions,’’
Smith said. “It’s a very good opportunity for students to come to
one location and network. It’s one-stop shopping for prospective
employers. A lot of Auburn graduates are coming back to recruit.’’
While job interviews can be stressful, Education Inter-
view Day was set up in a manner that calmed nerves. The
lobby in front of the ballroom used as a hospitality area for
employers was decorated with orange and blue balloons, as
well as inflatable crayons and apples.
During their breaks between interviews, students could
retreat to a conference room to prepare themselves for their
next meeting or simply relax by watching a large screen TV.
Wilkes and Forster didn’t have time for lounging or for TV
viewing. Both students each completed 10 job interviews, but the
schedule didn’t seem especially hectic compared to what they had
already experienced in a classroom.
“There aren’t any kids,’’ said Forster, who is currently a senior.
“You just have to take care of yourself.’’

Education Interview Day offers one-stop shopping for
potential employers and graduating students
Learning and Living-Learning
Communities are unique academic
opportunities for first-year Auburn
students. By participating in a Learn-
ing Community, students are involved
in an environment that helps them
transition to college through faculty interaction, which improves
student retention and academic success.
Each Learning Community consists of 20-25 students sharing
several classes. The Education Learning Community offers incom-
ing students opportunities to connect with other students, faculty
and administration within the College of Education.
Courses being
offered for fall 2009
include: “UNIV 1000:
Auburn Experi-
ence,’’ “HIST 1010:
World History I’’ and
“ENGL 1100: English
Composition I.’’ Spring
2010 offerings include:
“UNIV 1050: Success Strategies,’’ “HIST 1020: World History II,’’
“ENGL 1120: English Composition II’’ and “EDUC 1010: Orienta-
tion to Teacher Education.’’
Learning Communities helping prepare
first-year students for long-term success
“It’s a very good opportunity for students to come to
one location and network. It’s one-stop shopping for
prospective employers. A lot of Auburn graduates are
coming back to recruit.”
Melvin Smith ’87, special events coordinator
for Career Development Services

Student Success
TJ Exford, a doctoral candidate in the Depart-
ment of Kinesiology and a Holmes Scholar
in the College of Education, was appointed
mentor liaison for the Harold A. Franklin Sister
Society and Auburn City Schools.
The Harold A. Franklin Society is named in
honor of Auburn University’s first African-
American student. The organization promotes academic and social
advancement, and fosters professional development of underrepre-
sented students. In accordance with its mission, the society employs
a series of community outreach initiatives, including the university
and Auburn City Schools mentoring program.
The mentoring outreach program pairs volunteers with under-
represented middle school and high school students to provide
positive role model support, advice and guidance. Mentors and
mentees build interpersonal relationships by engaging in activities
such as reading together, playing games or doing homework. The
goal is to improve the lives of students in the surrounding commu-
nity while increasing the leadership qualities and communication
skills of Auburn University students.
Exford’s position entails serving as a mediator between volun-
teers, Auburn City Schools and Dr. Johnny Green, Auburn’s dean of
students, as well implementing program initiatives.
Teresa Blevins and Thomandra Sam, doctoral candidates
in the Department of Special Education, Counseling/School
Psychology’s counselor education program, were successfully
matched to an internship site for as part of a one-year, full-time
program beginning in the fall of 2009.
Blevins and Sam competed with more than 3,800 psychol-
ogy students for a limited number of American Psychological
Association-accredited internship positions.
Blevins is interning at Texas A&M Uni-
versity’s student counseling center. The
internship will entail providing counsel-
ing services for groups and individuals,
outreach programming, and supervising
beginning therapists.
She believes that this opportunity will serve
as a career stepping stone by providing comprehensive training
and supervision experience.
Sam is interning at Clemson University
Counseling and Psychological Services
at Redfern Health Center. The internship
will involve working with both individual
and group therapy and Clemson Univer-
sity Cares intervention and prevention
education programs. She believes that this
program will offer her the experience needed for counseling
under-represented groups; including victims of domestic vio-
lence, homeless and minority students.
Blevins and Sam will both graduate in the summer of 2010.
Harold A. Franklin Sister Society, Auburn
City Schools select Exford as mentor liaison
Blevins, Sam to complete
yearlong internships
Phi Kappa Phi welcomed 59 Col-
lege of Education students to its ranks
in 2008.
Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi
is the nation’s oldest, largest and most
selective multi-disciplinary honor so-
ciety. Memberships are extended by invitation-only to the top 10
percent of seniors and graduate students and the top 7.5 percent
of juniors. Faculty, staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly
distinction may also qualify.
The Auburn University chapter was established in 1914 and
initiates more than 400 students annually.
Phi Kappa Phi promotes the pursuit of excellence in all fields
of higher education, recognizes outstanding achievement by
students, faculty and others through various awards and engages
the community of scholars in service to others.
Phi Kappa Phi recognizes
59 students for excellence
Emily Abston
Andrew Barranco
Gary Bell Jr
William Brazelton
Francis Brokenshaw
Whitney Brooks
Victoria Burns
Kimberly Burrell
Kaitlin Costello
Kelli Cox
Bryn Culpepper
Lauren Davis
Danielle Diehl
Jodi Drummond
Whitney Dykes
Elizabeth Eden
Melissa Flowers
Catherine Foster
Dana Freeman
Doris Giles
Lora Haghighi
Meredith Hart
Kendra Haywood
Katherine Henderson
Stephanie Holmes
Kenneth Jackson
Ambra Johnson
Lydia Jost
Kaitlyn Karcher
Lindsey LaMarque
Laura Langham
Ashley Mant
Samantha McClendon
Eleanor McDavid
Brittney McKissick
Matthew McLaughlin
Kati McWatters
Emily Mitchell
Angela Mustain
Christina Nolan
Kathleen Pease
Shannon Perman
Shelby Pope
Adam Powell
Maria Powell
Cambre Prater
Marianna Reynolds
Megan Robertson
Margaret Saye
Rachel Sherbakoff
Claire Smith
Hanna Taylor
Katelin Tyra
Lauren Vercelli
Amy White
Chandler White
Sarah Wilkes
Megan Williams
Cynthia Wyatt

As the first student from the Department of Kinesiology to earn
an Auburn University Undergraduate Research Fellowship, senior
Christina Peoples can’t help but shoulder a sizable load of self-
imposed expectations.
“I feel like I have to set the standard,’’ said
Peoples, an exercise science major from Tusca-
loosa, Ala.
According to one of the faculty mentors who
will help guide her through the yearlong fellow-
ship program, the College of Education would
be hard-pressed to find a better representative.
“She’s very inquisitive and she’s a hard worker,’’ said Dr. Leah
Robinson, an assistant professor of kinesiology. “She really goes
beyond what the typical undergraduate student demonstrates. She
has great qualities as a young researcher.’’
Peoples and 19 other students were selected for the fellowships
sponsored by Auburn’s Office of the Vice President for Research.
The competitive program began summer 2008 and continues
for the entire academic year. The fellowships provide an annual
stipend of $4,400 and $1,400 in project funds for each recipient
while affording students the opportunity to perform research under
the guidance of mentors and provides for a stipend to assist with
projects and related travel.
Peoples’ project relates to the childhood obesity epidemic in the
United States and the sedentary lifestyles that have factored into it.
Because few studies have explored physical activity participation by
preschoolers, Peoples is investigating children’s activity levels dur-
ing the school day. She is also examining the relationship of physi-
cal activity level to gender, motor ability and body weight. Robinson
and Dr. Danielle Wadsworth, an assistant professor of kinesiology,
are providing guidance as her faculty mentors. As part of her de-
scriptive study, Peoples used pedometers to measure the amount of
steps preschoolers took during each of the three daily play periods
held over the summer at a day care center.
“What we’re trying to do is come up with some kind of program
that can be implemented into day care centers and childcare centers
where children are actually getting physical activity that will help
them developmentally with their motor skills,’’ Peoples said.
Ten College of Education students were among the 142
Auburn undergraduate and graduate students recommended by
the Dean of Students office for inclusion in the 2008-2009 Who’s
Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. Rec-
ommendations are made by institutions based on, among other
criteria, a student’s grade point average, and participation and
leadership on campus and in the community.
Georgia Bennett
senior
elementary education
Mary Lawrence
Chandler
senior
early childhood
education
Kelli Crumpton
junior
business/marketing
education
Kara Delvizis
junior
secondary social
science education
Adam Elder
junior
secondary mathematics
education
Ashley Erickson
junior
early childhood
education
Wendy James
senior
exercise science
Lauren Jones
junior
secondary mathematics
education
Brittney McKissick
senior
elementary education
Myra Minor
master’s student
higher education
administration
Lorie Johnson, a doctoral
candidate in reading educa-
tion, quickly found a use for
the $1,000 Jenice Riley Memo-
rial Scholarship awarded to her
by the Alabama Humanities
Foundation last September.
Johnson, a reading teacher at
Richland Elementary in Au-
burn, channeled her good fortune back into her school. She used
the scholarship to help fund Richland’s Living History Museum
and purchase biographies from the “Alabama Roots’’ series.
Johnson, who earned a master’s degree in reading education
in 2008 and bachelor’s degree in corporate journalism (1999) and
early childhood education (2003) from Auburn, was one of six
Alabama educators selected in 2008 to receive Jenice Riley Me-
morial Scholarships. The scholarship was created in memory of
the late daughter of Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and his wife Patsy
and honors teachers committed to professional development.
Johnson has received a number of honors, including a $2,000
ING Unsung Heroes Award that funded a science lab for Rich-
land, two Foundation for Auburn’s Continuing Enrichment in
Schools grants totaling $1,200, a Sports Illustrated for Kids com-
munity grant and artwork for her school through the “Picturing
America’’ program sponsored by the National Endowment for
the Humanities.
Peoples helping preschoolers follow healthy path
Education students
selected for Who’s Who
Doctoral candidate receives
Riley Memorial Scholarship
Student Success

Student Success
Starla Armstrong, a doctoral candidate in
counseling psychology, will be recognized at
the 2009 American Psychological Associa-
tion (APA) convention as the winner of
its award for outstanding graduate student
paper on psychology and ethics.
Her paper is entitled, “Managing Non-
sexual Multiple Relationships in University Counseling Centers:
Recommendations for Graduate Assistants and Practicum
Students.’’ Armstrong will receive $1,000 and have her expenses
paid to the 2009 APA convention in Toronto. The award is a
national honor bestowed to just one graduate student annually.
The APA ethics committee and the American Psychological
Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) select the recipient.
Armstrong earned her master’s degree in clinical psychology
from Georgia Southern University.
Grad student Armstrong
wins APA award
Tylon Crook, a doctoral candidate in the
Department of Special Education, Rehabilita-
tion, Counseling/School Psychology’s counselor
education program, was selected by the Ala-
bama Association for Counselor Education and
Supervision as an “Emerging Leader.”
The Alabama Counseling Association, a state
branch of the American Counseling Association, is an organization
of counselors who are devoted to the highest standards of profes-
sional development.
The organization aims to promote advocacy, leadership training
and continuing education opportunities among its members. Crook
was selected as an “Emerging Leader” based on his academic con-
tributions, including publications, teaching, supervision, leadership
service, advocacy and membership in counselor education and su-
pervision. He received a stipend to represent Alabama and conduct
a roundtable discussion on the subject of impairment within coun-
selor education or doctoral students at the Southern Association for
Counselor Education and Supervision Conference in Houston.
Crook believes that this experience “will definitely help me to
enhance my own professional development and contribute to the
profession of counseling and supervision now and in the future.”
Crook will graduate the spring of 2010 and hopes to have a
career within counselor education and train the next generation of
school counselors.
Tylon Crook building reputation for leadership
Amber Wright, a senior elementary educa-
tion major from Decatur, Ala., received the
Alpha Delta Annual Scholarship in 2008.
The international teacher sorority awards
a $1,000 scholarship each year to a female
student seeking a degree in education.
Wright serves as a member of the College of
Education Student Council.
Justin Shroyer, a doctoral candidate in
exercise science, was a multiple winner
at the 2009 Auburn University Gradu-
ate Scholars Awards Ceremony.
In addition to being selected by the
Auburn University’s Graduate Council
as one of its 10 Outstanding Doctoral
Students for 2008-09, he received one of four Harry Mer-
riwether Fellowships for 2009-10.
The fellowship was established by an anonymous donor
in honor of an outstanding graduate of the Class of 1943.
Shroyer, a native of Coshocton, Ohio, will receive a $2,000
stipend as a Merriwether Fellow.
Cheron Hunter ’00, a doctoral candidate in
the reading education program, received one
of three Doctoral Student Awards presented
at the 2009 American Association of Blacks
in Higher Education Annual National Con-
ference in March.
Hunter, who followed up her bachelor’s
degree from Auburn with a master’s degree in early childhood
education in 2002, was honored in Atlanta along with Lenwood
Hayman of Wayne State University and Adriel Hilton of Morgan
State University. Auburn University has been well represented
over the years in the AABHE awards program. Dr. Rynetta
Washington ’05 and Dr. Januela Burt ’94 received awards from
the organization in 2005 and 1996, respectively.
Wright receives Alpha Delta
Kappa Scholarship
Shroyer earns graduate
student honors
Hunter receives doctoral
student award from AABHE

The six students recognized by the college at
last November’s Holmes Scholar Induction Cer-
emony have distinguished themselves as principals,
classroom teachers, journal editors, researchers,
organizational leaders and volunteers.
Graduate students Tonja Jacobs Exford, Sydney
Freeman, Cheron Hunter, Sheila Moore, Thoman-
dra Sam and Jennifer Wells each earned recog-
nition as Holmes Scholars by standing out in a
competitive selection process.
The Holmes Scholars Program provides gradu-
ate students from underrepresented ethnic groups
and students with disabilities who aspire to higher
education careers with enriched academic experi-
ences, career training and concentrated profession-
al mentoring. Scholars are selected for a three-year
term that provides resources for networking with
and mentoring by peers through the Holmes Part-
nership network and others within academia. Can-
didates must have a minimum grade point average
of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale.
The selection process involves nomination by
a university administrator, faculty member, staff
member, school personnel or a community leader
and consideration of at least three letters of recom-
mendation, as well as consideration of additional
written material and an interview process.
The Holmes Scholars Program operates under
the umbrella of The Holmes Partnership, a network
of universities, schools, community agencies and
national professional organizations designed to
stimulate professional development and school
renewal while striving “to improve teaching and
learning for all children.’’
Established in 1991, the Holmes Schol-
ars Program is comprised of a select group of
graduate students who are preparing for careers
in the education professorate and in professional
development schools. The program works to ensure
that Holmes Scholar graduates obtain positions
as faculty members, K-12 administrators or with
education policy organizations. The American As-
sociation of Colleges for Teacher Education and the
George Washington University Graduate School of
Education and Human Development assumed joint
management and coordination responsibilities for
the national program in 2001.
Since its inception, the Holmes Partnership has
engaged more than 400 students nationally.
College of Education recognizes Holmes Scholars
Tonja Jacobs Exford, 2008-10
Degrees: Pursuing doctorate in exercise
physiology; master’s in secondary biology
from Alabama State and bachelor’s in
cytology from University of Alabama-
Birmingham
Research interests: The physiologi-
cal and health benefits of mindfulness
training
Work experience: Former science
teacher in Montgomery Public School
system
Organizations: Auburn University Black
Graduate and Professional Student
Association, mentor liaison for Harold
A. Franklin Society/Sister Society and
Auburn City Schools
Objective: Using mindfulness outreach
interventions to positively affect health in
Alabama’s rural communities
Sheila Moore, 2007-09
Degrees: Pursuing doctorate in educa-
tional leadership; master’s and bachelor’s
degrees from Tuskegee University
Research interests: Professional develop-
ment of school leaders, university-school
collaborations and partnerships and
school reform
Work experience: Served as a teacher
and school administrator with the Buffalo
Public Schools system in New York from
1990 to 2001
Organizations: National vice president,
Holmes Partnership
Objective: To become a tenure-track
professor in K-12 instructional leadership
Sydney Freeman, 2008-10
Degrees: Pursuing doctorate in higher
education administration; master’s de-
gree from Auburn University in higher
education administration and bachelor’s
from Oakwood (Ala.) University
Research interests: The preparation
process for college presidencies and its
implications on graduate curriculum in
higher education programs
Work experience: Assistant editor of
the Journal of School Leadership, Center
for Creative Leadership, Mayor’s Office,
Philadelphia
Organizations: Adult and Higher Educa-
tion Graduate Curriculum Committee,
National Advisory Board for the National
African American Student Leadership
Conference, National Scholars Honor
Society
Objective: To become a professor of
higher education administration
Thomandra Sam, 2007-09
Degrees: Pursuing doctorate in counsel-
ing psychology; dual bachelor’s degrees
from Louisiana State University
Research interests: Identity develop-
ment of mental health practitioners,
multicultural competencies, self-em-
powerment, social justice orientation of
helping professionals
Work experience: Clinical intern at
Pastoral Institute in Columbus, Ga.,
instructor, first-year programs, practicum
at Auburn University Medical Clinic Divi-
sion on Student Counseling Services
Organizations: President of the
Auburn University Black Graduate
and Professional Student Association,
college representative for Association
of Counseling Psychology Students,
state representative for National Black
Graduate Student Association, advisory
board member for Office of Diversity and
Multicultural Affairs
Objective: To provide outstanding
clinical service to clients and excellent
contributions to the academic field as
a university professor or researcher/
clinician
Cheron Hunter, 2006-08
Degrees: Pursuing doctorate in reading
education program; master’s and bach-
elor’s degrees from Auburn’s College
of Education and educational specialist
and leadership certificate from Troy
University
Research interests: Early childhood
and elementary literacy, multicultural
literature, instructional conversation
Work experience: Former second grade
teacher in Opelika City Schools
Organizations: National president of
Holmes Scholar program, College of
Education Student Ambassador, former
vice president of Auburn’s Black Gradu-
ate and Professional Student
Objective: To make a difference in the
lives of the elementary school children
and pre-service teachers she instructs.
Jennifer Wells, 2008-10
Degrees: Pursuing doctorate in
educational psychology; master’s degree
from Auburn (human development and
family studies); bachelor’s degree from
Tuskegee University (psychology)
Research interests: Program develop-
ment, implementation and evaluation
focused on human development, family
studies and their impact on childhood
outcomes
Work experience: Parent educator and
case manager with Family and Children’s
Services in Opelika, regional extension
agent for Alabama Cooperative Exten-
sion System who has directed state-level
projects and provided professional de-
velopment for individuals in the areas of
family life and early childhood education.
Organizations: Alabama Cooperative
Extension System
Objective: To join a land-grant institution
as a professor of educational psychology
and a state extension specialist in pro-
gram development and evaluation
To view a photo gallery from the Holmes
Scholar Induction Ceremony, log on to
education.auburn.edu/gallery
Student Success

Student Council
Mary Lawrence
Chandler
President
Senior, Early
Childhood Education
Katie Swanson
Camp War Eagle
Liaison
Senior, Early
Childhood Education
Joanna Everett
Secretary
Senior
English Language
Arts Education
Becky Macintire
Campus Chair,
Committee of 19
Senior
Bria Pete
Vice President
Junior, Early
Childhood Education
Laura Lawson
Activities Chair
Junior
English Language
Arts Education
Caroline Peek
Historian
Senior
Maria Sanders
Service Chair
Senior, Early
Childhood Education
Amanda Gluckman
Publicity Chair
Junior
Brennan Wade
SGA Senator
Junior
During the school year, 26 percent of students in Auburn and
60 percent of students in Opelika receive free or reduced-cost
meals. However, when school is out of session
during the summer months, many of these
students are left without nutritious meals.
Becky Macintire, a senior elementary education
major, wanted to help these underprivileged
students. As a future teacher, Macintire felt
personally connected to the cause as she knows
she will encounter children in such situations in her own classroom
one day.
Macintire found a way to make a difference by developing a
partnership with a local church to provide healthy meals to hungry
students. In June 2008, True Deliverance Holiness Church in
Auburn opened its doors three days a week to children looking for
lunch. Church representatives provided children with peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches, lunch meat sandwiches, vanilla wafers, chips,
applesauce, juice and milk. Children were often sent home with
extra sandwiches to eat as a snack later or to share with their family.
Between five and 20 children were served each day.
The program serves as testament to Macintire’s willingness to
serve others, whether it’s in the classroom or at the table. Macin-
tire is the campus chair for the Committee of 19, a campus-wide
student-led group that helps raise awareness of international
hunger and encourages donors to contribute 19 cents a day to help
feed children. As co-committee leader for Domestic Hunger — a
Committee of 19 sub-group concerned with local hunger issues —
Macintire spearheaded the effort to locate an organization in the
Auburn/Opelika area willing to open its doors to underprivileged
members of the community.
Macintire fills critical summer menu gap for area children
C o m m i tt e e s :
Activities
Silver drummond
Laura Lawson, chair
Kalyn Lowe
Mallory Pledger
Hannah Paxton
Karis Anderson
Publicity
Amanda Gluckman, chair
Amanda McClung
Abby Sibley
Service
Ashley Baker
Marlene Barun
Linday Densmore
Drew Morgan
Julia Rusk
Maria Sanders, chair
War on Hunger
Becky Macintire, chair
Amber Wright
Not Pictured: Virginia Collins, SGA Senator
Senior, Elementary Education
Rachel Cummings, Treasurer
Senior, Early Childhood Education
Learn more about the
Student Council and the
Committee of 19 by visiting
education.auburn.edu/
studentcouncil and
auburn.edu/hunger
2008-2009
Student Council

Student Leaders
Exemplary students like Jenna Valaer ’08, Lora Haghighi ’08
and Lisa Vogel ’09 carry the banner for the College of Education
— figuratively and literally.
Each semester, college administra-
tors select a student to carry the College
of Education banner ahead of their
graduating peers at the start of com-
mencement ceremonies.
Valaer, who earned her bachelor’s
degree in exercise science after winning
an outstanding undergraduate award,
served as the college’s marshal in summer
2008. She is currently enrolled in graduate school at Elon (N.C.)
University, where she hopes to eventually earn a doctorate of
physical therapy.
Haghighi, who earned a degree in elementary education,
represented the college at the fall 2008 ceremony. A native of
Pelham, Ala., Haghighi
returned there to teach
fourth grade at Valley
Intermediate School.
During her senior year at
Auburn, Haghighi received
the Patrons of the Key-
stone-Dean’s Circle Annual
Scholarship and served as a member of the College of Education’s
Student Ambassadors. A member of the organization from 2006-
08, she served as the president during the 2007-08 academic
year. As a member of the top five percent of her graduating class,
Haghighi was also a member of Phi Kappa Phi.
Vogel, an exercise science major selected as
the college’s spring 2009 marshal, served on
Auburn’s Student Alumni Board in 2008.
She plans to attend graduate school in the
hopes of becoming a physical therapist.
Vogel studied abroad in Salamanca, Spain,
and earned the Department of Kinesiology’s
Outstanding Undergraduate Student award
in 2009. She was involved in a number of campus organizations,
including Chi Omega sorority, Campus Crusade for Christ,
intramural sports and the Auburn University Physical Therapy/
Occupational Therapy Club.
Gwendolyn Gray ’08, who
earned a doctorate in special
education and rehabilitation,
served as the student marshal for
Auburn University’s Graduate
School in fall 2008.
While the college’s Student Ambassadors organization is
typically led by a single president each academic year, senior
mathematics education major Kendall Griffin and sophomore
elementary education major Rachel Anderson shared the title of
co-presidents in 2008-09.
Griffin, a Hoover, Ala., native, was the fall semester president
before beginning her spring internship at Smith Station (Ala.)
High School. She became an ambassador in 2007 as a junior
already active in other activities, including the college’s Auburn
Mathematics Education Society, the university’s Student Alumni
Association and the area’s Auburn Christian Fellowship. She
graduates in May 2009 and hopes to teach math in Birmingham,
Ala., and inspired by those she’s worked with as an ambassador.
“I have been amazed at the willingness of the Auburn family
and the sacrifices students, faculty, staff and alumni have made to
support our college,” Griffin said. “I was not raised as an ‘Auburn
Tiger’ and never fully understood what the ‘Auburn family’ was
all about. … I am proud that I am now a part of it.”
Anderson, who hails from Oneonta, Ala., is active in a
number of campus organizations — and it’s no surprise that she’s
taken the lead in many of them too. She also serves as vice presi-
dent of the college’s Student Council and activities coordinator
for Alpha Gamma Delta.
“Being an ambassador has gotten me more involved in the
college and more excited about what is to come in the next two
or three years,” Anderson said. “I have learned time management
and how to dedicate myself to what I truly love, which is being an
educator and helping others in all that they want to achieve.”
The Student Ambassadors include undergraduate and
graduate students who represent the college and host events for
alumni, donors, prospective students and other college guests.
Ambassadors are competitively selected through an annual ap-
plication and interview process.
In return for their service, they develop relationships with
distinguished alumni and friends, leaders in education and other
fields and campus faculty and administrators.
More than 110 Education students have served as members
of the organization, now in its sixth year. Find out where many of
our ambassador alumni are today in the Alumni Notes section of
the Keystone.
Stellar students serve
as graduation marshals
Elementary, math ed duo
takes on ambassadors’
co-presidency
Learn more about the college’s
Student Ambassadors at
education.auburn.edu/ambassadors
Haghighi with college’s Kochan, Tullier
Vogel
Valaer
Gray

Rachel Anderson
Spring 2009 President
Sophomore
Oneonta, Ala.
Lora Haghighi ’08
Senior
Pelham, Ala.
Bonnie Dean
Junior, Social
Science Education
Franklin, Tenn.
Lowery Oaks
Senior, Early
Childhood Education
Selma, Ala.
Brittany Spillman ’08
Master’s candidate
Auburn, Ala.
Laura Boyd
Senior
Vestavia Hills, Ala.
Cheron Hunter ’00
Doctoral candidate
Reading Education
Fultondale, Ala.
Kara Delvizis
Junior, Social
Science Education
Franklin, Tenn.
Caroline Peek
Senior
Hoover, Ala.
Kimberly
Wasserburger
Junior
Rehabilitation Services
Hartselle, Ala.
Mary Lawrence
Chandler
Senior, Early
Childhood Education
Carrollton, Ga
Meredith McCoy
Senior
Lanett, Ala.
Katie Freeman
Junior
Huntsville, Ala.
Julie Rush
Junior, Early
Childhood Education
Lineville, Ala.
Georgia Bennett
Senior
Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Bailey Harvard
Senior, Early
Childhood Education
Thomasville, Ga.
Bailey DeBardeleben
Sophomore
Prattville, Ala.
Katie Oliver
Junior, Early
Childhood Education
Lanett, Ala.
Brennan Wade
Junior
Memphis, Tenn.
Katy Bugg
Senior, Early
Childhood Education
Auburn, Ala.
Brittny Mathies
Doctoral candidate,
Educational Psychology
New Orleans, La.
Joanna Everett
Senior
English Language
Arts Education
Nauvoo, Ala.
Cambre Prater
Senior
Hoover, Ala.
Amber Wright
Senior
Decatur, Ala.
Casey Breslin
Doctoral candidate
Exercise Science
Hagerstown, Md.
Lacey Little
Junior
Exercise Science
Germantown, Tenn.
Adam Elder
Junior
Madison, Ala.
Shannon Perman
Junior, Social
Science Education
Kenosha, Wis.
Claire Wilkinson
Senior
Early Childhood
Special Education
Selma, Ala.
Kelli Cox
Senior
Millbrook, Ala.
Ashley Morgan
Senior
Richmond, Ken.
Kendall Griffin
Fall 2008 President
Senior
Hoover, Ala.
Justin Shroyer
Doctoral candidate
Exercise Science
Coshocton, Ohio
Student Ambassadors
2008-2009
Student
Ambassadors

While the economy finds itself in the midst of a profound down-
turn, there has been a sharp increase in university students seeking
sources of financial relief from tuition increases.
According to a 2008 survey by the College Board, a nonprofit
association of educational institutions that provides assistance to
college-bound students, federal student loans increased by 6 percent
over the previous year. The U.S. Department of Education reported
that the popular Pell Grant Program received 800,000 more applica-
tions in the first seven months of 2008 than it had during the same
period in 2007.
A perfect storm of declining tax revenues and gridlocked credit
has made scholarships even more essential for university students
as they try to keep pace with rising tuition costs nationwide. A
National Association of College and University Business Officers
report released in partnership with the Commonford Institute and
TIAA-CREF, an asset management firm, reported that endowment
values nationwide experienced a 3 percent decline during the 2007-
08 fiscal year. A follow-up study for the first half of 2008-09 reported
an additional decline of 23 percent.
Through new support and its portfolio of existing endowments,
the College of Education created an unprecedented level of op-
portunity for its students during the 2008-09 academic year through
scholarships, graduate fellowships and assistantships.
More than 150 of these awards were presented during the
college’s seventh annual Scholarship Ceremony and Reception in
August 2008. The generosity and financial support of alumni and
friends enabled the College of Education to offer more than 30 ad-
ditional awards and more than $93,000 above the amount awarded
during the 2007-08 academic year.

