Auburn University Montgomery
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Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) is a coeducational public university
located in Montgomery
, Alabama
, USA
. It is governed by the Auburn University Board of Trustees, but is not a branch campus of Auburn University
. It was established by an act of the Alabama Legislature
in 1967. AUM offers programs of study leading to bachelor's
, master's
, and specialist degree
s in business
, education
, liberal arts
, nursing
, and sciences. The university enrolls more than 5,500 students, with an additional 10,000 enrolled in continuing education programs. In January 2007, the university moved toward branding itself as Auburn Montgomery.
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AUM has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as an operationally separate institution since 1978.
In January 2007, the university began branding itself as Auburn Montgomery and unveiled a new logo. The redesigned logo incorporates the AUM Library Tower in a style resembling Auburn University’s logo which features the Samford Hall
clock tower. While the university’s official name will remain the same, the rebranding aims to increase cooperation between the institutions.
AUM comprises five schools (Business, Education, Liberal Arts, Nursing, and Science) that offer bachelor, master and specialist degree programs. The most popular bachelor degrees granted are business administration (25 percent), nursing (13 percent), liberal arts (9 percent), biology (8 percent) elementary education (7 percent) and secondary education (7 percent). AUM also offers a joint doctorate program with Auburn University in Public Administration.
AUM also features a continuing education program that enrolls over 10,000 students annually. Continuing Education curricula include certificate programs, corporate education, community education, computer training, languages (including English as a Foreign or Second Language), online training, and youth programs.
AUM's School of Business also ranks in the top 5% of business schools in the world, as accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. And it has been rated a "Best Business School" by The Princeton Review.
and Virginia Durr
, Montgomery lawyers and civil rights activists; and the Ingram Lectures (since 1989), named for Robert Ingram, noted political analyst and journalist.
AUM offers apartment style dormitories in one, two, or four bedroom floor plans. Housing is divided into two sections, West Courtyards and North Commons. The West Courtyards dormitories opened in the fall of 1979 and are made up of seven two-story buildings . 2003 the eight-story North Commons complex, featuring private bedrooms, was opened. During the regular school year, approximately 10 percent to 15 percent of AUM students live on campus.
since the inception of the athletic department 30 years ago. Currently AUM participates in men's and women's basketball
, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis
, baseball
and softball
. On August 18, 2011, AUM officially renamed its sports teams, formerly known as the Senators, Warhawks.
The women's tennis team have won ten NAIA national titles, including a five-title streak (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008). The men's tennis team have won nine NAIA national titles, including a stretch of three consecutive championships (2006, 2007, 2008). They won again in 2010, Scott Kidd being elected as NAIA Coach of the Year.
Public university
A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. A national university may or may not be considered a public university, depending on regions...
located in Montgomery
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city...
, Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is governed by the Auburn University Board of Trustees, but is not a branch campus of Auburn University
Auburn University
Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...
. It was established by an act of the Alabama Legislature
Alabama Legislature
The Alabama Legislature is the legislative branch of the state government of Alabama. It is a bicameral body composed of the Alabama House of Representatives, with 105 members, and the Alabama Senate, with 35 members...
in 1967. AUM offers programs of study leading to bachelor's
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
, master's
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
, and specialist degree
Specialist degree
-The Specialist degree in the Commonwealth of Independent States:The specialist degree was the only first degree in the former Soviet Union and currently is being phased out by the bakalvr's - magister's degrees....
s in business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
, education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, liberal arts
Liberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...
, nursing
Nursing
Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
, and sciences. The university enrolls more than 5,500 students, with an additional 10,000 enrolled in continuing education programs. In January 2007, the university moved toward branding itself as Auburn Montgomery.
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History
AUM was established in 1967 by Act 403 of the Alabama Legislature. In March 1968, Dr. H. Hanly Funderburk, Jr., was appointed vice president and chief administrator of the newly created university. AUM opened its doors in September 1969 with nearly 600 students in the old Alabama Extension Center on Bell Street, next to Maxwell AFB. Two years later, the university relocated to a 500 acres (2 km²) campus on the McLemore Plantation tract, 7 miles (11.3 km) east of downtown Montgomery. The campus' first two buildings were the Administration/Library building and Goodwyn Hall with classrooms and faculty offices.AUM has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as an operationally separate institution since 1978.
