Wendy Peacock was heavily involved in Auburn University’s push to become classified as a Carnegie R1 educational institution—requirements include awarding at least 20 research and scholarship doctoral degrees, spending around $5 million in total research and scoring highly in a research activity index calculation. When the university received this coveted designation in 2018, Peacock was […]
Case Studies College and University
Warren Whitesell – DePauw University
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Imagine a 93-year-old dorm—which has seen everything from parties to panty raids—that’s succumbed to waves of incoming freshmen over the decades. Warren Whitesell of DePauw University knows firsthand what effect college-age students can have on a dormitory—after all, he’s the father of five children himself. Ah, youth. That’s one of the reasons why Whitesell—as the […]
William Maffett – Auburn University
Est. reading time: 5 mins
What culinary student wouldn’t like to learn how to learn how to cook under the eyes of a master chef in a world-class educational setting? (As long as it isn’t Gordon Ramsey of Hell’s Kitchen?) But that is just one of many options for hospitality students at Auburn University’s forthcoming $95.4 million culinary center approved […]
