AU REPORT November 30, 1998

Auburn in December
Holiday wreaths on the university's main gates greet Auburn visitors during December. This early evening scene with Samford Hall in the background is featured on 1998 holiday greeting cards from President and Mrs. William Muse.


Trustees to take up priorities plan in '99

A report presented by the Commission on the Role of the University in the 21st Century was accepted by the AU Board on Trustees on Nov. 20, but specific approval of recommendations was delayed until a future meeting.
The report provided a set of recommendations concerning the priorities of the university over the next five years and the reallocation and structural changes needed to achieve those goals.

In the meantime, the university's Academic Programs Review Committee of faculty representatives will review the 10 academic programs under consideration for termination. The committee has until April 2 to report to President William Muse, who will then report back to the Board of Trustees. Under the president's plan, any programs spared will be replaced by others to recoup the equivalent savings.

The board decision to accept the report but delay action came one day after the board-created Commission on the Role of AU in the 21st Century concluded more than seven months of work by approving Muse's recommendations.

The priorities in the president's five-year plan include:

* Bringing faculty salaries from the present level of 87 percent of the regional average to 100 percent for each faculty rank, and bringing staff and administrative and professional salaries to the average for their job market and region.

* Increasing deferred maintenance to upgrade and prevent deterioration of campus facilities.

* Increasing departmental operating budgets by 3 percent per year to offset funding cuts of recent years.

* Designation of seven programs as "Peaks of Excellence" with extra funding to enable them to become nationally and internationally competitive. The high-priority programs are: Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures in the College of Agriculture; Department of Poultry Science in the College of Agriculture; the biological sciences; detection and food safety; transportation-related programs in the College of Engineering; information technology programs in the College of Engineering; and programs in forestry and wildlife science.

* Investing greater sums in the core curriculum, instructional technology, library resources and efforts to promote greater racial diversity among faculty and students.

The largest amount of the extra funding would come from reallocation of resources totaling $21.4 million, including the phasing out of low-priority academic units to produce $6.5 million in revenue. The other major source of income would come from annual tuition increases of 6 percent per year for five years, down from the average of 7.2 percent per year over the past five years, and increased revenue from out-of-state students as tougher requirements enacted three years ago for in-state residency take effect.

Academic programs to be considered for termination are: doctorate in economics; master's degrees in instructional design trade and industrial education, music and political science; and bachelor's degrees in aviation management, trade and industrial education, geography, criminal justice and anthropology. The last two would be merged with related majors.

Board member John Denson of Opelika said he opposes closing the doctoral program in economics, and Trustee James Tatum of Huntsville argued against the proposal to close the aviation management program. Both argued that the programs may be low priorities within their respective colleges but should be high priorities for the university as a whole.

Neither Denson nor Tatum was on the Review Commission, and both noted that their terms will have expired when the board considers the future of those programs.

Board President Pro Tempore Jimmy Samford of Opelika said acceptance of the administration's plan now would leave room for the board to deal with unresolved issues in the spring. The delay will provide time for incoming Agriculture Dean Luther Waters to submit his recommendations on spending cuts for reallocation in that college and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station ($2.3 million). In addition, the Academic Programs Review Committee will have completed its review of the program terminations.

But Samford, who served on the Review Commission, urged his fellow trustees not to try to pick apart the plan. "I encourage this board to look at the plan in its totality and not get into rifle shooting." As a whole, the plan will be in the best interest of the university, Samford said.

Muse's plan calls for alternatives from the deans of affected colleges for any programs spared after review by the Academic Programs Review Committee. After some members questioned specific parts of the package, Trustee Bobby Lowder of Montgomery said the board should not consider the plan piecemeal. The board should not consider raising tuition and cutting student services if the program cuts are taken out, he added.
The AU president said the recommendations had been considered thoroughly, and he noted that they were developed under severe time constraints because of the board's desire to conclude the matter quickly.
If he had known the board would delay its consideration of the recommendations until April, he would have involved more people in their development, Muse added.

Next spring, while the board is deliberating the plan, which will affect AU budgets for the next five years, the university will also be developing its budget for the first of those years, 1999-2000.

Samford and Trustee Ed Richardson, co-chair of the Review Commission, commended Muse for developing a comprehensive plan under tight deadlines.