In January 2007, the university began branding itself as Auburn Montgomery and unveiled a new logo. The redesigned logo incorporates the AUM Library Tower in a style resembling Auburn University’s logo which features the Samford Hall
Samford Hall
William J. Samford Hall is a structure on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. It is an icon of Auburn University and houses the school's administration. The building is named for William J...
clock tower. While the university’s official name will remain the same, the rebranding aims to increase cooperation between the institutions.
Academics
For the 2008-2009 academic year, AUM enrolled 4,686 undergraduate and 869 graduate students. The student body is 64 percent female and 36 percent male. In terms of racial makeup, 58 percent of students are white, 33 percent are black, 2 percent are Asian and 1 percent are Hispanic.AUM comprises five schools (Business, Education, Liberal Arts, Nursing, and Science) that offer bachelor, master and specialist degree programs. The most popular bachelor degrees granted are business administration (25 percent), nursing (13 percent), liberal arts (9 percent), biology (8 percent) elementary education (7 percent) and secondary education (7 percent). AUM also offers a joint doctorate program with Auburn University in Public Administration.
AUM also features a continuing education program that enrolls over 10,000 students annually. Continuing Education curricula include certificate programs, corporate education, community education, computer training, languages (including English as a Foreign or Second Language), online training, and youth programs.
AUM's School of Business also ranks in the top 5% of business schools in the world, as accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. And it has been rated a "Best Business School" by The Princeton Review.
Lecture series
Annual lectures include the Durr Lectures (since 1992), named for CliffordClifford Durr
Clifford Durr was an Alabama lawyer who played an important role in defending activists and others accused of disloyalty during the New Deal and McCarthy eras and who represented Rosa Parks in her challenge to the constitutionality of the ordinance requiring the segregation of passengers on buses...
and Virginia Durr
Virginia Foster Durr
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1574Virginia Foster Durr was an American and a white civil rights activist and lobbyist...
, Montgomery lawyers and civil rights activists; and the Ingram Lectures (since 1989), named for Robert Ingram, noted political analyst and journalist.
Student life
HousingAUM offers apartment style dormitories in one, two, or four bedroom floor plans. Housing is divided into two sections, West Courtyards and North Commons. The West Courtyards dormitories opened in the fall of 1979 and are made up of seven two-story buildings . 2003 the eight-story North Commons complex, featuring private bedrooms, was opened. During the regular school year, approximately 10 percent to 15 percent of AUM students live on campus.
Athletics
AUM participates in the NAIANational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
since the inception of the athletic department 30 years ago. Currently AUM participates in men's and women's basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
and softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
. On August 18, 2011, AUM officially renamed its sports teams, formerly known as the Senators, Warhawks.
The women's tennis team have won ten NAIA national titles, including a five-title streak (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008). The men's tennis team have won nine NAIA national titles, including a stretch of three consecutive championships (2006, 2007, 2008). They won again in 2010, Scott Kidd being elected as NAIA Coach of the Year.
Notable people
- Keivan DeraviKeivan DeraviKeivan Deravi is an Iranian-born economist at Auburn Montgomery, Alabama.Born in Tehran, Iran, Deravi received his undergraduate degree at the University of Tehran in 1977. He left for the United States and received his MBA from Tarleton State University in 1980...
, economics professor - Stephanie ReynoldsHIP HaitiHIP Haiti, an acronym of Humanitarians Initiating Progress in Haiti, is an American non-profit organization established in 2008 by Anne Jordan-Reynolds and her daughter Stephanie Reynolds, of Montgomery, Alabama...
, co-founder of HIP Haiti, a non-profit organization - John G. Veres IIIJohn VeresJohn G. Veres III is the chancellor of Auburn Montgomery .- AUM Biography :John G. Veres has been at AUM for over three decades. Veres started at AUM as a student in 1972. From October 1976 to March 1977 Veres was the Research and Training Assistant for Auburn University at Montgomery...
, chancellor - Barbara WiedemannBarbara WiedemannBarbara Wiedemann is an American poet and currently a professor of literature at Auburn Montgomery. Wiedemann, who received her Ph.D. from the University of South Florida, has published one book of poetry, besides a number of poems in literary journals...
, poet and English professor