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8/4/95                            Diane B. Clifton

AU'S FOURTH 'PARTNERSHIP' PUBLIC FORUM SET FOR ANNISTON AUG. 10
     AUBURN -- Auburn University Outreach's fourth public forum in
its  summer "Partnership with the People" program is scheduled for
Thursday,  Aug. 10 in Anniston.
     The forum will be held at the Anniston High School at 7 p.m.
     The series of seven public forums are aimed at gathering
feedback  from Alabamians about regional needs and how AU Outreach
can be more  effective. The first three forums were June 14 in
Demopolis, July 18 in  Tuscaloosa and Aug. 3 in Athens.
     AU Provost Paul Parks and David Wilson, AU vice president for 
outreach and associate provost, will host the Anniston forum, which
will  also be attended by deans from AU's 12 schools and colleges.
     "Our experiences in the forums to date have been most 
gratifying," says Wilson. "Citizens of Alabama are enthusiastically 
greeting this opportunity to make their views known to the
university,  and this information will be of great value to us as
we plan for the next  century."
     The "Partnership with People" public forums, which kicked off
in  Demopolis , were initiated to learn directly from Alabamians
which  existing programs are most effective and what issues can be
addressed by  Auburn's outreach resources. The feedback will be
used to structure  future outreach programs.
     After participants register, a plenary meeting will be held in 
which participants can learn about Auburn's overall outreach
mission.  Then small discussion  or "break out" groups meet in
other locations  throughout the school to vocalize issues and
concerns. A facilitator  keeps a list of the issues raised in each
meeting, and the listings are  posted after the "break out"
sessions.
     The Anniston forum will seek input from residents of DeKalb, 
Etowah, Cherokee, St. Clair, Calhoun, Cleburne, Talladega, Clay and 
Randolph counties. But anyone may attend any of all of the forums.
     Regions, dates and locations for the remaining forums are: 
Southwest, Aug. 15, Bay Minette, Faulkner State Junior College; 
Southeast, Enterprise, Aug. 24, Enterprise State Junior College;
and  East, Montgomery, Aug. 31, AU at Montgomery.                 
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CONTACT: Office of the Vice President for University Outreach,
334/844/5700.