Muse said adoption of the plan would enable the administration to end a "brain drain" in which better funded institutions in other states are luring away top scholars and would help the university address facilities problems that hamper educational quality. The plan will also enable the university to redirect more funds into programs which can become more competitive at the national and international levels, he added.

The main campus budget is $327 million for 1998-99, and is the largest part of the total AU budget of $445 million, which also includes Auburn University at Montgomery, the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.

(For details on the AU President's recommendations,see Recommendations. For more on the commission and board presentations, see Presentations. For background, see Commissions.)

Range of views
From left, Wayne Flynt, Paul Parks and Jack Venable were among Review Commission members who came from, respectively, the faculty, administration and Board of Trustees. The Commission on the Role of the University in the 21st Century reviewed AU's programs and priorities and forwarded President William Muse's recommendations to the AU Board of Trustees.


Conferring
Jimmy Samford, left, president pro tempore of the AU Board of Trustees, and AU President William Muse confer before Muse presents his recommendations to the board.

Bradberry urges new campaign for state funding

More than a decade after his retirement from Auburn, George "Buck" Bradberry, right, executive director emeritus of Alumni and Development, has reemerged on the campus scene to issue a call for action to all AU constituents.
After issuing an impassioned plea at the Nov. 6 Review Commission meeting, Bradberry returned on Nov. 19 and 20 to urge members of the Board of Trustees and others to organize a combined effort of students, parents, alumni and other AU constituencies for a campaign on behalf of adequate funding for Auburn by the Alabama Legislature.

Bradberry, who retired in 1985 after leading the university through the successful Generations Fund private fund-raising campaign of the early 1980s, called on Auburn constituencies to join forces with each other and with those of other four-year institutions, particularly the University of Alabama, to present a united front for adequate financial support from the state.

The former longtime fund-raiser said his lobbying efforts, near the end of a grueling seven and a half months of self-examination by the university, were an attempt to focus attention toward what he described as the source of Auburn's financial problems of the 1990s.
"Auburn is not getting anywhere close to its fair share of financial support from the state, and neither are the other four-year colleges," Bradberry said.

Bradberry noted that the Legislature's funding for AU has declined from 73.2 percent of needs in 1986, based on Alabama Commission on Higher Education criteria, to 53. 7 percent in 1998. Other four-year colleges have experienced similar declines in support, while the state's two-year colleges have seen their support increase on an annual base from 77.6 percent of needs in 1986 to 88.8 percent this year, he said.

"Why has this happened to the state of Alabama's four-year colleges over the last 13 years?" he asked. "Surely this was not planned, but it is clearly discrimination against over 120,000 fine students enrolled at this time."

If Auburn turns its attention to building a united front with its own constituencies and joins forces with the University of Alabama, the Legislature will take a new look at the needs of the research universities, he said. "It is not just Auburn and Alabama, but we are the ones that have to provide the leadership. We are the ones who have to get the ball rolling."

AU to award more than 1,000 degrees at Dec. 14 graduation

Auburn will award 1,071 academic degrees at its fall quarter commencement ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 14 in Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum.

Of the degrees AU will award, 825 are bachelor's, 187 are master's degrees and 59 are doctorates.

The College of Liberal Arts will award the most undergraduate degrees with 204, followed by the College of Business with 190 and the College of Education with 125.

Other schools and colleges and the number of degrees they will award are the College of Engineering, 91; School of Human Sciences, 60; College of Agriculture, 47; College of Science and Mathematics, 44; School of Architecture, Design and Construction, 39; School of Pharmacy, 19; School of Forestry with five; and School of Nursing, one.

Since its founding as East Alabama Male College in 1856, AU has awarded 195,425 academic degrees.

Quality of Life Awards go to Tutu, Bo Jackson

Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu of South Africa and former athletic superstar Bo Jackson will be honored next week by AU with its School of Human Sciences' fifth annual International Quality of Life Awards.

The awards will be presented Dec. 7 at the United Nations in New York.

The International Quality of Life Awards were established in 1994 by AU'S School of Human Sciences to honor those who make significant contributions to the well being of others both professionally and personally.

"Students today need concrete role models to see the many ways that people are working, worldwide, to enhance human well-being," said AU School of Human Sciences Dean June Henton. "Archbishop Tutu and Bo Jackson exemplify individuals who have struggled, each in his own way, to ensure a better quality of life for future generations."

When Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, he had already spent more than three decades fighting apartheid. A respected leader in the Anglican church, he spoke out against oppression, encouraging sanctions against his own country as a means of nonviolent protest.

The son of a South African school teacher and domestic worker, Tutu, at left, was born into a life of racial tension and segregation. Though higher education was rare to native South Africans, Tutu earned a teacher's diploma before his interests turned to theology. He was ordained as a priest in 1961, and earned a bachelor's degree in Divinity Honours and a master's degree in Theology from Kings College in London.

He held several church appointments before being named Dean of St. Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg, South Africa and later as the first black General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches. It was in the latter position that, in 1985, Tutu was appointed Bishop of Johannesburg and a year later he was named the first black Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town.

In the 1990s, with the end of apartheid in sight, Tutu's message became one not of revenge for the wrongs suffered, but of forgiveness and he was instrumental in the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a group which promotes amnesty in exchange for truth.

Since his retirement in 1996, Tutu has continued to speak around the world as an advocate for those suffering basic human rights violations.

As an athlete, former Auburn football star "Bo" Jackson was legendary, becoming the first athlete to excel in two professional sports -- football and baseball -- at the same time.

Since his retirement from sports in 1995, Jackson, at right, has devoted his time to organizations focused on the welfare of children and youth, including the Children's Miracle Network, America Goes Back To School program and Chicago Off The Streets Club.

In his personal life, Jackson exemplifies his philosophy to "study hard and complete your education," returning to school after 10 years to complete his bachelor's degree in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies from Auburn in 1995.

From his position in the America Goes Back To School program, Jackson emphasizes the important role parents can play in helping children realize their educational dream. Jackson also is involved in the Chicago Off The Streets Club, an organization that provides safe haven for kids who would otherwise spend their days on the streets of Chicago, because those children mirror his childhood experiences growing up in Alabama.

Jackson, his wife and three children live in the Chicago area. Along with other business interests, he is a part-time actor and is a spokesman for HealthSouth Corp. in Birmingham.

Past winners include Robert D. Haas, Chairman and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co.; William R. Howell, Chairman of JC Penney; Don Logan, President and CEO of Time Inc.; Lawrence Klein, the Benjamin Franklin Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and a Nobel Laureate; Elmer Harris, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alabama Power Co.; Catherine Bertini, Executive Director of the United National World Food Program; Horst Schulze, President and COO, Ritz Carlton Hotel Co.; and John Adams, president, Chairman and CEO of the Russell Corp.

Some AU streets to be blocked in coming weeks

Drivers on the west side of campus can expect to encounter a series of detours for several weeks starting in December as work begins on the first phase of parking improvements.

The first rerouting of streets for a major parking area expansion in that part of campus is expected to start before the end of the year, says Cathy Love, executive director of the Facilities Division.

The first street to undergo rerouting and improvements will be the west end of Roosevelt Drive, which connects with Magnolia Avenue west of Max Morris Field. That project will continue into winter quarter and, when finished, the street will carry rerouted traffic during the next stage of the Max Morris Parking Improvements Project.

In early 1999, the university is slated to take bids on roadway reconstruction along Donahue Drive between Samford Avenue and Roosevelt Drive. The one-way stretch of Wire Road between Magnolia and Thach Avenue is also scheduled for closing during the coming year as part of the parking area expansion.

The $5.7 million parking expansion is being revised to accommodate changing parking needs since AU's Tiger Transit bus system last year made parking areas on the south side of campus more accessible to students.

Love noted that the improvements to Donahue will include bicycle lanes as part of the university's effort to promote alternatives to automobiles as means of transportation on campus.

Gift of wood
AU's School of Forestry received an early Christmas present from an avid collector of wood samples. George F. Hamner, right, a retired U.S. Army major general, last week donated a collection of wood samples from more than 230 types of Alabama trees to the forestry school for use in teaching and research. Hamner, of Tuscaloosa, said he will present approximately 70 more samples in the near future. With an assist from Auburn graduate and Bibb County timber producer Dan James, center, Hamner also donated a custom built cabinet to hold the wood samples. The experts on native wood varieties discuss details of a sample with AU forestry faculty member Tom Elder, who will use the samples in his classes on wood science.


