For the last two years, I have had the pleasure of working with colleagues in the Office of Academic Assessment or OAA.  The OAA serves Auburn University by helping to build a shared understanding of assessment as an educationally purposeful activity and we support academic programs by gathering data about student learning. At Auburn University, there are several skills and abilities we hope all students are able to exemplify once they graduate; they are called the general education student learning outcomes. Some of these outcomes include critical thinking, information literacy, and written communication. Most of the work I supported and managed as a graduate assistant addressed the oral communication student learning outcome. During this experience, I was able to look at current policy related to student learning, coordinate the collection of videos of student presentations, convert their footage to quantitative data via expert ratings, and present reports to stakeholders (i.e., communication, academic effectiveness, and assessment professionals) in order to shape discussions about improvements in student learning. The experience culminated in an Oral Communication Report which demonstrates my ability to collect information to understand an important question or problem; to analyze information using appropriate tools; and to present this analysis in an understandable way. In addition to reporting the oral communication findings to an internal, Auburn audience, during Fall 2019, I had the opportunity to present this experience as a poster entitled "It Takes a Village: Auburn University's Collaborative Approach to Oral Communication Assessment" at the 2019 Virginia Assessment Group Conference. There I met with assessment professionals from across the country to share the unique and meaningful approach that Auburn is taking to collecting data about a students’ oral communication skills. It truly was an invaluable experience.