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8/18/95                          Diane B. Clifton
(cliftsh@mail.auburn.edu)

AU OUTREACH'S SIXTH 'PARTNERSHIP' PUBLIC FORUM IN ENTERPRISE
     AUBURN -- The sixth in the series of seven "Partnership with
the  People" public forums sponsored by Auburn University will be
at  Enterprise State Junior College on Thursday, Aug. 24 at 7 p.m.
     The forum will be at 7 p.m. at Enterprise State Junior
College.
     The "Partnership with the People" summer initiative is an 
ambitious effort to learn directly from Alabamians which existing 
outreach programs are most effective and what issues can be
addressed by  Auburn. The feedback will be used to structure future
outreach programs.
     Public forums have already been staged in Bay Minette,
Demopolis,  Tuscaloosa, Athens and Anniston.
     The Enterprise forum is targeted for residents of Crenshaw,
Pike,  Barbour, Covington, Coffee, Dale, Henry, Geneva and Houston
counties. The  last forum will be at AU Montgomery on Aug. 31.
     AU Provost Paul Parks and David Wilson, AU vice president for 
outreach and associate provost, will host the Enterprise forum,
which  will also be attended by deans from AU's 12 colleges and
schools and  other university representatives.
     "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."
     A large turnout is expected for the forum in Enterprise,  says
Wilson.
     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 to
vocalize issues and  concerns. A facilitator keeps a list of the
issues raised in each  meeting, and the listings are posted for 
viewing and summary during  refreshments provided for participants. 

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