a message
from the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Larry Wit
It seems that every year I am surprised by how quickly the year has passed and how soon
the request has gone out to write an article for Journey. However, the good news is I get an
opportunity to catch you up on what has been going on at Auburn in general and COSAM in
particular.
Once again we had a large freshman class enter COSAM. These 929 students joined the
existing ranks of undergraduates to create a new record enrollment of 3,094 undergraduates.
A concurrent increased enrollment in our graduate programs (368) resulted in a total student
enrollment of 3,462 students. The average GPA of our freshman cohort (3.91) and their
average ACT (27.7) portends well for their future academic success.
Those of you who read this article from year to year recog