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 NEWS/EVENTS OF NOTE AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY -- May 7-13, 1995
            Auburn University - University Relations
                         (334) 844-9999

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5/5/95                                     Bob Lowry

AUBURN DAYBOOK

      Monday, May 8, Disability Awareness Week begins on AU campus. 
CONTACT: Kelly Haynes, 334/844-2096.
      ** Michael Moriarty, AU associate provost and vice president for 
research addresses Department of Agricultural Engineering Seminar on 
ÒResearch Philosophy for Land-Grant Institutions,Ó Kummer Conference 
Room, 1:10 p.m.
      ** Robert Devaney, chair of Department of Mathematics at Boston 
University, speaks on "The Beauty and Complexity of the Mandelbrot Set," 
part of Franklin Lectures series, Foy Union Gallery, 3 p.m. CONTACT: Jack 
Rogers, 334/844-4290.
      ** Ram Purohit, professor in Department of Large Animal Surgery 
and Medicine at AU College of Veterinary Medicine, gives 1995 
Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lecture, Broun Hall, room 238, 7 p.m.
      Tuesday, May 9,  New York City fashion designer Pauline Trigere 
will speak to AU students as 1995 Grisham-Trentham Lecturer in School of 
Human Sciences, Foy Union, Ballroom, 10 a.m. CONTACT: Gary Trentham, 
334/844-3084. 
      ** Adrienne Rich, one of America's most distinguished poets, 
gives public lecture on "Poetry Reading with Commentary"as part of the 
1994-95 Franklin Lectures in the Sciences and Humanities, AU Hotel and 
Conference Center, Auditorium, 4 p.m. CONTACT: Taylor Littleton, 
334/844-4373.
      ** Anita Rhodes, instructor in AU School of Nursing, lectures on 
ÒParenting Children with Disabilities,Ó Miller Hall, Auditorium, 6 p.m.
      Thursday, May 11, Mary Richards, dean of arts and sciences at 
University of Delaware and former dean of AUÕs College of Liberal Arts, 
will address annual banquet of Phi Beta Kappa members in Auburn area, 
Alumni Center, 6 p.m. CONTACT: Tim Dykstal, 334/844-9092, or 
dykstti@mallard.duc.auburn.edu.
      Friday, May 12, AU hosts 15th Annual Dixie Regional Wheelchair 
Games (through Sunday, May 14), various sites on campus and Auburn 
National Guard armory. CONTACT: Tracy Donald, 334/844-2118; or Anita 
Rhodes, 334/844-6759.
      Tuesday, May 25, AU President William Muse speaks at annual 
PresidentÕs Day for joint AU ROTC units, Max Morris Drill Field, 1:10 
p.m. CONTACT: Maj. Carlos Mejias, 334/844-4305.
      Monday, May 15, Jeff Seefeldt of Tuskegee National Forest 
addresses Agricultural Engineering Seminar on ÒExperiences Fighting 
Western Forest Fires,Ó Kummer Conference Room, 1:10 p.m.
      ** Michel Pinard, vice consul of France in Atlanta, lectures on 
French 
presidential elections, EagleÕs Nest, 4 p.m. CONTACT: Samia Spencer, 
334/844-4345.

STORY IDEAS FROM AUBURN
      (BURKHART) Closing of Alabama's only sex offender rehabilitation 
program by state Department of Corrections is "unwise and short-sighted," 
says AU  psychologist who is nationally respected for his research on 
sexual assault. CONTACT: Barry Burkhart, 334/844-6576
      (AUFORESTS) AU botanist is assembling information in research 
program that will enable forest managers to use environmentally friendly 
practices when dealing with such issues as erosion and herbicides.  
CONTACT: Bob Boyd, 334/844-1626
      (BREEDEN) Indiana industrialist and AU alumnus Dan Breeden was 
looking for way to help his alma mater when a friend from childhood gave 
him an idea.
Breeden saw Pat Barnes, AuburnÕs vice president for student affairs, as 
moving force behind universityÕs 1993 centennial celebration of the 
achievements of Auburn women. Later, as part of Campaign Auburn,Breeden 
created a permanent reminder of centennial by establishing major 
scholarship endowment for women students. CONTACT: Roy Summerford, 
334/844-9999. 

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