Filing requirement reduced for employees taking classes

The AU Department of Human Resources is changing the filing requirement for AU employees to qualify for tuition waivers for on-campus courses.
Starting winter quarter, employees who take classes and qualify for a partial tuition waiver will only have to file the permission form (UPO 200) once. The new form asks the employee to list an anticipated course of study for the entire program instead of the course for one quarter.

"We're trying to simplify the process used to enter into the program," said Pat Deery, manager of human resource development. "The student employee has to take care of classes and this paperwork, so we thought we should make the paperwork part easier."

Approximately 150 employees take at least one class per quarter. Employees may receive partial or full waiver of fees, depending on salary level, for up to five hours per quarter. The UPO 200 forms track the employees' progress through their academic programs and have been a quarterly requirement since the university initiated the waivers four years ago.

To qualify for waivers, employees must not register before the first day of class each quarter.

Starting in January, employees may obtain copies in their departments, Deery said. Human Resources will distribute the new forms to departments through colleges, schools and vice presidents.

Secure, protect work areas during holiday break

The AU Department of Public Safety has issued the following recommendations for faculty and staff to protect their property and work areas during the holidays:
* Make sure all exterior and interior building doors and windows are locked.
* Never prop open exterior doors.
* Properly secure all portable equipment and tools.
* Make sure that personal valuables are taken home or secured properly in a locked desk or cabinet.
* Report any suspicious activity or unauthorized individuals immediately to the AUDPS. If you are outside, use one of the emergency telephones located throughout the campus.
* If you come to the campus to work, be sure and let someone know where you will be and when you are expected to return. Avoid working alone unless absolutely necessary.
* If you come to the campus to work, be sure and lock your vehicle. Secure valuables in the trunk.

Human Sciences honors visiting international faculty

Auburn's School of Human Sciences is sponsoring a one-day program Tuesday, Dec. 1, on "Human Diversity Enhancing the Quality of Life."

The program, part of Human Sciences Day for Global Understanding, will be from noon-2 p.m. in Spidle 244.

It will honor two international visiting faculty members in the school -- Emine Ercan, an associate professor of textile engineering at Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey, and In Ryu Choi, a professor of textiles and design at Sungshin Women's University in Seoul, Korea.

Both will teach in the Department of Consumer Affairs this academic year.
The school will also recognize the international students majoring in human sciences programs as well as the 11 AU students participating in the school's international minor program. Eight students have graduated since the program was initiated fall 1996.

June Henton, dean of the School of Human Sciences, will speak at 12:30 p.m., followed by a international food tasting fair, with student and faculty involvement, and a display of student projects from the school's three departments.

During classes that day in the School of Human Sciences, faculty will be exploring international connections to their teaching. For example, students in one nutrition class will be cooking ethnic foods; a human development and family studies class will be exploring different cultures and how they affect family life; and students in an interior environments class will be designing homes for various cultures.

The event is sponsored by the School of Human Sciences International Committee.

Campus Views
Review provided learning experience for all

(Editor's Note: The following is a presentation by Barry Burkhart, chair of the Task Force to Study the Efficiency of Auburn University, to the Commission to Review AU's Role in the 21st Century on Nov. 19.)

By Barry Burkhart, Professor, Psychology

The past seven months have been hard on Auburn. The ambiguity of what was at risk for the university, the intense time pressure of trying to consider all aspects of the university in such a short time, and the potential for conflict inherent in the tasks of reevaluating the roles of the university made this a difficult and painful process. In spite of the peril of much harm, in the final analysis we were able to salvage much that will be useful to Auburn as we prepare for the 21st century. Not all of these positive outcomes are contained in the president's summary.

I would like to take this opportunity to summarize several of these accomplishments which I see as important lessons. Pain not productive of learning is wasted; thus, it is critical that we learn the lessons of the last seven months. Life gives us lessons and, if we learn from these, we get new lessons. If we don't learn them, we get the same ones again. We don't need these lessons again. There was too much pain in this process, so let us consider these lessons and extract their wisdom.

1. Education is our legitimate and finest product. In this process, we have learned a great deal about the university and each other. Jack Venable's comment that he has learned more in the past seven months about Auburn University than he had in his previous seven years as trustee states this lesson well. I also can attest to that outcome. I have learned a great deal, mostly from my colleagues, who I would like to thank for their willingness to teach me. However, we have a history of not getting this lesson. It is our failure to get this lesson which has led to our cycles of distrust and disengagement. Therefore, if this lesson is to have lasting impact we need to make it part of a continuing process. To that end, I challenge the board and the faculty leadership to institute a regular schedule of meetings between us. Let us continue to learn from each other.

