Supermodel Lauren Bush to speak at AU "Hunger Summit"

AUBURN - After more than a year developing a student-led "War on Hunger" campaign, Auburn University is now inviting other universities to join its partnership with the World Food Programme by hosting the first War on Hunger Summit Feb. 17-19 at the Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center.

Lauren Bush, international fashion model, Princeton University student and spokesperson for the World Food Programme's War on Hunger Campaign, will speak at the summit on Saturday, Feb. 18. Other speakers include Peter McPherson, president of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, and Auburn University women's basketball coach Nell Fortner, the university's spokesperson for the War on Hunger.