AUBURN, AL (WTVM) -
Written by Troy Johnson
The Auburn University College of Education will
celebrate the 10th anniversary of its annual Keystone Leader-in-Residence
lecture series by welcoming Gen. Lloyd Austin III and Charlene Austin as
co-presenters.
The lecture will be held on Friday Oct. 26 from 11
a.m. to noon at the Auburn Alumni Center. The free event is open to Auburn
University students, faculty and staff, as well as to community members.
The Austins are both graduates of the college's
counselor education graduate program. Lloyd Austin serves as the U.S. Army's
vice chief of staff, while Charlene Austin has been an advocate for military
families and a volunteer for the United Service Organization, the United Way,
Operation Homefront and the Military Child Education Coalition.
Lloyd Austin, who served as commanding general of
U.S. Forces in Iraq before moving to the Pentagon in January 2012, earned one
of Auburn University's Lifetime Achievement Awards earlier this year. In
supporting his nomination for that award, retired Navy Adm. and former chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen described Austin as "a soldier and a
statesman. … He personifies the ideals of 21st century service."
The Austins began graduate coursework at Auburn
while stationed at Fort Benning. Charlene Austin earned her master's degree in
1985 and Lloyd Austin finished his in 1986.
Established in 2003, the College of Education's
Keystone Leader-in-Residence program introduces students to proven leaders in
education, human services, health services, community services and government.
The program emphasizes that education, much like the keystone of an arch,
serves a central, supporting role in society. Keystone Leaders spend a day on
campus visiting with students, faculty and staff, and share their personal and
professional experiences through a campus-wide lecture and various classroom
and small-group meetings.
Click here for more information about the Keystone
Leader-in-Residence program and here for more information about Lloyd Austin.
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