Albany State University

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Albany State University

Albany State Uni versity Seal
Motto Potential. Realized.
Established 1903
Type Public, HBCU [1]
President Dr. Everette J. Freeman
Students 4,176 [2]
Undergraduates 3,714 [2]
Postgraduates 424 [2]
Location Albany, Georgia,
United States
Campus Urban, 231-acre (934,823.8 m2)
Colors Royal Blue and Old Gold
         
Athletics NCAA Division II
Nickname Golden Rams
Affiliations SIAC
Website www.asurams.edu
Asu-logo.png

Albany State University is a four-year, state-supported, historically black university (HBCU) located in Albany, Georgia, United States. It is one of three HBCU's in the University System of Georgia.

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[edit] History

ASU's History at a glance
1903 Established as the Albany Bible and Manual Training Institute
1917 Became a state-supported, two year, agricultural and teacher training college and renamed to The Georgia Normal and Agricultural College
1932 Became a part of the University System of Georgia
1943 Granted four-year status and renamed to Albany State College
1981 First graduate program established
1996 Name changed to Albany State University.

[edit] 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 m2) 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.[3]

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) [3]

[edit] U.S. Civil Rights and the Albany Movement

Albany State College Graduates of 1938
Flood of 1994 caused the Flint River to breach and tops a 100-year levee, flooding Albany State College[4]

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 together to create the Albany Movement. The movement brought prominent civil rights leaders to the town including Martin Luther King Jr. During this time period, over 3,000 people were arrested. Albany, Georgia has several mass arrests during the movement including the largest mass arrest of over 700 people (the largest in United States history) Approximately 40 students were either suspended of expelled by then ASC president William H. Dennis for their participation in the Albany Movement Those expelled included American University Professor Emeritus Bernice Johnson Reagon. On December 10, 2011, thirty two of the students who were expelled were granted honorary degrees. The school awarded thirty one honorary baccalaureate degrees and one honorary doctorate — that to Bernice Johnson Reagon. A noted cultural historian, Reagon was also the commencement speaker. In addition to Johnson, those being honored Saturday are Walter Armstrong, Marva Berry, Lillian Sue Bethel, Hosezell Blash, Ann Booyer, Bobby Burch, Henri Cohen, Janie Culbreth, Brenda Darton, Richard Gay Jr., Lula T. George, Larry Gibson, Bertha Gober, Blanton Hall, Gail Hall, Benjamin Humphries, Donchester Johnson, Opal Jones, Annette Jones, James Jones, Nick Louketis, Harold Manning, Alton Moultrie, Wilda Person, Ola Mae Quartimon, Charles Ranson, Andrew Reid, Jeanette Sibley, Betty Slater Williams, Evelyn Toney and Andrew Williams. [5]

[edit] Albany State University

In July 1996 the university system's Board of Regents approved a name change, and the school officially became Albany State University. Today Albany State University continues to provide a wide range of educational opportunities to the residents of southwest Georgia. The school participates in an engineering transfer program and a dual degree program with the Georgia Institute of Technology, one of the top engineering schools in the nation. Then President, Portia Shields created the Holley Institute summer program, which consists of an intense four weeks of study to help high school students improve low SAT scores and gain admission to college. The program has a near 100 percent success rate and has received praise from the state Board of Regents. Albany State also has the third highest student retention rate in the university system. A new stadium was opened in 2004, and new housing units opened in 2006. [6]

[edit] Campus

James Pendergrast Memorial Library
President's House
Albany State University Soil Of The Sun Statue


[edit] Academics and demographics

Albany State University logo

Albany State offers undergraduate and graduate liberal arts and professional degree programs.

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.[7]

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.[8]

[edit] Schools and colleges

  • College of Arts and Humanities [9]
  • College of Business [9]
  • College of Education [9]
  • College of Science and Health Professions [9]

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.[10]

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. Today, Albany State University provides innovative instructional and professional programs through its five academic schools: Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Nursing and Allied Health Sciences and the Graduate School. The University serves 24 counties in the Southwest Georgia area with graduate and undergraduate courses in more than 30 fields.

