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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jun 4, 2013 | Horticulture
Passion for students earns horticulture’s Eakes honors by JAMIE CREAMER “I believe in the human touch, which cultivates sympathy with my fellow men and mutual helpfulness and brings happiness for all.” —George Petrie Joe Eakes is not an easy A. In fact, the Auburn...
by William Cahalin | Jun 3, 2013 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
AUBURN, Ala.—The first thing that Zach DeVries does when he opens the door to a new hotel room is to put his luggage in the bathtub. “I’m not being paranoid,” DeVries said. “I’m being cautious.” It is a caution borne of insight that DeVries has acquired over the past...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | May 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Williams, AU Equestrian claim third national championship by NATHAN KELLY Nobody would have blamed Auburn University equestrian head coach Greg Williams if he had spent some time celebrating his team’s 2012-13 season. Instead, less than a month after leading the...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | May 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Ag Illustrated usually doesn’t specify particular brands in recipes, but Bess Eakes’ biscuit recipe is an exception. “My mother used White Lily flour, my grandmother used White Lily, and it’s the only flour I’ve ever used for biscuits,” says Mrs. Eakes, wife of Auburn...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | May 16, 2013 | Horticulture
Keever reflects on role as Toomer’s oaks spokesman by JAMIE CREAMER The first full week of May brought a return to normalcy in Gary Keever’s life—only it didn’t feel normal. Not yet, anyway, because for the first time in almost two and a half years, the historic oaks...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | May 15, 2013 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Years of floundering led grad student to fisheries by JAMIE CREAMER Some people are born knowing what they want to be when they grow up. Mollie Smith was not one of them. She had no clear vision of her future when she enrolled at Auburn University as a freshman in...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | May 7, 2013 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture
by WENDY REED A gift of more than half a million dollars from the estate of an Auburn horticulture alumnus and his wife has fully funded an endowed professorship in the Department of Horticulture and strengthened a scholarship fund for Auburn horticulture students....