“Identifying and assisting so many deserving students is para-
mount for our college,” Dean Frances Kochan said, “and is made
possible by the generosity of donors. We are delighted to honor
those who have helped create an enduring legacy through the sup-
port of these student awards.”
Such strong financial support provided for seven new scholar-
ships and assistantships: The Grant and Nancy Davis Scholarship for
Education, The Hach Scientific Foundation Chemistry Teacher, the
Mary L. Hall Floral and Horticultural Inspiration Award, The Honor
Roll Scholarship, the Dr. Floreine G. Hudson Endowed Scholar-
ship, the R. Wayne McElrath Endowed Scholarship in Agriscience
Education and the Dr. Imogene Mathison Mixson Endowment for
Administration of Higher Education.
Scholarships and awards such as these are critical in helping
College of Education students realize their professional goals. The
recipients for the 2008-09 academic year all shared very definitive
career aspirations.
Abigail Cutchen, an elementary education major from Vesta-
via Hills, Ala., who received the inaugural Grant and Nancy Davis
Scholarship for Education, said the college’s support is vital in build-
ing the foundation for her career.
“One of my goals is to work with children so that I may posi-
tively affect their lives,’’ she said. “I want to help shape not only their
minds, but their character.’’
With more than 2,300 students, the College of Education has
established scholarships as an objective in its five-year strategic plan.
And with the university’s largest graduate enrollment, it’s no doubt
that the college has its sights set on increasing funding opportuni-
ties for graduate students through new fellowships and assistant-
ships. Teaching and research assistantships at the college level can
offer such advantages as out-of-state tuition waivers. There are also
resources at the university level that provide financial aid while also
enabling students to advance toward their career objectives.
Courtney Blair Chalker, who is pursuing a master’s degree in
Spanish education, said graduate scholarships set the stage for cru-
cial professional development.
“Thanks to the outstanding education I am gaining through my
degree program at Auburn, I will return to the classroom a much
more confident and knowledgeable teacher,’’ said Chalker, a Dothan,
Ala., native and a 2008 recipient of an Albert Hamilton Collins An-
nual Graduate Fellowship.
Want to help?
Support students by creating new
scholarships or contributing to
existing ones by contacting the
college’s Office of Development at
334.844.5793.
New forms of support
The College of Education offered seven
new scholarships and assistantships
in 2008:
Scholarship opportunities attempt
to keep pace with needs
Scholarship Ceremony
Grant and Nancy
Davis Scholarship for
Education
Hach Scientific
Foundation
Chemistry Teacher
Mary L. Hall Floral
and Horticultural
Inspiration Award
Honor Roll Scholarship
Dr. Floreine G. Hudson
Endowed Scholarship
R. Wayne McElrath
Endowed Scholarship in
Agriscience Education
Dr. Imogene Mathison
Mixson Endowment
for Administration of
Higher Education

Selena Day
Adult Education
Justin Shroyer
Biomechanics
John Smith
Music Education
Cynthia Vasilas
Counselor Education
Robin Taylor
Educational Psychology
Sara Dowling
Collaborative
Teacher Education
Lisa Vogel
Exercise Science
Bethany Stewart
Awards and Recognition Ceremony
To view a photo gallery of the
28th Annual Awards and
Recognition Ceremony, log on to
education.auburn.edu/gallery
Margaret Shippen
Emily and Gerald
Leischuck Outstanding
Undergraduate Faculty
Teaching Award
Special Education,
Rehabilitation,
Counseling/School
Psychology
Robin Martin
Outstanding Staff Award
Administrative/
Professional
Kinesiology
Judith Lechner
Faculty Award
for Outstanding
Commitment
to Diversity
Educational
Foundations,
Leadership and
Technology
Marilyn Strutchens
Outstanding Faculty
Award for Research
Nancy Evans
Staff Award
for Outstanding
Commitment
to Diversity
Special Education,
Rehabilitation,
Counseling/School
Psychology
Wendi Weimar
Emily and Gerald
Leischuck Outstanding
Graduate Faculty
Teaching Award
Kinesiology
Cynthia Duffie
Outstanding Staff Award
Office Administration
Office of the Dean
JoEllen Sefton
Outstanding Faculty
Early Career Award
Kinesiology
Alyson Whyte
Outstanding Faculty
Award for Outreach
Now in its 28th year, the Spring Awards Ceremony allows
the College of Education to recognize the students, faculty
members and staff deemed “outstanding’’ during the 2008-09
academic year. The ceremony was held April 6.
Each of the college’s four departments selects a graduate stu-
dent and undergraduate student for outstanding student awards.
The recipients are selected by department heads with input
from faculty members. College-wide faculty and staff awards are
submitted by individuals in the college and are considered by an
awards committee. The awards committee also reviews nomina-
tions for two additional awards salute outstanding work in
undergraduate and graduate teaching. Dr. Gerald ’64 and Mrs.
Emily ’64 Leischuck, both graduates of the College of Education
and retired Auburn University administrators, established the
awards in 2000.
Spring awards ceremony
spotlights high achievers
Department of
Educational Foundations,
Leadership and Technology
Department of
Special Education, Rehabilitation,
Counseling/School Psychology
Department of
Department of
Kinesiology
Outstanding
Undergraduate
Student
Outstanding
Undergraduate
Student
Outstanding
Undergraduate
Student
Outstanding
Undergraduate
Student
Outstanding
Graduate
Student
Outstanding
Graduate
Student
Outstanding
Graduate
Student
Outstanding
Graduate
Student

Leaving
footprints
worldwide
How a biomechanics study of flip-flops
became Auburn University’s most
well-traveled story of 2008

Research and Outreach

The phone calls came in a torrent, from
other time zones and other hemispheres,
from media outlets in some previously unheard of
places and from others that stretched the boundar-
ies of belief.
There were inquiries from USA Today and the
Brunei Times on another day, from the BBC to ra-
dio stations tucked way Down Under in Australia.
So many reporters in so many countries flipped
out over a 2008 study of flip-flops conducted by
researchers in the Department of Kinesiology that
it occasionally made the authors wonder if they
were being subjected to some serious leg-pulling.
Justin Shroyer, the lead researcher on the project,
remembers his initial reaction the day he learned
that a producer from ABC’s “Good Morning,
America’’ was on hold to discuss his findings re-
garding the biomechanical performance and safety
of flip-flops.
“We thought it was a joke,’’ said Shroyer, a doc-
toral candidate in exercise science from Coshoc-
ton, Ohio.
The only prank played on Shroyer and Dr.
Wendi Weimar, associate professor in the Depart-
ment of Kinesiology and director of its Biome-
chanics Laboratory, unfolded a few months later.
In January, they were lured to the Auburn Presi-
dent Jay Gogue’s board room under the guise of
presenting their research to administrators. When
they walked through the door, they were sur-
prised to find the room festooned with tiny beach
umbrellas, Hawaiian-style leis and hors d’oeuvres.
Deedie Dowdle, executive director of Auburn’s Of-
fice of Communications and Marketing, presented
the unsuspecting guests of honor with “OCMmie
Awards’’ — plaques fittingly decorated with golden
flip-flops — as the result of their study being the
most heavily covered and well-traveled news to
originate from the university in the last year.
“We lost count at over 600 million (Internet)
impressions,’’ Dowdle said. “We love people who
make publicity easy.’’
‘Geek’ research proves chic
Shroyer and Weimar, who directed the research
team, still struggle to understand how their study
gained a strong foothold with such a large and
diverse audience.
“We’re geeks, we don’t do this sort of thing,’’
Weimar joked in reference to the barrage of inter-
view requests.
It started with a study of 39 college-age men
and women who alternately wore thong-style flip-
flops and traditional athletic shoes while walking
on a platform that measured vertical force as their
feet hit the ground. Their stride length and limb
angles were also captured on a video camcorder
Leaving footprints worldwide continued

and analyzed. The study found that flip-flop wear-
ers took shorter steps and that their heels hit the
ground with less vertical force than when they
wore traditional sneakers.
Shroyer and Weimar became interested in
studying flip-flop wearers’ gait patterns because of
the prevalence of the footwear on college cam-
puses and the complaints many students expressed
about experiencing foot and lower leg pain after
wearing their thongs for extended periods of time.
Shroyer presented the study’s findings at the
American College of Sports Medicine’s annual
meeting in Indianapolis in May 2008 and quickly
found a receptive audience for it. Once reporters
from USA Today and WebMD reported on the
study, interview requests came pouring in from
as far away as Jerusalem. The interest resulted
in an unprecedented level of media coverage for
research presented at the 2008 ACSM convention.
“This is such a neat thing because you have a
graduate student and a professor working together
on something so terrific,’’ said Dr. Frances Kochan,
dean of the College of Education.
Research collaborations involving faculty and
students are common in the Department of Kine-
siology, but the results of this particular partner-
ship produced some amazing aftershocks.
“I’ve presented at conferences before and
normally you would stand there and somebody
working in the same field would come by and
ask you questions — maybe one or two people,’’
Shroyer said. “This last time, everyone who walked
by wanted to talk about it.’’
Pushing the limits
Occasionally, Shroyer and Weimar had to bridge
misunderstandings regarding the intent of their
research. On News-Medical.net, a Web site based
in Sydney, Australia, for instance, beach-going
readers were chided by the following headline:
“Now what do we do? Thongs condemned!’’
Shroyer and Weimar were quick to point out
that their research doesn’t portray flip-flops as
a public menace disguised in spongy soles and
day-glow colors. Any health
problems wearers experience
likely stem from overuse.
“People have a tendency
to wear them so far past their
limits,’’ Weimar said.
Subsequent research in-
volving children has indicated
that, while perfect for the
pool deck, flip-flops may not
provide the best support for
developing bodies.
They are far more practi-
cal for lounging than for
running or jumping.
“We’ve learned that you really ought to wear
tennis shoes or athletic shoes if you’re learning
how to move,’’ said Dr. Mary Rudisill, Wayne T.
Smith distinguished professor and head of the
Department of Kinesiology. “A lot of the work that
comes out of the Biomechanics Lab is applicable to
injury and prevention.’’
The research led by Shroyer and Weimar
may have inspired people around the world to
look at flip-flops more carefully and wear them
less frequently, but footwear companies aren’t
complaining. When Shroyer and a fellow doctoral
student, Joanna Booker, were married last year, a
shoe company sent a gift for them to take on their
honeymoon to Hawaii.
His and hers flip-flops, of course.
“Good Morning, America’’ • The New York Times • USA Today • The Chicago Tribune • The Washington Post • The Jerusalem Post •
The Brunei Times • The Sydney Morning Herald • The Honolulu Advertiser • Newsweek • Canada.com • MSNBC

Four faculty members receive
Seed Grants from the
Sun Belt Writing Project
increases contact with
teachers, impact on
regional communities
Kohlmeier receives Teaching Tolerance grant
After conducting a rigorous review of submitted research
proposals, the College of Education and its Scholarship and In-
novation Committee awarded a combined $9,773 in Seed Grant
funding to four faculty members in December 2008.
The faculty members who received project funding included:
Dr. Annette Kluck, assistant professor in the
Department of Special Education, Rehabili-
tation, Counseling/School Psychology —
$2,500 for “Parental attitudes and behaviors:
Do they hinder treatment progress?’’
Dr. DaShaunda Patterson, assistant profes-
sor in Department of Special Education,
Rehabilitation, Counseling/School Psychol-
ogy — $2,460 for “An analysis of parents’
perceptions of their child’s disability and
their satisfaction with service delivery.’’

Dr. Leah Robinson, assistant professor in
the Department of Kinesiology — $2,313
for “Determining the relationship between
cardiovascular disease, health and fitness
behaviors in school-age children: A prelimi-
nary study.’’
Dr. JoEllen Sefton, assistant professor in the
Department of Kinesiology — $2,500 in for
“Effect of massage therapy on peripheral
blood flow and EMG in healthy adults.’’
If Dr. Alyson Whyte ever had any questions about the reach
or effectiveness of the Sun Belt Writing Project, they have been
answered by the following statistic:
More than 40 educators participated in the
Sun Belt Writing Project’s 2008 summer
institutes, a 350 percent increase over the
previous summer.
“We hope that participation indicates inter-
est,’’ said Whyte, who serves as director of
the outreach program.
Since 1981, the Sun Belt Writing Project has worked to help
K-16 educators improve student performance through writing by
elevating their own knowledge of and comfort level in teaching
the craft. In August 2007, the Sun Belt Writing Project began a
two-year initiative to increase the capacity of its summer and
school-year programs. From the fall of 2007 through the summer
of 2008, the project offered six summer institutes, 19 youth and
community writing programs, 29 continuity programs and 30
school-year inservice programs. At the midpoint of its self-study,
Whyte reported that:
• more than 40 educators participated in the Sun Belt Writing
Project’s 2008 expanded summer institute.
• the Sun Belt Writing Project’s summer institute reached 680
students in 2008.
• the total number of Sun Belt Writing Project-related pro-
grams increased from 53 during 2006-07 to 85 in 2007-08,
an increase of 62 percent.
• the total number of contact hours increased from 15,537 in
2006-07 to 36,748 in 2007-08, an increase of 236 percent.
• The Sun Belt Writing Project’s programs from the fall of
2007 through summer 2008 were conducted at a cost of
$2.56 per contact hour with $1.14 supplied by federal
reserve funds.
Dr. Jada Kohlmeier, associate professor of
social science education in the Department of
Curriculum and Teaching, received a $2,100
grant from Teaching Tolerance, a project of the
Southern Poverty Law Center based in Mont-
gomery, Ala.
Kohlmeier is examining the potential role
gender and race may play in shaping high school students’ reasoning
about controversial subjects relating to democracy. The project team
includes Dr. Steve Brown, a political science professor in Auburn
University’s College of Liberal Arts, Blake Busbin ’06, a government
teacher at Auburn High School, and Jamie East ’01, a government
teacher at Opelika High School. Kohlmeier and Brown are espe-
cially interested in analyzing the role gender and race may play in
students’ interpretation of issues involving justice, common good
and equality.

TEAM-Math welcomes six educators into
inaugural Teacher Leader Academy
Auburn Transition Leadership Institute
plots next step for those it helps
Dr. W. Gary Martin knows full well the stereotype of what teach-
ing and learning mathematics entails at the K-12 level.
“Don’t question why, just invert and multiply,’’ said Martin, a
professor of mathematics education in the Department of Curricu-
lum and Teaching and the inaugural recipient of the Emily R. and
Gerald S. Leischuck Endowed Professorship.
Martin, Dr. Marilyn Strutchens and Dr. Stephen Stuckwisch,
co-directors and principal investigators of TEAM-Math’s (Trans-
forming East Alabama Mathematics) Teacher Leader Academy, are
confident a new $600,000 National Science Foundation grant will
enable educators in the region to more effectively engage students
in learning mathematics they may have considered uninteresting or
intimidating. Six East Alabama educators were welcomed into the
newly-established TEAM-Math Teacher Leader Academy estab-
lished through the grant.
The overarching purpose of the academy is retaining quality
educators, keeping them engaged in classroom instruction and in
the schools where they can do the most good. The first six Teacher
Leader Academy fellows received an annual stipend of $10,000 for
three years, as well as tuition reimbursement, to assist in the comple-
tion of advanced degrees in mathematics education.
The current fellows are Catherine Culleton ’07 of South-
side Middle School (Tallassee City Schools), Debra Davis-
Harris of Millbrook Junior High School (Elmore County
Schools), Nancee Garcia of Auburn High School (Auburn
City Schools), Lisa Lishak ’89 of Loachapoka High School
(Lee County Schools), Christie Nestor of Lafayette High
School (Chambers County Schools) and Denise Peppers
’90 of Sanford Middle School (Lee County Schools). The
academy will eventually grow to include 12 fellows.
TEAM-Math has been at the forefront of improving
mathematics education in East Alabama schools. The
partnership of 15 school districts, Auburn’s College of
Education and the College of Sciences and Mathematics,
and Tuskegee University previously received awards of
$9.4 million from the National Science Foundation to provide inten-
sive professional development and other support systems. TEAM-
Math strives to improve math education in elementary, secondary
and university settings.
When a group of state and national experts met in March at
the 19th Annual Alabama Transition Conference, they added to an
ongoing dialogue about how to better prepare youth with disabilities
for the challenges they will face in adulthood.
“We’re helping them get prepared for that next step,’’ said Dr.
Karen Rabren, director of the Auburn Transition Leadership Insti-
tute (ATLI) and an associate professor in the Department of Special
Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling/School Psychology.
That next step can be difficult to negotiate, with a January 2009
U.S. Department of Labor study revealing that the unemployment
rate for persons with disabilities stands at 13.2 percent. Rabren said
expanding the abilities of the state and communities to help youth
with disabilities reach their goals remains vital.
“Do they have equal access to jobs and opportunities and are
they prepared?’’ she asked. “Hopefully what we’re doing will bring
about improvement.’’
The Alabama
Transition Conference,
hosted by ATLI, brought
together a wide range of
professionals interested
in assisting young adults
with disabilities as they
pursue employment and
educational opportunities.
The two-day confer-
ence included a keynote
address by the Reader’s Digest 2008 Best of America “Dream Team’’
of Ellen Porter-Levert, Mavis Crawford, Patricia De’Shazior Hill,
Letitia Lewis and Cheryl Best — five Georgia educators who work in
special education, administration and career technical education.
The TEAM-Math’s Teacher Leader Academy will eventually grow to include 12 fellows.
Diane Glanzer (left) and Dr. Karen Rabren
organized the conference.

Aspiring teachers usually have to wait to put their newly-
acquired skills to the test in the formal classroom setting. How-
ever, undergraduate students in Dr. Charles Eick’s summer science
methods course and doctoral student Kimberly Nunes-Bufford’s
mathematics methods course recently received hands-on experi-
ence teaching outside the formal structure of traditional classrooms.
Eick, an associate professor of science educa-
tion, works with junior- and senior-level stu-
dents as they help teach at the Summer Ecology
Camp and Camp Invention — two academic
summer camps in the Auburn area. Nunes-
Bufford and her undergraduate students work
with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lee
County to help children develop a more meaningful understanding
of mathematics.
The informal camp settings, which lack the structured learning
and testing environment of school-year classrooms, allow students
and teachers to learn and have fun at the same time.
Summer camps serve as excellent service learning
sites, according to Eick. Children are able to learn about
science — a subject often neglected in today’s test-orient-
ed classrooms — and future science teachers gain valuable
hands-on experience in applying the methods and tech-
niques learned in their own studies.
“The camps help prepare future elementary teachers to
feel more comfortable in teaching science and to want to do it,’’ Eick
said. “In doing it, their students (K-6 children) will benefit with
helping spur a possible interest in science (and engineering) for
their ongoing studies and possible future careers.
“Many young children are inspired by science and engineering if
given the opportunity to do it and learn it.’’
Summer Ecology Camp, a
half-day summer camp for
rising first through sixth
graders, is conducted by
Auburn’s School of Forestry
and Wildlife Sciences.
The camp is held at the
Louise Kreher Forest Ecol-
ogy Preserve in Auburn,
and teaches children about
national standards dealing
with environmental science
and ecology.
The camp touches on a
number of themes, includ-
ing the outdoors, ecology and awareness of the affect humans have
on the environment.
Camp Invention, a local branch of the national Inventors
Hall of Fame program, is an all-day camp run by area teachers
for rising first through sixth graders, and is held at Wrights Mill
Road Elementary School in Auburn. Students learn about science,
technology and engineering lessons at an elementary level through
inventing, creating, building and problem-solving.
In all, the Forest Ecology Preserve and Camp Invention provide
students with a solid science foundation by presenting the subject
matter in a fun and creative light. The camps also allow novice
teachers to gain hands-on experience testing out their instructional
skills, which prepares them for their internships.
Math methods students teach 6- to 12-year-olds at the Boys
and Girls Club about concepts such as measurement, geometry
and number sense. The additional exposure to and involvement in
mathematics outside the traditional classroom setting is especially
important to these children. Ninety percent of the campers are mi-
nority students, and minorities are under-represented in the math
and science fields.
Ashley Roy, a senior elementary education major, said she ben-
efited from her participation in the camps.
“The knowledge and experience I gained from participating and
teaching was wonderful,” she said. “As a future elementary teacher,
being exposed to the ‘hands on’ approach in teaching will benefit
me for many years to come.”
Future science, math teachers
use summer to hone skills
“The knowledge and experience I gained from
participating and teaching was wonderful. As a future
elementary teacher, being exposed to the ‘hands on’
approach in teaching will benefit me for many years
to come.”
Ashley Roy, elementary education major
Did you know?
Elementary education, early
childhood education and English
language arts education represent
three of the college’s five most
popular undergraduate majors.

Walls named V.P. of
music technology
association
Dr. Kimberly Walls, profes-
sor and program coordinator
of music education, is in the
midst of a two-year term as
vice president of the Associa-
tion for Technology in Music
Instruction. Formed in 1975,
the association is an indepen-
dent professional organization
with more than 200 members
worldwide. Walls teaches
undergraduate and graduate
courses in music education
and music technology and
heads Auburn’s innovative
graduate distance learning
program in music education.
SGA recognizes
McCormick, White
As part of its 2008 spring
awards, Auburn’s Student
Government Association
recognized Dr. Theresa Mc-
Cormick and Amy White ’08
for outstanding teaching and
student contributions.
McCormick, an assistant
professor of elementary
education, received SGA’s
Outstanding Faculty Member
award. The award is pre-
sented to one faculty member
from each of the university’s
schools and colleges. Nomi-
nated by students, recipients
have demonstrated respect
of their peers and students,
excellence in teaching, and
concern for and involvement
with students
White, who graduated in
spring 2008 with a bachelor’s
in elementary education,
received SGA’s Outstanding
Student Award. White, an
active member of the college’s
Student Ambassadors, served
as Student Council president
in the 2007-08 academic year.
I n B rief
Although they are separated in age by
decades, Lavaris Thomas ’06 and his son,
LaQuavious, had the unique opportunity to
share similar childhood experiences by attend-
ing the College of Education’s Early Childhood
Summer Enrichment Program.

