AAC Scholarships - How Can Auburn Alumni Help Find New Students

The Atlanta Auburn Club has compiled some helpful links to provide metro area students, prospective students and their families further information on a variety of topics. Links to help find new students are below.  Click this link to see dozens more helpful links for scholarship, financial and new student information. 

FANS (Finding Auburn’s New Students) – for Alumni Volunteers http://www.aualum.org/alumni/fans.html
Recommend a Student (for Alumni only) http://www.aualum.org/alumni/fans-recommend.html

And be sure to check out the separate links page on our website for even more ALL Auburn links that can be found on the web.

AAC Scholarships Awarded for 2008-2009

2008-2009 AAC Scholarship recipients are Justin Neisler, Anna Campbell and Taylor Benz. Anna and Taylor, both freshmen, are in their first year as awardees. Justin has entered successfully completed his sophomore year this fall and continues to be a scholarship recipient active in the AAC activities as well as those at school. Click on their photos to get more information on each of our scholarship recipients.

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Justin Neisler	Anna Campbell	Taylor Benz

 You Can Help Us Send Metro Area Tigers to AU

The Atlanta Auburn Club is a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status held by its Roy B. Sewell Memorial Scholarship Fund. Every year charitable contributions made to this fund help the AAC finance scholarships for graduates of metro Atlanta high schools to attend Auburn University.

To help young Tigers get to Auburn, you can make a donation directly. Please send your tax-deductible donation to AAC Treasurer Janet Mertz. You can e-mail her at treasurer@atlantaauburnclub.org. Please make your check out to the Roy B. Sewell Memorial Scholarship Fund.

How You Can Help the AAC Provide HOPE for Metro Area Students

At the beginning of the year, the Atlanta Auburn Club presented Auburn University with checks totaling $40,000 in scholarship funds. This total included $14,000 for the club's Annual Scholarships to be awarded for the 2009/2010 school year, $25,000 for our Atlanta Auburn Club Endowment Fund, and an additional $1,000 for the Lauren Burk Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Thanks to your continued support of our scholarship fundraising efforts in the 2007-2008 club years, the AAC has raised a grand total of $60,000 in scholarship funds to help metro Atlanta area students -- now and into perpetuity. It is an impressive achievement that we can all celebrate and be proud of!

While we continue to work in 2009 and beyond to raise scholarship funds, you can help us grow the AAC endowment even quicker by designating a portion of your Annual Giving donation to this fund!

If you would like more information on how you can make a donation to the AAC's 501 (c)(3) Roy B. Sewell Memorial Scholarship Fund, Inc., please contact our club president, Kathleen Saal, at: communications@atlantaauburnclub.org -- WAR EAGLE!

Auburn University Establishes Lauren Burk Memorial Scholarship

Auburn University has established an endowed scholarship in honor of Lauren Burk, the AU student who died tragically on March 4, 2008.

A graduate of Walton High School in Marietta, Burk was a freshman studying graphic design and art. She was also an active and admired member of the Delta Gamma sorority.

The scholarship will be awarded to incoming freshman students majoring in graphic design with preference given to students from Cobb County.

"As the Auburn community grieves the loss of one of its own, we are touched by the thoughtfulness of others," said Auburn University President Jay Gogue, in response to the generosity of donations in Burk's memory. "Gifts to the Lauren Ashley Burk Memorial Scholarship Endowment will be a permanent memory of Lauren's tremendous spirit."

Donations can be made online at www.develop.auburn.edu (specify Lauren Burk Scholarship Fund) or send a check payable to the Auburn University Foundation to: Lauren Burk Memorial Scholarship Fund, 317 South College Street, Auburn, AL 36849.

Update on Funding for the Lauren Burk Memorial Scholarship Fund

 The Atlanta Auburn Club has received word from the Auburn University Development Office that the Lauren Burk Memorial Scholarship Endowment has been officially endowed on the foundation side.  This means they have reached, and exceeded, the initial goal of $25K for 2008- 2009, and this excludes the funds provided by the university.

Numerous individuals have contributed throughout the year, as well as major groups and organizations.As of June 2009, there have been:

-Generous contributions from Delta Gamma Fraternity, Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, Delta Zeta Sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, Kappa Delta Sorority, Sigma Kappa Sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, Chi Omega Sorority, Phi Mu Sorority, and Sigma Chi Fraternity.

-Several "Restaurant Days" in which certain restaurants offered to donate a percentage of sales, on specific days, to the Lauren Burk Memorial Scholarship Endowment fund.

-Contributions by Auburn Parents Association, CADC Student Council, the Atlanta Auburn Club, Lee County Auburn Club, and a student group that sold memorial wristbands in Lauren's memory.

New goals, as of June 8, 2009, are to reach at least $30K by the end of Summer 2009, and to reach beyond to $50K by the end of Spring 2010.

A student from Cobb County has been selected as the first recipient of the Lauren Burk Memorial Scholarship Endowment.  He is an incoming freshman at Auburn University.

Atlanta Auburn Club Announces Exclusive, Limited Edition Ornament
Sales of this AAC Exclusive to Benefit Club's Scholarship Fund

Get your exclusive 2008 “Toomer’s Corner” Atlanta Auburn Club club ornament. This exclusive collector's edition piece has been approved by collegiate licensing and will be produced in limited quantity. It will NOT be available in retail stores! You can purchase it ONLY through the Atlanta Auburn Club. So, don't miss out!

These individually boxed ornaments are handcrafted by artisans in Poland. Each is made of mouth-blown glass and painted by hand.

Price per ornament:
$30 + postage/handling for 2008 Atlanta Auburn Club members
$35 + postage/hanlding for non-members

Buy yours now! Want to place an order or have questions? Email the club at communications@atlantaauburnclub.org.

        

AAC Scholarships Cut Tuition by Two-Thirds for Metro Atlanta Students

Every year the Atlanta Auburn Club sponsors up to three full in-state tuition scholarships, which in 2006 amounted to $5,265 per student. This amount makes a big difference to families from the state of Georgia, because Auburn’s out-of-state tuition is three times higher than in-state tuition. If an Auburn student receives scholarship funds through the university that are equal to or greater than the cost of in-state tuition, the university waives a full third of the cost of out-of-state tuition. In other words, an AAC Scholarship award of $5,265 may save an Auburn family more than $10,000 in out-of-state tuition costs in a given year. Currently, out-of-state tuition costs about $15,000.

AAC scholarship recipients are selected by the Auburn University Scholarship Office. Winners are chosen in accordance with criteria stated in the Atlanta Club’s scholarship agreement. For more information on the AAC Scholarship criteria or to receive information on how to apply, please contact Scott Greenwood at 334-844-1149 or,  greens1@auburn.edu.  Scott is the Scholarship/Awards Coordinator for the AAC and is ready to answer your questions about Auburn scholarships.

Check the Web link for the Auburn University Scholarship Office at: www.auburn.edu/scholarship/. This site offers information on all Auburn scholarship types, the process, a calendar, guidelines on applying and links to related offices and organizations, as well as a page offering scholarship forms and documents online.

AAC Recognized by The 1856 Society

The Atlanta Auburn Club has been recognized by The 1856 Society for cumulative scholarship contributions of $100,000 and above. The 1856 Society is named for the year in which the East Alabama Male College (now Auburn University) was established. Although membership induction into the 1856 Society is reserved solely for individuals, Auburn University and the Auburn Foundation also honor organizational donors whose contributions reach a specific gift level.

 

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