Alabama State University

Alabama State University, established 1867, it is a truly dark university located in Montgomery, Alabama. ASU is a school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

History

Alabama State University established in 1867 as the Lincoln Normal School in Marion Marion. In December 1873, the State Council recognized the exchange of title to school after a demonstration of authority approved the state to subsidize a normal school is approved, and George N. card was named president. Consequently, in 1874, the history of the State University of Alabama became the first establishment instructive reinforced by the U.S. state for blacks. This began the history of ASU as a "university instructor."

In 1878, the second president, William Paterson, was appointed. It is regarded as the initiator of the Alabama State University and was president 37 of the first 48 years of its presence. Paterson played a decisive role in the movement of Marion Montgomery in 1887. In 1887, the university opened in your new area in Montgomery, however, a State Supreme Court of Alabama constrained the school to change its name Administrator, in this way, the school was renamed Normal School for students of color.

In the decades after Lincoln had Normal School became a junior school and in 1928 became a whole establishment four years. In 1929 he became State Teachers College, Alabama State College for Negroes in 1948 and Alabama State College in 1954. In 1969, the Board of Education, then the administrator of the university body, approved the change of name ; the establishment has to be the Alabama State University. Knight 1995 against Alabama therapeutic announcement changed ASU in a large provincial organization preparing for two new degree programs, four new projects graduate, different qualities funding through grants and enrichment, grant to build a better office science class welfare and restore a portion of office to repair three existing structures.

WVAS-FM was powered on June 15, 1984, 25,000 watts of radiated power from the fifth floor Learning Center Levi Watkins for a long time before moving to its present area in Kilby Thomas Hall. Today, WVAS has grown to 80,000 watts and appreciates a listeners spanning 18 regions, achieving a total population of more than 651,000. In recent times, in addition, the station has begun shedding its transmission through the Web, connecting a worldwide public college.

In the mid-1990s saw the start of WAPR-FM (Public Radio Alabama), Alabama State University and Troy University, both of which took place officially licenses owned stations, collaborated with the University of Alabama in the construction and working. WAPR-FM 88.3-Selma - the sample reaches the locale is colloquially referred to as the Black Belt, about 13 provinces of western and central parts of Alabama central coordination, including the city of Montgomery.

The university found somewhere in the range of pressure with the state government in 2013 and 2014. In December 2012, college president José Plata surrendered after only six months in employment. In October 2013, the state representative requested that the university end its ongoing presidential consultation to address an opinion that states that "ASU tried to ruin and hinder the review," some trustees got dishonorable and monetary critical error advantages. He asked the opinion of investigating allegations of money that was forced to leave since "suspicious contracts" was questioned at school. After nine months, the representative asked the Executive Director and bad habit of the main group of university administration to stop infringement irreconcilable said circumstances; the administrator surrendered and evacuated the executive Senator bad habit.

scholastic

Alabama State University has more than 5,000 deputies from more than 42 states and more than twenty nations.

Alabama State University has eight degree-granting universities, schools or divisions.

EAE Business School

Education Faculty

Faculty of Health Sciences

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty of Science, Mathematics and Technology

School of Visual and Performing Arts

Division of Aerospace Studies

Proceeding to Education

State of Alabama offers 47 degree programs including 31 lone wolves', 11 aces two education specialist and three PhD projects, doctorate in Educational Leadership, Policy and Law, clinical doctorate degree in physical therapy, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology . What's more, the university offers the W.E.B. College Honors Program DuBois Alternates who meet the criteria of superior quality.

State of Alabama is authorized by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, the National Association of Schools of Music, the National Association of Directors of Education and teacher certification, the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy, Commission on Accreditation of Education Programs Related Health, Commission on Accreditation of Health Informatics and Education Information Management (CAHIIM, the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) and the Council of Social Education work.

Gardens

, 172-section of the ASU urban enclosure of land (0.70 km2) has structures red classroom block and structurally Georgian contemporary structures. ASU is home to the best school class seats 7,400 and office ASU Acadome games; Learning Center Levi Watkins; a block structure of five floors with more than 267,000 volumes, the vanguard John L. Buskey Center for Health Sciences; which it is 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) office which houses classrooms, workplaces, an interdisciplinary center, three laboratories recovery restoration, the best in the class of Anatomy gross Lab, Laboratory Analysis of Human Movement (LAHM ), Health / Women cardiopulmonary lab, a science lab and wellness PC, and WVAS-FM 90.7; 80,000 watts, the university worked broadcast radio station.