Auburn University, Southern Union partnering to help solve national aviation mechanic shortage

7/18/2024

Charlotte Tuggle, Director
News and Media Services
CLA Office of Communications and Marketing
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School of Aviation announces spring graduates
Spring graduation will be held on Friday, May 1 at 6 pm.
Aviation Management students represent Auburn at top-level Skift Aviation Forum
Max Yeast and Nicholas Tarasi represented Auburn students and aspiring airline managers everywhere as the only college students invited to attend the 2024 Skift Aviation Forum.
Physics for Aviators: A cross-college collaboration that connects physics to flight
Auburn University’s Physics for Aviators course connects core physics principles directly to flight training through a cross-college partnership between Physics and Aviation. Designed specifically for pilots-in-training, the course helps students understand how forces, motion and instrumentation shape real-world flying.
Meet James Birdsong, Auburn's aviation program coordinator
Birdsong is responsible for all facets of Auburn University's aviation program.
Twenty aviation students land careers thanks to Auburn partnership
Delta Propel, a highly selective program which provides participants a Qualified Job Offer (QJO) detailing a defined career path, allows Auburn students to participate in an accelerated timeline to become a Delta pilot.
Aviation faculty awarded Delta Air Lines professorships
James Witte and James Birdsong are the first recipients of the professorship established by Delta to support outstanding faculty dedicated to high quality aviation instruction, research and service.

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