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November 10, 2017
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Alumni Center

Now in its sixth year, the This is Auburn Speaker Series features presentations and discussion of topics that make Auburn a vibrant and engaging university. Join us on football Friday afternoons at 3 p.m. at the Alumni Center to learn more about Auburn’s people, history, sports and other programs.
 
Mike Jernigan
George Petrie and the Auburn Creed
Editor Emeritus of Auburn Magazine
Author of Auburn Man: The Life and Times of George Petrie
 
All Auburn men and women are familiar with the iconic Auburn Creed, but most know almost nothing about its mysterious origins and esteemed author. Mike Jernigan will introduce you to George Petrie, who brought intercollegiate football and baseball to the plains 125 years ago with two 1892 contests against the University of Georgia and whose legendary Auburn academic career encompassed more than 50 years. To a remarkable degree, Petrie shaped both athletics and academics at the modern Auburn University we know today.
Mike Jernigan retired from Auburn University in 2004 and was named editor emeritus of Auburn Magazine the following year. After living a year in the Cayman Islands, he returned to Auburn, where he has been a history instructor at Lee-Scott Academy in Auburn for the past decade and a freelance writer and cruise ship lecturer specializing in travel topics. He has contributed articles to a number of periodicals including Coastal Living, Exotic Places to Retire, Airways, American Eagle Latitudes, World War Two Magazine and Cayman Airways Skies. He is also the author or co-author of two books, including Auburn Man: The Life and Times of George Petrie and After the Arena with former Auburn University Head Football Coach Pat Dye.