2. A common metaphor for education is bringing light into darkness. This metaphor is an apt summary of our next lesson. There was considerable pressure in the early days of the commission to conduct this work in secret. Had this been done, we would have failed. As difficult as it has been to conduct these often painful hearings in the open, the decision to open the process, more than anything else, has legitimized our work. By doing this work openly, we have declared that we would be held accountable. Thus, all who participated knew that their voice counted to the same measure as any other's. Our lesson is that we can, indeed we must, trust openness.

3. The willingness to trust openness gave us our next lesson, which also was our finest gift. As we debated Auburn's future, her truest legacy, the many people who love Auburn, came forth in numbers. The outpouring of concern about the fate of Auburn was overwhelming. I learned anew how deep the concern for Auburn is among her family. Our challenge with this lesson is to have Auburn people fighting for Auburn, not with each other.

4. Knowing this lesson leads naturally to the next lesson. Our strength and our success will emerge from our connection with each other. Nowhere was this more evident than the willingness of the administration to work collaboratively with the task force. I must thank President Muse for his honest engagement with us. Not once did he slight the work of the task force. A careful reading of the president's reports to the commission reveals that he used our work and drew from it. Our challenge is to have such trusting engagement characterize Auburn's work at all levels. If the faculty and administration can work together in such a trying task, then perhaps the board can learn to do this also.

5. Perhaps the most inspiring lesson for me was the discovery, or rediscovery, of Auburn's strengths. The name of our group, the Task Force to Study the Efficiency of Auburn University, always seemed a bit too bureaucratic. However, it did force us to examine the issue of our efficiency. For those who missed our earlier reports, the short answer is that, by every measure available, Auburn is astonishingly efficient and is so recognized by all observers. I have come to have a profound respect for the work of my colleagues at every station in the university. I am concerned only that it seems so few outside of Auburn know just how good is this university. The lesson is more than that we are good at what we do; the lesson must be that this fact should be shared more with the rest of the world.

6. My sixth lesson is the obvious but still neglected realization that Auburn includes AUM. All too often it is easy to overlook that, though we are two campuses and we do things differently, we are still part of the same university. Our challenge is to overcome our geographic separation and realize our fundamental connection.

7. The final lesson to be drawn from this painful process is that we should never do it this way again. Academic decisions require reflection and deliberateness. The pressure to force decisions by time constraints, the untoward specter of outside constituents pressing for outcomes favorable to their partisan interests and the potential divisiveness of competition for limited resources outside an academic process could have been terribly destructive. It is too great a risk to face again. Only skilled administrative leadership and the decision to open the review process allowed us to escape with a good plan. Moreover, the president is wise to leave the final decisions about program review where they belong, with the faculty committee charged to make these decisions. Instead, the commission should accept this plan and allow the university to move forward purposely and productively. Then the Board of Trustees can return to their rightful job of being our champions and use the majesty of their authority to advocate for our needs, to empower us to continue Auburn's excellence and to protect Auburn from those who would try to harm her.

Tech Corner

Campus countdown to the millennium
AU's Year 2000 Task Force is working to ensure that the arrival of January 2000 becomes a cause for celebration and not for concern. Will the elevators in Haley Center keep running? Will office desktop computers function normally? Will our paychecks arrive on time? The task force has identified seven "business processes" at AU, covering areas such as electronic infrastructure, computer desktops and financial resources. The risk factor of each of these is rated, and each is going through a series of seven compliance phases, starting with awareness of the issue and ending with implementation of all needed changes. For instance, the Student Information System is identified as a critical business process which has already reached full implementation of Y2K compliance. Other areas are in various stages of compliance. The total cost of bringing AU into Y2K compliance is also being assessed by the task force and monthly progress reports submitted to the State of Alabama. Details and ongoing updates are on the Web at www.auburn.edu/year2000.

