Albany State University is a four-year, state-supported, historically black university (HBCU) located in Albany, Georgia. It is one of three HBCU's in the University System of Georgia.
Academics and Demographics
According to U.S. News & World Report , ASU ranks number 26 out of 81 in the magazine’s first ranking of undergraduate education at HBCUs. It is ranked as a 1st tier school on the list. ASU shares its #26 ranking with Alcorn State University.
Albany State offers undergraduate and graduate liberal arts and professional degree programs.
Schools and colleges
Albany State offers more than 30 undergraduate degree programs and six advanced degrees. The university also offers the Board of Regents' engineering transfer program and the dual degree program in engineering with Georgia Tech.
The Graduate school degree programs include: Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Early Childhood Education, Educational Leadership(M.Ed&Ed.S), English Education, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics Education, Middle Grades Education, Music Education, Nursing, Public Administration, School Counseling, Science Education, and Special Education.
History
Establishment
Joseph Winthrop Holley, born in 1874 to former slaves in Winnsboro, South Carolina, founded the institution in 1903 as the Albany Bible and Manual Training Institute. Two educators, Reverend Samuel Loomis and his wife, sent Holley to Brainerd Institute and then Revere Lay College (Massachusetts). While attending Revere Lay, Holley got to know one of the school's trustees, New England businessman, Rowland Hazard. After taking a liking to Holley, Hazard arranged for him to continue his education at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Holley aspired to become a minister and prepared by completing his education at Pennsylvania's Lincoln University.
W. E. B. Du Bois inspired Holley to return to the South after he read Du Bois's writings on the plight of black people in Albany, GA in The Souls of Black Folk. Holley relocated to Albany to start a school. With the help of a $2,600 gift from the Hazard family, Holley organized a board of trustees and purchased 50 acres (200,000 m 2 ) of land for the campus, all within a year. The aim of the institution at the time, was to provide elementary education and teacher training for the local Black population. The institution became financially state supported in 1917 as a two-year agricultural and teacher training college. Its new name became the Georgia Normal and Agricultural College.
In 1932, the school became part of the University System of Georgia and in 1943 it was granted four-year status and renamed Albany State College. The transition to four-year status heavily increased the school's enrollment. In 1981 the college offered its first graduate program and in 1996 the name was changed to Albany State University.
Holley served as President of the school from 1903-1943. He was succeeded by Aaron Brown (1943-1954), William Dennis (1954-1965), Thomas Miller Jenkins (1965-1969), Charles Hayes (1969-1980), Billy C. Black (1980-1996), Portia Holmes Shields (1996-2005), and Everette J. Freeman (2005- Present)
U.S. Civil Rights and the Albany Movement
The college played a significant role in the American Civil Rights Movement in the early 1960s. Many students from the school, Black improvement organizations, and representatives from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) came to together to create the Albany Movement. The movement brought prominent civil rights leaders to the town including Martin Luther King Jr.
Present Day
Today the Albany State University student body consists of both traditional and non-traditional students who make up the more than 4,000 student population. These students come primarily from Atlanta, southwest and middle Georgia, other U.S. states and many foreign countries. The average student age is 24 and about 40 percent of the students live in on-campus housing.
Campus
The school sits on a 231-acre (934,823.8 m 2 ) campus.
Student life
Student organizations
There are over 59 clubs and organizations including bands, choirs, religious groups, honor societies, several major Greek and honor sororities and fraternities, and ROTC.
NPHC Organizations
All nine of the National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations currently have chapters at Albany State University. These organizations are:
Marching band
Albany State's Marching Band participated in the 2007 and 2008 Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB).
Athletics
Albany State University holds membership in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II (as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) and participates in the following sports: football, basketball, baseball, cheerleading, volleyball, cross-country and track and field.
SIAC championships
- Baseball—1991 • 1994 • 2000-2004 • 2006
- Basketball (Men's ) -- 1973 • 1983-1985 • 1992 • 1997 • 2007
- Basketball (Women's) -- 1980 • 1981 • 1987 • 1989 • 1990 • 1996 • 1998
- Cross Country (Men’s) -- 1976 • 1977 • 1979 • 1980-1986
- Cross Country (Women's) -- 1982 • 1998 • 2004-2007
- Football—1984-1986 • 1988 • 1993-1997 • 2003-2006
- Softball—2005 • 2007
- Track and Field (Men's) -- 1972-1978 • 1980-1987 • 2003-2005
- Track and Field (Women's) -- 1997 • 1999-2000 • 2005-2008
- Volleyball (Women's) -- 1998 • 2001-2007
SEAC championships
- Football—1955 • 1957 • 1959 • 1960 • 1962 • 1966
Swimming
Albany State sponsored men and women's swimming and diving teams in past years and were named National Black College Swimming and Diving Champions in 1979 and 1980.
Notable alumni
This is a list of notable alumni which includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Albany State University. It also reflects those alumni who attended and/or graduated from the institution under its prior historical names.
See also Albany State University alumni.
Suggested reading
- Brown, Titus. Albany State University : a centennial history, 1903-2003 . Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub.. ISBN 0738514934 . http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=0738514934&Search_Code=STNO&PID=6801&SEQ=20080401115017&CNT=25&HIST=1 .
External links
- Albany State University's official website
- University System of Georgia Albany State University Profile
References
- ^ "List of HBCUs -- White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities". 2007-08-16 . http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/whhbcu/edlite-list.html . Retrieved 2008-01-03 .
- ^ "Semester Enrollment Report" (PDF). Office of Research and Policy Analysis . University System of Georgia. 2007-11-12 . http://www.usg.edu/research/students/enroll/fy2008/fall07.pdf . Retrieved 2007-12-23 .
- ^ a b "Semester Enrollment Report" (PDF). Office of Research and Policy Analysis . University System of Georgia. 2007-11-12 . http://www.usg.edu/research/students/enroll/fy2008/fall07.pdf . Retrieved 2007-12-23 . ...
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