Auburn
University
Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a located
in . With
more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest in the state. Auburn was
chartered on February
7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private school affiliated with the . In
1872, the became the state's first
under
the and was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College
of Alabama. In 1892, the college became the
first four-year school
in the state. The curriculum at the university originally focused on arts and
agriculture. This trend changed under the guidance of Dr. William Leroy Broun,
who taught classics and sciences and believed both disciplines were important
in the overall growth of the university and the individual. The college was
renamed the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute (API)
in 1899, largely because of Dr. Broun’s influence.The college continued
expanding, and in 1960 its name was officially changed to Auburn University to
acknowledge the varied academic programs and larger curriculum of a major
university. In 1964, under Federal mandate AU admitted its first
African American Student. It had been popularly known as "Auburn"
for many years. Auburn is
among the few American universities designated as a and research center.
HistoryAuburn University was chartered by the
Alabama Legislature as the East Alabama Male College on February 7, 1856, coming under the guidance of the in 1859.The
first president of the institution was Reverend
and the school opened its doors in 1859 to a student body of eighty and a
faculty of ten. The early history of Auburn is inextricably linked
with the and the -era
South. Classes were held in "Old Main" until the college was closed
due to the Civil War, when most of the students and faculty left to enlist. The
campus was used as a training ground for the Army,
and "Old Main" served as a hospital for Confederate wounded.To commemorate Auburn's contribution to the
Civil War, a cannon lathe used for the manufacture of cannons for the
Confederate Army and recovered from , was presented to Auburn in
1952 by brothers of Delta Chapter of the raternity.It
sits today on the lawn next to
Name change: Auburn
Recognizing the school had moved beyond its
agricultural and mechanical roots, it was granted university status by the
Alabama Legislature in 1960 and officially renamed Auburn University, a name that better
expressed the varied academic programs and expanded curriculum that the school
had been offering for years. However, it had been popularly called "Auburn" for many years
even before the official name change.Like most universities in the ,
Auburn was prior to 1963, with only white
students being admitted. Integration went smoothly at Auburn, with the first
African-American student, Harold A. Franklin, being admitted in 1964, and the
first doctoral degree being granted to an African-American in 1967.Today, Auburn has grown since its
founding to have an on-campus enrollment of over 25,000 students and a faculty
of almost 1,200 at the main campus in . There
are also more than 6,000 students at the satellite
campus established in 1967.
Campus
arrangemen
The Auburn campus is primarily
arranged in a grid-like pattern with several distinct building groups. The
northern section of the central campus (bounded by Magnolia Ave. and Thach Ave.) contains most of the College of Engineering buildings, the Lowder
business building, and the older administration buildings. The middle section
of the central campus (bounded by Thach Ave. and Roosevelt Dr.) contains the College of Liberal Arts (except fine arts) and
the College of Education, mostly within Haley Center. The southern section
of the central campus (bounded by Roosevelt Dr. and Samford Ave.) contains the most of
the buildings related to the College of Science and Mathematics, as
well as fine arts buildings.
Football
Auburn named as
the new football head coach on December 4, 2012. Other past coaches
include.Auburn played its first game
in 1892 against the
at starting
what is currently the oldest college football rivalry in the . Auburn's first perfect season
came in ,
when the Tigers went 8-0, claiming a second SIAA conference championship and
the first national championship in school history. The Tigers' first bowl
appearance was in 1937 in the sixth played
in .
AU football has won seven SEC Conference Championships, and since the division
of the conference in 1992, seven western division championships and four trips
to the SEC Championship game. Auburn plays arch-rival each year in a game known as the ,
Auburn was coached by "Shug" Jordan to a 10–0 record and
was awarded the AP National Championship.
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