Well I'm coming to you with some very sad news as of late. I will let the University explain the situation from the following message we students received earlier this week:
"On Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at approximately 9:08 p.m., Auburn Police responded to a call of an injured female on Alabama Highway 147 (North College Street). Upon arrival, officers found a female, later identified as 18 year old Lauren A. Burk, an Auburn University student, suffering from a single gunshot wound. Ms. Burk was transported by EMS to the East Alabama Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries.
At approximately 9:27 p.m., Auburn Police received a call of a vehicle on fire in the Hinton Field parking lot located on Lem Morrison Drive on the Auburn University campus. The vehicle, a 2001 Black Honda Civic, was registered to the victim and was fully involved. Personnel from the Auburn Fire Division responded and extinguished the fire.
The case is under investigation by the Auburn Police Division with assistance from the Department of Forensic Sciences, the Lee County Sheriff's Office, and the Lee County District Attorney's Office. Law Enforcement officials are continuing to follow-up on all leads."There will be a campus wide Memorial Service for Lauren on Samford Lawn this Monday at 3pm.
Please pray for her family and those on campus who were close to her. It turns out that Lauren was a pre-graphic design student and in one of my favorite professor's classes this semester. She also had a heart for Invisible Children and attended a screening we had a few weeks ago, but I was not fortunate enough to meet her.
The campus has been on edge in the past few days so pray for peace, healing, and God to work through such a tragedy.
As for me, it's just been shocking. I've lived here for so long that I have always felt very secure and safe in Auburn. It just reminds me that life is fragile everywhere, even at home.
I have a few updates as well. I submitted 5 pieces to the Auburn Student Juried Design Show and got 4 of them in! The gallery opening is Monday at 4:30 in Biggin Hall if you would like to come. The work should be up until Friday.
The internship hunting still continues. Right now I have two options in the works. I should meet with Erika to discuss details about interning with Adventures in Missions. That's exciting and I can't wait to meet her! Secondly, I applied for the Relevant internship and I'm just awaiting a response. Another guy from Auburn (not design) applied and was accepted for a position. He was notified 5 days ago, so I'm getting anxious. I'll be sure to keep you posted on all of that as the month goes on.
Spring Break is coming up and I think it's going to be a great one seeing how it is my last "Spring Break" as a student!? Crazy! I'm going to the lake with my friends for the first weekend, up to Birmingham for a few days to see some more friends, then down to Destin with my family for the weekend. I love traveling through our grand state! Ah, good stuff.
In the meanwhile I am swamped beyond recognition with design work. I have just accepted a TON of freelance work with CR Design firm in San Diego. I'm slightly intimidated by how "official" this is, seeing how I will be working with real clients and real printers and a real firm. I think it will be a good learning experience and hopefully more knowledge about how design works in the real world, not just the student simulation.
I will keep you updated on life in Auburn, but for the meanwhile I must dive into the pit of design for the final push before Spring Break.
Keep Auburn in your prayers and as always, thanks for stopping by.
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