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Amanda Dowd with her colleagues. Photo by Jeff Watts.

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Baking Spirits Bright

Amanda Dowd, SOC/MA ’25, won last week’s AhealthyU Holly Jolly Bakeoff with her butter cookie crunchies. Discover the secret ingredient—family—and grab the recipe.
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Threads of Hope. Photo by Jeff Watts.

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Building Community, Block by Block

Threads of Hope—a campuswide art project born out of The Civic Life—is now on display in the Katzen Arts Center rotunda as a permanent reminder of what hope means to American University
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Two staff members smile for a photo on the quad during the community picnic. Photo by Jeff Watts

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Snapshots from Eagle Welcome

Look back at photos from celebration for faculty and staff, which kicked off the 2025–26 academic year.
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University Conference and Guest Services team

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A Busy U: Bringing the World to AU

Meet the University Conference and Guest Services team that generated $7.7 million to support AU’s academic mission in fiscal year 2025.
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staff celebrate at a reception for retirees

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Reflections from Retiring Eagles

AU staff members who are finishing up their time on campus this month shared how the university has changed for the better during their tenure.
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Elizabeth Romig (illustration by Jaylene Arnold)

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Eagle Tales: Helping Careers Take Flight

AU boasts about 1,900 dedicated staff members. Meet one of them: Elizabeth Romig, director of career education and outreach and adjunct professor in the Baker School of Education.
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Amaate Neil (illustration by Jaylene Arnold)

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Eagle Tales: Toast to This Skilled Public Speaker

AU boasts about 1,900 dedicated staff members. Meet one here: Amaate Neil, Kogod/MBA ’08, associate director, special and sponsored billing, Office of Student Accounts.
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Hannah Jardine (illustration by Jaylene Arnold)

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Eagle Tales: Helping Teachers Soar

AU boasts about 1,900 dedicated staff members. Meet one of them: Hannah Jardine, teaching and learning specialist for the Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning (CTRL).
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AU faculty and staff work to answer trivia at the U-Club. Photo by Jeff Watts.

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Trivia Time

Quiz Pro Quo—the first in a slate of AU faculty and staff community events at the U-Club—tested participants’ DC knowledge.
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Aerial view of a staff picnic on the quad. Photo by Jeff Watts.

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Celebrating Staff with Food, Fun, and Fellowship

Sponsored by AU’s Office of Human Resources, Staff Appreciation Week, May 28–30, honored the work of 1,900 staff.
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