College to welcome Gen. Lloyd Austin III and Mrs. Charlene Austin for 10th Keystone Leader lecture

The College of Education will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its annual Keystone Leader-in-Residence lecture series by welcoming Gen. Lloyd Austin III `86 and Mrs. Charlene Austin `85 as co-presenters.

The Austins are both graduates of the college's counselor education graduate program. Gen. Austin serves as the U.S. Army's vice chief of staff, while Mrs. Austin has been an advocate for military families and a volunteer for the United Service Organization (USO), the United Way, Operation Homefront and the Military Child Education Coalition.

The lecture will be held on Friday, October 26, from 11 a.m. to noon at the Auburn Alumni Center. The event is open to Auburn University students, faculty and staff, as well as community members.

Gen. Austin, who served as commanding general of U.S. Forces in Iraq before moving to the Pentagon in January 2012, earned one of Auburn University's Lifetime Achievement Awards earlier this year.

Established in 2003, the college's Keystone Leader-in-Residence program introduces students to proven leaders in education, human services, health services, community services and government. The program emphasizes that education, much like the keystone of an arch, serves a central, supporting role in society. Keystone Leaders spend a day on campus visiting with students, faculty and staff, and share their personal and professional experiences through a campus-wide lecture and various classroom and small-group meetings.