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 NEWS/EVENTS OF NOTE AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY -- May 14-20, 1995
            Auburn University - University Relations
                         (334) 844-9999

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5/12/95                                  Bob Lowry

AUBURN DAYBOOK

      Sunday, May 14, 15th Annual Dixie Regional Wheelchair Games wraps 
up three-day event, various sites on campus. CONTACT: Tracy Donald, 
334/844-2118.
      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, Haley Center, EagleÕs Nest, 4 p.m. 
CONTACT: Samia Spencer, 334/844-4345.
      Monday, May 22, Deborah Fitzgerald, professor of history of 
technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, speaks on ÒYeomen No 
More: The Industrialization of Agriculture in the United States, 
1920-1940,Ó Foy Union, Room 208, 4 p.m.
      ** Timothy Dykstal, assistant professor of English at AU, speaks 
on ÒAgoraphobia: A Short History of Public Life in the early 18th 
Century,Ó Haley Center, EagleÕs Nest North, 4 p.m.
      Tuesday, May 23, Daniel Schwarz, professor of English at Cornell 
University, gives slide-illustrated lecture on ÒPicasso, Stevens and 
Joyce: a Cultural Configuration,Ó Foy Union, Room 202, 4 p.m.
      Wednesday, May 24, Cyrus Dawsey, professor and head of AU 
Department of Geography, addresses spring quarter meeting of Staff 
Advisory Council, Pharmacy Bldg., Room 101B, 3 p.m.
      Thursday, 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.

STORY IDEAS FROM AUBURN
      (AU-JOURNALISM) AUÕs Department of Journalism earns full six-year 
accreditation from Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and 
Mass Communication -- the first time it has sought such distinction. 
CONTACT: Jerry Brown, 334/844-4607; Gordon Bond, 334/844-4026; and Doug 
Anderson, 602/965-5011.
      (AU-RABVAC) With small research grant from  Southern States and 
International Llama Associations, scientists in AU College of Veterinary 
Medicine are pioneering way for development of rabies vaccine for llamas. 
CONTACT: David Pugh, 334/844-4490.
      (AU-CREEKTOWN) High school students and others interested in 
learning more about Alabama's native American heritage have unique 
opportunity to join AU and University of Alabama archaeologists this 
summer in race against time to excavate a 17th century Creek Indian town 
on Tallapoosa River. CONTACT: John Cottier, 334/844-2835.

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