Outreach and Extension | Auburn University

Reaching Across Alabama

Auburn partners with government, industry and communities to deliver research-based educational programs that improve the health and economic well-being of all Alabamians. From farming and finances to nutrition and food safety, we take practical expertise to every corner of the state.

Extension

For more than a century, we’ve worked with our land-grant partners at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University to turn research into real solutions for communities in every corner of the state.

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Outreach

We serve communities far beyond our campus with outreach programs that help citizens, schools, governments and businesses build skills, develop new knowledge and achieve a higher quality of life.

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Innovation that Works

$26 million

Annual outreach and extension spending

67 counties

Extension employees are in every Alabama county

$6.3 billion

Statewide economic impact of Auburn and its alumni in FY2022

Impact for Alabama

Work that changes the world begins at home. Our research, education and outreach make Alabama a safer, healthier, happier place to live.

Gretchen Oliver, center, is inducted into the National Academy of Kinesiology. She is surrounded by her nominating committee, which is comprised of other NAK Fellows.

Oliver inducted as Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology

Gretchen Oliver, a Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor and Auburn Alumni Professor in the School of Kinesiology in Auburn University's College of Education, was inducted as a Fellow into the National Academy of Kinesiology at the organization's annual meeting, held Oct. 1-3 in Portland, Oregon. Being elected as a Fellow is considered one of the field's highest honors.

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Destination STEM Expo

More than 1,000 students and teachers from 20 schools across Alabama gathered for the seventh annual Destination STEM Expo. The event was hosted by Auburn's College of Sciences and Mathematics and engaged Alabama youth in hands-on STEM activities.

From left, Robin Fellers, retired emeritus professor in the College of Human Sciences, and the original creator of Auburn University’s Dietary Manager Training Program, Kelly Abdelmassih, who will serve as the Dietary Manager Training Program director, and Mercedes Babin, program co-director and lecturer.

Dietary Manager Training Program relaunch gains national response

Adding to its many flexible options in helping Auburn University students take the next big step in their career journey, the Department of Nutritional Sciences within the College of Human Sciences is now offering online enrollment for its renewed Dietary Manager Training Program aimed at helping those interested in becoming a Certified Dietary Manager, Certified Foodservice Protection Professional (CDM, CFPP).