Hosted by the Department of Curricu-
lum and Teaching, the enrichment program,
designed for children ages four to eight, has
been held every
summer since
the mid 1980s.
Lavaris attended
the program for
two summers
when he was 7 and
8 years old in the
late 1980s, and 8-year-old LaQuavious attended
camp for the first time in the summer of 2008.
Lavaris attended Auburn’s Dean Road Elemen-
tary School at the time of his camp experience,
while LaQuavious attends Yarbrough Elemen-
tary School.
The enrichment program provides children
with a safe and educational environment dur-
ing the summer break when school is out of
session. Centered on a general theme — this
past summer’s being magnetism and attrac-
tion — children visit various stations such as
reading, writing, art, physical knowledge (sci-
ence) and dramatic play. The program employs
an integrated curriculum model and works to
help children connect the pieces between math,
science, social studies and language arts.
It also gives future early childhood educa-
tion teachers practicum experience with
pre-school and primary age children during
the summer months, when access to children
in schools is limited. Master’s and doctoral
students take on supervisory roles, evaluating
the undergraduates’ lesson plans and teaching
skills, and troubleshoot any day-to-day issues
that arise.
Comprised of two three-week sessions, the
camp runs four days per week.
Lavaris holds fond memories of his time
at the summer enrichment program; he even
recalls a special monkey he constructed out of
cotton balls and construction paper. He decided
to enroll LaQuavious in the program because of
his own experience as a child.
“It’s an opportunity for him to do something
constructive during the summer, and it will also
help his network of friends,” Lavaris said.
Lavaris’ experience with the College of
Education did not stop with his time in the
summer program. He later returned to Auburn
to major in business and marketing education,
completed his bachelor’s degree in 2006, and
is currently pursuing a master’s in the same
field. Still a student, not to mention a computer
applications teacher at Opelika Middle School,
Lavaris clearly demonstrates the value of educa-
tion. He says he “enjoys learning,” plans to
take the LSAT and is considering pursuing an
administration degree in the future.
An advocate of learning, Lavaris hopes to
inspire his son to always pursue education.
“Learning never stops,” Lavaris said.
Summer enrichment program
serves two generations
“It’s an opportunity for him to do something
constructive during the summer, and it will also help his
network of friends.’’
Lavaris Thomas, discussing the benefit his son,
LaQuavious, receives from the
Early Childhood Summer Enrichment Program

Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology
Master’s students in the Instructional Leadership Preparation
Program took the initiative to recognize community leaders who
are willing to go the extra mile to help local youth.
The graduate students in the program, based in the Department
of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, honored
Leon Brown and Sally Granberry in July 2008 for their work on
behalf of area children.
Brown has worked as a mentor for at-risk youth for the past five
years, and his other community service efforts in Macon County
and Tuskegee, Ala., gained the class’ attention. He is the mentor
coordinator for the Macon County Board of Education “Choices
4 Success,” a school-based volunteer mentoring program. During
the past four years, he has coached youth basketball teams and
mentored youth for the Tuskegee Housing Authority. He has made
a difference in the lives of children by encouraging healthy social
development and providing positive feedback on their strengths
and areas for potential improvement.
Granberry, the Christian education director at Auburn United
Methodist Church, has bettered opportunities for students at
Loachapoka Elementary School. She established a memorial for
her mother as an outreach vehicle, gained support from respected
groups and coordinated volunteer programs — all to benefit the
school. She organized volunteers to tutor students, offer enrichment
activities, arranged and chaperoned field trips, provided new and
used books for the library, and hosted special events for the school.
The ILPP students developed the awards program and planned
the presentation ceremony as part of EDLD 7520: “Leadership in
Learning Organizations.’’
“Students developed their own rubric to judge the merits of
each nominee and discussed each nominee’s qualifications, which
included volunteerism and direct student interaction, said Dr. Tim
Havard, assistant professor and course instructor.
The idea of learning organizations, also known as learning com-
munities, is an important element of the master’s program.
As one of only three state-approved programs of its kind in Ala-
bama based on Alabama’s Instructional Leadership Standards, ILPP
seeks to model student experiences after real-world, school-based
collaborative processes in the schools where students will later serve
as administrators and leaders.
As budgets tighten, enrollments swell and policy continues
to shape every aspect of education, Auburn University is striving
to equip K-12 administrators with the tools needed to lead in an
increasingly demanding environment.
The inaugural Educational Leadership Summer Institute, held in
June 2008, brought together administrators from around
the state of Alabama to address issues of school account-
ability and quality systems. The institute was brought to
life by faculty in the Department of Educational Founda-
tions, Leadership and Technology and supported by
Auburn University’s Outreach Program Office.
The college has scheduled a second summer institute,
“Educational Leadership During Economic Hardships,’’
for June 8-10, 2009, at Opelika Middle School.
During last summer’s inaugural institute, coordinators helped
participants identify the behaviors of an accountable school leader
and ways in which administrators can employ instructional, moral,
value-added and transformational leadership in establishing quality
systems, improving student learning and addressing accountability
in schools.
School leaders were also introduced to the department’s rede-
signed, state-approved K-12 master’s level Instructional Leadership
Preparation Program (ILPP). Recruited from the best-qualified
instructional leaders in the nation, ILPP faculty worked with 15
school-based coaches from eight school districts to teach, advise
and mentor cohorts of no more than 25 students. During the accel-
erated, one-year program, students engage in intensive field-based
experiences and comprehensive assessments.

A recent study by the department indicated that more than 1,500
Alabama school principals are planning their retirements to occur
within the next five years.
“Research demonstrates that the principal is the key element
in school success,” said Dr. Jose Llanes, head of the Department of
Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology. “The princi-
pal can change schools and change lives.’’
EFLT grad students show appreciation
for local community leaders
Institute, new degree program
focus on school leadership
Alabama Superintendent of Education Joe Morton ’69
addresses the crowd at the 2008 institute.

Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology
Reed elected to UCEA
executive committee
Dr. Cynthia Reed, director of
the Truman Pierce Insti-
tute and a professor in the
Department of Educational
Foundations, Leadership and
Technology, will serve on the
executive committee of the
University Council for Educa-
tional Administration.
The UCEA, a non-profit
corporation dedicated to
improving the preparation and
practice of educational leaders
in order to enrich schools and
children, is the top schol-
arly association in the field of
educational leadership. As a
member of the executive com-
mittee, Reed hopes to use her
three-year term to improve
leadership preparation and en-
sure that legislators are aware
of critical educational issues.
Dean Frances Kochan and the
late Dean Truman Pierce are
former UCEA presidents.
Llanes named
trustee for school of
psychology
Dr. José Llanes, department
head, has been named to the
board of trustees of Pacific
Graduate School of Psychol-
ogy. Pacific Graduate School
of Psychology is a private,
independent institution of
higher education located in
Palo Alto, Calif., that offers
undergraduate programs
in business psychology and
psychology and social action,
as well as master’s programs
in forensic psychology and
distance learning. PGSP also
offers a joint consortium
with Stanford University’s
Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences.
I n B rief
When the Southeast Philosophy of Educa-
tion Society (SEPES) met for the first time in
1948, it consisted of a handful of professors and
deans from universities and colleges in a two-
state region.
When the organization held its 61st annual
meeting in Auburn in February 2009, the
membership and the topics it discussed covered
a broad spectrum.
Representatives of 15 different colleges and
universities from 10 different states convened
at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon
Conference Center to discuss such topics as
home and charter schools, social justice, teach-
ing methods, neoliberalism and education, the
creation of culturally engaged curriculums,
qualitative research, the education of teachers
and the discussion of morality and civics in
classroom settings.
Dr. James Kaminsky, professor of social
foundations, presented a paper on age-appro-
priate sex education as part of a session en-
titled, “Rethinking How We Approach Morality
and Civics in the Classroom.’’ Kaminsky is a
past president of SEPES.
Auburn University and the Univer-
sity of Alabama-Huntsville co-spon-
sored the 2009 conference.
According to the SEPES Web site,
members seek to promote the
philosophic treatment of problems
in education, advance and improve
teaching in the philosophy of education in
postsecondary institutions, encourage promis-
ing students to enter and participate in the field
of philosophy of education, promote the clari-
fication of agreements and differences among
different philosophies of education through
discussion and cultivate fruitful relationships
between philosophy of education and other
areas of philosophy.
The organization’s membership originally
included scholars from South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Florida and Alabama. Its ranks now include
members from as far away as Illinois.

Dr. Jung Won Hur, assistant
professor in the Depart-
ment of Education Foun-
dations, Leadership and
Technology, was among
seven Auburn University
faculty members named
recipients of the Faculty Mentoring Program
Award by the Office of the Vice President for
Research in 2008.
The goal of the Faculty Mentoring Grant
Program is to provide mentorship to new
faculty, resulting in the production of an extra-
mural research proposal, published articles or
other scholarly and creative works.
Hur, whose area of expertise is educational
media, researches such topics as online teacher
professional communities, designing online
learning environments and designing technol-
ogy tools for teachers and students.
Regional educators discuss
philosophy of education
Hur receives Faculty
Mentoring Program Award
Did you know?
Higher education administration and educational
administration (P-12) represent the college’s two
most popular graduate majors. Adult education
currently ranks fourth.

Kinesiology
Fischman to become
editor-in-chief of
research journal
Dr. Mark Fischman, a Wayne
T. Smith distinguished profes-
sor, will become editor in
chief of Research Quarterly
for Exercise and Sport, the of-
ficial journal of the American
Alliance for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation and
Dance (AAHPERD) Research
Consortium, in August 2009.
Fischman will oversee the pub-
lication of a comprehensive
professional journal that fea-
tures peer-reviewed research
articles and notes on such
topics as biomechanics, epide-
miology, growth and motor
development, motor control
and learning, measurement
and evaluation, physiology,
pedagogy, psychology, history
and philosophy, sociology and
cultural anthropology.
faculty, student
honored Regionally
Two faculty members and one
graduate student were hon-
ored at the annual meeting of
the Southeast Chapter of the
American College of Sports
Medicine (SEACSM) held in
February in Birmingham, Ala.
Dr. Pete Grandjean, associate
professor of health promotion
and director of the TigerFit
program, was elected presi-
dent of the Southeast chapter.
Dr. Bruce Gladden, a Humana-
Germany-Sherman distin-
guished professor in exercise
physiology, received the
organization’s Service Award.
Lindsey Schreiber, a doc-
toral candidate in Kinesiol-
ogy, received an award in the
SE-ACSM Master’s Student
Presentation Competition.
I n B rief
For students in the College of Education’s
graduate Athletic Training Program, Saturdays
in the fall begin with intensive discussions of
dislocated knees and broken
bones over breakfast.
The certified athletic train-
ers participating in the two-
year, research-based programs
bring the X-rays and MRI
results they’ve accumulated
while working the sidelines
the night before at local high
school football games. Dr. Bob
McAlindon and Dr. Win Lyle
of East Alabama Orthopedic
and Sports Medicine bring
questions and advice for the
students to digest over breakfast.
The session, known as the “Bumps and
Bruises’’ clinic, provides more nourishment
than the biscuits and bagels.
“Going out for your first time to be a head
athletic trainer can be a little overwhelming,’’
said Dr. JoEllen Sefton, ATC program director
and an assistant professor in the Department
of Kinesiology. “But going out with this type of
support behind you, if you have an injury that
you don’t understand, there’s always somebody
to ask.’’
The year-old graduate Athletic Training
Program, which is on track to meet accredita-
tion standards, offers a mix of learning from
research and clinical settings.
Graduate students attend classes and work
on projects in an effort to earn a master’s degree
in exercise science with an athletic training
specialization, but much of their learning takes
place on the sidelines
of football stadiums or
inside gymnasiums.
The Kenny Howard
Athletic Training Fellow-
ship Program, a non-profit venture of Auburn
University, East Alabama Medical Center and
RehabWorks, enables the graduate students to
apply their skills in service of local high school
students. Students in the program, named for
former Auburn Head Athletic Trainer Kenny
Howard ’48, provide on-site care for high
school athletes at Reeltown, Beauregard, Beu-
lah, Notasulga, Loachapoka, Dadeville, Russell
County and Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee.
On Friday nights, they will mend the injuries of
everyone from tailbacks to tuba players.
“They’re professionals,’’ said Chad Abrams
’92, program director of sports outreach at
RehabWorks and clinical coordinator for
the fellowships. “They are, in a sense, totally
responsible for the sports medicine program at
the area high school we place them in.’’
The varied experiences pay off for the
students who, in addition to taping up the
ankles and treating the concussions of teen-age
athletes, also provide care at Auburn University
intramural sports events and clinical assess-
ments at the department’s TigerFit Program.
Sefton said that, between answering parents’
questions and treating athletes and cheerleaders
alike, the graduate students have contact with
8,000 to 10,000 people per year.
“Typically, their research ideas come from
what they see in the field,’’ Sefton said.
Meanwhile, local athletes are well served by
their professional care on and off it.
Graduate ATC program helps everyone
from tailbacks to tuba players
“...With this type of support behind you, if you have
an injury that you don’t understand, there’s always
somebody to ask.’’
Dr. JoEllen Sefton, ATC program director
Graduate ATC students interact with
the fellowship’s namesake, Kenny Howard (middle).

Morehouse College senior Lee Norris didn’t expect to fall in love
with Auburn when he visited campus last October as a guest of the
Department of Kinesiology.
Over the course of a trip that included lunch with Auburn Presi-
dent Jay Gogue and a tour of the Department of Kinesiology’s labs,
Norris left a changed man.
“It really impressed me,’’ said Norris, a kinesiology major at
Morehouse, a historically black college in metro Atlanta. “Auburn
wasn’t really on my list at all for graduate schools, but I can defi-
nitely say that feeling has changed.’’
Norris was among the
dozen students from
Morehouse College’s
Department of Kine-
siology, Sports Studies
and Physical Education
who visited the depart-
ment for graduate
school recruitment.
During their visit, the students observed and assisted with motor
skills assessments of preschoolers from Auburn Day Care Centers.
They saw biomechanics doctoral student Justin Shroyer recreate the
study of flip-flops that received international acclaim, met several
faculty members and learned about the department’s graduate
school offerings
in exercise sci-
ence, health pro-
motion, physical
education and
athletic training.
“We’re hop-
ing to inspire
a couple of those Morehouse students to consider kinesiology for
their master’s program,’’ said Dr. Mary Rudisill, Wayne T. Smith
distinguished professor and department head. “The No. 1 goal is
recruitment of students, but we also want to start a partnership with
Morehouse and allow students and faculty members to see what
kind of research activities go on here.’’
Rudisill said the department has made a concerted effort over
the last three years to recruit potential graduate students from
Morehouse, the nation’s only all-male, historically black institu-
tion of higher learning. Rudisill and Dr. Jared Russell, an assistant
professor in Kinesiology who received his bachelor’s degree at
Morehouse, have worked to strengthen the relationship between the
two schools.
Norris couldn’t help but be impressed by the personal touch
shown during his visit.
“It has that connectedness and that family feeling,’’ he said.
As a science teacher and the head basketball coach for Opelika
High School, John Wadsworth tries to stress to his players the
importance of being fundamentally sound in the classroom as well
as on the court.
He didn’t have to look far to find help in promoting both causes.
He enlisted the help of his wife, Dr. Danielle Wadsworth, an assis-
tant professor of health promotion in the Department of Kinesiol-
ogy, in exposing his team to the academic side of a university and to
the biomechanics of basketball.
The Bulldogs toured the Department of Kinesiology in February,
visiting Dr. Wadsworth’s sport and exercise psychology class and the
biomechanics and exercise physiology labs. They also learned about
the department’s undergraduate and graduate school offerings.
“This program hopefully helped them see the science behind
the sport,’’ said Dr. Mary Rudisill, department head. “All of them
attended Dr. Wadsworth’s class and talked about some of the tech-
niques and strategy they use. She did a great job of getting them to
interact with the college students.’’
Dr. Wendi Weimar, associate professor of biomechanics, took
video of each player performing various basketball shots and
worked with them in the lab to develop a deeper understanding of
their form.
“The kids really learned a lot from seeing themselves visually,’’
Rudisill said. “They started to analyze their technique, which was a
sign that they were getting it.’’
Kinesiology puts best foot forward with
preschoolers and prospective grad students
Opelika High School athletes
learn science behind their sport
Kinesiology
Did you know?
The doctoral programs in the Department of Kinesiology
are ranked 28th nationally by the American Association of
Kinesiology and Physical Education.

Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling/School Psychology
The slogan on the T-shirts spoke to the
sense of unease created by rising foreclosures,
failing businesses and falling stock prices.
The sentence started on the front — “The
new face of poverty’’ — was completed on the
back by the sobering conclusion that it “might
be you.’’
“There are countless
children, adolescents and
families who are economi-
cally struggling,’’ said Dr.
Jamie Carney, Commu-
nity Agency Counseling
Program coordinator.
“The events of the last few months (with the
economy) have brought home the idea that this
affects more people.’’
Those events have also trickled down into
K-12 classrooms, where more and more chil-
dren are coming from families who fall below
the federal poverty line and are harboring their
own anxieties regarding the future. Carney and
the students she advises in Iota Delta Sigma,
the Auburn chapter of international counsel-
ing honor society Chi Sigma Iota, wanted to
do their part to ensure that the next wave of
Education graduates would be equipped as
teachers and counselors to assist children and
families affected by poverty.
Their vision resulted in the debut of
“Poverty Awareness Week,’’ which brought
several guest speakers and experts to campus
in November 2008 for four days of education,
discussion and advocacy.
“Educators and counselors are not
traditionally trained to understand
poverty and understand the impli-
cations of poverty for children and
adolescents in an educational and
mental health setting,’’ said Carney,
who coordinated the week’s events
along with counselor education
graduate student Kathy Robinson.
“It’s critical that educators and
counselors understand the social,
psychological and educational im-
pact of poverty and the challenges it presents.’’
Guest speakers for the kickoff event in-
cluded State Sen. Ted Little, Dr. Cindy Reed,
director of Auburn University’s Truman Pierce
Institute, Kristina Scott from the Alabama Pov-
erty Project, Linda Tilly of Voices for Alabama’s
Children and Shakita Jones and Melissa Oliver
from Alabama Arise. The speakers addressed
poverty as it relates to public policy, the demo-
graphics and systemic causes of poverty, child
poverty in Alabama and educational responses
to poverty.
The initiative shown in organizing the
forum resulted in awards for Iota Delta Sigma
and Carney. Iota Delta Sigma received the
Outstanding Program Award from Chi Sigma
Iota. Carney received the Tom Sweeney Distin-
guished Professional Leadership Award. The
Tom Sweeney Distinguished Professional Lead-
ership Award is named for the founder of Chi
Sigma Iota and professor emeritus of counselor
education in Ohio University’s College of Edu-
cation. The award holds special significance for
Carney because she was one of his last doctoral
students at Ohio.
Poverty Awareness Week
trains future educators and counselors
State Sen. Ted Little speaks during the first session.
Governor
reappoints Martin to
State Rehab Council
Gov. Bob Riley recently reap-
pointed Dr. E. Davis Martin to
the Alabama State Rehabilita-
tion Council.
Martin, a Wayne T. Smith
distinguished professor and
department head, serves as
chair of the council’s Program
Evaluation and Consumer
Services Committee.
The council draws its 28
members from the ranks of
employers, people with disabil-
ities and parents of children
with disabilities.
McDaniel named
regional rep
Dr. Randall McDaniel, a
Wayne T. Smith distinguished
professor, has been elected
the Region IV representative
for the National Council of
Rehabilitation Education.
The NCRE is a professional or-
ganization devoted to provid-
ing quality services for persons
with disabilities through
research and education.
McDaniel will serve on the
board of the organization,
which represents reha-
bilitation educators, trainers,
researchers, doctoral students
and others in the field. It
includes more than 90 higher
education institutions and 600
individual members.
I n B rief
Did you know?
The Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling/School Psychology had the
first online program in the nation within the field of rehabilitation. Eight degree offerings are
currently available through distance education.

Dr. Randolph Pipes didn’t consider the most
meaningful component of winning the 2008
Raymond D. Fowler Award to be a plaque or
the mention in the American Psychological As-
sociation of Graduate Students magazine.
“The thing that I felt most flattered by and deep-
ly honored by was not the award itself, but the
fact that my students put the effort into nominating me,’’ said Pipes,
a professor of counseling psychology.
Students who are members of APAGS submit nominations for
the award. Pipes was nominated by several current students, as well
as graduates of the Counseling Psychology program.
Dr. Raymond D. Fowler, the award’s namesake, is a psycholo-
gist and professor emeritus at the University of Alabama. He served
as president of the American Psychological Association and as the
APA’s executive vice president and CEO.
Fowler, who built his professional reputation in the areas of per-
sonality assessment, substance abuse and criminal behavior, directed
a court-ordered prison reform program in Alabama in 1976.
Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling/School Psychology
The Alabama Rehabilitation Association honored one former
and one current College of Education faculty member at its 2008
meeting in Auburn.
The ARA established the Clarence D. Brown Diversity Award in
honor of the emeritus professor of rehabilitation counseling, who
served as graduate program officer from 1991-2003.
Dr. E. Davis Martin, head of the Department of Special Educa-
tion, Rehabilitation, Counseling/School Psychology, received the
Distinguished Service Award on behalf of the Alabama Rehabilita-
tion Counselors and Educators Association, a division of the ARA.
The award recognized Martin’s service in a number of capacities —
as vice chair of the Alabama State Rehabilitation Council and chair
of its Program Evaluation and Consumer Services Committee, chair
of the Advisory Committee for the Governor’s Office on Disability,
his development and presentation of Certified Rehabilitation Coun-
selor workshops for the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation
Services and other presentations on ethical behavior to rehabilita-
tion personnel.
Two faculty members in the Depart-
ment of Special Education, Rehabilitation,
Counseling/School Psychology were among
the Outreach Scholarship Grant Program
Award recipients announced by Auburn’s
Office of University Outreach in July 2008.
Dr. Gregory Ern, an assistant professor of
school psychology, received a grant for his proposal “Alabama
Partnership for Research and Training on Positive Academic
and Behavior Supports.”
Dr. Peggy Shippen, an assistant professor of
special education, received a grant for her
proposal “Enhancing the Educational Skills
of Alabama’s Prison Population (EESAPP).”
Both grants were approved for a preliminary
budget of $15,000.
The competitive Outreach Scholarship
Grant Program funded six proposals out of the nearly 30
applications received. Research proposals were evaluated on
their potential to increase the quality of lives and services for
individuals, organizations, counties and/or towns throughout
the state of Alabama.
Nancy Evans, office associate in the Depart-
ment of Special Education, Rehabilitation,
Counseling/School Psychology, received
the 2008 IDS Outstanding Mentor Award
from the Iota Delta Sigma Honor Society.
Iota Delta Sigma is the Auburn University
chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, an international
honor society for students, professional counselors and coun-
selor educators.
This award recognizes professionals and students who have
been mentors to and supporters of students in their develop-
ment as counselors, advocates and professionals. It has been
presented to supervisors, counselors, students and educators.
Evans was nominated by students in IDS for this award. In
their nominations, students discussed not only Evans’ ability
and desire to help students, but the manner in which she was
consistently encouraging, supportive and enthusiastic. They
noted her positive outlook and the genuinely caring manner in
which she interacts with students.
Alabama Rehabilitation Association honors Brown, Martin
Pipes receives national Raymond D. Fowler Award
Ern, Shippen receive Auburn
competitive outreach grants
Evans receives
Outstanding Mentor
Award from honor society

Learning Resources Center
Earnest receives
UCDA professional
Development
scholarship
Amanda J. Earnest, the
college’s graphic designer,
received the 2008 University
& College Designers Asso-
ciation Professional Develop-
ment Scholarship. Only four
scholarships are awarded each
year and are used to cover the
recipient’s conference registra-
tion fee.
The Professional Development
Scholarships are designated
for new members who have
never attended UCDA’s
annual design conference
and long-term members who
would also benefit from the
professional development
opportunity. Recipients were
selected by the UCDA Foun-
dation Board of Directors,
based on their professional
development benefit potential.
UCDA was founded in 1970
as the nation’s first and only
association for professionals
involved in the creation of
visual communications for
educational institutions. It in-
cludes more than 1,000 mem-
bers throughout the U.S. and
Canada. The 2008 conference
was held in Savannah, Ga., and
co-sponsored by Savannah
College of Art and Design.
Earnest, a 2005 graduate of
Morehead State University,
joined the college in 2006. As
the college’s graphic designer,
she is the creative force be-
hind the College of Educa-
tion’s award-winning Keystone
magazine, a collaborative ef-
fort with Michael Tullier, APR,
and Troy Johnson of the Office
of External Relations.
I n B rief
Asim Ali’s parameters
for what he includes on
the technology blog he
maintains have largely been
shaped by the contents of
his e-mail inbox.
Ali, an information
technology specialist for the college’s Learning
Resources Center, covers a wide range of topics
on the EduTech Blog (blog.auburn.edu/aliasim/
wordpress) he started in 2007.
It doesn’t matter if blog visitors swear by
the collective might and megabyte of Apples or
PCs. If they have a burning question regarding
technology, Ali will do his best to answer it.
“If I feel like I’m writing the same thing over
and over in an e-mail, then I’m going to write a
blog post about it,’’ Ali said.
Ali, who earned a bachelor’s in software
engineering from Auburn, has worked for the
college since 2004. He founded a university Ma-
cintosh users group in 2006 and was invited to
Apple’s annual employee conference for account
executives and system engineers in Santa Clara,
Calif., in November 2008. While there, he gave
a presentation on the college’s implementation
of multiple operating systems in its labs.
Some of the recent topics Ali has addressed
include embedding video in blog posts, upgrad-
ing anti-virus software and participating in
social networking groups. Ali said he developed
the blog to provide news and information to
College of Education faculty and staff members
who use instructional technology. The blog
became an especially helpful outlet for answer-
ing recurring faculty and staff questions about
everything from e-mail to spyware.
“Instead of rewriting the same answer every
single time, there should be a central repository
where people could go to look up the answer,’’
Ali said.
Ali said security issues, such as password
and identity protection, are a frequent subject
of questions.
“It’s a constant challenge because you have
to keep educating people — here’s how you
avoid being a victim of identity theft or phish-
ing attempts,’’ he said.
Today’s university students are nimble
enough to catch on to emerging technology.
They grew up using Wi-Fi internet, cell
phones, iPods, Facebook and MySpace. A
significant number of them arrived on campus
already well-versed in the art of blogging, tex-
ting and “tweeting.’’
In its capacity as the college’s technology
hub, the Learning Resources Center is doing
its part to ensure that students aren’t the only
ones who see potential applications for digital
tools in the classroom. LRC personnel shared
their expertise during the “iTeach: Outside the
Classroom’’ conference hosted in March 2009
by Auburn’s Office of Information Technology’s
Instructional Multimedia Group.
The conference focused on using technol-
ogy to engage students outside the classroom.
Dr. Susan Bannon, associate professor in the
Department of Educational Foundations,
Leadership and Technology and LRC direc-
tor, delivered a presentation on the fair use of
mobile technology. Information technology
specialists Asim Ali and Brian Phillip guided
workshop participants
through podcasting.
The conference was
facilitated by contribu-
tions from the College
of Education, Apple Inc.,
and Auburn University’s
Instructional Multimedia
Group, with additional
support from the College
of Liberal Arts, Distance
and Outreach Learning
Technology, and the Col-
lege of Agriculture.
EduTech Blog provides answers
to common questions
LRC helps showcase technology for
teaching outside the classroom

Truman Pierce Institute
After preparing 42 students to become more effective after-
school tutors through a pair of summer camps, the Truman Pierce
Institute took the opportunity to learn a few things from them.
Fifteen students who visited Auburn University to participate in
educational camps returned to campus in November for a Leader-
ship Skill Development event entitled “Refresh, Renew and Reflect.’’
In addition to gaining ideas in sessions on tutoring, skill
development, mentoring, leadership and continuous program
improvement, the students will have the opportunity to share
their best tutorial practices.
“The intent of it is to really have a chance to all come back
together, renew friendships, renew their skills, but then to
reflect on what worked, what didn’t and help us start planning
for next year’s summer camps,’’ said Dr. Cynthia Reed, TPI
director and a professor in the Department of Educational
Foundations, Leadership and Technology.
The students’ feedback helped shape the offerings for the
2009 summer training camps hosted by the Truman Pierce
Institute. The camps are open to rising high school students who are
interested in improving their skills in order to become more effec-
tive after-school tutors in their 21st Century Community Learning
Center and after-school programs. While the camps enable students
to build their bases of knowledge in natural science, math, art and
writing, the experience is transformative in many other ways.
“Part of the intent of the summer camps is to encourage more
young people to go into teaching,’’ Reed said. “It’s truly a life-
changing event for many of the people that come. Many of them
have never spent time on a college campus before. It’s an experience
beyond what they could have imagined. Then, to meet people from
all around the state, it’s a life-altering experience for them. They
learn things about themselves that they never realized. Because
we’re teaching them in a different area, we’re teaching them content
area knowledge as well as skills to be a tutor. The best way to learn
things sometimes is to teach someone else.’’

