American Heritage
Grades 9
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Alpha Phi Omega · Delta Chapter
Merit Badge
University
2026
A campus packed with scouts, a day of merit badges taught by Auburn professors and brothers of Alpha Phi Omega, and a tradition over 30 years strong on The Plains.
Friday, February 28, 2025
· Auburn University
- Merit badges
- 17
- Capacity
- 255
- Registered
- 0
- Year
- 2026
What it is
One day. One campus. Dozens of merit badges.
Scouts BSA troops travel to Auburn for a Saturday packed with merit-badge classes taught by Auburn professors and Alpha Phi Omega brothers. Tradition meets the modern campus.
For scouts
Earn merit badges in a college academic environment with access to resources you wouldn't normally see at the troop level — labs, studios, professors who do this for a living.
For troops
Bring your unit to a college town for the day or the weekend. Camping options nearby, a single online payment per troop, and Auburn hospitality at every stop.
For the Plains
Run by Auburn's Delta Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega — founded in 1927, built on Leadership, Friendship, and Service. War Eagle, hey.
This year's lineup
Featured merit badges
A few of the 17 badges on offer at MBU 2026.
Architecture/Drafting
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Composite Materials
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Electricity/Electronics
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Environmental Science
Prereqs: Requirements 3F and 4B will need to be completed beforehand at home
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Farm Mechanics
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Graphic Arts
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Insect Study
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Law
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Nature
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Photography
Prereqs: Scouts must bring a digital 35mm camera with adjustable shutter speed, f-stop, etc. Does not need interchangeable lenses. This camera can not be a disposable point and shoot camera. A cell phone is <b>NOT</b> a camera.
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Plant Science
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Programming/Digital Technology
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Pulp and Paper
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Radio
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Space Exploration
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Veterinary Medicine
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Day-of
A morning, a lunch, an afternoon
A rough shape of the day. Exact times and rooms are published a week before the event.
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Check-in & opening
Troops sign in, grab their packets and shirts (if pre-ordered), and head to the opening assembly.
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Morning sessions
Scouts disperse to their first merit-badge class. Most classes meet morning and afternoon, with lunch in between; some double up.
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3
Lunch on campus
Lunch is included with registration. Find your troop, find some shade, and grab a slice of campus life.
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Afternoon sessions
Back to class. Some scouts finish their badge today; others walk out with a partial card and a list of follow-up work.
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Wrap & head home
Closing remarks, blue card collection, and the long ride back to the troop's home turf with new merit badges to sew on.
From the committee
Latest announcements
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
THERE WILL BE NO MERIT BADGE UNIVERSITY IN 2026.
After a great deal of consideration, Delta Chapter has reached the difficult decision that we are unable to continue to sponsor Merit Badge University at Auburn University at this time. We regret that we are not able to continue this project that has served thousands of scouts over the past thirty years, but changes in policies and circumstances beyond our control has made continuation of the project no longer feasible at this time. Delta Chapter remains committed to providing service to scouting in other ways.
Bring your troop to The Plains.
Registration opens each year a few months before the event. Once a troop account is created, scouts and adults can be added or edited any time before the deadline.
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