{"id":2974,"date":"2014-07-10T14:41:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T14:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2974"},"modified":"2014-07-16T18:37:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T18:37:03","slug":"goodbye-and-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2974","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye\u2026 and thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2014\/07\/shirley-harris.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2938 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2014\/07\/shirley-harris-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"shirley harris\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2014\/07\/shirley-harris-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2014\/07\/shirley-harris-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>After more than 10 years of dedicating herself to recruiting and retaining under-represented engineering students at Auburn University, <strong>Shirley Scott-Harris<\/strong> retired as the director of the <a title=\"APAEP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eng.auburn.edu\/admin\/aep\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alabama Power Academic Excellence Program<\/a> in May. Harris was responsible for implementing the academic support program that assists engineering students in their transition and adjustment into the Auburn Engineering environment.<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception in 1997, the program has been the catalyst for graduating some of the nation\u2019s brightest minority engineering students. Harris\u2019 commitment to this task can be seen in Auburn Engineering&#8217;s recent ranking of seventh in the nation in engineering degrees awarded to African-Americans, according to the Journal of Diverse Issues in Higher Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After more than 10 years of dedicating herself to recruiting and retaining under-represented engineering students at Auburn University, Shirley Scott-Harris retired as the director of the Alabama Power Academic Excellence Program in May. 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