The November event allowed the peer tutors to interact with
Dr. Tony Thacker, an education administrator for the Alabama
State Department of Education and project administrator for the
Governor’s Commission on Quality Teaching. Thacker engaged the
students in a discussion about the difficulties of tutoring, as well as
the rewards they derive from providing such a service.
“They never cease to amaze me with the ideas they generate,’’
Reed said of the student tutors.
The Professional Educator has a fresh new look.
Now in its third year as an online journal, The Professional
Educator has an updated Web design and a growing editorial board
with more than 30 contributing editors from research institutions
across the United States.
“We are very proud of the growth of the journal, and it is largely
due to the excellent support we have from our editor, Anna Wein-
stein, and our contributing editors,” said Dr. Cindy Reed, executive
editor of The Professional Educator and director of the Truman
Pierce Institute.
Amanda Earnest and Ricky Lee Whittemore II assisted with
constructing a Web site and developing an identity mark, while Al-
tamese Stroud-Hill
provides formatting
and editing support.
All three are part of
the college’s Learn-
ing Resources Center. The Professional Educator started out as a
print publication of the Alabama Association of Teacher Educators
in the late 1970s. In its early days, the journal published articles on
education issues in Alabama. The Professional Educator has since
developed into a nationally disseminated, peer-reviewed publica-
tion with articles focused on educational partnerships. Submissions
are accepted from education scholars conducting research in the
United States, Canada and abroad.
Reed shifted the journal’s focus to educational partnerships in
2003. “Research has consistently shown that when educators collab-
orate with others, they are challenged to stretch their thinking and
practice and, in most instances, the quality of education provided is
improved,” Reed said.
For more information about The Professional Educator, or to
find out how you can submit an article for publication consider-
ation, visit the Web site at www.theprofessionaleducator.org.
— Submitted by Anna C. Weinstein
Student tutors refresh, renew and reflect
The Professional Educator updates Web presence
The
Professional
Educator
Dr. Tony Thacker engages student tutors in a discussion about best practices.

Office of the Dean
Dean Frances Kochan makes frequent visits
to Tallahassee, Fla., to visit family. But a
recent return trip reinforced her status as a
valued member of The Florida State Univer-
sity College of Education family.
During Florida State’s 34th annual home-
coming celebration on Nov. 15, Kochan
received one of the College of Education’s Distinguished Alumni
awards. Kochan, who earned a doctorate in adult education and
policy studies from the school in 1991, was selected as the col-
lege’s outstanding alumnus in higher education.
Kochan received one of two awards presented by the college
to recognize achievement in postsecondary education. The other
award recognizes excellence at the community college level.
According to the selection criteria, nominees must be current
or former holders of teaching or leadership positions with local,
state or national educational organizations, a postsecondary
educational institution or an educational policy-making or
review board. Nominees must also have published articles, book
chapters, books and/or technical reports that reflect scholarship
and research into or advancement of the profession.
Florida State’s College of Education honors graduates who
have distinguished themselves in service to their profession or
through scholarly, creative and humanitarian pursuits. Kochan
received the college’s Distinguished Educator Award in 2002.
After earning her doctorate from Florida State, Kochan
served on FSU’s College of Education faculty and as department
chair before coming to Auburn in 1994. Kochan became dean of
Auburn’s College of Education in 2005 after serving in an interim
capacity for three years. She had previously served as director of
the Truman Pierce Institute.
Troy Johnson joined the College of
Education staff as communications
editor in August 2008 after a 16-year
career as a newspaper journalist.
In addition to coordinating the
construction and release of news items
by the college’s Office of External Rela-
tions, he serves as editor of its annual magazine, the Key-
stone. Johnson develops content for the college’s Web site
and various other publications and promotional materials.
Before coming to Auburn, Johnson worked for the Co-
lumbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer for 11 years. While he most
recently served as the newspaper’s sports columnist, with
a special emphasis on Southeastern Conference athletics,
his former job enabled him to be a world traveler. Johnson’s
special assignments included the 2000 Olympics in Sydney,
Australia, and frequent trips to the Masters golf tourna-
ment, the Super Bowl and NCAA Final Four. He received
numerous national writing awards during his career, includ-
ing recognition by the Associated Press Sports Editors on
three occasions as one of the top five columnists in the
nation in the 40,000- to 100,000-circulation category. In
2006, his reporting contributed to a newsroom project that
earned McClatchy Newspapers’ President’s Award.
Johnson graduated from Troy University in 1992 with a
bachelor’s degree in print journalism and public relations.
The Auburn University College of Education again set the pace
among other colleges and schools on campus during the 2008
Faculty Staff Campaign with nearly 82 percent of faculty and staff
participating.
The college’s 81.8 percent participation rate ranked second
among Auburn’s 13 academic units.
Faculty and staff participation in the college rose by 9 percent
from 2007. Six College of Education units achieved 100 percent
employee participation: the Dean’s Office, Learning Resources
Center, Professional Education Services, Truman Pierce Institute,
Department of Kinesiology and former Department of Counselor
Education, Counseling Psychology and School Psychology.
Sixty percent of Auburn’s faculty and staff participated in the
campaign — up five percent over 2007 participation numbers. In
2007, the campus-wide faculty and staff participation rate — 55 per-
cent — placed Auburn at the top of employee participation among
Southeastern Conference schools and as one of the top schools
in the country for supportive faculty and staff. For 2008, Auburn
retained the No. 1 place in the SEC in faculty and staff giving.
In the three years of the Faculty Staff Campaign, giving by
College of Education faculty and staff has increased by nearly 148
percent. Before 2006, giving by faculty and staff outside a campaign
effort was 33 percent.
Dean Kochan receives distinguished
alumnus award from alma mater
Johnson joins college
as communications editor
Campaign participation by
faculty, staff exceeds 80 percent

Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior/Second Degree
Master’s
Education Specialist
Doctoral
Undergraduate Master’s
Specialist Doctoral
16%
23%
12%
15%
STUDENT ENROLLMENT,
collegewide by classification,
as of fall 2008
2%
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
04-05
557
613 615
603
05-06 06-07 07-08
328
13
8
25
9
368
360
339
17541
19344
19634
20748
DEGREES CONFERRED,
all levels, since 2004
02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08
EXTRAMURAL FUNDING,
since 2002
FACULTY LEVELS,
by department,
as of fall 2008
0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
$4,069,167
$3,200,000
$4,708,286
$6,739,544
$5,195,938
$4,576,726
Departments
Faculty Levels
Curriculum
and Teaching
Kinesiology
Special Education, Rehabiliation,
Full
Associate
Assistant
Instructor
7
10
5
11
10
12
5
4
12
8
5
7
10
9
1
5
STUDENT ENROLLMENT,
by department,
as of fall 2008
Departments
Student
Enrollment
Curriculum
and Teaching
Kinesiology
Special Education, Rehabiliation,
Undergradue
Graduate
1215
8
454
122
231
242
64
243
16%
16%
73%
27%
Male
Female
STUDENT ENROLLMENT,
collegewide by classification,
as of fall 2008
College Knowledge

A prescription fo
effective leadership
She grew up as a bit of a paradox, ingrained with the sense
that Southern women were sugar, spice and everything nice
but also imbued with the understanding that she could achieve
loftier goals than making a perfect pie crust. She gained that
latter perspective from her parents, from a father who vowed
his four children wouldn’t one day follow him to the steel mill
where he punched in and punched out and from a mother who
dearly valued education despite not finishing high school.
“We listened very closely to what the minister was say-
ing about women being submissive and took it literally, but
couldn’t quite live up to that entirely,’’ said Sanborn, a 1968
science education graduate and its seventh Keystone Leader-
in-Residence. “It was so ingrained in us to be the nice, quiet,
Southern lady. … You are forever fighting your culture.’’
In many respects, Sanborn learned to fight for what she
wanted because of that culture. She learned to prize education,
thanks to her father buying war bonds and saving to ensure his
four children would attend college. But that internal con-
flict Sanborn described, the pushing and shoving against the
traditional Southern ethos of womanhood, led her to carve out
what was then regarded as a most non-traditional career path,
blazing a trail from an elementary classroom to the corporate
boardroom of a pharmaceutical giant.
When Sanborn visited Auburn University’s College of
Education in January to deliver a campus lecture and meet with
student leaders, she spoke of the challenges she faced during a
25-year career with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and the values that
enabled her to meet them.
Experience as educator
worked in her favor
Sanborn, who retired from Pfizer in 2006 as senior director and
group leader of its national Sales Operations office based in the
company’s New York City headquarters, found that the first
obstacle involved misconceptions about her first career choice.
After earning a master’s degree from Purdue University in
physiology and animal science, Sanborn taught in high schools
and middle schools for nine years in Pennsylvania and Illinois.
But her service as science department chair at Washington
Junior High in Naperville, Ill., wasn’t immediately viewed as
Brenda Smith Sanborn ’68, the College of Education’s 2009 Keystone Lead-
er, grew up in the quintessential small-town Alabama family. A good bit
of her development took place inside the Baptist church across the street from
her family’s Albertville home because it always seemed to be open and be-
cause the hymns and sermons that resonated within were powerful enough to
pull her through the doorway.
2009 Keystone Leader Brenda Sanborn’s advice
to students comes with no harmful side effects
Keystone Leader

the sparkling jewel of her resume when she inter-
viewed with Pfizer for a job as a sales representa-
tive in 1981. The regional manager of the Chicago
office, after noting Sanborn’s nine years of teaching
experience, asked her if she felt as if she could
handle the demands of an 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. job.
“You’re talking about having cold water thrown
in your face,’’ said Sanborn, a member of the Col-
lege of Education’s Dean’s Circle. “It made me mad
as heck. I looked at him and said, and I’m sure
there was anger blazing from my eyes, ‘I get (to
school) around 7 or 7:30 in the morning and I also
coach. So I get out of there at 7 or 7:30 at night,
then I spend two or three hours doing paperwork,
then I get in bed around 12 o’clock, then I get up
and do it all over again the next day. Yeah, I think I
can handle an 8 to 5.’’’
She thought the fiery response had cost her
the job, but it actually clinched it for her. On that
day, she learned that a firm handshake, steady eye
contact, preparedness, intelligence and unshak-
able self-confidence were critical components
for women trying to negotiate a male-dominated
corporate culture.
“They (male co-workers) are looking for you to
stand your ground, to have an opinion and to state
it articulately,’’ said Sanborn, whose career spanned
five states and included experience as a sales rep-
resentative, assistant regional manager and district
manager. “You need to learn how to be assertive,
how to stand your ground and how to make your
points without being overly aggressive.’’
A leadership mix of
assertiveness and resolve
As the College of Education’s seventh Keystone
Leader, Sanborn joins an elite group of profession-
als in healthcare, public administration, banking,
government communications and religion who
have earned the designation. The program empha-
sizes that education — like the keystone of an arch
— serves a central, supporting role in our society.
It also reaffirms the college’s goal of developing
competent, committed and reflective professionals
who utilize education in building better futures
for all.
While Sanborn compares favorably to her
predecessors in that regard, there is one anecdote
that may separate her from some of her other ac-
complished Keystone Leader counterparts.
“My sister and I have laughed several times
over the fact that (Pfizer) sent me to assertiveness
training one time only to turn around and tell me I
was too assertive,’’ she said.
If there’s one thing Sanborn and her siblings
acquired from their parents, R.C. and Eloise
A prescription fo effective leadership continued
About the Keystone
Leader-in-Residence
program
Since its inception in 2003,
the College of Education’s
Keystone Leader-in-Residence
has introduced students to
successful leaders in education,
government, human services,
community services and health
services. Keystone Leaders
spend a day on campus visiting
students, faculty and staff and
sharing their personal and
professional experiences in
such forums as a campus-wide
lecture, classroom- and small-
group settings. The keystone
provides a fitting symbol for
the program because educa-
tion — like the keystone of
an arch — serves a central,
supporting role in society.
The Keystone Leader-in-Resi-
dence program enhances the
College of Education’s efforts
in developing competent, com-
mitted and reflective profes-
sionals who utilize education in
building better futures for all.
2008
Rev. Chette Williams ’86
author and Auburn University
football team chaplain
2007
Susan Dryden Whitson ’91
former press secretary for
First Lady Laura Bush
2006
Kathy Langois Munro ’70
principal of San Diego-based
BridgeWest LLC
2005
The Hon. Kay Ivey ’67
Alabama State Treasurer
2004
Gordon Sherman ’57
retired Social Security admin-
istrator and current principal
for Atlanta-based Lamon &
Sherman Consulting LLC
2003
Wayne T. Smith ’68
chairman, president and CEO
of Tennessee-based Commu-
nity Health Systems
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Smith, it was the ability to hold their ground
in the classroom and the workplace. The mill
worker’s children all possess spines of steel and
a zeal for leadership. Sanborn’s sister, Barbara
Calhoun, is the dean of continuing education
at Kennesaw State University near Atlanta. One
brother, Bill, was the dean of continuing education
at Mississippi State University, while the other,
Gerald, worked for NASA during its exploration
boom in such capacities as manger of the solid
rocket booster program at Marshall Space Flight
Center and as deputy director of Stennis Space
Center. They all grew up understanding the value
of integrity and the importance of preserving it.
“That’s the way they raised us,’’ Calhoun said
while spending the day on campus with her sister.
“Nothing less than our best was accept-
able. It was ingrained in us from a very
early age.’’
While meeting with student lead-
ers, Sanborn and Calhoun used the
experiences of their brother Gerald
as a way to communicate the impor-
tance of leadership in the face of adversity. In the
aftermath of the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy
on Jan. 28, 1986, when seven crew members died
after the craft broke apart 73 seconds after launch,
Gerald Smith was called upon to help NASA pick
up the pieces. Sanborn and Calhoun remember
how their brother traveled the country, visiting
parts and assembly facilities in Texas and Cali-
fornia in an attempt to make sense of what went
wrong and to resurrect the infrastructure of the
space program.
“They had to rebuild the morale of the people
who worked on that and who felt they had been
a failure,’’ Calhoun told students. “Part of your
career will be having those kinds of challenges.
There are many things you’re going to encounter
in your life that you’ll wish you hadn’t. If you
make it through, and you maintain your high
standards and your principles, you’ve elevated
yourself to another level.’’
Sanborn elevated herself
to one of the top rungs on
Pfizer’s corporate ladder by
adhering to her principles
and holding herself to a high
professional standard.
Even though Sanborn
gave up her place near the
pinnacle of Pfizer’s hierarchy
when she retired, she remains
an active businesswoman in
her new home of Greens-
boro, Ga. She sells Bolivian art as the co-owner
and vice president of Kusillo Gallery and remains
active in the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
and the Rotary Club among other organizations.
The components that shaped her growth as an
educator, sales representative, manager and group
leader remain intact because, after so many years
of fighting her culture, she learned to embrace it.
“Everything you do for the rest of your life will
be based on those core values,’’ Sanborn said. “If
you go against them, you’ll be miserable. You’ll be
in a constant battle between what’s on the inside
and what you’re doing.’’
“Don’t let some other person or some other entity tell you, ‘You can’t do
that.’ I firmly believe that whatever you set your mind to, if you push hard
enough and persevere, you can get where you want to go. It doesn’t hurt to
ask for help along the way either.”
Keystone Leader
To view Sanborn’s Keystone
Leader-in-Residence lecture, log on to:
education.auburn.edu/pubs/video.html

National Advisory Council
A Messagefrom the Chair
Hopefully by this part of the magazine, you’ve seen the wonderful activities and ac-
complishments of our students and faculty through their academic, research and
outreach pursuits. Our mission is to build better futures for all, and our people are truly putting
that motto into action!
One more group worth mentioning is using its Auburn connections to build better futures
for all. If you’re holding this magazine and reading these words, then chances are you’re among
that group — our alumni. Today, our 30,000-plus alumni are in all 50 states and more than 35
countries — all using education to improve the lives of others.
Many of you give back through distinguished teaching, health and public service careers.
Some of you enter health professions like athletic training, physical and occupational therapy,
and health promotions. Still others of you are human service leaders in special education, reha-
bilitation, and counseling and school psychology. From the boardroom to the classroom — and
from Auburn to the world — you’re putting our mission into action too.
More importantly, the alumni accomplishments highlighted here — and the many we look
forward to learning about in the future — build awareness of our college and Auburn Universi-
ty, and demonstrate to our students the potential their future education degree holds for them.
So, thanks for what you do every day to elevate education to its place as a keystone in build-
ing better futures for all.
War Eagle,
James “Jim” Manley ‘60
Chair, National Advisory Council
Want to share your
news for next year’s
Keystone? Then log onto
education.auburn.edu/
alumniupdate today!
Council nominations are sought for alumni who wish to:
• Provide alumni representation and insight in college planning and programs
• Advocate on behalf of the college through other university service and activities external to the university
• Lend professional perspectives and experiences as class lecturer, student mentor, conference volunteer,
awards evaluator, college committee member or student recruiter
• Contribute to council efforts to enhance or lead college academic programs, internal and alumni
relationship building, and fundraising activities
• Interact with alumni, contributors, students, faculty and staff through college events and council activities
• Learn more about council activities and service guidelines online at education.auburn.edu/alumni/nac
• Submit nominations to Michael Tullier, APR, by e-mail to mtullier@auburn.edu.

National Advisory council
James “Jim” Manley ’60
Council Chair
Retired banker,
SunTrust Bank
Decatur, Ga.
Dr. J. Floyd Hall ’48
Retired school
superintendent and
professor
Greenville, S.C.
Dr. Katrice Albert ’02
Vice Provost for
Equity, Diversity and
Community Outreach,
Louisiana State
University
Baton Rouge
Mixson ’63
Retired community
college academic dean
Ozark, Ala.
Dr. Ron Saunders ’70
Superintendent,
Barrow Co. Schools
Winder, Ga.
William D. “Bill”
Langley ’63
Chair,
External Relations
Business Owner,
Sidewinder Inc.
Columbus, Ga.
Susan McIntosh
Housel ’73
Retired
elementary educator
Auburn, Ala.
Donna Carpenter
Burchfield ’71
Lawyer,
King & Spalding
Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. Byron B.
Nelson Jr. ’57
Retired school
superintendent
Union Grove, Ala.
Dr. Thomas N.
Taylor ’60
Retired superintendent
Clinton, Miss.
Sharon R. Lovell
Past member, Vestavia
Hills School Board
The Hon. Victor
Gaston, Ed.D. ’80
State Representative,
Alabama House of
Representatives,
100th District
Mobile, Ala.
Kym Haas Prewitt ’86
Executive director,
Children’s Literacy
Guild of Ala.
Birmingham, Ala.
Leslie S. Woodson ’80
Trainer/technical writer,
EDS Corporation
Alabaster, Ala.
Dr. Carol Edmundson
Hutcheson ’69
Chair, Internal Relations
Retired principal
Columbus, Ga.
Dr. Nathan L.
Hodges ’74
President, Bowling Green
Technical College
Bowling Green, Ken.
Dr. Tim Alford ’68
Consultant,
workforce/economic
development
Pelham, Ala.
Col. Hollis Messer
(US Army-Ret.)’55
Agent,
ONO Realty
Orange Beach, Ala.
Dr. Shirley Kelley
Spears ’71
Director, B.B. Comer
Memorial Library
Sylacauga, Ala.
Dr. J. Carlton
Smith ’67
Chair,
Academic Affairs
Retired
superintendent
Dr. Wright L.
Lassiter Jr. ’75
Chancellor, Dallas
County Community
College District
Dallas, Texas
Dr. Cynthia
Ann Cox ’77
Special Education
Teacher,
Coronado Unified
School District
Coronado, Calif.
Dr. Harold
Patterson ’54
Retired school
superintendent
Guntersville, Ala.
Susan Dryden
Whitson ’91
Former White House
press secretary,
Office of the
First Lady
Washington, Va.
Dr. Joyce Reynolds
Ringer ’59
Chair, Development
Retired executive
director, Georgia
Advocacy Office
Auburn, Ala.
Dr. J. Terry
Jenkins ’83
Superintendent,
Auburn City Schools
Auburn, Ala.
Nancy Culpepper
Chancey ’62
Chairwoman,
CH&B Inc.
Enterprise, Ala.
Patsy Boyd Parker ’70
Education consultant
and retired
school counselor
Opelika, Ala.
Dr. W. Mabrey
Whetstone Jr. ’73
Director, Special
Education Services,
Alabama State Dept.
of Education
Titus, Ala.
Hedy White Manry ’71
Vice president, IBM
Client Value Initiative
Cornelius, N.C.
Mary Chambers
Gross ’65
Retired high
school educator
Melbourne, Fla.
Dr. Frances Skinner
Reeves ’71
Retired mental
health counselor
West Point, Ga.
Catherine Cary
Zodrow ’72
Media instructional
assistant, Ogletree
Elementary School
Auburn, Ala.
2008-2009
Council Membership
Executive
Committee

Soon after being named superintendent of the newly formed
Trussville (Ala.) City School System in 2004, Dr. Suzanne Free-
man ’88 began a whirlwind tour of the community that included
informal chats on living room sofas and backyard porches.
“We spent a lot of time having structured conversations and
some unstructured conversations with our community, our parents,
our teachers and our students,’’ said Freeman, who was selected as
Alabama’s 2009 Superintendent of the Year.
That spirit of openness, which extends to a weekly online news-
letter and a superintendent’s blog, is one of the many ingredients that
factored into Freeman being selected as one of four finalists for the
National Superintendent of the Year award presented in February by
the American Association of School Administrators. Freeman, who
earned a doctorate in early childhood education from Auburn in
1992 after receiving a master’s degree in elementary education, dis-
cussed the value of her Auburn education and the unique challenges
of her job during a recent interview.
Open-door policy
serving Freeman ’88
as superintendent
Alumni
Your tenure as superintendent has been quite eventful.
What has been the biggest challenge you’ve faced so far?
What advice would you give to current College of Education
students who aspire to careers in education administration?
You have two degrees from Auburn’s College of Education.
What do you value most about your experience at Auburn
and how did it prepare you for your job?
You seem to embrace new technology.
How has your superintendent’s blog been received?
Probably the biggest challenge is navigating change. We really
worked hard when I first came to Trussville to gather the
community’s voice. We wanted their voice in their schools.
We had this great opportunity with it becoming a new school
system to talk about hopes and dreams and expectation with
student learning. We sat on people’s back porches and around
their swimming pools and in their living rooms. I shared my
thoughts and then in turn opened it up to parents, senior
citizens, teachers, administrators.
Two things specifically stand out, and that is really going
deeper in my own learning and understanding of how children
learn and understanding depth versus surface knowledge. I
had numerous opportunities with really great people, with
professors and students, to talk about ideas. There was a
real push and feel for how we can make things better for
children in public schools. That’s where I was really exposed
to bigger, grander ideas and was really inspired to make
things better for children in public education. When I started
my master’s program, I was a beginning teacher. I had Janet
Taylor, who was one of my main professors, and Paula Short,
a major professor for me in educational leadership. I’m still
very fond of (some of the readings). The seed of continuous
improvement was planted there.
I would say, at every level of education, be a continuous
learner. There is never an end to our learning and many a
use for what you’ve learned. If you are constantly learning
and improving at your craft and going deeper in your own
understanding, you can achieve your goals. You have to be
brave too. You sometimes have to have hard conversations
about how we can make things better for students while also
looking at what doesn’t work. Always have the obligation to
do what is best for students.
It has been really positive. We realized we needed to do a
better job of explaining classroom practices and what good
learning looks like. We survey our parents a lot, twice a year
now. We want everybody to be connected and feel ownership
of their school.

