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text p-lg-2'> <div class='card-body'> <div class='extra row align-items-center d-xl-none'> </div> <div class='card-title mt-xl-4'> <a href='https://wire.auburn.edu/content/ocm/2025/02/20250213-jason-bryant-grounded-and-gearing-up.php?utm_source=web&utm_medium=auburnstories&utm_content=story&pos=1'>GEARing UP</a> </div> <p class='card-text d-xl-none d-xxl-block'>From rural poverty to ensuring education opportunities for Alabama students, Jason Bryant is grounded in making a difference for students the way his teachers made a difference for him.</p><p class='card-text small'></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <hr class="my-4"/> </div> <div class="content_row row"> <div class="row col-xl-7 "> <div class="col-12"> <h2 class="section-header col-12">Featured Stories</h2> </div> <div class="row col-12 auwire-content cards row-cols-1 row-cols-sm-2 row-cols-lg-2"> <div class='item'> <div class='card h-100 mb-3'> <a href='https://wire.auburn.edu/content/ocm/2025/03/200826-auburn-students-covering-march-madness.php?utm_source=auburn-stories&utm_medium=web&aupage=https://ocm.auburn.edu/stories/'> <div class='row align-items-center g-0'> <div class='col-12 image'> <img alt='Vince Wolfram, Chad Baker-Mazara and Miles Kelly' class='img-fluid' src='https://wire.auburn.edu/content/ocm/2025/03/images/20250320-students-covering-march-madness.jpg' /> </div> <div class='col-12 text'> <div class='card-body'> <div class='extra row align-items-center'><div class='col-1 me-2'><i class='bi bi-newspaper'></i></div><div class='card-category me-2 pb-1 col'> <span class='badge bg-light'>Campus Experience</span> </div></div> <div class='card-title mt-3'> Courtside seat to history </div> <p class='card-text'>Several students have the opportunity to cover the Tigers' run through March Madness in the men's 2025 NCAA Tournament for media outlets.</p><p class='card-text small'></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class='item'> <div class='card h-100 mb-3'> <a href="https://nva.auburn.edu/protector-innovations-awarded-top-prize-at-the-2025-tiger-cage-pitch-competition/?utm_source=auburn-stories&utm_medium=web&aupage=https://ocm.auburn.edu/stories/" onclick="gtag('event', 'AUWire Ext Link', {'URL': 'https://nva.auburn.edu/protector-innovations-awarded-top-prize-at-the-2025-tiger-cage-pitch-competition/?utm_source=auburn-stories&utm_medium=web&aupage=https://ocm.auburn.edu/stories/','TITLE':'The winning pitch'});"> <div class='row align-items-center g-0'> <div class='col-12 image'> <img alt='Tiger Cage pitch competition trophy' class='img-fluid' src='https://wire.auburn.edu/content/business/2025/04/images/tiger-cage-2025-card.jpg' /> </div> <div class='col-12 text'> <div class='card-body'> <div class='extra row align-items-center'><div class='col-1 me-2'><i class='bi bi-newspaper'></i></div><div class='card-category me-2 pb-1 col'> <span class='badge bg-light'>Impact</span> </div></div> <div class='card-title mt-3'> The winning pitch </div> <p class='card-text'>Accountancy major Sophia Aulisio earned first place in the 2025 Tiger Cage Business Idea Pitch Competition, receiving $30,000 in startup capital for her business idea, Protector Innovations. </p><p class='card-text small'></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class='item'> <div class='card h-100 mb-3'> <a href='https://wire.auburn.edu/content/ocm/2025/03/261418-cassandra-bolar-alum-feature.php?utm_source=auburn-stories&utm_medium=web&aupage=https://ocm.auburn.edu/stories/'> <div class='row align-items-center g-0'> <div class='col-12 image'> <img alt='Cassandra Bolar' class='img-fluid' src='https://wire.auburn.edu/content/ocm/2025/03/images/20250326-cassandra-bolar-wire.jpg' /> </div> <div class='col-12 text'> <div class='card-body'> <div class='extra row align-items-center'><div class='col-1 me-2'><i class='bi bi-newspaper'></i></div><div class='card-category me-2 pb-1 col'> <span class='badge bg-light'>Auburn Family</span> </div></div> <div class='card-title mt-3'> Healthy communities start with healthy relationships </div> <p class='card-text'>College of Human Sciences graduate Cassandra Bolar is a 2025 Black Alumna Award winner and will be honored during Auburn's Black Alumni Weekend April 4-6.</p><p class='card-text small'></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class='item'> <div class='card h-100 mb-3'> <a href='https://wire.auburn.edu/content/ocm/2025/03/240900-managing-university-wooded-lands.php?utm_source=auburn-stories&utm_medium=web&aupage=https://ocm.auburn.edu/stories/'> <div class='row align-items-center g-0'> <div class='col-12 image'> <img alt='Preston holds a can of fuel as he begins a prescribed burn in a dry field.' class='img-fluid' src='https://wire.auburn.edu/content/ocm/2025/03/images/20250324-preston-payne-managing-university-lands.jpg' /> </div> <div class='col-12 text'> <div class='card-body'> <div class='extra row 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