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AU TO HOLD AUBURN/OPELIKA REGIONAL CAMPAIGN KICKOFF ON APRIL 6

AUBURN - Regional campaign Co-Chairs Jack Burkhalter and Nancy Bendinger will lead the evening as Auburn University kicks off its Auburn/Opelika Regional Campaign on Thursday, April 6, at 5 p.m. at the home of Gilmer and Dorry Ann Blackburn, located at 1153 Old Country Road in Auburn.

The Auburn/Opelika event is part of the “It Begins at Auburn” Campaign, a $500 million campaign to support students, faculty, programs, facilities, research and outreach efforts at Auburn University. This event, the second of 31 regional campaigns to kickoff throughout the country, is intended to educate and involve area alumni with the campaign.

Speakers include Auburn University Interim President Ed Richardson as well as distinguished alumni and students.

For information on obtaining a media credential please contact Kristen Jackson at 844-3224.

Auburn University is a preeminent land-grant and comprehensive research institution with more than 23,000 students and 6,500 faculty and staff. Ranked among the top 50 public universities nationally, Auburn is Alabama’s largest educational institution, offering more than 230 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs.

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