A passion for students and an understanding of the educational
applications of technology represent some of the components that
resulted in Jennifer Dempsey ’91 receiving one of the 10 national “I
Love My Librarian’’ awards.
Dempsey, the library media specialist and technology coordina-
tor at Wrights Mill Road Elementary in Auburn, earned a master’s
degree in elementary education from the College of Education.
One of the factors that led to her selection for an “I Love My
Librarian’’ award was her creation of the Tech-Know Expo, which
affords Wrights Mill fifth-graders the opportunity to make pre-
sentations on technological aspects they felt they have mastered.
Dempsey, who serves as the school’s team leader for the 21st
Century Learners Project, also hosts voluntary “Tech Tuesdays.’’ On
those occasions, teachers receive guidance on how to best enhance
their classroom teaching with the help of modern technology.
The “I Love My Librarian’’ awards are administered by the New
York Times and the Carnegie Corporation in conjunction with the
American Library Association. The winners received $5,000 prizes
and were honored at a December 2008 reception in New York City.
Elementary education grad named
one of nation’s top 10 librarians
Alumni
The City of Opelika (Ala.) welcomed three College of Education
graduates as members of its “20 Under 40’’ program, an initiative
designed to develop young professionals from the community into
business and governmental leaders.
The 2009 class includes Dorsey Tippett ’06, Hillary Nowland ’02
and Vertrina Grubbs ’92.
Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller said the “20 Under 40’’ initiative,
now in the midst of its fourth class, enables members learn what
it takes to run a cohesive community and allows for an exchange
of ideas that can benefit current civic leaders. Members of the “20
Under 40’’ class will be well prepared to serve on community boards
and commissions or to eventually run for elected offices.
Tippett, a 23-year-old elementary education
graduate, teaches second grade at Jeter Primary
School and strives to enhance her students’
learning through quality instruction, parental
involvement and character development.
In addition to her involvement as a College of
Education student ambassador, she participated
in Auburn University’s Show Choir and in the Gold Key National
Honor Society.
Her community service includes serving food at a local soup
kitchen and participation in the “Friends International’’ program,
which helps international students adjust to American culture.
“Leaders lead by serving,’’ Tippett said. “Through serving our
community, I hope to be a part of developing a better place to live.’’
Nowland, 28, serves as assistant director of
donor services and annual giving for Tigers
Unlimited, the fundraising arm of Auburn
University’s athletics program. Since earning a
master’s degree in administration of higher edu-
cation/sports management from the College of
Education in 2004, Nowland has been involved
in a number of community service projects and has been honored
for her work in the athletic department.
In 2006, she received an “Above and Beyond’’ award — presented
to Auburn athletics employees who go beyond the call of duty in
their respective jobs.
She is in her second year as adviser to the Dunkin’ Darlings, the
official hostesses of Auburn basketball, and has served as computer
coordinator for the National Youth Sports Program.
Her community work has included coordination of a food drive
to benefit the Battered Women’s Shelter of East Alabama and mem-
bership on a 50-person Auburn University team that traveled to
Enterprise, Ala., to assist in clean-up efforts in the wake of devastat-
ing tornados in 2007.
Grubbs, 37, became director of Greater Peace
Child Development Center in 2003. In addi-
tion to managing day-to-day operations and
supervising 17 employees for the center, she
formulated operational guidelines and policies
and helped secure state licensing for it. Grubbs,
who graduated from the College of Education
in 1992 with a degree in audiology and speech pathology, is seeking
accreditation for the center through the national Association for the
Education of Young Children.
Grubbs secured grant funding from the Alabama Office of
School Readiness to operate a pre-K program for 4-year-olds and
secured membership as a United Way agency.
She remains heavily involved in community service, including
the ministries of Greater Peace Baptist Church and membership on
Southern Union Community College’s Child Development Advisory
Board, the Child Advocacy Center of East Alabama Board of Direc-
tors and several Opelika City Schools committees.
Three COE graduates selected for
Opelika’s ‘20 under 40’ program

Dr. Susan Andrews ’99, who earned a
doctorate in educational leadership from
the College of Education, became super-
intendent of the 33,000-student Muscogee
County (Ga.) School District in February.
The Muscogee County School Board voted
in December 2008 to offer the position to
Andrews, who had worked in the neighboring Harris County
(Ga.) school system since 1977.
She began her career as a first-grade teacher at Harris County
Elementary School in Hamilton, Ga., and has served as super-
intendent of the 5,000-student system for the last eight years.
Andrews also served as co-principal of Harris County’s Carver
Middle School, principal of Cataula Elementary School, principal
of Pine Ridge Elementary School, interim assistant superinten-
dent of Harris County Schools and assistant superintendent for
curriculum and instruction.
As the College of Education makes its pres-
ence known around the globe, one of its
graduates has endeavored to assist citizens of
developing nations through his work in the
Peace Corps.
Dr. Kyo “Paul’’ Jhin ’71, formerly director
of special initiatives for the Peace Corps,
visited the College of Education in November 2008 and delivered
a campus lecture on the benefits of international experiences
and the opportunities available in the Peace Corps. Jhin earned
a doctorate from Auburn in mathematics education. He left his
post with the Peace Corps in January 2009 after nearly eight
years of service and now lives in Malibu, Calif.
The timing of Jhin’s visit to Auburn, his second since 2006,
coincided with the college’s efforts to expand its international
presence and create additional teaching, research and service
learning opportunities for students and faculty. Jhin represents
an authoritative source on the subject of how international travel
can create more well-rounded students and educators.
In addition to having served as the director of special initia-
tives for the Peace Corps, Jhin functioned as the organization’s
official representative to the office of United Nations Secretary-
General Ban Ki-moon. He worked closely with the secretary-
general on the 500/12 Initiative, which the U.N. developed to
provide 500,000 computers to 10,000 schools and serve 33 mil-
lion students in 60 countries by 2012.
College of Education graduates can stay in touch through a
few simple clicks of a computer mouse thanks to online social
and career networking sites like Facebook.com, LinkedIn.com
and Auburn University’s own Tiger2Tiger.
The college’s Office of External Relations created online
groups in 2008 in order to alert alumni to upcoming events and
college news.
Facebook, a free social networking site
with more than 175 million users, al-
lows members to share exchange e-mail
and instant messages, as well as links, videos and an unlimited
number of photos.
LinkedIn, an online network of more than 25 million profes-
sionals representing 150 different industries, allows members to
find former colleagues, clients and busi-
ness partners. Users can also add more
connections by inviting trusted contacts to join their LinkedIn
professional networks.
Tiger2Tiger, a free online community pro-
vided by Auburn’s Office of Alumni Affairs,
is exclusively for all Auburn alumni, no mat-
ter their alumni association membership status.
Graduates can use the site to invite other Auburn alums
to their social circles or network. Find links to these groups at
education.auburn.edu/alumni.
Andrews ’99 takes charge
of Muscogee County
School District
Peace Corps official discusses
benefit of international
educational experiences
Online communities keep
COE graduates connected
Alabama State Superintendent of Education
Dr. Joe Morton ’69 has received the 2008
State Policy Maker Award from the State
Educational Technology Directors Associa-
tion in November 2008.
Morton guided the creation and implemen-
tation of a number of programs, including
the Alabama Reading Initiative, the Alabama Math, Science and
Technology Initiative, ACCESS: Alabama Connecting Class-
rooms, Educators and Students Statewide and the Alabama
Learning Exchange (ALEX), which recently received a national
“Best of the Web’’ award. Morton also facilitated the expansion
of advanced placement courses to every high school in the state
through improved educational technology.
Morton ’69 receives
State Policy Maker Award
Alumni

Inspired by a quote from American writer Richard Bach,
81-year-old Dr. Frances Skinner Reeves ’71 set out to determine her
next step in life after her husband died in November 2006. That mis-
sion brought her to the runway of the Ms. Southwest Georgia Senior
pageant in June 2008 — vying for the even-
tual crown of Ms. Georgia Senior. Recently
widowed and for the first time unattached
and without obligation to look after anyone
else, she prayerfully told the Lord she was up
for anything He had in mind for her.
“I asked the Lord to give me a year to get my
emotions in order and then I would be ready
to do anything,” she said.
However, even the retired mental health
counselor was surprised by what came next.
“I never thought this would
be it.”
“This,” referred to by Reeves,
was the Ms. Southwest
Georgia Senior Pageant. She was approached and encouraged by her
friends in the West Point (Ga.) Woman’s Club to participate in the
upcoming pageant. Reeves, who had never participated in a pageant
before, said, at the time, competing in such an event was “the fur-
thest thing from (her) mind.”
She received the “sign” she was praying for several days later
while watching the Lawrence Welk program one Saturday eve-
ning. The song “Hey there, Georgy Girl” came on. “That’s when I
knew,” Reeves said. That’s not to say Reeves was not anxious about
the endeavor though.
“I was nervous that I would not be able to physically keep up with
the pace,” she said. “I was also nervous that my mind would go
blank and I would not be able to think of anything to say in response
to my onstage question.”
On June 21, Reeves was crowned Ms. Southwest Georgia Senior
after a contest featuring five contestants who competed in five
categories: individual interview, talent, evening gown, statement of
principle and onstage question. Through her participation, which
she called “very exhilarating,” Reeves hopes to show others that age
is just a number.
“It doesn’t matter your age,” she said. “You can still be active, fun
and of use.”
Reeves applies
that same spirit
in her support
of the College
of Education — of which she is a three-time graduate. She is a
long-time member of the college’s National Advisory Council and
remains a member of the college’s Patrons of the Keystone-Dean’s
Circle — an effort she began supporting with her late husband
Charles, a 1949 AU alumnus.
Senior pageant winner and Education alum
proves you can have fun at any age
“Here is the test to find whether your mission
on earth is finished: if you’re alive, it isn’t.”
Richard Bach
Carolyn Brinson Reed ’65, an el-
ementary education graduate, received
the 2008 Pamela Wells Sheffield Award
presented by the Office of the President
and the Auburn Athletic Department.
The award, coordinated by the Office
of Alumni Affairs, recognizes women
who exemplify the grace, character and
community-minded spirit of the late Pa-
mela Wells Sheffield ’65, an elementary
education grad whose husband and children also attended Auburn.
The university established the award soon after her death in 1991.
Reed, a Birmingham, Ala., resident received the award at last
September’s Auburn-LSU football game. She displays her commit-
ment to Auburn through a number of university and community
activities, including her memberships with the Auburn University
Foundation Board and the Auburn Alumni Association. She has
been heavily involved in student recruitment, particularly at Moun-
tain Brook High School in Birmingham, and has been a significant
contributor to the Tigers Unlimited Fund.
Her philanthropy on behalf of the university includes a $1 mil-
lion real estate gift for the “It Begins at Auburn’’ campaign.
Reed ’65 receives Pamela Wells Sheffield Award
2008 Carolyn Brinson Reed ’65
2006 Sandra Bridges Newkirk,
Kinesiology
2004 Dr. Susan Sorrells
Hubbard ’87
2000 Dr. Debbie Shaw ’84,
Auburn Alumni
Association
1999 Kym Haas Prewitt ’86
1998 Dr. Jean Welsh ’85
1996 Dr. Jane Moore,
Kinesiology
1991 Pamela Wells Sheffield ’65
Pamel a Wells
Sheffield Award
A look at the previous winners with
College of Education connections:
Alumni
Carolyn Brinson Reed ’65
receives congratulations from
Auburn athletic director
Jay Jacobs.

1956
Dorcas “Dot” Saunders
[B, English language arts
education; M, general
education ’61; EdS, general
education ’70] was honored
by the Saunders and Eilert
families through the Col-
lege of Education’s Honor
Roll.
1958
Paul Susce [B, physical
education] was among
the six former Auburn
University athletes and
coaches inducted into the
Tiger Trail of Auburn in
2008. Susce, who played
baseball at Auburn from
1953 to 1956, never went
a season with fewer than
53 strikeouts, and threw a
college career best of 70 in
1955. He holds Auburn’s
single-season ERA record
with a mark of 0.99 set in
1954 — the same season he
went 7-1 on the mound. An
All-SEC selection in 1954,
he went on to play for the
Pittsburg Pirates and Cleve-
land Indians. He and other
inductees are honored with
an engraved granite plaque
placed in Downtown Au-
burn sidewalks.
1963
Kenneth Henson [B,
general science education]
received the Franklin Sil-
verman Lifetime Achieve-
ment Award from the Text
and Academic Authors
Association. Henson, who
holds an education doctor-
ate from the University of
Alabama, is a Fulbright
Scholar, National Science
Foundation Scholar and
founding dean of The
Citadel’s School of Educa-
tion, where he is now a
full-time professor. During
his seven-plus years at The
Citadel, he has published
dozens of national and
international publications,
and his books now number
in the 40s.
Eric Carr Smith Jr.
[B, speech and theatre
education] is a managing
partner of NETA Consult-
ing in Tallahassee, Fla.
The company provides
management consultation,
executive search services,
organizational audits and
other operational assistance
services.
1965
Carolyn Brinson Reed
[B, elementary education]
received the 2008 Pamela
Wells Sheffield Award pre-
sented by the Office of the
President and the Auburn
Athletic Department (see
page 57).
Fannie Clark Taylor [M,
general education] was me-
morialized by Jim ’62 and
Sharon ’64 Lovell through
Honor Roll. She passed
away in 2004.
1968
Brenda Smith Sanborn
[B, general science educa-
tion] joined the College of
Education’s Patrons of the
Keystone/Dean’s Circle (see
page 54).
Wayne T. Smith [general
education: B ’68; M ’69]
was selected to serve on
the Auburn University
Foundation board of direc-
tors. Smith is chairman,
president and chief execu-
tive officer of Community
Health Systems in Franklin,
Tenn (see page 60).
Lynda Vowell Tremaine
[B, elementary educa-
tion] serves as principal of
Wrights Mill Elementary
School (Auburn, Ala.),
which was one of five
schools in Alabama —
and nearly 300 nation-
ally —named as a 2008 No
Child Left Behind-Blue
Ribbon Schools. The
program honors public
and private K-12 schools
that are either academically
superior or demonstrate
great gains in student
achievement.
1969
Nancy Pritchett Hood
[B, music education] has
been serving as music
coordinator for the Lake
Magdalene United Method-
ist Church Early Learning
Center in Tampa, Fla., since
helping to initiate the posi-
tion in 1984.
Kathleen Bush Logan
[B, art education] of Mari-
etta (Ga.) City Schools is
among the 9,600 teachers
nationwide who achieved
National Board Certifica-
tion in 2008.
Joseph B. Morton [B,
general social science
education] was awarded
the 2008 State Policy
Maker’s Award by the State
Educational Technology
Directors Association and
2009 Outstanding Alumnus
Award (see pages 56, 58).
1970
Susan Lewis Hinds [B,
health, physical education
and recreation] retired
from Auburn University
after 30 years of service
to Auburn University
Libraries. At the time of
her retirement, Hinds was
library’s head of circulation,
reserve and security.
Ron Saunders [B, social
science education], the
superintendent of Barrow
County Schools in Winder,
Ga., was honored as the
College of Education’s
Outstanding Alumnus in
2008. He was also named
Legend
B: bachelor’s
(B.S./BMED)
M: master’s
(M.S./M.Ed.)
D: doctorate
(Ph.D./Ed.D.)
to a come-and-go
Dean's Luncheon
Friday, May 15
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Ballroom A
The Hotel at
Auburn University
For more information or to make reservations,
contact Michael Tullier, APR at
eduinfo@auburn.edu or 334.844.1324.
Dean Frances Kochan invites
1958 and 1959 Education grads
and their guest
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the 2008 Georgia super-
intendent of the year (see
page 69).
1971
Nancy Young Fortner [B,
human exercise science; M,
education ’73], was selected
as president of the Auburn
Alumni Association. Fort-
ner, a retired Huntsville,
Ala., educator, will serve
a two-year term ending in
2010 (see article on this
page).
Deborah Barnes Harwell
[B, vocational and adult
education] retired in 2005
from the Indian River
County School District
in Vero Beach, Fla., as
assistant principal for cur-
riculum and instruction at
Vero Beach High School.
She now resides in Dadev-
ille, Ala., and is a guidance
counselor at Opelika (Ala.)
High School.
Frances Skinner Reeves
[counselor education: M
’71; EdS ’73; D ’77] was
crowned Ms. Southwest
Georgia Senior during the
area’s July 2008 pageant.
Reeves is a long-time mem-
ber of the college’s National
Advisory Council and
Patrons of the Keystone/
Dean’s Circle (see page 57).
1974
Patricia Smith Sanders
education] retired in May
2008 after teaching for
33 years at schools that
included South Girard
High School (Phenix City,
Ala.), Alexandria (La.)
Senior High School and
Alexandria (La.) Country
Day School. Most recently,
and for more than half her
career, she taught at Tioga
(La.) High School. In ad-
dition to teaching English
and French, her other
school duties included
serving as cheerleader, stu-
dent council and yearbook
sponsor. Friends, family
and former students hon-
ored her upon her retire-
ment with membership in
Honor Roll.
1975
Mike Jones [B, general
social science educa-
tion], now retired, earned
national board certification
and was the 1993 Alabama
state teacher of the year
during his career.
1976
Donna Carter Morrison
[B, music education] of
Birmingham (Ala.) City
Schools is among the 9,600
teachers nationwide who
achieved National Board
Certification in 2008.
1977
Julie Winchester Hosier
recently completed a
doctorate in elementary
education at the University
of Alabama and is teach-
ing fourth-grade with the
Decatur (Ala.) City Schools
system.
Pattie Neill [B, mental
retardation] has returned
to Alabama as a professor
at Samford University after
a 30-year career in the Ten-
nessee educational system,
which included positions as
a teacher, principal, central
office supervisor and school
superintendent. She is now
an assistant professor of
teacher education in the
university’s Orlean Bullard
Beeson School of Education
and Professional Studies.
Lindsay Osteen Sanders
[B, general education] of
the Greenville County
(S.C.) Schools District is
tion in 2008.
1978
Beverly Jo Davis [B,
mental retardation; M,
learning disabilities ’80] is a
teacher at Silverdale Baptist
Academy in Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Betsy Noll Logan [B, art
education], art teacher at
Auburn (Ala.) Junior High
School, was awarded the
2008 Art Educator of the
Year by the Alabama Art
Education Association. The
state award is presented
to the outstanding AAEA
member for service and
contributions to art educa-
tion that merit recognition
and acclaim. Logan has
been an art teacher for
Auburn City Schools for 14
years. She was previously
recognized as the 1996
National Middle Level Art
Educator of the Year and
1995 Alabama Middle Level
Art Educator of the Year.
Edwin D. Smith [music
education: B ’78; M ’80]
was named by Georgia Gov.
Sunny Perdue to the state’s
Professional Standards
Committee in January
2009. Smith, who also
holds a doctorate from the
University of West Georgia,
is superintendent of Troup
County (Ga.) Schools.
Susan Suchacek-Ottavi-
ano Kelly [M, counselor
education] is an RN-intake
Alumni Spotlight
’71 alum brings spirit to Auburn
Alumni Association presidency
As a fourth-generation Auburn graduate,
Nancy Young Fortner ’71 felt
the powerful gravitation pull of The Plains at
an early age and the sense of family the univer-
sity inspires.
After 38 years spent as a teacher, guidance
counselor and administrator for Huntsville
(Ala.) City Schools, Fortner will do her part to ensure Auburn gradu-
ates remain true to their school. Fortner began a two-year term as
president of the Auburn Alumni Association in November 2008.
Fortner earned a bachelor’s degree in history and political science
education and followed it up with a master’s degree in counselor educa-
tion in 1973. She was named one of the Outstanding Woman Graduates
at Auburn’s Centennial Celebration in 1992.
In her capacity as alumni association president, Fortner’s priorities
include increasing the association’s scholarship endowment for life mem-
bers’ children, augmenting the Auburn University Office of Enrollment
Services’ student recruitment efforts and using Web-based approaches to
connect with alumni residing internationally. Fortner follows Ralph Jordan
Jr., son of the late Auburn football coach Ralph “Shug’’ Jordan, as president
of the association.
While Fortner retired from Huntsville City Schools in July 2008, she
remains an active educator. She serves as an adjunct professor at Alabama
A&M and as a trainer and consultant for schools and community agencies in
the areas of team building, mentoring, leadership development, facilitation
skills, counseling, workplace wellness and emotional crisis management.
Alumni Notes

coordinator for VNA West-
ern Pennsylvania.
Marie McCann Zaminer
[B, speech pathology
education] is a speech-
language pathologist with
the Woonsocket (R.I.)
Education Department.
1979
Myra Gooden Austin [B,
home economics educa-
tion] is an educational
media specialist at Williams
Avenue Elementary School
in Fort Payne, Ala.
Susan Russell Elemore
’79 [B, elementary educa-
tion] was named the 2009
teacher of the year by Lee
County (Ala.) Schools’
Smiths Station Elementary
School, where she teaches
second grade. A national
board certified teacher, she
was later selected as the
district-wide elementary
teacher of the year.
1980
Gayle Morgan Hol-
laday [B, health, physical
education and recreation],
a sixth-grade math teacher
at Opelika (Ala.) Middle
School, was honored as the
November 2008 Alfa state-
wide Teacher of the Month.
She is a district leader and
presenter for TEAM-Math,
a program of the Auburn
University College of
Education.
Kay Johnson Whaley
education] of Eufaula (Ala.)
High School is among the
9,600 teachers nationwide
who achieved National
Board Certification in 2008.
1981
Lisa Jordan Mars [B,
elementary education] is
now teaching in the U.S.
Virgin Islands.
Ed McDaniel [B, recre-
ation administration] is
now the recreation director
of the City of Daleville
(Ala.). He spent the 22
years after leaving Auburn
working for the City of
Dothan, and then worked
in another line of work
before his recent return to
public service.
Julia Robison [B,
rehabilitation and special
education] is vice president
of human resources for
CheckFree Corporation in
Norcross, Ga.
1982
Denise Dark [B, elemen-
tary education; M, early
childhood education ’85],
a first-grade teacher from
Jeter Primary School in
Opelika, Ala., was among
the “Sweet 16” finalists for
Alabama’s 2008 Teacher
of the Year title. She was
selected to be in the top 16
from among 143 teachers
who submitted applications
for the award.
Linda C. Young [D,
vocational and adult educa-
tion] chairs the Dothan
(Ala.) Area Chamber of
Commerce. She is president
of George C. Wallace Com-
munity College in Dothan,
and is a 2000 graduate of
Leadership Alabama.
1983
Teresa David Hill [B,
recreation management]
works in instructional sup-
port for Hoover (Ala.) City
Schools.
1985
Yvetta Lynch Abercrom-
bie [B, elementary educa-
tion] is a second-grade
teacher at West Point (Ga.)
Elementary School.
Linda Moss Caldwell [B,
elementary education] is a
teacher with the Tallapoosa
County (Ala.) Schools
system.
J. Arthur Northrop [B,
distributive education] of
Strom Thurmond High
School (Edgefield County
School District) in John-
ston, S.C., is among the
Kelley Butler Rouze [B,
mathematics education] is a
teacher with the Montgom-
ery (Ala.) Public Schools
system.
1986
Cassandra Smith But-
terworth [B, behavior dis-
turbances] is a teacher with
Cleburne County Schools
in Ranburne, Ala.
Laura Sellers Hughes
[B, office administration/
business education] is now
teaching business education
in the Career Tech Depart-
ment at Lee High School
Wayne T. Smith ’68, who has
presided over the steady growth of the
Tennessee-based Community Health Systems
as its chairman, president and CEO, will offer
a guiding hand in Auburn University’s future
financial development.
Smith was elected to serve a three-year term on
the Auburn University Foundation’s Board of Directors.
The Auburn University Foundation is a support organization that
works on behalf of Auburn and Auburn University Montgomery to
generate charitable contributions. The board of directors, which con-
sists of no more than 22 voting members, manages the affairs, property
and business of the AU Foundation.
Smith has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to careful
planning and management since joining Community Health Systems
in 1997. Since Smith’s arrival in 1997, the company’s net revenue has
jumped from $742 million to more than $10.8 billion in 2008 — an
industry-leading 28 percent improvement. The company owns, operates
or leases more than 120 general acute care hospitals in 29 states.
Smith has been named by readers of Modern Healthcare Magazine as
one of the “100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare’’ for six consecutive
years. He was ranked No. 36 in the magazine’s 2008 poll, coming in behind
such public figures as President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, Sen. John McCain and billionaire Bill Gates.
Smith earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in general educa-
tion from the College of Education and was its inaugural Keystone Leader-in-
Residence in 2003. Two distinguished professorships and an endowed under-
graduate scholarship are credited to Smith through contributions made on his
behalf by the Humana Corporation, where he worked for 23 years as president
and chief operating officer.
Alumni Spotlight
Smith ’68 named to
AU Foundation Board

in Montgomery, Ala. Previ-
ously, her career included
20 years with The United
Methodist Church and a
brief career in sales.
Cameron J. Martindale
[D, vocational and adult
education] was named se-
nior vice president of com-
munity development for the
Montgomery (Ala.) Area
Chamber of Commerce in
2008. She had previously
served Troy University in a
variety of capacities, which
most recently was senior
vice chancellor for advance-
ment and external relations,
and included the institu-
tion’s third president of Troy
State University Montgom-
ery and the system’s vice
chancellor for advancement.
In her new position, Mar-
tindale leads many of the
chamber’s new initiatives
under its “Imagine a Greater
Montgomery” economic
development strategy.
Warren Weeks [B, exercise
science] completed a doc-
torate in curriculum, leader-
ship and technology from
Valdosta State University
in August 2008. He is the
assistant superintendent of
Calhoun (Ga.) City Schools.
While at Auburn, Weeks
donned the Aubie mascot
outfit from 1985 to 1986.
1987
Dana Washburn Daniel
was named the 2009 teacher
of the year at Morris Avenue
Intermediate School in Ope-
lika, Ala., where she teaches
fifth grade.
Janet Elizabeth Powers
began teaching at Northside
Elementary School in Ope-
lika, Ala., in August 2008.
Don Sinyard [exercise
science: B ’87; M ’88], a
physical therapist in the
rehabilitation department of
Haywood Regional Medi-
cal Center in Clyde, N.C.,
was named its March 2008
employee of the month.
Sinyard has worked as a
physical therapist at HRMC
for more than 15 years.
1988
Jo Ann Hill Burkhalter
[B, speech pathology educa-
tion] of Atlanta, Ga., was
promoted in 2008 to vice
president of sales for Trans-
first, one of the nation’s
top 15 payment processing
companies. Prior to that,
she was with John Harland
as a senior sales representa-
tive for six years.
Susan Bell Castleberry
[B, elementary education;
M, early childhood educa-
tion ’91] of Vestavia Hills
(Ala.) City Schools is among
the 9,600 teachers nation-
wide who achieved National
Gina Moore Eagerton [B,
speech language educa-
tion] is a speech language
pathologist employed by the
Montgomery (Ala.) Board
of Education.
Suzanne Freeman [M,
elementary education; D,
early childhood educa-
tion ’92] was selected as
Alabama’s 2009 Superin-
tendent of the Year and was
one of four finalists for the
National Superintendent of
the Year award presented by
the American Association
of School Administrators.
Freeman, the superinten-
dent of Trussville (Ala.) city
schools, was the first finalist
from Alabama (see page 54).
James Albert “Jim” Lovell
[B, health and physical
education; M, human
exercise science ’92] is
an athletic trainer for the
Atlanta Braves professional
baseball team.
Elizabeth Lundy [M, Eng-
lish language arts education]
became a media specialist
at Cary Woods Elementary
School in Auburn, Ala., in
August 2008.
1989
Glenn Copeland [B,
mathematics education]
was named 2009 teacher
of the year by Lee County
(Ala.) School’s Beauregard
High School, where he
currently teaches algebra
and geometry. He has been
at Beauregard High School
since 1998, and also during
that time has coached var-
sity football, cross country
and track and field.
Kristi Boutwell Pair
education] is a community
education coordinator for
Albertville (Ala.) City
Schools.
1990
Mary K. Forbus [B,
elementary education] of
Talladega County (Ala.)
Beth Anne Loudon King
[B, elementary education;
M, learning disabilities
’92] became a collaborative
teacher for 10th grade in
the Jacksonville (Ala.) City
Schools system in August
2008.
Tracey Baynes Oprandy
began teaching second
grade at Richland Road El-
ementary School in Auburn,
Ala., in August 2008.
Lisa P. Thorington [B,
early childhood education]
of Huntsville (Ala.) City
1991
Kellie O. Armstrong [B,
foreign language/English
language arts education]
of Mobile County (Ala.)
James Aulner [general
social science education: B
’91; M ’97] became assistant
principal at Horseshoe Bend
School (Tallapoosa County
Schools), a kindergarten
through 12th grade school
in New Site, Ala., in July
2008.
Nancy S. Crutchfield
[early childhood education:
B ’91; M ’93] was named
2009 teacher of the year
at Ogletree Elementary
School in Auburn, Ala.,
and Auburn City Schools’
system-wide elementary
teacher of the year.
Jennifer Lankford
Dempsey [M, elementary
education], a library media
specialist and technology
coordinator at Wrights
Mill Elementary School in
Auburn, Ala., was among 10
recipients — and the only
one from Alabama — to re-
ceive the Carnegie Corpora-
tion of New York/New York
Times “I Love My Librarian”
Award. The award is given
to librarians nationally for
their service to communi-
ties, schools and campuses.
More than 3,200 library
users nationwide nominated
a librarian. The award made
in conjunction with the
Alabama Library Associa-
tion (see page 55).
Harvey Glance [B, human
exercise science] served as
sprint and hurdles coach
for Team USA during the
2008 Beijing Olympics. The
former “fastest man in the
world” has been one of the
most recognized coaches in
track and field. Currently,
the head men’s track and
field coach at the University
of Alabama for 11 seasons,
Glance is slated to also
serve as head coach for
the U.S. at the 2009 World
Championships in Berlin.
He is the recipient of the
most prominent award of
all — the Congressional
Gold Medal of Freedom, the
nation’s highest and most
distinguished civilian award
presented for both singular
acts of exceptional service
and for lifetime achieve-
ment (see page 14).
1992
Terry Williams [B, math-
ematics education] com-
pleted his residency training
in obstetrics and gynecology
at the Chattanooga Unit of
the University of Tennessee’s
College of Medicine. In July
2008 he started as a clinical
instructor in the college.
1993
Stacy Lanier Danley Jr.
[B, adult education; MEd.
administration of higher
education ’96] became
athletic director at Tuskegee
University in April 2008.
Danley played football at
Auburn from 1987-1990
and was previously associate
athletics director at Auburn.
He oversees the university’s
12 intercollegiate athletics
programs.
M. Grant Garner [physical
education: B ’93; M ’95] is
director of basketball opera-
tions for the University of
Tulsa’s women’s basketball
team. He works with former
Auburn basketball player
and now-coach Charlene
Thomas-Swinson ’92.
Legend
B: bachelor’s
(B.S./BMED)
M: master’s
(M.S./M.Ed.)
D: doctorate
(Ph.D./Ed.D.)
Alumni notes

