Studen t

Invo lve ment

D ISC O VER Y OUR PATH
2016 - 2017 ANNUAL REPORT
 OVERVIEW

CONTENTS
LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR
STUDENT INVOLVEMENT 4 STUDENT PROGRAMMING 14

W
elcome to the Office of Student
Involvement!
For students at Auburn, one of the
best ways to make the university
feel like home is by joining a
student organization.
Involvement allows students
to develop leadership, time management and other
critical transferable skills that are oftentimes not taught
in a classroom. Many organizations provide hands-on
experiences for students to apply their knowledge obtained
in the classroom to real-world situations. Ultimately, the
development of these skills may set apart involved student
graduates from their peers.
For many students, establishing a connection with other
students plays a significant role in a student’s likelihood of
being retained at Auburn. Organizations provide students
with a social outlet, a support group and an opportunity
to develop their own identity while being exposed to new
cultures and ideas.
The Office of Student Involvement’s database, AUinvolve, is STUDENT INVOLVEMENT PROGRAMS 6 AUBURN GUIDES 16
home to over 500 student organizations and is a resource
for students looking to get involved, search for upcoming
campus events and create a co-curricular transcript. SERVICE PROGRAMS 8 INVOLVEMENT AWARD WINNERS 17
Involvement Ambassadors are available to help guide
students in finding an organization that is right for them.
STUDENT GOVERNANCE 10 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 18
This report provides a brief overview of the various entities
within our office and highlights some of our many successes
over the 2016-17 academic year. We are proud to celebrate STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS 12 AWARDS 19
the hard work of the many great students, faculty, and staff
that are affiliated with our programs.
In the Office of Student Involvement, our students are
multi-dimensional, and so are we. We are advisors, teachers,
mentors, life coaches and administrators. Our working
environment and the students’ learning environment are one
To engage and empower students by providing
and the same.
MISSION: developmental opportunities that enhance individual
Working with students is our passion, and it is our goal to learning and leadership through a diverse
help build the leaders of tomorrow. student-centered environment.
War Eagle!

COREY M. EDWARDS
DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF STUDENT INVOLVEMENT

2 // 2016- 2017 Annual Report 2016- 2017 Annual Report // 3

Stud e nt In vo lve me nt 18,096
AT A GLANCE SCHOOLS & COLLEGES WITH
I N VO LVE D THE MOST INVOLVED STUDENTS
STUDENTS 1. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
2. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

500
3. COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

1.8 MILLION
AUINVOLVE GPA:

STUDENT
PAGEVIEWS AVERAGE GPA OF INVOLVED STUDENTS: 3.12
AUBURN GPA: 3.08

ORGANIZATIONS Student Involvement

Communications Administrative International
& Marketing Student
Black Student Organization
Welcome Union

2,687 E V E N T S STUDENT ACTIVITY FEE: University Week Leadership

Program & Service
Council Student
& PERMITS SUBMITTED $2,123,755.14 Allocated by SGA Government
Budget & Finance Committee Association

BANNER PERMITS 57
1. Black Student Union $43,963.24
BILLBOARD PERMITS 64 2. International Student Organization $46,329.06
ORGANIZAT IONS ON AUINVOLVE 3. Leadership & Service $98,468.42
CONCOURSE 640
4. Student Government Association $185,227.40
GENERAL EVENTS 1,201 REGISTERED STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: 464
5. Student Media $153,306.08
GREEK 448 STUDENT ACTIVITY PROGRAMS: 22
6. Student Organizations $153,647.48

O-DAYS RESERVATIONS 416 CAMPUS DEPARTMENTS: 24 7. University Program Council $566,740.00

CLUB SPORTS: 19 8. Welcome Week $31,550.00

STUDENT ACTIVITY PROGRAMS 311
9. Communications & Marketing $16,063.28
STUDENT CENTER TABLING 62 GREEK: 61 Student
10. Student Involvement Administration $34,558.28 Media
11. Salaries for all Student Activity Programs $783,901.90
4 // 2016- 2017 Annual Report Student
Organizations
 Student Ac ti vity
Programs 4,098
S T U DE N T
1,773 STU D E NT S
PLACED IN POSITIONS
APPLICANTS
46
FRESH MA N L EA DERSH I P I M PA C T A U B U R N A I RWAVE S T E C H N I C A L & P R O D U C T I O N SU P P O RT
PRO GRA MS
B E AT B A M A F O O D D RI V E
FT5K J I NG LE B E L L J A M
UNIVERSITY WELCOME WEEK

