Student co-curricular activities as a
course resource
 Student Groups
 Student Involvement
 Things to consider and resources
Student Groups
 Auburn University Specific
 National or Professional
 Institutionally Supported
Student Groups
 Auburn University Specific
 National or Professional
 Institutionally Supported
Auburn Sustainability
Action Program
• Advance environmental, social, and
economic sustainability through education,
outreach, and leadership
• Advisor:
– Mike Kensler, Office of Sustainability
Environmental Awareness
Organization
 Educate Auburn's students about environmental issues and
sustainability
 Advisor:
 Donny Addison, Solid Waste and Recycling Department
Sustainable Design
Organization
 Positively influence the use of sustainable practices in the
design process.
 Contact:
 Dylan Piper Kaiser, President
Student Groups
 Auburn University Specific
 National or Professional
 Institutionally Supported
Auburn Real Food Challenge
 Increase community-based, ecologically-sound, fair, and
humane food at Auburn University and the surrounding
community through action-based initiatives that will
reconnect people with their food.
 Contact:
 Rob (Rosco) Davis,
president
Auburn Green Builders
 Transform the way buildings and communities are
designed, built and operated
 Creating an Environment
 Advisor:
 Darren Olsen, College of Architecture
Engineers without
Borders
 Stable and prosperous world
 Basic human needs
 Advisor:
 Dr. Steve Duke, Chemical Engineering
Society of Conservation Biology
• Expanding knowledge about conservation
• Spreading conservation awareness
• Advisor:
• Robert Boyd, Biological Sciences
Campus Kitchens Project
• Mission is to use service as a tool
to strengthen bodies, empower
minds and build communities.
• Contact:
• Joyce A Thomas-vinson,
Office of Public Service
Mocha Club
• online community of people
• relief and development
projects in Africa
• Contact:
• Shawn E. Schooley,
Political Science
Student Groups
 Auburn University Specific
 National or Professional
 Institutionally Supported
Project Uplift
 Project Uplift is an agency whose main goal is to help
children develop constructive, happy lives so that the
delinquency rate in our county will decrease.
 Contact:
 Chris Nunn,
Psychology Department
Committee of 19
Uniting the fighting spirit of the eagle
with the compassion of the human
touch.
 Creating awareness about hunger and hunger-related issues
 World Food Programme
 Representatives
 Advisor:
 Harriet Giles- College of Human Sciences
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Community Service
Contact: Office of Student
Involvement, Division of
Student Affairs
Student co-curricular activities as a
course resource
 Student Groups
 Student Involvement
 Things to consider and resources
Student Involvement
1. Volunteer projects
Student Involvement
2. Projects that engage
students in their disciplines
Student Involvement
3. Class Projects
Student co-curricular activities as a
course resource
• Student Groups
• Student Involvement
• Things to consider and resources
Some lessons we’ve learned
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Timeline
Coordination
Reliability
Interpersonal skills
Resources
 Contact us! 
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“As much as I love education, outreach and extension, it really
all comes together with hands-on projects, because seeing
and doing really promote understanding,”
 Dr. Eve Brantley,
Agronomy and Soils