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Campus Communicators Meeting
October 3, 2007

 

            The Campus Communicators meeting was held at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 3, 2007, in Room 231 of Foy Union. 

            Thanks to those of you who attended last week's Campus Communicators Meeting. Below are the topics discussed and also brief summaries of updates provided from members.

Presentations were made by the following guests:

      Whit Allen of Mail Services provided information regarding various mailing methods and cost cutting mailing procedures, including providing handouts to all Camp Comm members.
      Bonnie MacEwan, Dean of AU Libraries, provided an update of the various services provided to students, faculty and staff, including providing several handouts.
      Guest:  Virginia Haley, newly-hired Event Coordinator in the President’s Office, was introduced to the group.  Ms. Haley provided a brief overview of her duties.
      Cathy Ramey of OIT discussed information regarding the campus-wide October IT Campaign, National CyberSecurity Awareness Month, directing participants to the Website keepitsafe@auburn.edu for more information.

OCM staff brought the Communicators up-to-date on the following:

  • This Week @ AU (fka Campus Connection) and Wire Eagle (fka Top News). 
  • The new Snapstream Broadcast services is used to record information formerly recorded in VHS and CD format  to provide campus faculty and staff with copies of interviews, lectures, etc.. 
  • The new television spots consist of alumni, faculty and staff participating in Creed readings.
  • Web seminars:  Camp Comm members interested in attending of OCM hosts?
  • Faculty Awards scheduled for 10-18-07 with reception following the ceremony.
  • Strategic planning process:  currently working on the draft strategic planning process to be presented to the Board of Trustees in February 2008.  An online survey will be distributed on 10-15-07. 

 

Updates were given by the following Colleges/Schools/Departments:

  • Spirit of Auburn Foundation:  Bank of America and monster.com jointly sponsoring an “Ultimate Money Skills” seminar on 10-11-07 for students, faculty and parents.  Three sessions will be held in 113A Lowder Building.

 

  • Engineering:  B.E.S.T. competition to be held at 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. on 10-7-07 at Village Mall as a test run for the upcoming robotics team competition, which will be held on 10-20-07 at Lee Scott Academy.  The public is invited to attend.
  • College of Human Sciences:  Women’s Philanthropy speaker to be Kay Ivey on 10-5-07, Hunger Awareness Week scheduled for 10-15 to 10-19-07.   Healthy Marriages conference held recently in Opelika.

 

  • Ag, Alabama Experiment Station and NRMDI:  College of Ag update:  Outdoor U was held Sept. 26 and was a great success, drawing approximately 350 high school students and another 300 or more AU students, faculty, staff and off-campus community visitors as well as 20 groups who set up exhibits about outdoor-related careers, opportunities and programs.  Plans are to hold the event again next year if the corporate sponsors are interested.  The College is working with the JCS Museum to arrange an "Art in Agriculture" exhibit for fall 2008.  The hope is to collaborate with the College of Liberal Arts and other groups on campus to make it an annual event.  The College launched in September a new service called Ag Hill Update, an e-newsletter for our students, faculty and staff. The bi-weekly newsletter offers news of events, awards, opportunities and more and seems to be well received and read by our audiences.  The College also launched Picture This! on Oct. 3, a bi-weekly Web-based photo submission opportunity for students, faculty, staff and friends that we hope will encourage more people to visit our Web site and become engaged with our programs.  The College is organizing graphics and materials for AU's ITunes U.  The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, in partnership with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, is sponsoring short Alabama Public Television segments related to food and nutrition.  These 90-second pieces will begin running on APT channels in the next couple of months.  The College is creating student recruitment and college overview videos that should be ready by 1-1-08.
  • Liberal Arts:  A Media Forum will be held on 10-12-07 for students at the JCS Museum with six sessions between 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Alum Michael Young will host the event.  More information can be found at www.cla.auburn.edu.

 

Additional updates were limited as time ran short.