S T RENGTH S L E A DER S HIP S P RI NG UP G A M E S O N T H E G R E E N PROGRAM

311 EVENTS
P U M P K I N PA L O O ZA
Q UEST A N D S ERV IC E T HE B I G E V E NT RE D B A R N SE R I E S COUN CIL T I G E R TA L K S
T HE LE ADERSH A PE P RO G R AMS
IN STITUTE LE A D 2 0 0 SC R E E N O N T H E G R E E N FILM ON THE FIFTY
A UBURN UNIVERSITY A LT E RNAT I V E WA R D A M N C O F F E E J A M F I R ST Y E A R C O N VO C AT I O N
DA NCE MA RATH O N S T UD E NT B RE A K S
T O W N HA LL M E E T I NG S

C RE E D W E E K
V O T E R RE G I ST R AT I O N D R I VE S
A C A D E M I C A F FA I R S
SYLLA BU S BA NK FAM I LY F R I D AY S
PLANNED & SPONSORED APPLICATION
PROCESSES
M I SS H O M E C O M I N G E L E C T I O NS
HO M E C O M I NG PA RA D E
D I NI NG
DIN IN G TASK F ORC E
& P E P RA LLY
H E Y D AY
F R E SH M A N F O R U M AUBIE FINANCIAL PROJECTS BY STUDENT ACTIVITY PROGRAMS
S G A S E NAT E UP ALL NIGHT
SA LA RY R E VIE W BO A R D
( IN C L U DIN G B UGE T & F IN A N C E C OMMIT T E E) ST U D E N T G A M E & TU ITIO N CA LCU LATO R
D AY E X P E R I E N C E
O RG A NI Z AT I O NA L
S E AT I NG P RO G RA M
STUDEN T M I SS A U B U R N U N I VE R SI T Y
FA L L P R E SI D E N T S T R AI N I N G
A UB URN A NS W E RS
FEEDBACK SYSTEM GOVERNMEN T SC H O L A R SH I P PA G E A N T A D VI SO R T R A I N I N G
S G A J UD I C I A L
ASSOCIATION SG A E L E C T I O N S ORGAN IZATI ON S
LO B B Y B O A RD
S G A C A B I NE T SC H O O L S C O U N C I L B E T T E R R E L AT I O N S D AY B OARD O- F U N D
PROGRA MS/IN IT IAT IVE S/F IN A N C E /MA RK ETING/O U TR E A CH
H O L I D AY L I G H T I N G C E R E M O N Y R E G I ST E R E D ST U D E N T O R G A N I ZATI ON S
CEDD RI C K M A C K B E A C O N
S C HO LA RS HI P UNI V E RS I T Y B O A R D S & C O M M I T T E E S
P E P R A L L I E S, SH A K E R S, A N D

GPA BRE A K DOWN:

M I S S A UB URN E LE C T I O NS SA F E T Y W E E K & O T H E R ATH L E T I C P R O G R A M M I N G

556, 9 24
C A P I T O L O N T HE P LA I NS SA F E T Y WA L K S
FA C I L I T I E S H I G H E R E D U C AT I O N D AY
A UB URN C RE E D A U BU R N ME MO R IA L & STU DE NT A CT
S C HO LA RS HI P V E RI Z O N W I R E L E SS BALFOUR RING PROGRAM
AMBASSADORS R ING NIGH T & R ING CE R E MO NIE S

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: 3.45

COMEDY ON THE PLAINS B SU G E N E R A L A SSE M B LY
I NV O LV E M E NT AWA R D S F R E SH STA RT F R E N ZY B R E A K FA ST F O R YOU

INVOLVEMEN T O - D AY S B LACK STUDEN T S TUD EN T I N V O LV E M E N T

SO CIA L H OUR
I NT ER NAT IO NAL
S T U D ENT
OR G ANIZAT IO N
SO CCER TO URNA M E NT
DIRECTORS: 3.45
W O RLD ’ S FA I R
AMB ASSADORS M R . & M I SS B SU UN ION
O -W E E K B L A C K H I ST O RY M O N T H
SP E A K E R SE R I E S
B SU F R E SH M A N C O M M I T T E E
J A ZZ & P O E T RY N I G H T
SO U L F O O D B A ZA AR
MEMBERS: 3.39
CONTACT HOURS
P E A C E D I NNE R
vs. average Auburn student GPA: 3.08

6 // 2016- 2017 Annual Report 2016- 2017 Annual Report // 7

 Service BEAT BAMA
Pr ograms FOOD DRIVE
Auburn University won the 23rd Annual Beat Bama
Food Drive raising 245,722 pounds of food for the East
Alabama Food Bank compared to 150,322 raised by

3,006 STUDENT VOLUNTEERS the University of Alabama.