Cristen Pratt Herring
[elementary education
B ’93; M ’94] served as
principal for Auburn (Ala.)
Early Education Center dur-
ing the 2008-2009 school
year. She has worked in the
Auburn City Schools system
for 15 years in positions that
include principal of Ogle-
tree Elementary School and
the system-wide director of
elementary education. She
will return to her central
office position at the end of
the academic year.
Robert Karcher [M, com-
munity agency counseling;
D, educational psychol-
ogy ’08] was promoted in
October 2008 to assistant
dean of engineering student
services in Auburn Univer-
sity’s Samuel Ginn College
of Engineering. Karcher
served as the college’s direc-
tor of engineering student
services for 10 years prior to
his promotion.
Amelia “Amy” McNider
Van Allen [B, elementary
education] of Huntsville
Deborah Irene Rodgers
[D, early childhood educa-
tion] has been associate
dean for student services at
the University of Oklahoma
since January 2005. She is a
former assistant production
manager of the Journal of
Search in Childhood Educa-
tion and was the director of
the University of Northern
Illinois Day Care Center for
four and a half years.
Jason Yohn [B, social sci-
ence education; D, admin-
istration of elementary and
secondary education ’07]
has been the principal of
Smiths Station (Ala.) High
School since May 2007. He
was previously the principal
of Dadeville (Ala.) High
School for three years.
1994
Melanie Hoffman Bass [B,
was named the 2009 teacher
of the year at Southview
Primary School in Opelika,
Ala.
Pamela Pitman Brown
is pursuing a doctorate at
Miami University in Oxford,
Ohio.
Debbie Sue Donaho [B,
elementary education; M,
early childhood education
’96] of the Broward County
(Fla.) School District is
National Board Certification
in 2008.
Katie Pattillo Fisher
[higher education adminis-
tration: M ’94; D ’98] is an
educational consultant and
adjunct faculty member in
the Lenoir-Rhyne College
School of Education in
Hickory, North Carolina.
Phillip Johnson [B, Eng-
lish education] is now the
superintendent of schools
for Lanett (Ala.) City
Schools.
Audrey Peters Marshall
[business education: B
’94; M ’99] was named
2009 teacher of the year at
Auburn (Ala.) High School,
and 2009 system-wide sec-
ondary teacher of the year
by Auburn City Schools.
Debra Smith Teague [B,
is currently self employed
with Mary Kay Cosmetics
and has been a consultant
for eight years. Previously,
she taught from 1994-2008
in Auburn, Ala.; Burke
County, N.C.; Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Co., N.C.; and
Prince William County, Va.
1995
Alan “Keith” Fender
[M, health occupations
education] was named 2009
County (Ala.) Schools’ Beu-
lah High School, where he
teaches healthcare sciences.
Matt Kendrick [B, general
social science education]
(Ala.) Schools’ Wacoochee
Junior High School, where
he teaches eighth-grade
world history.
Dee Anna Williams Peck
[B, early childhood educa-
tion] is the district technol-
ogy teacher for Jacksonville
(Ala.) City Schools and
teaches in the technology
departments at both Kitty
Stone Elementary School
and Jacksonville High
School.
Roderick Durand Perry
[B, health promotion; M,
education ’88] is senior as-
sociate athletics director and
director of administration
for Wright State University
in Dayton, Ohio.
Adam Sheppard [B, exer-
cise science] began working
as a physical therapist after
completing a master’s in
physical therapy at the
Medical College of Georgia
in 1999. Now working as
a physical therapist with
Careerstaff Unlimited in
Fresno, Calif., Sheppard was
honored with the company’s
National Customer Service
Recognition Award.
1996
Elizabeth Barbery Dunn
[M, elementary educa-
tion] of Hoover (Ala.) City
Legend
B: bachelor’s
(B.S./BMED)
M: master’s
(M.S./M.Ed.)
D: doctorate
(Ph.D./Ed.D.)
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Alumni notes

Melinda Burkhart Tra-
wick [B, elementary educa-
tion] a fifth-grade teacher
at Copper Mill Elementary
School of the Zachary (La.)
Community School District
is among the 9,600 teachers
tion in 2008.
1997
Jeremy Fischer [D, edu-
cational psychology] is the
director of public and insti-
tutional banking for RBC
Bank in Hickory, N.C.
Jerlando F.L. Jackson
[M, administration of
higher education] has been
selected by the Association
for the Study of Higher
Education (ASHE) as the
editor for its ASHE Reader
Series, beginning in No-
vember 2009. The associate
professor of higher and
postsecondary education at
the University of Wiscon-
sin-Madison will serve a
five-year term as editor of
the association’s popular
compendium series.
Lee Ann Jung [special
education: M ’97; D ’01]
was recently promoted to
associate professor with
tenure at the University
of Kentucky. She joined
UK’s Special Education
faculty in 2002. Jung is a
leading expert on family
service planning for young
children with disabilities
or developmental delays
and has conducted the
largest study of the quality
of service plans for this
population to date. She is a
frequent national speaker
to early childhood special
education programs and
systems. Her publica-
tions in Young Exceptional
Children are among the
most cited in the journal
and are used by numerous
programs nationally.
Jack “Tre” Munger III
education] teaches at
Liberty Park Middle School
in the Vestavia Hills (Ala.)
Schools system.
Farrell Seymore [B, sec-
ondary schools education;
M, elementary adminis-
tration ’01] was named
the 2009 Central Region
Principal of the Year by
the Alabama Community
Education Association.
Seymore, the principal at
Opelika Middle School, was
selected on the basis of his
dedication to community
education and his support
of the 21st Century Com-
munity Learning Center
activities at Opelika Middle
School.
Jamie Michael Shelton
tion; M, special education
’88] was named 2009
teacher of the year by Au-
burn (Ala.) Early Education
Center, where she teaches
kindergarten in the Orange
Pod.
1998
Evelyn Taylor Baldwin
[M, elementary education]
(Ala.) Schools’ Smiths Sta-
tion Intermediate, where
she teaches fourth grade.
Sandra Eloise Bodiford
tion] was named the direc-
tor of the Troy-Pike Center
for Technology, located in
Troy, Ala., in August 2008.
She is currently pursu-
ing a doctorate in K-12
educational administration
in Auburn’s College of
Education.
Pepper Hilleke Dellinger
[rehabilitation and special
education: B ’98; M ’00] is a
special education teacher at
Sanford Middle School in
Opelika, Ala.
Alumni Spotlight
Moran ’74 proves education grads
don’t always follow same track
Benjamin Roger Moran
’74 proves that there are careers
for education majors outside of the
classroom. After working as a middle
school math teacher for 22 years, he
left the school system for a full-time
job in the corporate world.
Moran works for Amtrak in Washing-
ton, D.C., as a statistical fuel manage-
ment analyst. He started his corporate career as part-time statistical analyst with
U.S. Airways before moving into a management position. He transferred compa-
nies in 2007 when U.S. Airways moved its corporate headquarters to Phoenix.
Moran believes that Auburn’s rigorous education program prepared him for
both teaching and the corporate world. While conducting an analysis training
session for Amtrak, a senior director commented that Moran must have learned
something from all of those education classes he took. Moran credits his success to
Auburn’s math and education professors for “knowing their subject matter and train-
ing students for the working world.”
Moran suggests that current students work hard and enjoy their time at Auburn.
He advises graduating seniors to use all available resources, such as alumni and univer-
sity placement, to get their foot in the door. He encourages students to “seek a job that
you like because it will feel less like a job and more of a fun place.”
Moran earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary school mathematics from Auburn
and a master’s in education from Auburn University Montgomery in 1980. He is an active
member in the Metro Washington, D.C., Auburn Club.
Roger Moran ’74 with Dean Frances Kochan and
department head Nancy Barry at the “Auburn on the
Hill’’ social with D.C.-based alumni and interns

Laura Elizabeth Hall [B,
of Jefferson County (Ala.)
John Scott Hethcox [M.,
of Autauga County (Ala.)
Karen Stechman Hickok
[M, music education] was
named Opelika (Ala.) City
Schools’ 2009 elementary
teacher of the year, and
2009 teacher of the year
at Northside Intermediate
School, where she teaches
music.
Shelly McKee Munger
[M, special education]
teaches at Liberty Park
Middle School in the Vesta-
via Hills (Ala.) Schools.
Jamie Vann Pruett [B,
teaches eight grade science
and physical education
and coaches varsity boys
and girls basketball at Ider
(Ala.) School.
Shannon Elaine Pruett
tion] teaches second grade
at Ider (Ala.) School.
Orletta Jackson Rush
is assistant principal for
Clay Elementary School in
Clay, Ala.
Jennifer Sand Spencer
[elementary education:
B ’98; M ’08] is a teacher
at Montgomery (Ala.)
Academy.
1999
Susan D. Andrews [D, ad-
ministration of elementary
and secondary education]
was selected in December
2008 as superintendent of
the 33,000-student Musco-
gee County Schools district,
which is based in Colum-
bus, Ga. (see Page 56).
Michael Blankenship
[M, marketing education]
teaches at Walker High
School in Jasper, Ala.
George Blanks [D., higher
education administra-
tion] has been appointed
executive director of the
Boosting Engineering,
Science and Technology
(BEST) Robotics program
by the BEST board of direc-
tors. The program, which
began in Texas in 1982 and
will now be headquartered
at Auburn University, is a
nonprofit, volunteer-based
organization whose mission
is to inspire middle and
high school students to
pursue careers in engineer-
ing, science and technology
through participation in
a sports-like, science- and
engineering-based robotics
competition. Blanks will
retain his current campus
duties as director of K-12
engineering outreach in
the Samuel Ginn College of
Engineering.
Sara Elisabeth Boone
[elementary education: B
’99; M ’04] was named 2009
County (Ala.) Schools’ San-
ford Middle School, where
she teaches eight-grade
algebra and pre-algebra.
Amanda Jean Farris [B,
health promotion] of the
St. Tammany Parish (La.)
School Board is among the
Christopher Haon [B,
elementary education] is
a teacher and head coach
in the Cobb County [Ga.,]
School District.
Jill Hughey Harper [B,
began teaching kinder-
garten in the Jacksonville
(Ala.) City School system
in August 2008.
William “Van” Muse
Jr. [D, administration of
higher education] is direc-
tor of MBA programs for
California State University,
Fullerton. In this role, he
oversees marketing and re-
cruitment for the MBA and
other master’s programs,
as well as operations for all
MBA programs.
Lisbeth Daniell Pierce
[M, reading education]
currently teaches 11th
and 12th grade reading at
Auburn High School while
pursuing a doctorate in
reading education in Au-
burn’s College of Education.
Kelly Cooper Smith [B,
elementary education] of
Oak Mountain Intermedi-
ate School Shelby County
(Ala.) Schools is among the
2000
Charles “Chuck” Cooper
[physical education: B ’00;
M ’04] was named 2009
teacher of the year by Cary
Woods Elementary School
in Auburn, Ala., where he
teaches physical educa-
tion to first through fifth
graders.
Melissa Jeffcoat Evans
[B, mild learning and
behavior disorders] is a
teacher with Dothan (Ala.)
City Schools.
Deanna Faith Marshall
[music education: B ’00; M
’04] began teaching middle
school band at Drake
Middle School in Auburn,
Alumni Spotlight
Burrows ’03 gets to the heart
of helping youth with disabilities
Brian Burrows ’03 knows how to
captivate an audience as a public speaker.
After completing a presentation at the 2007
Alabama Transition Conference hosted by
the Auburn Transition Leadership Institute,
Burrows turned to his fellow presenter, Tris-
ston Wright, produced an engagement ring
and proposed marriage.
The moment symbolized the sort of self-determination the
happily married couple advocates when touching the lives of youth
and young adults with disabilities. Burrows serves as a peer advo-
cate for Independent Living Resources of Greater Birmingham, an
organization whose mission is to empower people with disabilities
to fully participate in their communities.
“The most rewarding aspect is just that, impacting someone’s
life in a positive way,’’ said Burrows, who earned a master’s degree
in rehabilitation counseling at Auburn after completing at bachelor’s
degree in special education at the University of Alabama in 1995.
“The greatest reward is to see somebody succeed in his or her own
life. I try to give them a way to help themselves.’’
Burrows’ current agency provides advocacy, peer support,
information, referral services and independent living skills training
to people with disabilities of all ages. Burrows said peer support is
essential in helping young adults with disabilities face challenges and
realize ambitions.
Alumni Notes

Meredith Morrow Mc-
Clanahan [B, elementary
education] of Muscle Shoals
Valerie Stephens Whitt
is a fifth-grade teacher and
assistant principal at Saint
Rose Academy in Birming-
ham, Ala.
2001
Robert “Ward” Miller
[B, music education] was
named the University of
South Alabama’s first-ever
band director in July 2008.
He was previously an
instructor and director of
the wood wind ensemble
for the Southeast Iowa
Concert Band. In addition
to his band-direction duties,
Miller also teaches march-
ing band techniques for
music education majors and
oversees the basketball pep
band. The creation of the
institutions’ band program
is in concert with its new
NCAA-sanctioned football
program. The band and
football team will debut in
fall 2009.
Kimberly Lewis Wat-
son [B, general science
education], a seventh-grade
teacher at Homewood (Ala.)
Middle School, is among the
2002
Chip Arrington [B, health
promotion; M, physical
education ’08] is a teacher
and coach with the Eufaula
(Ala.) City Schools system.
Jonathan Matthew Finch
[B, general social science
education; M, administra-
tion of elementary and
secondary education ’07]
was named 2009 teacher of
the year at Auburn (Ala.)
Junior High School.
Elizabeth C. Flatt [B,
early childhood education],
a kindergarten teacher at
Euharlee (Ga.) Elemen-
tary School, was named the
school’s 2008 teacher of the
year.
Callie Merrill [elementary
education: B ’02; M ’04] was
named 2009 teacher of the
year at Yarbrough Elemen-
tary School in Auburn, Ala.
James “Jim Bob” Striplin
[B, physical education] was
named head coach of the
New Brockton (Ala.) High
School Gamecocks football
team in April 2008. He
was previously a defensive
coordinator at Wadley
(Ala.) High School, where
he worked for six years.
He served as quarterback
at Auburn University from
1997 to 1999.
James “Jay”Williams [B,
was named 2009 teacher of
the year at Drake Middle
School in Auburn, Ala.
2003
April Threatt Brock
general social science edu-
cation: B ’03; M ’08] teaches
in the Opelika (Ala.) City
Schools system.
Greg Crager [B, general
is a teacher in the Baldwin
County (Ala.) Schools
system.
James Riley Edwards
is a teacher and coach in
the Dekalb County (Ga.)
Schools system.
Jennifer Edwards [M,
school psychometry] earned
her doctorate in school
psychology from Auburn’s
College of Education in
August 2008. She is now a
school psychologist with
the Muscogee County (Ga.)
School District. She previ-
ously earned a bachelor’s in
psychology [2000] and Ed.S.
in school psychology [2003]
while at Auburn.
Russell Hathcock [B, in-
strumental music education;
M, music education ’08]
is a band director with the
Clay County (Ala.) Schools
system.
Candice Howard-Shaugh-
nessy [D, exercise science]
was recently promoted and
tenured as an associate pro-
fessor in Troy University’s
Department of Kinesiology
and Health Promotion. In
addition to also serving as
the department’s interim
chair, she was also selected
as a chancellor’s fellow, a
program that simulates the
ACE Fellowship Program.
Jessica Ann Jordan [B,
elementary education]
teaches eighth grade in the
Muscogee County (Ga.)
Schools system.
Lorie Johnson [B, early
childhood education; M,
reading education ’08] is
a Title I reading teacher at
Richland Road Elementary
School in Auburn, Ala.
Jennifer McClellan
Moon [collaborative teach-
er special education: B ’03;
M ’07] is a teacher in Shelby
County (Ala.) Schools.
Chuck Riddle [B, elemen-
tary education] is a state
conservation officer with
the Alabama Division of
Wildlife and Freshwater
Fisheries.
2004
Regina Lynn Bentley [D,
adult education] was named
associate dean of academic
affairs for Texas A&M
Health Sciences Center’s
College of Nursing in Au-
gust 2008. Also a registered
nurse, Bentley was previ-
ously an associate professor
in Auburn’s College of
Nursing.
Daniel Michael Boatman
[B, mathematics education]
began teaching at Opelika
(Ala.) High School in Au-
gust 2008.
Willieneil French [M,
school counseling] is a
school counselor in the Ful-
ton County (Ga.) Schools
system.
Amanda Kirkland
LeCompte [M, elementary
education] began teaching
science at Drake Middle
August 2008.
FLaura Smith Solomon
tion] is a science teacher
at Columbus (Ga.) High
School College Preparatory
Magnet school.
Melissa Ensley Sul-
livan [D, early childhood
education] is an assistant
professor of early childhood
education in Columbus
State University’s College of
Education, Department of
Teacher Education.
2005
FAmanda Owens Bain [B,
of the year at Wrights Mill
Elementary School in Au-
burn, Ala.
FBlair Bledsoe Bennett
[B, exercise science] is a
marketing project coordina-
tor with Kowa Pharma-
ceuticals America, Inc., in
Montgomery, Ala.
FSarah Miller Brown
[B, collaborative teacher
special education] has been
teaching at Mountain View
Elementary School in Cobb
County (Ga.) Schools since
2007, after completing her
master’s in early childhood
special education at Georgia
State University in 2006. At
Georgia State, she received
the Outstanding Master’s
Student Award.
FCendy Burbic [B, elemen-
tary education] completed
a master’s in elementary
education at the University
of Montevallo in 2008. She
is a second-grade teacher
with Shelby County (Ala.)
Schools’ Oak Mountain El-
ementary. She was awarded
the Shelby County First Year
Teacher of the Year award.
FKemberli Holmes [B,
mathematics education] is
a junior Web applications
programmer for Blue Cross
Blue Shield in Birmingham,
Ala. Previously, she worked
as a math teacher, as well as
for Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity working with talented
youth at camps held at both
Princeton and Stanford
universities.
FHolly McIndoe [B, busi-
ness education] is manager
Legend
B: bachelor’s
(B.S./BMED)
M: master’s
(M.S./M.Ed.)
D: doctorate
(Ph.D./Ed.D.)
Since the college created
the Student Ambassador
program in 2003, 110
students have served the
college as ambassadors.
The program now allows
undergraduate and graduate
students to interact with faculty,
current and prospective students,
alumni and donors. Learn where
many of them are now by keeping an
eye out for the F, starting with our
2004 alumni notes!
Alumni Notes

of the Nashville Chamber
Public Benefit Foundation
in Nashville, Tenn.
Mary Rebecca Bracken
Etheridge [B, early child-
hood education] teaches
second grade at Jeter
Primary School in Opelika,
Ala.
FPenny Helms [B, exercise
science] graduated from
the University of Alabama
Birmingham with a doctor
of physical therapy degree
in December 2008. She
is a physical therapist at
Children’s Hospital in
Birmingham.
Maurice Smith [B, adult
education] was selected as
team captain for the Jamai-
can Olympic team during
the 2008 Beijing Olympic
Games (see page 12).
Nell Fleming Womack
is a sixth-grade teacher
at Christ Methodist Day
School in Memphis, Tenn.
2006
FWilliam Blake Busbin
[general social science edu-
cation: B ’06; M ’07] teaches
12th grade American
government and advanced
placement U.S. government
and politics at Auburn
(Ala.) High School (see
page 34).
FEmily “Anne” Joseph
Busbin [B, early child-
hood education; M, school
counseling ’08] began serv-
ing as school counselor at
Richland Road Elementary
August 2008.
Andrew Garrett [B,
exercise science; M, exer-
cise physiology ’08] is an
exercise physiologist with
Cardiovascular Medicine
P.C. in Marietta, Ga.
Stacy Lide [B, early
childhood education] is
the artistic director for
Variations dance studio in
Auburn, Ala.
Amy Pendleton Stockton
[rehabilitation services: B
’06; M ’08] is a rehabilita-
tion counselor in Florida’s
Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation, Area 2, in
Jacksonville, Fla.
Lavaris Thomas [B,
business education] began
teaching at Opelika (Ala.)
Middle School in August
2008.
Suzanne Tew-Washburn
[D, rehabilitation services]
is the coordinator of the
Rehabilitation Counseling
Graduate Program at Troy
University’s Phenix City
(Ala.) campus.
2007
FCharles “Oliver”
Aaron [M, administration
of higher education] is the
director of orientation and
an admissions adviser with
Troy University.
FKira Ledbetter Aaron
education] teaches English
at Elba (Ala.) High School
while pursuing a master’s
at Troy University. She
remains active with Alpha
Gamma Delta through its
Troy Chapter.
Patricia Lynette Adams
’07; M ’08] began teaching
at Morris Avenue Elemen-
tary School in Opelika,
FAshley McCullough
Brock [B, general science
education] is a science
teacher at John Essex High
School in Linden, Ala.
Emily Coker [early child-
hood special education: B
’07; M ’08] is a preschool
special education teacher
with Fulton County (Ga.)
Schools.
Holly Currie [B, exercise
science] is now assistant
softball coach at Auburn
University Montgomery.
She is coaching with Head
Coach Christina Steiner
Wilcoxson ’99 [B, physical
education].
Katherine Elizabeth
“Katie” Davis [B, general
science education] began
teaching science at Drake
Middle School in Auburn,
Terra Dixon [business
education: B ’07; M ’08] is
a teacher with the Mobile
County (Ala.) Public
School System.
Dawn Gamble [early child-
hood special education: B
’07; M ’08] is a K-6 special
education teacher for Wil-
cox County (Ala.) Schools.
After years as a music education major and a
member of almost every Music Department band
on campus — including the Auburn University
Marching Band — David Clark ’96
eventually marched his way to Amazon.com. After
earning an MBA in logistics and transportation at
the University of Tennessee in 1999, he joined up
with Amazon and has been with the company ever since.
Now the director of opera-
tions and engineering, Clark
is responsible for the design
and operation of Amazon’s Midwest fulfillment centers and oversees a
workforce of several thousand Amazon employees. The Seattle-based
Clark credits his experience on The Plains as the foundation of his profes-
sional success.
“What I do every day ties back to Auburn, my music education and my
leadership role there,” the musc education alum said. “Teaching has easily
transferred to my career at Amazon because much of what I do involves
training and leading others.”
“My earliest experience with logistics involved helping [retired director
of bands] Dr. Johnny Vinson and [current director of bands] Dr. Rick Good
move people, equipment and instruments all around the country” he added.
Clark’s work at Amazon.com also includes international components, when
shortly after joining the company he led the start up of its first Japanese fulfill-
ment center, from zero to fully operational within six months.
More recently, Clark directed the Amazon Customer Excellence System
(“ACES”) – Amazon’s global Lean and Six Sigma program. The ACES team also
develops training programs designed to help teams improve their processes while
reducing waste which allowed Clark to leverage his education training.
“Too many people think education degrees only equip you to teach,” Clark
said. “My experience proves that it can provide a platform to do much more.”
Learn more about Clark at education.auburn.edu/alumni/spotlights.
Alumni Spotlight
Clark ’96 helping Amazon.com
hit right notes

