The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has awarded Auburn University $18.4 million with a goal of increasing access and opportunities to thousands of middle school students across the state.
“This record grant is a game-changer for Alabama students, and I am proud Auburn’s College of Education and University Outreach will be spearheading the program,” AU President Christopher Roberts said.
Rooted in extensive research, Bloody Sunday, Selma and the Long Civil Rights Movement, a unique project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) launched this summer with a pair of week-long workshops for dozens of K-12 educators from districts across the nation.
Auburn professors in the College of Education and College of Nursing are launching a new collaborative initiative designed to increase mental health services in rural Alabama schools.
Becoming an advocate, researcher and spokesperson for people with chronic health conditions was never the role Julie Hill thought she would one day have when she embarked on her career as a preschool special education teacher.