ALTERNATIVE IMPACT
STUDENT BREAKS
IMPACT is Auburn University’s central resource for volunteer
opportunities and community service in the Auburn Community.

18,337
IMPACT provides students with the opportunity to volunteer
throughout the week and special one-time volunteer
The 155 students who participated in Alternative Student Breaks
opportunities. Students can work around their schedules and
completed 4,058 service hours on 11 domestic and abroad trips in
select from various volunteer opportunities.

S ERVICE
seven states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, South

201
Carolina, & North Carolina) and three countries (Dominican Republic,

BIG EVENT
Ecuador & Nicaragua).

HOURS DANCE 1,617 Student Participated in The BIG Event, a one day
community service event giving back to the Auburn/

MARATHON
Opelika Community.

COMMUNITY
PA RT NE R S
Each year AUDM engages the Auburn campus and
local community in raising funds and generating
awareness for Children’s Miracle Network. Now

& JOB SITES

in its sixth year, AUDM has raised more than $1.5
million total for the Children’s Miracle Network. In
2017, AUDM surpasses its $500,000 goal and raised
$541,832 to directly benefit the Children’s Hospital at
Midtown Medical Center at Columbus Regional Health.
8 // 2016- 2017 Annual Report 2016- 2017 Annual Report // 9
Student
Gov e rnanc e 7,000 HEY DAY
NAMETAGS DISTRIBUTED

10,743 AUBURN ANSWERS

AUBIE STUDENTS Auburn Answers is SGA’s primary feedback system that collects students’
opinions on a wide range of campus and community issues. Auburn

PARTICIPATED IN
Aubie, Auburn University’s tiger Answers allows SGA to categorize feedback in order to better advocate
mascot, is in his 38th season as a spirit for the student voice with campus administration.

SGA
leader and goodwill ambassador. A

1,741 SUBMISSIONS
popular character among Auburn fans
and one of the most animated mascots
in the country, Aubie is the living spirit
of Auburn. He is a nine-time Universal

TO AUBURN ANSWERS
SPRING
Cheerleaders Association National

1,254 APPEARANCES
Champion, the most of any mascot,
and the first to be inducted into the

ELECTIONS
Mascot Hall of Fame.

517 COMMUNITY (39.9% OF STUDENT BODY) ORGANIZATIONAL

EVENTS ATTENDED SEATING PROGRAM
2 4 , 89 7 OSP is SGA’s competitive, academic-incentive based system used to
promote and determine reserved organizational seating at football games.
All Auburn University chartered, permanent student organizations are

MILES TRAVELED encouraged to participate. Organizations’ average Fall 2016 and Spring
2017 GPAs were used to establish rankings and determine seating for
the Fall 2017 football season. More than 6,300 students representing 57
organizations participated in the Organizational Seating Program.

10 // 2016- 2017 Annual Report 2016- 2017 Annual Report // 11

Student
Organ i z a tion s O-DAYS
Organization Days allow students to meet organization
leaders face to face to learn more about involvement
opportunities and events. This year, 416 tables were
provided for student organizations to interact with
Student Organizations provide opportunities for students to get involved students along the concourse and in the Student Center.

435
with more than 450 registered student organizations.

O-FUND
The Organizations Fund is available to active student organizations FACULTY/STAFF
ADVISORS FOR
each year through the Student Organizations Student Activity Portfolio.
The O-Fund can be used only by permanent student organizations.

$175,386.86 REQUESTED REGISTERED 1,874 STUDENT S

$98,954.13 ALLOCATED S T UDENT ATTEND ED B S U
ORGANIZATIONS G E N E R A L A S S E M B LY

49 NEW STUDENT 1,058

INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS STUDENTS
12 // 2016- 2017 Annual Report INVO LV ED
Stud e n t
Programming
12,505 47 E V E N T S
S TUDENT S
AT T E NDED
UPC
PROGRAMS & EVENTS
WELCOME WEEK
Welcome Week is Auburn University’s official welcome
to new and returning students each fall semester.
73
Events throughout the week provide students with fun
programming and information to assist them in making
WELCOME
WEEK
Auburn their home away from home. This year, 73
Welcome Week events were hosted across campus with
4,287 students attending events hosted by Student Activity

EVENTS
Programs within the Office of Student Involvement.

