More On: Alumni

Meet Allison Braund-Harris ‘13: SIGD Advisory Council Member
Leadership and adaptability have led Allison Braund-Harris ’13 to a varied career, from working for brands like Coca-Cola to now spearheading her own.

Auburn grad named director of Alabama State Parks
This past fall, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) named Auburn University alumnus Matthew Capps as the new director of Alabama State Parks.

Meet John McCabe ’02 ’06: SIGD Advisory Council Member
Whether IBM or NASA, John McCabe ’02 ‘06 has brought the will to succeed.

BSCI Alumni Named Finalists in 2025 Business Alabama Awards
Two graduates of Auburn’s McWhorter School of Building Science (BSCI) have been named finalists in the 2025 Business Alabama Awards.

Auburn alumnus’s work exhibited at The Met
Exhibition marks the first retrospective of Modernist Architect Paul Rudolph ’40

Urban Studio’s Impact: Applying Real-World Lessons Back on Campus
For Auburn’s third-year Architecture students, a semester at Urban Studio in Birmingham is more than an academic exercise—it’s an immersion into the complexities of designing within an existing urban fabric.

Meet Avery Dove ’18: SIGD Advisory Council Member
Avery Dove, a 2018 graduate of Auburn’s School of Industrial and Graphic Design (SIGD), wants to put progress in motion for SIGD.

Urban Studio Students Develop Plan to Reconnect Birmingham
What happens when the City of Birmingham receives a grant to reimagine Fourth Avenue North?

Meet Heather Bybee ’10: SIGD Advisory Council Member
A packaging design wizard, Heather Bybee ‘10 is using her magic for the School of Industrial and Graphic Design’s (SIGD) Advisory Council.

Urban Studio Third Years Focus on Affordable Housing
From their exposure to New Urbanism on the Florida Panhandle to engaging stakeholders at the Wallace House and exploring the urban landscape of Birmingham, this past fall, third-year architecture students at Auburn’s Urban Studio explored a variety of projects.