[edit] Student life

[edit] 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.

[edit] Fraternities and Sororities

All nine of the National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations currently have chapters at Albany State University. These organizations are:

Organization Symbol Chapter Chapter Symbol
Alpha Kappa Alpha ΑΚΑ Gamma Sigma ΓΣ
Alpha Phi Alpha ΑΦΑ Delta Delta ΔΔ
Delta Sigma Theta ΔΣΘ Delta Rho ΔΡ
Iota Phi Theta ΙΦΘ Zeta Pi ΖΠ
Kappa Alpha Psi ΚΑΨ Delta Xi ΔΞ
Omega Psi Phi ΩΨΦ Chi Epsilon ΧΕ
Phi Beta Sigma ΦΒΣ Beta Psi ΒΨ
Sigma Gamma Rho ΣΓΡ Zeta Psi ΖΨ
Zeta Phi Beta ΖΦΒ Pi Beta ΠΒ

[edit] Music Organizations

Three of the music organizations currently have chapters at Albany State University. These organizations are:

Organization Symbol Chapter Chapter Symbol
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia ΦΜΑ Rho Delta ΡΔ
Kappa Kappa Psi ΚΚΨ Eta Kappa ΗΚ
Tau Beta Sigma ΤΒΣ Zeta Kappa ΖΚ

[edit] Marching band

Albany State's Marching Band participated in the 2007, 2008, 2010 2011 and will participate in the 2012 Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB).

[edit] Athletics

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Championships
SIAC championships
Baseball 1991 • 1994 • 2000-2004 • 2006 • 2010
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 • 2004-2008 • 2010
Football 1984-1986 • 1988 • 1993-1997
2003-2006 • 2010
Softball 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2010
Tennis (Women's) 2010
Track and Field (Men's) 1972-1978 • 1980-1987 • 2003-2005
Track and Field (Women's) 1997 • 1999-2000 • 2005-2009 • 2011
Volleyball (Women's) 1998 • 2001-2009
SEAC championships
Football 1955 • 1957 • 1959 • 1960 • 1962 • 1966
Black College National Championships
Football 2010

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.

[edit] Football

Home football games are played at the Albany Municipal Coliseum. In 2010, Albany State won the 2010 SBN Jake Gaither National Championship Trophy (SBN Sports Black College National Football Championship) after an 11-1 season.

[edit] 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.


[edit] 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.

Name Class year Notability References
James Blaylock member of the Georgia Department of Veterans Service [11]
Alice Coachman 1949 first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal and the only American woman to win a gold medal in the 1948 [12]
Walter Curry professional football player
Gregory Daniels 1974 First African American VP of Nissan North America [13]
Kenneth Gant former professional football player [14]
Jonnie Mae Gibson Fifth African American Woman in FBI [15][16]
Big James Henderson 1984-1986 former powerlifter who competed in the International Powerlifting Federation and won five world bench press titles. Offensive Lineman for the 1985 SIAC Conference Championship football team. [17]
James Holmes 1968 First African American Director of the US Census Bureau [18]
Caldwell Jones former professional basketball player [19]
Charles Jones former professional basketball player [20]
Major Jones former professional basketball player [21]
Wil Jones former professional basketball player [21]
Dan Land former professional football player [14]
Jo Marie Payton actress [22]
Bernice Johnson Reagon singer, composer, scholar, and social activist; Professor Emeritus of History at American University in Washington, DC; Curator Emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington, DC; 2002-04 Cosby Chair Professor of Fine Arts at Spelman College in Atlanta Georgia [23]
Shirley Sherrod 1970 Civil rights advocate, former Georgia State Director of Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture [24]
Albert Sloan Twelfth President of Miles College [25]
Phelan Thomas first African American cosmetic dentist certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry by the American Society for Dental Aesthetics [26][27]
Shirley Sherrod


