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Advice To Sink Teeth Into: Survival Tips for the Movie Monster (and Human, Too)
An author and creative writing lecturer dispenses wisdom for aspiring writers and the monsters who inspire them.Kathy Flann...
Electrical Engineering’s “Coach” on a Lifetime of Leadership
Dave Irwin ’61 has been a department head, a textbook writer and a mentor to thousands of influential engineers, but wasn’t...
Alphonso Thomas ’84
Alphonso Thomas, Director of Engineering and Technical Management, Air Force Sustainment CenterI started Auburn in 1977 as...
Miss Alabama, A Champion for Ambition: Lauren Bradford ’21
Miss Alabama wears the crown to teach young girls their dreams are possibleFor months, Lauren Bradford ’21 woke up to her 6...
Love and War: A romance story on the Plains
A love begun on the Plains outlasts the Cold War, and then someThe only thing that’s lasted longer than Jim Holt’s career...
Where Kudzu and Country Music Grow: Dustin Herring ’08
A rising country star remembers his "farmer's boy" rootsDustin Herring ’08 grew up on a 400-acre farm in Hartford, Ala.,...
Tommy L. Davis ’10 and ’13
My Auburn University story is a non-traditional one. I arrived at Auburn in January 2009 after completing an Associate’s...
Champagne Shooter: Bradley Hall ’05
How do you make champagne more exciting? Make it last longer—and more fun.It’s an issue that has plagued parties since the...
On The Vine: Ryan Reece ’14
Building business relationships with international winemakers began with the Auburn Family Ryan Reece ’14 prunes vineyards...
Chairmen of the Boards
How TikTok, COVID-19, ESPN and mad bag skills turned two Tigers into cornhole kingsHE’S WATCHED IT, heck, maybe 10 times...
Fearless in Blue
Staring down a lion, falling down a waterfall and barrel rolling in a plane are all in a day’s work for three intrepid...
Back on the Track: Lee Anne Patterson ’85
An Indy 500 veteran brings the Auburn Tigers to the future of racing"You've never been to a race, have you?” It’s a...
Hooking a New Angle: Jackie Fry ’12
Deep-sea fishing moves into the futureTraveling the seas, hooking exotic fish off of distant shores—it’s a lifestyle most...
Inner Visions: Brandon Dean ’08
To find creative inspiration, an artist turned to the subject he knew best: himself.Auburn Magazine: There are a lot of...
Leigh Anne Phillips Sharp ’99
Leigh Anne Sharp works for the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). Leigh Anne earned a zoology...