14 // 2016- 2017 Annual Report 2016- 2017 Annual Report // 15

Auburn Guides 2017 INVOLVEMENT AWARD WINNERS

E X C E PTI ON A L C A MPU S ORGA N I Z ATI ON

A one-stop application for information about many of Auburn Student Government Association
University’s departments and student organizations.
E X C E L L E N C E I N MA RKE TI N G & D E S I GN
Auburn University Dance Marathon

17
E X C E L L E N C E I N PRA C TI C A L A PPL I C ATI ON

UNIQUE
American Pharmacists Association —
Academy of Student Pharmacists

TH E C H A RL E N E & FRE D KA M “ H U MA N TOU C H ” S E R V I C E AWAR D

GUIDES
Student Association of Mentoring

MA L E STU D E N T L E A D E R OF TH E Y E A R
Hunter Gibson

FE MA L E STU D E N T L E A D E R OF TH E Y E A R
Meredith Smith

PARTICIPATING UNITS: MOST E N TE RTA I N I N G C A MPU S E V E N T

Holi by Indian Student Association
AUBURN GLOBAL

AUBURN SERVES TH E C ORE Y E D WA RD S ORGA N I Z ATI ON A D V I SOR O F T H E YE AR

AUBURN UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE Boyd Brady

AUBURN YOUTH PROGRAMS OU TS TA N D I N G C U LTU RA L I MPA C T

65,750
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS International Buddy Program

FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE OU TS TA N D I N G I N C ORPORATI ON OF D I V E RSI TY & I N C LUS I O N

OFFICE OF PARENT & FAMILY PROGRAMS Black Student Union
PARKING SERVICES

TOTAL GUIDE
N E W ORGA N I Z ATI ON OF TH E Y E A R
STUDENT CONDUCT
Standing Together Against Rape and Sexual Assault (STARS)
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

DOWNLOADS
UNIVERSITY HOUSING & RESIDENCE LIFE OV E RC OMI N G A D V E RSI TY AWA RD
University Program Council
UNIVERSITY PROGRAM COUNCIL

WELCOME WEEK

16 // 2016- 2017 Annual Report 2016- 2017 Annual Report // 17

 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

S H ANNO N C ANT L AY D ANC E M AR AT H O N M I S S AU BUR N UN IVE R SITY

R OBE RT POWERS BR A D S MI TH Graduate Assistant, Leadership & Service
2017 Children’s Miracle Brooklyn Holt placed top 5 in
Advisor, Service Programs Advisor, Student Governance Awarded the NASPA-AL Future Leader
Network Best Digital Media Miss Alabama Pageant
Selected to participate in the New Professionals Institute award for the state of Alabama.
Presented on graduate assistant experiences and
professionalism at the Southern Association for College hosted by NASPA in San Antonio, TX. Delta Keep Climbing Award,
Student Affairs in Jacksonville, FL. Morgan Maddox (highest
fundraiser in the country)

J OHN M I CHAEL ROEH M J O R D A N C O N WAY & S H A N N O N C A N T L AY

Assistant Director, Office of Student Involvement Graduate Assistants, Office of Student Involvement

Presented on assessment curriculums utilizing AUinvolve at
Alabama-NASPA State Drive-In.
Presented a session on Hazing Prevention for Registered
Student Organizations at NASPA Annual Conference in
San Antonio, TX AU B I E S T U D ENT G O V ER NM ENT S T U D ENT G OVE R N M E N T
AS S O C I AT I O N ASSOCIATION
2nd place Universal Cheerleaders
Association nationals (placed1st or Southeastern Conference Student Program of the Year for Hey Day at
2nd out of last 10 years) and 1st Government Association of the Year Southeastern Conference Exchange
Place Video

18 // 2016- 2017 Annual Report 2016- 2017 Annual Report // 19

 @AUINVOLVE

Auburn University is an equal opportunity

educational institution/employer.
auburn.edu/involvement
Designed by Kathryn Winkle, Student Graphic Designer, Office of Student Involvement