[edit] Suggested reading

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "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. 
  2. ^ a b c "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. 
  3. ^ a b "Albany State University". The New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1420&hl=y. Retrieved 2008-01-23. 
  4. ^ "Albany State College". http://www.gleeds.com/worldwide/projects/Atlanta/Albany-State-College-Albany. 
  5. ^ Lewis, Terry (8 December 2011). "Expelled students to get degrees". Albany Herald. http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2011/dec/08/expelled-students-get-degrees/. Retrieved 5 February 2012. 
  6. ^ "Abany State at a Glance". http://asu-dekalb.com/ChapterCalendarofEvents.aspx. 
  7. ^ "College Rankings". U.S. News and World Report. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1_hbcu_brief.php?s_cid=related-links:TOP. Retrieved 2008-01-22. 
  8. ^ "Albany State University". Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20080102142235/http://www.usg.edu/inst/alsu. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  9. ^ a b c d "Albany State University". Albany State University. http://asuweb.asurams.edu/. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  10. ^ "Summary of Supporting Application Materials Required for Degrees". Albany State University. Archived from the original on 2008-04-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20080414083216/http://www.asurams.edu/graduate/pdf/ProgramsofStudy.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  11. ^ "Governor Perdue Announces Appointments to State Boards and Commissions". Georgia.gov. State of Georgia. http://gov.ga.gov/00/press_print/0,2669,78006749_92321069_92354623,00.html. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 
  12. ^ "Biography of Alice Coachman". http://www.essortment.com/all/biographyofali_ruom.htm. 
  13. ^ "Nissan Announces Greg Daniels' Retirement". http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2008/10/17/179998.html. Retrieved 2010-05-22. 
  14. ^ a b "NFL Players who attended Albany State University". databaseSports.com. http://www.databasefootball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=Albany+State+University. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  15. ^ "Johnnie Mae Gibson". http://www.answers.com/topic/johnnie-mae-gibson. 
  16. ^ O'Connor, John J. (1986-10-21). "TV REVIEW; 'JOHNNIE MAE GIBSON: F.B.I.' ON CBS". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/21/arts/tv-review-johnnie-mae-gibson-fbi-on-cbs.html. 
  17. ^ "Big James Henderson Bio". http://www.mvpspeakers.com/Bio.asp?SpeakerName=Henderson%2C+James. Retrieved 1 January 2009. 
  18. ^ "Census 1998 - 2000 Archives". http://www.ameasite.org/census/98cs2000.asp. Retrieved 2010-05-22. 
  19. ^ "Caldwell Jones". Basketball-reference.com. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jonesca01.html. Retrieved 2008-05-21. 
  20. ^ "Charles Jones". http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jonesch01.html. Retrieved 2008-05-21. 
  21. ^ a b "NBA/ABA Players who attended Albany State University". Basketballreference.com. databaseSports.com. http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=Albany+State+University. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  22. ^ "Albany Map Population Information and City Statistics". juggle.com. http://www.juggle.com/albany-city. Retrieved January 21, 2011. 
  23. ^ "Bernice Johnson Reagon:Scholarship:2006 bio statement". bernicejohnsonreagon.com. songtalk publishing. http://www.bernicejohnsonreagon.com/bio.shtml. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  24. ^ "Sherrod encourages grads to end racism". http://www.albanyherald.com/news/headlines/Sherrod_encourages_grads_to_end_racism_111737259.html?ref=259. Retrieved 2010-12-30. 
  25. ^ Miles College to Install Dr. Albert Sloan II as Prexy. http://books.google.com/books?id=vMADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Albert+sloan+albany+state&source=bl&ots=A0whnF-tz2&sig=ISofKu9RRi_pmLSzEKaRm0j6KQA&hl=en&ei=nO_3S4zjAYPGlQfatL32Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Albert%20sloan%20albany%20state&f=false. Retrieved 2010-05-22. 
  26. ^ "Classes of the 1980s". UMKC School of Dentistry - University of Missouri-Kansas City. http://dentistry.umkc.edu/alum/2001fall/1980s.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 
  27. ^ "ASU Sports Hall of Fame". http://www.asurams.edu/athletics/hall_of_fame.php. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 
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Coordinates: 31°34′08″N 84°08′31″W / 31.569°N 84.142°W / 31.569; -84.142

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