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Tiger Giving Day 2022 Funds Rosenwald Schools Historical Research
Thanks to your support on Tiger Giving Day last week, CADC now has the funding to support the preservation of the historic Rosenwald Schools.

Azhar Delivers Plenary Speech at Prestigious International Conference
Professor Salman Azhar of the McWhorter School of Building Science delivered a plenary speech at the Second International Civil Engineering and Architecture Conference, held virtually from Dec. 9-10, 2021.

Civil Rights Movement Research Seminar
In the fall 2021 semester McWhorter School of Building Science School Head Dr. Richard Burt collaborated with the University Honors College and College of Liberal Arts Associate Professor of History Dr. Keith S. Herbert to teach HONR 3987: Selma, Bloody Sunday, and Civil Rights Movement Research Seminar.

Building the Future: Paul Holley
A longtime construction industry manager and executive, Holley was looking for a change of pace in 2002 when friend and emeritus Auburn University McWhorter School of Building Science faculty member Steve Williams told him about a teaching job at his alma mater.

Building Science Student Served as CADC’s Fall Commencement Marshal
Jordan Sibley of the McWhorter School of Building Science has been selected as the College of Architecture, Design and Construction student marshal for Auburn University’s fall 2021 commencement.

Spotlight: Alumnus J.T. Carter
Four years ago, J.T. Carter was an Auburn student interviewing with industry recruiters in the McWhorter School of Building Science. These days, he’s back in the lobby of the Miller Gorrie Center on the other side of the table as the lead recruiter at Auburn for Linbeck Construction.

Building Science, Architecture faculty digitally preserving Alabama’s disappearing Rosenwald Schools
In the early decades of the 1900s when racial segregation was the norm, almost 400 schools were built in rural Alabama to serve as educational facilities for African American children.

Paul Holley Receives Presidential Award for Teaching
Holley, of the McWhorter School of Building Science, has been named a winner of the 2021 Gerald and Emily Leischuck Endowed Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, an annual honor that recognizes two full-time, tenured Auburn faculty members who have demonstrated effective and innovative teaching methods as well as a commitment to student advising and mentoring.

Lauren Redden Honored by Construction Business Owner Magazine
Lauren Redden of the McWhorter School of Building Science is teaching the next generation of construction professionals.

Industry Advisory Council Assists Building Science Faculty
Faculty in Auburn’s McWhorter School of Building Science are careful to ensure that the course content they teach reflects the rapidly changing landscape of the construction industry.