Kathleen Nicole Gard
[M, collaborative teacher
special education] began
teaching special education
at Ogletree Elementary
August 2008.
Hailey Porter Fant [B,
is a first-grade teacher
with Shelby County (Ala.)
Schools.
FLaura Haywood Harris
is teaching first grade at
Parkway Elementary School
in Tupelo, Miss.
Amy McElroy Henderson
[B, music education] began
teaching music at Auburn
(Ala.) Early Education
Center in August 2008.
Joshua Lackey [B, general
began teaching at Opelika
(Ala.) Middle School in
August 2008.
FByrne Sanders [early
childhood special educa-
tion: B ’07; M ’08] teaches
three and four year olds
in Creek View Elementary
School’s (Maylene, Ala.)
ECLIPSE program.
FBrittany Wright Von
Kanel [B, elementary
education] lives in Harvest,
Ala., and teaches kindergar-
ten at Covenant Classical
School.
FClarissa Tyon Williams
[elementary education; B
second grade at Ogletree El-
ementary School in Auburn,
Ashley Roberts Wood
fourth grade at Richland
Road Elementary in Au-
burn, Ala., in August 2008.
2008
Erin Aholt [D, counseling
psychology] is a postdoctor-
al fellow in clinical psychol-
ogy at Emory University.
Rebecca Brower [M,
education] is pursuing a
doctoral degree at Florida
State University.
Tamikia Newman Brown
[M, early childhood special
education] is a special
education teacher and
department chair at Troup
County High School in
LaGrange, Ga.
Nicholas Derzis [M,
rehabilitation counseling]
is pursuing a doctorate in
rehabilitation in Auburn’s
College of Education.
Caitlin Fuller [M, special
education] is a special edu-
cation teacher with Opelika
(Ala.) City Schools.
Christopher George
[B, general social science
world history at Auburn
(Ala.) Junior High School in
August 2008.
FLora Haghighi [B,
teaches fourth grade at Val-
ley Intermediate School in
Pelham, Ala.
Adriane Harden [B, el-
ementary education] began
teaching second grade at
Wrights Mill Road Elemen-
tary School in Auburn, Ala.,
in August 2008.
Christie Leigh Hill [B,
exercise science] is now pur-
suing a master’s degree in
exercise science in Auburn’s
College of Education.
Zoe Hobby [M, vocal music
education] is an adjunct
music faculty member at
Abraham Baldwin Agricul-
tural College in Tifton, Ga.
She was commissioned by
Houston County Elemen-
tary School chorus to write
a choral piece that debuted
at the Georgia Music Educa-
tors Association convention
in January 2009.
Elise Presley Johnson
[D, counselor educa-
tion] is a counselor in the
Walton County (Ga.) School
System.
Amanda Kelley [EdS, ele-
mentary education] teaches
sixth grade at Opelika (Ala.)
Middle School.
Ashley Long [B, general
science education] began
teaching at Opelika (Ala.)
Middle School in August
2008.
FMartha Manley [B, gen-
eral science education] will
begin teaching eighth-grade
science at Liberty Park
Middle School (Vestavia
Hills, Ala.) in August 2009.
Bindu Mathews [M, col-
laborative teacher special
at the Opelika (Ala.) Learn-
ing Center in August 2008.
FMark McGhee [B,
business and marketing
education] is a teacher with
the Elmore County (Ala.)
School System.
Geana Watson Mitchell
[D, career and technical
education] is an assistant
professor at Alabama A&M
University in Normal, Ala.
Colby Caroline Nich-
olson [B, elementary
fourth grade at Wrights Mill
Road Elementary School
in Auburn, Ala., in August
2008.
Kevin Penn [B, physical
education] is a combat
systems officer with the U.S.
Air Force and stationed at
Randolph Air Force Base
in Texas.
Margaret “Maggie”
Johnson Saye [B, elemen-
tary education] began
Alumni Notes
Potential discounts:
Annual dues:
$148.50
$45.00
Potential 1 month
savings:
$103.50
Legend
B: bachelor’s
(B.S./BMED)
M: master’s
(M.S./M.Ed.)
D: doctorate
(Ph.D./Ed.D.)

teaching third grade at Dean
Road Elementary School
in Auburn, Ala., in August
2008.
Ken Scott [D, higher
education administration] is
a senior instructor of com-
puter information systems
at Trenholm State Technical
College in Montgomery,
Ala. He received the 2008
Southeastern Association
for Community College
Research Outstanding Paper
Award and was a nomi-
nee for the 2008 Alabama
Community College System
(ACCS) Chancellor’s Aca-
demic Faculty of the Year
award.
Brett Self [B, business and
marketing education] is
pursuing a master’s degree
in adult education in Au-
burn’s College of Education
while serving as a graduate
assistant coach with Au-
burn’s women’s basketball
team.
Michael Sinnott [M, Eng-
lish language arts education]
began teaching English at
Auburn (Ala.) High School
in August 2008.
Mary Alice Smeal [D,
is an assistant professor at
Alabama State University in
Montgomery.
Jennifer Teel [B, exercise
science] is currently with
The Orthopedic Clinic in
Opelika, Ala.
Emily Young [B, elemen-
tary education] is a sixth-
grade teacher with Talladega
County (Ala.) Schools.
IN MEMORIAM
Theresa Rushton Robert-
son [B, elementary educa-
tion, 1964] passed away
October 2008. She and her
husband, Richard ’64, long
supported the college. Rob-
ertson recently concluded
two terms of service on the
college’s National Advisory
Council.
During his
tenure as Ala-
bama’s superinten-
dent of education,
Dr. Joseph Morton
’69 has served as
the driving force
behind a number of
programs designed
to better prepare
students for the
challenges and opportunities presented by emerging
technological tools.
Morton has guided the creation and imple-
mentation of such measures as the Alabama Math,
Science and Technology Initiative, the Alabama
Reading Initiative, ACCESS: Alabama Connecting
Classrooms, the Alabama Learning
Exchange (ALEX), which received
a national “Best of the Web’’ award,
and the Alabama Supercomputer Au-
thority, which facilitates connectivity
at the K-20 levels. Morton has also
facilitated the expansion of advanced
placement courses to every high
school in the state through improved
educational technology. Alabama
currently leads the nation in the
number of students taking advanced
placement exams.
As a result of his commitment to improving
the scholastic achievement of and building better
futures for Alabama’s children, Morton was named
the College of Education’s outstanding alumnus for
2009. Morton was honored at the college’s 28th An-
nual Awards and Recognition Ceremony in April.
Morton, who earned a bachelor’s degree in sec-
ondary education from Auburn before completing
his master’s degree and doctorate at the University
of Alabama, became the state superintendent of
education in 2004.
Before his appointment by the Alabama State
Board of Education, he served for eight years as
deputy state superintendent of education. During
his tenure as state superintendent, Alabama has
made significant gains in reading and math assess-
ment scores and has been recognized as a national
leader in training future teachers and principals. In
an effort to combat high childhood obesity rates,
the Alabama Department of Education has also
implemented initiatives to improve student nutri-
tion and exercise.
Morton, a former superintendent for Sylacauga
City Schools and Sumter County Schools, has re-
ceived national acclaim for his work in the last year.
In November 2008, the State Educational Tech-
nology Directors Association (SETDA) honored
Morton with its State Policy Maker Award. SETDA
represents state directors for educational technol-
ogy and focuses on using technology to improve
student achievement.
“The use of technology, combined with effec-
tive teaching, is what is necessary to keep students
competitive with their counterparts and prepared
for life after high school,’’ Morton said.
Morton has been named as the of the top 100
school executives in North America by The Execu-
tive Educator magazine. He was also a member of
the inaugural classes of Leadership Sylacauga and
Leadership Alabama.
College’s 2009 outstanding alumnus
shapes state educational policy
Alumni
Did you know?
Each year, the college
recognizes a graduate
who has made outstanding
contributions to the
profession or the college
during the year.
See the faces of our past
award recipients online
at education.auburn.edu/
alumni/alumniaward

Dr. Ron Saunders ’70,
known as the 2008
Georgia’s superintendent
of the year and a “tech-
savvy” K-12 administrator,
added the title of College
of Education outstanding
alumnus to his extensive
list of accolades in 2008.
Saunders, who earned
a bachelor’s degree in
social science education,
has held many positions
during his career in education. Currently superintendent of Barrow
County Schools in Winder, Ga., since 1998, he has been a teacher,
assistant principal, principal and staff development director. Before
coming to Barrow County Schools, Saunders served as superinten-
dent of Huntsville City Schools for seven years.
Barrow County Schools has greatly benefitted from Saunders’
guidance and vision.
Under his leadership, the school system has dramatically in-
creased its teacher-retention rate, reduced the student dropout per-
centage and increased the professional learning opportunities for
teachers. In May 2007, the school system received an “exemplary”
rating from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. All
of this has come amid a demographic transformation by the county.
Once a bucolic, rural community, Barrow County consistently
ranks among the top five fastest-growing counties in Georgia and
among the top 25 fastest-growing counties in the nation. During
Saunders’ tenure, the school system has grown from 11 schools with
7,400 students to 16 schools with more than 12,000 students.
Saunders’ work has hardly
gone unnoticed. He was se-
lected by the Georgia School
Superintendents Association
as its 2008 Georgia Super-
intendent of the Year. Saun-
ders was nominated for the
award by the nine-member
Barrow County Board of
Education on the basis of
teacher and student learning, teacher recruitment and retention and
partnership development. During his time has superintendent, the
teacher turnover rate has dropped from 25 percent to 6 percent and
the average SAT score has improved by 42 percent.
Saunders was also named one of the nation’s top 10 most “tech-
savvy” K-12 executives in 2008 by eSchool News for his outstand-
ing ed-tech leadership and vision. One of the initiatives he has
supported, the Internet2 project, enables Barrow County schools to
connect with research universities to expand learning opportunities
for students and teachers.
Saunders has also been active within Auburn University’s Col-
lege of Education. He has served on the college’s National Advisory
Council since 2002,
and he and his wife,
Kathy are members of
the Dean’s Circle.
In 1994, with his
mother and siblings,
he helped establish the
Ronald Saunders En-
dowed Scholarship, which honors the memory of his father, a 1947
College of Education graduate and a 1985 recipient of the college’s
Outstanding Alumnus Award.
Tech-savvy superintendent honored as
college’s outstanding alumnus for 2008
AlumniAlumni
2007 Dr. J. Phillip Raley ’71
2006 Dr. J. Terry Jenkins ’83
2005 Hedy White Manry ’71
2004 Gordon M. Sherman ’57
2003 Dr. Joyce Reynolds Ringer ’59
2002 Dr. Shirley Kelley Spears ’71
2001 Dr. Betty McClendon DeMent ’71
2000 Dr. Wayne Teague ’50
1999 Dr. J. Floyd Hall ’48
1998 Alice “Ruthie” Bolton ’90
1997 Dr. Earl “Buddy” Weaver ’62
1996 Kay E. Ivey ’67
1995 Wayne T. Smith ’68
1994 Dr. John M. Goff ’72
1993 no recipient
1992 Reita Ethel Clanton ’74
1991 Dr. Marilyn Clark Beck ’66
1990 Jeanne Swanner Robertson ’67
1989 Dr. John H. “Pete” Mosley ’58
1988 Dr. Gerald S. Leischuck ’64
1987 Dr. Ann M. Neely ’77
1986 no recipient
1985 Dr. Robert L. Saunders ’47
1984 Dr. Merle Royston Friesen ’76
1983 Dr. Wayne Teague ’50
Outstanding Alumni:
A look at the previous recipients:

Development
Located on the second floor of Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coli-
seum, the Department of Kinesiology’s Thermal and Infrared Labs
represent places where sport and science converge on a daily basis.
There are treadmills and cycle ergometers, a heat chamber and
shimmering silver capes that enable wearers to block heat absorp-
tion. In these labs, researchers can use an infrared imaging system
to take non-invasive skin temperature measurements and study
such wide-ranging topics as oxygen consumption and physiological
responses to exercise.
It’s a treasure trove of discovery, and the results of the research
conducted within can make a difference in everything from pan-
demic prevention to sportswear performance.
It’s no wonder companies like Gatorade, Dupont, Russell, Under
Armour, Nike, L.L. Bean and the Southern Company, as well as the
U.S. Navy, take note of the Department of Kinesiology’s findings.
Gatorade did its part to aid the department’s cause in 2008 by
presenting it with a $57,000 gift that enabled the purchase of new
equipment and broadened the lab experiences of graduate students.
“We have a wonderful working relationship with [Gatorade],’’
said Dr. Mary Rudisill, head of the Department of Kinesiology and a
Wayne T. Smith distinguished professor.
It’s a relationship fueled by a shared interest in human perfor-
mance as well as personal connections.
Dr. JohnEric Smith ’00, who earned his doctorate from Auburn
in exercise science in 2008 after completing bachelor’s and mas-
ter’s degrees in the same field at the university, now works for the
Gatorade Sports Science Institute as a senior scientist. He worked
under Dr. David Pascoe, Humana-Germany-Sherman distinguished
professor and head of the Thermal Lab, while
completing his doctorate.
Plus, one of Pascoe’s colleagues from the doc-
toral program at Ball State University works for
Gatorade as well.
“We have some pretty strong connections,’’
Pascoe said.
They also possess strong reputations for research.
Gatorade and its Sports Science Institute study ways to help ath-
letes improve performance through proper nutrition and hydration.
The company’s $57,000 gift to Auburn has helped provide research
opportunities for Department of Kinesiology graduate students, as
well as some from the College of Sciences and Mathematics who
have sought lab experience in the Thermal Lab.
Pascoe said it’s not uncommon for major corporations to be
keenly interested in what’s cooking inside the Thermal Lab. Over the
course of a few years, it has developed research on a number of top-
ics relevant to sports drink and apparel companies — the carbohy-
drate content of sports drinks, the efficiency of running in the heat
and the performance of athletic clothing.
“The lab has become very well known for some of the infrared
and hydration studies we’ve done so we have these opportunities
where companies want to interact with us through grants and gifts,’’
Pascoe said.
As a child of the Great Depression, Alma Holladay ’41 under-
stood that the value of a college education transcended the money
spent on tuition fees. The opportunity to earn a degree came as
the result of sacrifices made by her parents during the most trying
economic circumstances.
She didn’t enroll at Auburn University immediately after gradu-
ating from high school because her parents couldn’t afford the $50 a
year tuition fee at the time, but they scraped, saved and prepared for
a day when they could.
“Mother and Daddy decided if we had to do without everything,
we’d do it,’’ Holladay said in an interview for the 2004 Keystone. “I
was going to Auburn.’’
Holladay, who passed away in January 2009 at 93, made the most
of her time on The Plains.
The Chambers County, Ala., native earned three degrees from
the College of Education, including bachelor’s degrees in mathemat-
ics education and home economics education and a master’s degree
in 1964. After teaching in Gadsden, Ala., for two years, Holladay
found her career calling as a home demonstration agent for the
Alabama Cooperative Extension Service. The job entailed helping
Alabamians develop successful households, whether it involved
developing and adhering to a budget or learning how to sew. She
worked all over the state, making stops in Conecuh, Baldwin and
Russell counties before retiring in 1971.
Even in retirement, Holladay continually demonstrated her
capacity for helping others. She was a dedicated supporter of the
College of Education and other Auburn University academic depart-
ments and programs. In addition to being recognized by the College
of Education’s 1915 Society as a Pillar of Dedication for contribu-
tions in excess of $500,000, including an estate gift, Holladay’s
generosity extended to the College of Liberal Arts, the College of
Architecture, Design and Construction and the Jule Collins Smith
Museum of Fine Art.
Gatorade gift helps quench thirst for research resources
Holladay ‘41 enriched lives as extension agent

Development
The late Dr. Arthur Coss and his wife, Ruth, believed in the
transformative power of education.
The two of them were able to ignite the flame of curiosity in
an incalculable number of students through the passion of their
teaching and the depth of their caring. They believed in shaping
lives and serving others.
Arthur Fulton Coss, who passed away in 2002 at the age of
83, accomplished both as head of the Auburn University’s Col-
lege of Education former Department of Elementary Education
for 20 years. Ruth Jarvis Coss, who passed in 2007 at 86, did the
same while volunteering with the Lee County Literacy Coalition
and in local schools.
Arthur and Ruth Coss’ generosity will continue to make a
difference in the lives of students. Through a planned gift to the
Auburn University Foundation, the couple funded a permanent
endowment that will provide graduate awards for students in the
College of Education. The Coss estate provided for more than
$286,000 in scholarship money.
Dr. Kenneth Cadenhead ’64, a former faculty member in the
college’s Department of Curriculum and Teaching who retired in
1992, served as executor of the Coss estate.
The Arthur and Ruth Coss Graduate Scholarship Fund will
support select students who are pursuing either a master’s degree
or doctorate in elementary education. According to the graduate
award guidelines, recipients must demonstrate “a commitment
to teaching, learning and student success,’’ as well as “leadership
ability and a concern for the welfare of children.’’
The first Arthur and Ruth Coss Scholar will be selected dur-
ing the 2009-10 academic year.
Arthur Coss, a native of Paw Paw, Ill., came to Auburn Uni-
versity in 1962 after teaching at the University of Mississippi. He
earned his bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University,
his master’s degree from Northwestern and his doctorate from
Indiana University. He held teaching and administrative posi-
tions in Illinois and Indiana public schools before transitioning
into both roles in higher education.
A combat infantryman during World War II, Coss earned the
Bronze Star, awarded to soldiers for acts of bravery and meritori-
ous service.
Ruth Coss, a native of Rhinelander, Wisc., earned a bach-
elor’s degree in elementary education and music from Wisconsin
State College and a master’s degree from Indiana University. She
taught in public schools in Wisconsin and Illinois, as well as in
Caracas, Venezuela, and Frankfurt, Germany.
Coss estate provides permanent endowment
for graduate scholarship
Endowed Schol arships:
The College of Education’s offered an
abundance of scholarship opportunities
in the 2008-09 academic year, including
32 endowed awards for undergraduate students
and 11 endowed awards for graduate students. The
list will grow to include 10 more undergraduate
awards and six more graduate awards. The
scholarships awarded in August 2008 included:
undergraduate
Hester Wear Atchison
Martin Luther
and Exa Beck
Dr. Ralph Carroll
and Willie Mae Boles
Marsha Lynn
Burns Burney
Grant and Nancy
Davis Scholarship
for Education
Lillian Cross Davis
Betty McLendon DeMent
John R. Dyas Jr.
Mildred Cheshire Fraley
Margaret Graves Frazier
Dr. J. Floyd Hall
Humana Foundation
in honor of Wayne T.
Smith
Sam Long Hutchison
Richard C. Kunkel
James W. and
Elaine B. Lester
R. Wayne McElrath
Endowed Scholarship in
Agriscience Education
R.W. Montgomery
Kathryn Flurry and
Harrell Ray Morgan
Mary Elizabeth
Morgan Memorial
JoAnn Granberry
Murrell
B.B. and Frances Nelson
Annie Laura Newell
Sandra Bridges Newkirk
Lucy B. Pittman
Charles M. Jr. and
Robert L. Saunders
Cynthia Marvin
Coleman Scott
Presidential
Scholarships
Angelo and Joy Love
Tomasso in honor
of Anna H. and
James P. Love
Early H. “Buddy’’
Weaver
Ronald J. Weaver
Yvonne Williams
Theodore Franklin
and Winnifred Phillips
Yancey
graduate
Barbara Booth
Baird Endowment
Wendy Baker
Memorial Endowment
Elizabeth Williams
Brazelton Fund
for Excellence
Continuous
Improvement Graduate
Assistantship
Dr. Floreine H. Hudson
Endowed Scholarship
Mixson Endowment
for Administration of
Higher Education
James R. and Frances R.
Molnar Endowment
JoAnn Granberry
Murrell Endowment
Dr. Dennis J. Sabo
Memorial Fellowship
Paul W. Scheid
Memorial Graduate
Student Award
G. Dennis Wilson
Endowed Graduate
Award

To bring focus and honor to those who utilize education in building better
futures for all, the College of Education is currently planning a May 1,
2010, event and presentation of its inaugural “Inspiration Awards.’’ The awards,
as well as the entire gathering of educators, will bring visibility and honor to
teachers, not to mention all those who use education as a means of bettering the
lives of others.
“This event will stress the nobility of education while highlighting the work
of teachers, and those we often overlook as ‘educators’: youth leaders, religious
leaders, professional mentors,” said Education Dean Frances Kochan. “There are
many inside and outside the classroom who demonstrate how education truly is
a supporting keystone in our society.”
The awards event will give credit to educators in several ways. An Inspira-
tion Award will be presented to individuals of distinction — one within the
state of Alabama and one at the national or international level — who have ad-
vanced education through their professional, philanthropic or volunteer efforts.
“It is about teachers, but it is also about all people who educate,’’ said
National Advisory Council member Kym Haas Prewitt ’86, who is leading the
event’s planning committee.
Finally, the broadest way
through which the college
will honor educators is
among the event’s atten-
dance. The college looks
forward to this event
becoming the largest
gathering of educators in
Alabama.
Prewitt said the event will
recognize individuals who
are “bright, shining lights,’’
beacons of hope in class-
rooms and communities as
a whole.
School administrators, business leaders, civic organizations and other com-
munity and professional groups will be invited to honor educators by invit-
ing those who make a difference in their areas. Educators can be “sponsored”
through the purchase of individual tickets or entire tables. Proceeds will ulti-
mately shape future student success since they will support university, school
and community improvement partnerships.
“This is about partnership for the good of all because that is what education
is all about,’’ Prewitt said.
The luncheon event is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. in Birmingham, Ala., at
the Cahaba Grand Convention Center. The center is easily accessible from I-459
and U.S. Hwy. 280.
2010 Inspiration Awards
to shine light on
outstanding educators
Development
May 1, 2010
Cahaba Grand
Convention Center
Birmingham, Ala.
11 a.m. awards luncheon with
ticketed Patrons Reception
immediately following
Individual tickets, tables
and sponsorships available
Frequent updates and
event contacts are online at
education.auburn.edu/giving/inspire
Honoring Educators and
Those Who Support Them
“This event will stress the nobility
of education while highlighting
the work of teachers, and those
we often overlook as ‘educators’:
youth leaders, religious leaders,
professional mentors. There
are many inside and outside the
classroom who demonstrate how
education truly is a supporting
keystone in our society.”
Dr. Frances Kochan,
College of Education dean

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Donor Recognition
Named for the year in which the Department
of Education (now the College of Education)
was established, the 1915 Society recognizes
donors whose lifetime contributions and
commitments to the college have reached a
cumulative total of $25,000 or more (includ-
ing outright gifts, pledges and planned gifts).
Pillar of Honor:
$1,000,000 or more
The Humana Foundation
(in honor of Wayne T. Smith)
John P. Manry and Hedy White Manry
Wayne T. Smith and Cheryl Glass Smith
Paul J. Spina Jr. and Bena Spina
Anonymous
Pillar of Dedication:
$500,000 - $999,999
Charles Fraley* and Mildred C. Fraley*
Alma Holladay*
Anonymous
Pillar of Commitment:
$100,000 to $499,999
AB Dick Company
The Alabama Power Foundation
AT&T Foundation
Martin L. Beck Jr.
Ralph Carroll Boles* and Willie Mae Boles
The Caring Foundation
The Caroline Lawson Ivey
Memorial Foundation
Jon E. Chancey and Nancy C. Chancey
Estate of Arthur F. and Ruth J. Coss
Betty T. Freemen
Beryl McCann Hathcock*
David E. Housel and
Susan McIntosh Housel
Sam L. Hutchison*
The Jessie Ball DuPont Foundation
Gerald S. Leischuck and
Emily R. Leischuck
James W. Lester* and Elaine B. Lester*
The Malone Family Foundation
James A. Manley and Harriett Manley
R. Wayne McElrath
John L. Moulton and Betty F. Moulton
James L. Murrell
Bill W. Newton and Sarah B. Newton
Sue Atchison Pearson
Joseph J. Russell and Elizabeth Russell
Beth Sabo
Richard T. Scott Jr.
Albert James Smith Jr. and
Julia Collins Smith
Jerry F. Smith
Angelo Tomasso and Joy Tomasso
Earle C. Williams and June A. Williams
Anonymous
Pillar of Friendship:
$25,000 to $99,999
James E. Baker Jr.
Ralph W. Banks and
Barbara Yancey Banks*
Anne Brooks
The Coca-Cola Foundation
The Comer Foundation
Laura Haley Creel
Edmund C. Dyas IV
(in honor of Betty McLendon DeMent)
David S. Elder and Judy V. Elder
C. Warren Fleming
Paul E. Flowers and Barbara M. Flowers
Nancy Y. Fortner
Byron P. Franklin Sr. and
Meriam L. Franklin
Ronald O. Gaiser and Judi. B. Gaiser
Gatorade
T. Gordy Germany* and Gloria Germany
J. Floyd Hall and Martha S. Hall
William R. Hanlein
Floreine H. Hudson
James W. Hutcheson and
Carol E. Hutcheson
Kay E. Ivey
Kay Hathaway Jones
William Kochan and Frances K. Kochan
Donald B. Lambert and Betty V. Lambert
Terry C. Ley and Helen M. Ley
The Ligon Foundation
Carolyn G. Mathews
Imogene M. Mixson
Jane B. Moore
Kathryn Flurry Morgan*
Byron B. Nelson and Carolyn Nelson
Sarah E. Newell*
Sandra Bridges Newkirk
Harold Patterson Sr. and
Shirley Patterson
James Roger Payne and Angela Payne
Elizabeth A. Ponder
Richard A. Price and Barbara M. Price
Charles M. Reeves* and
Deborah L. Shaw
Barry N. Straus and Denise H. Straus
H. Earl Turner*
John W. Turrentine and
Jane H. Turrentine
Lila Lansing White
J. Knox Williams and Jean Pierce Williams
Robert J. Williams and Yvonne Williams
Jo Williamson
G. Dennis Wilson and Dianne Wilson
Mark T. Wilton and Cynthia L. Wilton
Anonymous
(members as of December 31, 2008)
*deceased
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Dr. James S. Bannon ’69 and
Dr. Susan H. Bannon ’71
Mr. Herman G. Broughton ’05
Dr. Philip L. Browning
Mrs. Donna C. Burchfield ’71
Mrs. Nancy T. Campbell ’69
Mr. Jon E. Chancey ’61 and
Mrs. Nancy C. Chancey ’62
Mrs. Terrell S. Cheney ’69
Dr. Elizabeth S. Cheshire ’62
Dr. Cynthia A. Cox ’77
Mr. H. Joe Denney ’61
Mrs. Connie B. Forester ’57
Mrs. Betty T. Freeman ’55
Mrs. Judi B. Gaiser ’60
Mrs. Barbara D. Gosser ’60
Dr. J. Floyd Hall ’48 and
Mrs. Martha S. Hall
Mr. George S. Hall ’89 and
Mrs. Nora S. Hall ’99
Dr. Virginia Hayes
Dr. James W. Hutcheson ’66 and
Dr. Carol E. Hutcheson ‘69
Mrs. Kay E. Ivey ’67
Dr. James Terry Jenkins ’83
Mrs. Martha M. Kennedy ’54
Dr. William R. Kochan and
Dr. Frances K. Kochan
Mr. William D. Langley ’63 and
Mrs. Sharon S. Langley
Dr. Gerald S. Leischuck ’64 and
Mrs. Emily R. Leischuck ’64
Mr. James A. Manley ’60 and
Mrs. Harriett E. Manley
Mrs. Hedy W. Manry ’71
Dr. Imogene M. Mixson ’63
Col. Hollis D. Messer ’55
and Alyce Jo Messer
Dr. Jane B. Moore
Mr. Edward F. (Zemmie) Murray ’70
Mr. James L. Murrell ’58
Dr. Byron B. Nelson ’57 and
Mrs. Carolyn L. Nelson
Dr. Joan V. Newman ’78
Mrs. June S. Nichols ’54
Dr. Patsy Boyd Parker ’70 and
Mr. William A. Parker, Sr.
Mr. John R. Parrish ’35 and
Mrs. Isabel W. Parrish
Dr. Harold D. Patterson ’54 and
Mrs. Shirley B. Patterson
Mr. Joseph C. Piazza ’62
Mr. Charles M. Reeves, Jr. ’49* and
Dr. Frances S. Reeves ’71
Mr. Kenneth W. Ringer ’59 and
Dr. Joyce Ringer ’59
Mr. Richard J. Robertson ’64 and
Mrs. Theresa R. Robertson ‘64*
Dr. Robert E. Rowsey ’73 and
Mrs. Luella D. Rowsey ’75
Dr. Joseph J. Russell ’67 and
Elizabeth H. Russell ’64
Mrs. Brenda Smith Sanborn ’68
Dr. Robert R. Saunders ’70 and
Mrs. Kathleen H. Saunders
Dr. Deborah L. Shaw ’84
Ms. Kathryn M. Shehane ’56
Mrs. Marcia L. Sheppard ’60
Dr. J. Carlton Smith ’67
Mr. Jerry F. Smith ’64 and
Mrs. Joanne C. Smith
Mr. Wayne T. Smith ’68 and
Mrs. Cheryl G. Smith ’68
Dr. Ted C. Spears and
Dr. Shirley K. Spears ’71
Dr. Tom Taylor ’60 and
Mrs. Laura Ann Taylor
Dr. Edwin A. Thompson ’73
Mrs. Carol C. Varner ’57
Mr. Harry R. Wilkinson ’64
Mrs. Cynthia L. Wilton ’04
Dr. James E. Witte
Dr. Maria M. Witte
Ms. Leslie S. Woodson ’80
(members as of December 31, 2008)
*deceased
Patrons of the Keystone believe that education is central to building a better future for all.
Patrons of the Keystone demonstrate their support of the College of Education by committing
a multi-year pledge of financial support to the Dean’s Circle Fund. Each year, donations to the
Dean’s Circle Fund provide the resources necessary for the college to exceed current levels of
excellence in advancing its tri-fold mission of academic instruction, research and outreach. All
alumni and friends of the College of Education are invited to become Patrons of the Keystone
by committing a pledge of at least $1,000 per year for a minimum of three consecutive years.
To see more photos from the 2009 Dean’s Circle Dinner,
log on to education.auburn.edu/gallery
Col. Hollis ’55 and Jo Messer ’56
became Patrons of the Keystone.
Katie Bolt discussed the significance of receiving a
Keystone-Dean’s Circle Annual Scholarship.
Dr. Debbie Shaw ’84, Dr. David DiRamio and
National Advisory Council chair Jim Manley ’60