Auburn University Websites to see
University Computing recommends these websites for faculty, staff and students:
* What's New in Technology at Auburn University: www.auburn.edu/duc/update.html
* AULease: www.auburn.edu/aulease
* Year 2000 at Auburn University: www.auburn.edu/year2000/
* AU Technology Hotline www.auburn.edu/hotline/
* Web Resources for Auburn University Students: http://oasis.auburn.edu
* AOS: Web Resources for Auburn University Faculty & Staff: http://aos.auburn.edu/
* University Directory: www.auburn.edu/au_campus_directory.html/

Spirit of Excellence
AU's Department of Human Resources presents Spirit of Excellence awards each month to university employees who display exceptional ability and performance in their jobs. Recipients for October and their departments were, from left Sheryl S. Johnson, Athletic Department; Stevie Best, Space Power Institute; Richard Frizzell, Facilities Division; and Ginger Ware, Aerospace Engineering.

Unsung Hero: Lynn Burt, Human Resources
This week's Unsung Hero is Lynn Burt, employment specialist with the AU Department of Human Resources. She has been at Auburn four years. She was asked:

I get the greatest satisfaction in my job when... "I hear from employees that are happy with their jobs and I feel that I have helped match the individual with that position."

In my job area, quality is measured by... "a high level of customer service and prompt attention to employment needs campuswide."

If I could change one thing about Auburn (or my job) it would be... "to increase communication at all levels and across departments."

I've always wondered why... "some employees at Auburn tend to work against each other instead of together. We all work for the same institution and should work together as a team toward common goals."
When people come to this campus, I want them to... " appreciate Auburn's beautiful landscaping and architecture and feel welcomed by the faculty, staff and students."

In my spare time, I like to... "read, attend Auburn football games, visit with friends and family and travel with my husband."

Campus Roundup

Computer scanning of exams available
AU's computer scanning service to assist faculty in grading final exams will be available from 7:45-11:45 a.m. and 12:45-4:45 p.m. Dec. 7-11 in Tichenor 120. For information, call 844-9904.

Act now to add, continue or change Flex Spending Account
Open enrollment for AU's Flexible Spending Account Plan for 1999 is under way. Under this plan, participating AU employees gain tax savings by setting aside pre-tax earnings to reimburse themselves for medical insurance premiums, dependent care expenses and medical, dental and vision expenses not reimbursed by insurance carriers. Employees who participated in the plan during 1998 will need to complete the new enrollment form to continue participating in 1999. Deadline for registration or changes is Dec. 15. For details on the plan, contact Sarah Fucci at Payroll and Employee Benefits, 844-4183.

Aerobics classes offered at Activities Center
Aerobics classes are taught on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays in 207N Student Activities Center from 5-6 p.m. Instructors Amanda Delashaw and Christy Bunn teach high and low impact, plus focusing on total body toning. The classes are open to all.

Higher Ed Partnership seeking AU members
The Higher Education Partnership, an independent association for higher education, is conducting a membership drive among AU faculty, staff and supporters. Membership is $12 per year and supports information and lobbying efforts on behalf of the state's universities. For a membership application, contact Jerry Brown or Michael Mercer in the Department of Journalism at 844-4607.

Stressed out? Group offers help
A free, structured stress management group is being organized by the Student Success Center and will serve faculty, staff and students. The group meets Tuesdays from 3-4:30 p.m. in Foy 189. Call Vern Russell at 844-5123 for details.

Group helps develop communication skills
The Auburn-Opelika Chapter of Toastmasters International meets Mondays at 5:30 p.m. in Comer 109. Anyone seeking to develop speaking, listening and/or other communication skills is invited. For information, contact Mary Owens at 826-2165.

BC/BS representative visits scheduled
AU's Blue Cross/Blue Shield representative will be on campus Jan. 13 from 10 a.m.-noon in the Payroll and Benefits Office at Ingram 212 to answer questions from AU faculty and staff about their health insurance coverage and other Blue Cross/Blue Shield benefits. No appointment is necessary.

Upcoming Events
Thursday, December 3
* Auburn Black Caucus meets, noon, Foy 208.
Monday, December 7
* Fall Quarter Finals start.
Monday, December 14
* Graduation, 2:30 p.m., Coliseum.
Saturday, December 19 through Sunday, January 3
* University closed for holidays.
Monday, January 4
* Campus reopens.
Wednesday, January 6
* Deadline for copy to AU Report, noon (a day later than the normal deadline).
Monday, January 11
* First AU Report of 1999.