2008
Pill ars of Trust
recognizing donors who
have contributed at
least $1,000 and more
Anonymous
AT&T Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Baird
Dr. Susan Hall Bannon
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Preston Bolt
Estate of Dr. Anne Brooks*
Mr. Herman G. Broughton
Dr. Philip Litimer Browning
Mrs. Donna Carpenter
Burchfield
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Burkholder
Mrs. Nancy Tilden Campbell
Mrs. Nancy C. Chancey
Mrs. Terrell Smyth Cheney
Dr. Elizabeth S. Cheshire
Mr. David Henry Clark
Dr. Debra Cobia &
Mr. Don Adams
Comer Foundation
Estate of Arthur F. &
Ruth J. Coss*
Dr. Cynthia Ann Cox
Dr. Laura Haley Creel
Mr. H. Joe Denney
Mr. & Mrs. Wesley
Wilkerson Diehl
Jessie Ball DuPont Foundation
Mr. C. Warren Fleming
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Flowers
Mrs. Connie Bomar Forester
Rev. & Mrs. Byron Paul Franklin
Mrs. Betty Thrower Freeman
Gatorade
Mrs. Barbara D. Gosser
The Hach Scientific Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. George Stafford Hall
Mr. & Mrs. William Hanlein
Dr. Joseph A. Hastings
Estate of Mrs. Beryl
McCann Hathcock*
Dr. Virginia Hayes
Hecht Burdeshaw
Architects, Inc.
Dr. Nathan L. Hodges
Mrs. Susan McIntosh Housel
Drs. James & Carol Hutcheson
Mrs. Kay E. Ivey
Dr. James T. Jenkins
Mrs. Laura C. Jinright
Mrs. Martha
McQueen Kennedy
Dr. Maxwell Clark King
Mrs. Mina Propst Kirkley
Dr. Frances Kochan &
Dr. William Kochan
Mr. William Dupont
Langley
Dr. & Mrs. Gerald
Leischuck
The Ligon Foundation
Maj. Gen. & Mrs. Theodore
Franklin Mallory
Mr. & Mrs. James
Autrey Manley
Mrs. Hedy White Manry
Mr. R. Wayne McElrath
Col. & Mrs. Hollis Messer
Dr. Imogene
Mathison Mixson
Dr. Jane Barton Moore
Mrs. Kathryn
Langlois Munro
Mr. Edward F. Murray Jr.
Mr. James L. Murrell
Dr. Byron B. Nelson Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. J. Kirk Newell
Mrs. Sandra L. Newkirk
Dr. Joan Vignes Newman
Mr. William &
Dr. Patsy Parker
Dr. & Mrs. Harold
Dean Patterson
Mr. & Mrs. James
Roger Payne
Mrs. Sue Atchison Pearson
Mr. & Mrs. William
Frederick Pepper
Dr. Frances Skinner Reeves
Mr.Kenneth Ringer and
Dr. Joyce Ringer
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. &
Theresa* Robertson
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Ellis Rowsey
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Julius Russell
Dr. & Mrs. Robert
Ronald Saunders
Mrs. Lucy T. Scott
Dr. Debbie L. Shaw
Mrs. Marcia Loftin Sheppard
Mr. & Mrs. Albert James Smith
Mr. Jerry Franklin Smith
Dr. John Carlton Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne
Thomas Smith
Southern Poverty Law Center
Drs. Ted & Shirley Spears
Estate of Mrs. Frances
Moore Stolar*
Dr. & Mrs. Barry Straus
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas
Newton Taylor
Dr. Edwin Alfred Thompson
Lt. Col. H. E. Turner*
Mr. & Mrs. William
Jefferson Turner
Mr. & Mrs. John
Wayne Turrentine
Mrs. Carol Cherry Varner
Ms. Lila Lansing White
Mr. Harry R. Wilkinson
Mr. Robert J. Williams
Drs. James & Marie Witte
Ms. Leslie S. Woodson
Pill ars
of Loyalt y
have given $500 to $999
Mr. Frank Barbaree
Ms. Alice Beattie
Ms. Linda Louise Bomke
Dr. Richard E. Brogdon
Dr. Pamela Sissi Carroll
Mrs. Wanda F. Coffman
Student Council
Dr. & Mrs. Eldridge
Ruthven Collins
Mrs. Jane Floyd Colvin
Mr. & Mrs. Steven
Craig Compton
Mrs. Jo Teal Davis
Mr. Robert Gannon
Mr. Phillip L. Garrison
Dr. Thomas Earl Harrison
Mrs. Brenda J. Hartshorn
Mrs. Joan Mize Holder
Dr. Bessie Mae Holloway
Mr. & Mrs. R. Kenneth Johns
Ms. Kate Kiefer
Mrs. Gail Cartledge Laye
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff
Eugene Leatherman
Dr. José R. Llanes
Mrs. Lucia Alston Logan
Col. William Long Jr.
Mrs. Sharon R. Lovell
Ms. Frances M. Matters
Mr. & Mrs. Wallace
Alfred McCord
Mr. & Mrs. Dow McDaniel
Dr. C. William McKee
Ms. Luellen Nagle
Mr. & Mrs. C. Ben Nevins
Mrs. Karen Stapp O’Brien
Mr. & Mrs. Wynton
Rex Overstreet
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Ray Parmer
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Polmatier
Mr. & Mrs. David Scott Poole
Mr. & Mrs. John Prien
Mrs. Marilyn Fletcher Ray
Mrs. Brenda Smith Sanborn
Dr. James Boyd Scebra
Mr. John Major Schuessler
Dr. Suhyun Suh
Mr. & Mrs. Todd
Pershing Thornell
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas
Hawley Tuberville
Mrs. Joan Dickson Upton
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph
Fredrick Wade
Mrs. Susan Carr Wadsworth
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wear
Mr. & Mrs. John Michael Weigle
Mrs. Teresa F. Wetherbee
Mrs. Susan Dryden Whitson
Ms. Jane Kerr Williamson
Mrs. Edna Hulme Willis
Mrs. Cynthia Lee Wilton
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Yoxall
Pill ars of Hope
have given $100 to $499
Mr. & Mrs. James Lee Adams
Mrs. Joyce Adkins Adams
Dr. Katrice Annette Albert
Rev. Walter M. Albritton Jr.
Mrs. Julia Smith Alexander
Dr. Lydia L. Alexander
Mr. Syed Asim Ali
Ms. Holly Ann Allen
Mrs. Claire S. Andrews
Mrs. Katherine Dixon Anglin
Ms. Mary Ann Pugh Arant
Ms. Elizabeth Mae Armistead
Dr. & Mrs. Richard
Crump Armstrong
The Auburn University College of Education expresses
its gratitude to the many alumni, friends and organi-
zations who are key contributors to the college and
its mission. This support helps the college in building
better futures for all through its academic, research
and outreach initiatives. This list of contributors rec-
ognizes cumulative calendar year outright gifts made
to the College of Education during 2008.
Key
Contributors
Julie Rogers Nolen ’85 joined the
Elizabeth Ponder ’83 in April
2009 as the college’s second
director of development.
A 19-year Auburn University
veteran, she previously served as
director of donor relations in the
university’s Office of Development. Nolen established
a central office for donor relations in 1995 and has
chaired and served on several task forces charged with
evaluating procedures and increasing the efficiency
and effectiveness of development initiatives. Dur-
ing her time with the Office of Development, she
managed a staff of three full-time employees and was
responsible for overseeing special-event planning,
donor reporting and donor agreements.
Nolen, who graduated from Auburn with a degree
in public relations, served as a conference facilitator
for The Hotel at Auburn University & Dixon Confer-
ence Center from 1989-94 before briefly working for
McGraw-Hill, Inc., as a college sales representative.
To read more about Julie and other new College of
Education staff and faculty members, log on to
education.auburn.edu/facultystaff/newfs.
Meet the college’s new
director of development

Mrs. Anne Marie G. Asbill
Dr. & Dr. James Serenous Austin
Mrs. Carol Dent Auten
Ms. Laurie E. Averrett
Dr. Richard B. Backus
Mr. David Anthony Baffa
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Bailey
Mr. William M. Barge Jr.
Dr. Diane Ledbetter Barlow
Dr. Pat Harris Barnes
Mrs. Peggy Walker Barnes
Dr. & Mrs. Issac
Cornelius Barrett
Dr. Mary Sue Barry
Mrs. Patricia Brown Baughman
Mr. James R. Beardsley
Ms. Janis Mills Beavin
Mrs. Miriam Rhyne Beck
Mr. & Dr. Raymond Beck
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Bennett
Ms. Kimberly Bennett
Ms. Marian Collins Bentley
Mrs. Kitty Adams Bergin
Mrs. Barbara S. Berman
Mrs. Patricia J. Bethel
Mr. David K. Blacklidge
Lt. Col. Daniel
Wilson Bloodworth Jr.
Mrs. Nikki Martin Bodie
Ms. M Diane Boss
Dr. Robert Ralph Bouchard Jr.
Mr. Roger Wayne Bowen
Mrs. Camilla H. Bracewell
Dr. Carol Campbell Bradshaw
Mr. & Mrs. Perry Branyon
Ms. Thelma P. Braswell
Mrs. Virginia T. Braswell
Dr. Kimberly Braxton-Lloyd
Mrs. Debra Rowe Brazell-Price
Dr. James A. Briley
Mr. & Mrs. William Broadway
Mr. James Wesley Brooks
Mrs. Judilyn Brooks
Ms. Beverly E. Brown
Dr. & Mrs. Donald Frank Brown
Mrs. Kathy Zeigler Bruce
Mr. & Mrs. R. Bryant
Mrs. Tina Frazer Buchner
Dr. Joseph A. Buckhalt
Mrs. Karla M. Buffington
Mrs. Kathryn W. Bugg
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Bumpers
Dr. & Mrs. Ernest Burdette
Ms. Kathryn Burnett
Lt. Col. Samuel M. Burney Jr.
Mrs. Leslie Maloney Burns
Mrs. Pallie J. Butler
Mrs. Rose Marie Butler
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney
William Byard
Mrs. Maureen Sheppard Byrd
Ms. Melanie Ann Cadenhead
Mr. Milton Fred Cadenhead
Mr. Kermit Caldwell
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Callahan
Mrs. Donna McClung Camp
Mrs. Charlotte C. Campbell
Mrs. Priscilla Pace Cannon
Mrs. Linda Mason Carleton
Mrs. Molly M. Carmichael
Mrs. Donna McArthur Carmon
Dr. Jamie Carney
Mrs. Deborah Hopkins Carter
Ms. Patsy M. Carter
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Lewis Cates
Mrs. Lea Crumpton Chaffin
Mrs. Martha Cox Champion
Dr. Russell L. Chandler
Ms. Charlene T. Chapman
Mrs. Tanya
Densmore Christensen
Mrs. Julia Parker Clark
Mr. Dwight L. Cobb
Mrs. Jo Nichols Cochran
Dr. Daniel Joseph Codespoti
Mrs. Janet Paley Coggins
Mr. & Mrs. Charles
Jackson Cole
Dr. Claudette T. Coleman
Mr. Mitt Seymour Conerly Jr.
Mr. James O. Conway
Mrs. Janice Jones Cook
Dr. Milton Olin Cook
Mrs. Martha R. Cooper
Mr. & Mrs. John
Dudley Copham
Mrs. Lettie Green Cornwell
Mrs. Andrea Duddles Couch
Mrs. Lori Dammes Cowley
Dr. & Mrs. Julius Grady Cox
Mr. & Mrs. John Word Crabbe
Dr. Franklin R. Croker
Mrs. Diane Myrick Cropp
Mr. & Mrs. James
Rudolph Culbreth
Mrs. Martha Meadows Culley
Mrs. Marcia Hilliard Dabkowski
Dr. & Mrs. John Carl Dagley
Mrs. Beatrice D. Dallas
Mr. Joseph Franklin Daniel
Mrs. Linnie Luker Daniel
Ms. Amber Nicole Darnell
Mr. James Carl Darnell
Ms. Olivia A. Davis
Mrs. Rochelle Morriss Davis
Dr. Joseph J. Day Jr.
Mrs. Marjorie Sellers Day
Mr. & Mrs. David Dean
Mr. Dennis Lee Dean
Mrs. Jane Gheesling Deaton
Mrs. Ann Harris De Hart
Mr. & Mrs. S Eugene Dekich
Mr. James N. Dennis*
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Dignam
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Dixon
Mrs. Faye Hicks Doane
Ms. Mildred Dollar
Mrs. Almena Fletcher Doss
Ms. Dorothy Wilson Doten
Mr. Sylvester Van Dowdell
Ms. Kathryn R. Driscoll
Mrs. Sheila R. Duffield
Mr. & Mrs. Michael
Howard Dugan
Mrs. Elise Petersen Dunbar
Dr. Marla Hooper Dunham
Mr. Darell Payton Dunn
Dr. Patricia Lenora Duttera
Mrs. Kimble Manley Eastman
Mrs. Barbara Ham Eilers
Mr. & Mrs. Claude Lee Eilert
Mr. Mark D. Erb
Mrs. Sharon Muse Eswine
Ms. Kimberley P. Evans
Mr. James A. Everett
Mrs. Jodie Brantley Faith
Capt. & Mrs. Allen Fancher
Mrs. Judith Jones Faris
Dr. & Mrs. Charles
Edward Farmer
Mrs. Rebecca L. Farris
Mrs. Martha M. Featherston
Mrs. Susan M. Fell
Ms. Ann Marie Ferretti
Mr. John Arnold Fitzgerald
Mr. James L. Flatt
Mr. Wade H. Fleming
Mrs. Ellen C. Flenniken
Dr. & Mrs. Walter Floyd
Dr. Jenny G. Folsom
Ms. Leigh A. Forman
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn
Wayne Forrester
Capt. Marvin F. Forrester
Mr. Rex Frederick
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Fuller
Dr. Raymond Bernard Furlong
Mrs. Melissa T. Gambill
Ms. Joyce L. Garrett
Mr. Ronald L. Garrett
Dr. Henry Victor Gaston
Mr. John W. Gilbert
Mr. Thomas A. Glanton
Dr. John M. Goff
Ms. Carolyn Campbell Golden
Drs. Richard & Jennifer Good
Mrs. Anne Carpenter Goodell
Mrs. Ann Clay Gordon
Mrs. Doris Jones Graves
Dr. Richard L. Graves
Mrs. Anna Holmes Greene
Mrs. Sue W. Gresham
Dr. Kathryn Uzzell Griffin
Mrs. Mary Chambers Gross
Mrs. Sylvia Ballow Gullatt
Mrs. Candis Hamilton Hacker
Mrs. Cindy Nunnelley Hafer
Mrs. Helen Johnson Hall
Dr. Jane Nelson Hall
Mr. Thomas Lynn Hall
Mr. Lynwood Hector Hamilton
Ms. Helen Frances Hanby
Mr. & Mrs. David
Timothy Hanes
Mrs. Dottie W. Hankins
Mrs. Wendy K. Hanle
Mr. & Mrs. Ambers Hanson
Dr. Jacqueline T. Harbison
Mrs. Jennifer Sims Hardison
Mrs. Amy Peinhardt Harley
Lt. Col. Edgar Harlin Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Harrell
Mrs. & Mr. Jeanne
Steinbrenner Harrison
Ms. Gwendolyn Elaine Hatcher
Mrs. Mary Hunt Hayes
Mrs. Cynthia H. Haygood
Mr. & Mrs. Roland
Shaefer Heard
Mrs. Sue R. Hearn
Ms. Ann Wynell Helms
Mrs. Linda K. Hemming
Dr. Mary Catherine Henderson
Dr. & Mrs. Elbert Henson
Mrs. Sylvia Hickman Hess
Mrs. Barbara Reed Hester
Mrs. Carolyn Kerr Hickerson
Mr. Roger Alan Hildebrandt
Mrs. Sara Wade Hill
Capt. & Mrs. William
Harlan Hinson
Mrs. Cathy H. Hoefert
Ms. Leah Dawn Hoffman
Mrs. Mary Shoffeitt Hoffman
Mrs. Deanna Lee Holley
Mrs. Kathryn Sansocie Hoppe
Mrs. Michal Hearn Hopson
Mr. William Patrick Horton
Mrs. Vicki Evans Hough
Mr. J. Richard Huckaby
Mrs. Linda Thompson Hudson
Ms. S. Grace Hudspeth
Mrs. Nancy F. Huey
Mrs. Harriette H. Huggins
Mrs. Martha Poarch Huie
Mrs. Betty T. Humphrey
Mrs. Kathleen Hogan Ingram
Hon. Kenneth F. Ingram
Dr. Teresa Singletary Irvin
Mr. Levyn Wayne Ivey
Mr. Charles Timothy Jackson
Mrs. Joyce L. Jackson-Noble
Mr. & Mrs. Luther Burl James
Mr. & Mrs. Lawson Jaquith
Mrs. Susan Shaw Jensen
Dr. Harold Johnson
Mrs. Penelope D. Johnson
Mrs. Kittie Helms Johnston
Mrs. Susan Johnston
Mr. Carlton Richard Jones
Ms. Doris Jeanne Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald
McBryde Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Eddy Keel
Ms. Susan Regan Keith
Mrs. Mary Jane Kelley
Dr. Betty Harrison Kennedy
Mr. & Mrs. James Thomas Kerr
Mrs. Sarah Petit Kerrick
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Botts Key
Mrs. Catherine P. Kirkpatrick
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Lee Kline
Dr. Jane G. Knight
Mrs. Lena Smith Knight
Dr. John Stephen Kush
Mrs. Judy Liles LaFollette
Dr. & Mrs. Donald Lambert
Mrs. Barbara Jean Lammon
Mrs. Kathleen High Land
Mr. Stephen Paul Landram
Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr.
Mrs. Carolyn Ennis Latham
Mrs. Karen Leigh Old Lathram
Mrs. Deborah Cottle Lawley
Rev. Lowell Ledbetter
Mr. Sam F. Ledbetter Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Charles
Vernon Lemmon
Mr. Thomas M. Lesley
Mrs. Mary Neill Lester
Mrs. Betty Parkman Letlow
Mrs. Carol Thompson Lewis
Dr. Eddie T. Lindsey
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Little
Mr. James Alton Lockett
Ms. Robin Michelle Long
Mr. & Mrs. James Howard Lott
Mr. James Albert Lovell
Ms. Ellen G. Lucy
Dr. Cynthia Rolen Lumpkin
Mrs. Jeanne Hall Lynch
Mr. D Dale Mann
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Leslie Mann
Mrs. Vicki Morgan Marley
Mr. Mark Elwood Marshall
Dr. Everett Davis Martin Jr.
Dr. Wayne Gary Martin
Mrs. Jan M. Mason
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Laird Mayo
Mrs. Linda Kay P. McCartney
Dr. Theresa Marie McCormick
Dr. William T. McCown III
Mr. & Mrs. Jim McCracken
Mr. Gary D. McCrory
Dr. Randall Scot McDaniel
Mrs. W. Kaye McDonough
Rev. Byron R. McEachern
Mrs. Rebecca Burdette McKay
Mr. & Ms. James
Michael McKee
Mr. & Mrs. Robert
Darley McLeod
Mrs. Anne Garrett McMahan
Mr. Stephen Almy McMath
Mrs. Paula Stapp McMillan
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth McNair
Mrs. Virginia P. McPheeters
Mr. & Mrs. John
Clayton Metcalf
Mrs. Joanne Webb Michael
Mr. Chipley Shaun Miller
Mr. Walter Sammy Miller
Mr. Joseph Marvin Mims
Rev. & Mrs. Donald Minton
Dr. F. Joseph Mitchell
Dr. James Carleton Mohan
Mrs. Barbara Mull Moore
* deceased
Key Contributors
Want to give back?
Endowments
These invested donations are truly the gift that keeps on giving to the College
of Education. Each year, only a portion of the investment income and earnings
is spent while the remainder is added to the original principal. An endowment
is a great way to link your legacy with our college’s future, as these
investments can support students, faculty and programs. Minimum endowment
levels begin at $25,000, payable over five years or through a planned gift.
To learn more about establishing an endowment, contact the college’s
Development Office at 334.844.5793 or log on to education.auburn.edu/giving.

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Mr. Harry Virgil Moore
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GiftAnnuities
. . . T o d a y
P l a n n i n g
f o r
t o m o r r o w
Looking for a fixed income
with no market risk?
A charitable gift annuity may be the
answer to your search.
By creating a charitable gift annuity, you’ll
enjoy dependable and fixed payments you
won’t outlive. At the same time, you’ll be
supporting the College of Education.
• Fixed and secure payments to you
and/or a loved one
• A current income
tax deduction
• Annual income savings
• Future financial resources for
Auburn
**For illustration purposes only: Rates are recommended by the
American Council of Gift Annuities, effective February 2009, and are
subject to change. Gift Annuities are not offered in all states.
One Life (Rates Effective February 1, 2009)**
Your Age Rate of Return
65 5.3%
70 5.7%
75 6.3%
80 7.1%
85 8.1%
90+ 9.5%
Development
“I love the concept of a gift annuity, considering the
financial benefits for both the contributor and the college.
It is a wonderful way to secure a steady income stream and
make a tax deductible gift to the College of Education at
the same time. I invite you to establish one for yourself or a
loved one.’’
Frances K. Kochan, Dean
334-844-7375 / plannedgiving@auburn.edu
For more information, please contact:
Office of Planned Giving
Bill Hanlein ’47 didn’t graduate
from the College of Education, but he
still decided to support it through a
gift annuity.
He’s a retired stock broker from
Mobile, Ala., who happens to have
earned his degree from Auburn
University’s Samuel Ginn College of
Engineering. He hasn’t turned his
back on that college even though he
never put his slide rule to use in a
professional setting. He continues to
support the College of Engineering,
but wanted to find an additional way
to give back to Auburn.
“I couldn’t think of a better way
than education,’’ said Hanlein, a
World War II veteran who worked
his way through Auburn as part of its
Co-Op Program.
Hanlein’s reasons for supporting
the College of Education through a
gift annuity were two-fold. He wanted
to pay tribute to the educators who
helped him build the foundation for
a career as a stock broker. Hanlein
opened the first E.F. Hutton office in
Alabama and 1962 and retired from
Shearson, Lehman, Hutton Inc. as a
vice president in 1990.
He credited the teachers at
Mobile’s Murphy High School for
shaping his future.
“We really didn’t realize what a
good education we were getting until
later,’’ he said.
A gift annuity represented a par-
ticularly beneficial way to say thanks
because of the significant tax savings
it offers. A charitable gift annuity is
a contract between a donor and the
Auburn University Foundation. The
foundation agrees to pay a fixed an-
nuity to a maximum of two benefi-
ciaries immediately or at a later date
in exchange for a transfer of assets by
the donor to the foundation. Annuity
payments are based on the market
value of the assets contributed and
the ages of the income beneficiaries.
An income tax deduction is allowed
for the difference between the value
of the gift and present value of the
annuity. A portion of the annuity
payment may be considered a tax-free
return of principal.
The deferred gift annuity works
in much the same way, with a donor
making a gift and receiving an im-
mediate income tax deduction. In
this case, however, the donor begins
receiving his or her annuity payment
at a predetermined future date. The
amount of the annuity payment may
be at a much greater rate than of the
standard charitable gift annuity.
Gift annuity provides a way
to say ‘thank you’ to educators

Capital
Programmatic
Student
Faculty
Capital (0%)
Programmatic
Student
Faculty
DONOR FUNDING
DESIGNATIONS
65%
32%
3%
DONOR FUNDING
DESIGNATIONS
50%
36%
12%
1%
2007
2008
2162
2421
NUMBER OF OVERALL DONORS,
by donor category
Individuals Corporations Foundations
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
2376
2093
28
17
41
28
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ENDOWMENTS
0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
$2,969,444.36
$2,835,922.96
$3,749,643.61
$4,312,963
$5,121,026.93
$6,718,598
$6,142,950
$4,766,565.79
GIVING BY
ALUMNI DONORS
Number of Alumni Donors
Number of Alumni on Record
Percentage of Alumni Donors
20072008
1,934
29,909
6.6%
2,202
29,410
7.4%
COMPARISON OF GIFTS
Outright Gifts
and Pledge Payments
Outstanding Pledges
Planned Gifts (FV)
TOTAL
20072008
$1,438,431
$330,280
$625,000
$2,393,711
$1,463,848
$407,095
$252,103
$2,123,046
OVERALL GIVING,
by donor category
Individuals
Corporations
Foundations
TOTAL
20072008
$1,681,452
$25,437
$686,822
$2,393,711
$1,440,610
$82,203
$600,233
$2,123,046
2007
2008
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