Alabama State University , founded in 1867 , is a historically black university located in Montgomery , Alabama. ASU is a member - school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund .
History :
Alabama State University was founded in 1856 as the Lincoln normal day of Marion in Marion . In December 1873 , the State Council accepted the transfer of title to the school after a legislative act authorizing the state passed a normal school fund , and George N. Card was named President . So , in 1874 , is the leader of Alabama State University , America 's first state-supported educational institution for blacks . It started ASU 's history as a " Teacher 's College . "
In 1878 , the second president , William Paterson appointed . He was honored as a founding member of the California State University and was the president for 37 of the first 48 years of its existence . Paterson was instrumental in the move from Marion to Montgomery in 1887 . In 1887, the university opened the new location in Montgomery , Alabama , but a state Supreme Court ruling forced the school 's name change , therefore, the school was renamed the normal school day for colored students .
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In the decades that followed Lincoln ordinary school , a junior college in 1928 and has a four- year institution. In 1929 it became State Teachers College , Alabama State College for Negroes in 1948 and Alabama State College in 1954 . In 1969, the State Board of Education , then the governing body of the University approved a name change, the introduction Alabama State University became . The 1995 Knight vs. Alabama remedial decree changing ASU into a comprehensive regional institution paving the way for two new undergraduate programs , four new graduate programs , diversity scholarship funding and endowment , funding to build a state - of- the-art health sciences facility and a facility renewal award three existing buildings to renovate .
WVAS - FM was launched on June 15, 1984 , beaming 25,000 watts of power from the fifth floor of the Levi Watkins Learning Center for two years before moving to its current location at Thomas Kilby Hall . Today, WVAS grown to 80,000 watts and enjoy an audience that spans 18 countries , with a total population of over 651,000 . In recent years , the station has also started its current broadcast via the Web , connecting a global audience at the university .
The early 1990s witnessed the beginning of WAPR - FM (Alabama Public Radio ) , which Alabama State University and Troy University , both of which already held station licenses of their own , with the University of Alabama in construction and industry. WAPR - FM 88.3 - Selma - The signal in the region popularly known as the Black Belt reaches about 13 countries in the west central and central parts of Alabama , including the city of Montgomery .
The university experienced tensions with the state government in 2013 . In December 2012 , University President Joseph Silver resigned after only six months in the job . In October 2013 , the state governor asked the University continued its presidential search to stop an audit that claimed " ASU tried to stop the audit and impede " a few trustees received improper benefits and significant financial mismanagement to address . The audit was ordered Silver 's claims that he was forced to resign because he questioned "questionable contracts " at the university to investigate .
Academics:
Alabama State University has more than 5,000 students from more than 42 countries and six countries .
Alabama State University has eight degree - granting colleges or schools or departments .
- College of Business Administration
- College of Education
- College of Health Sciences
- College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
- College of Science , Mathematics and Technology
- College of Visual & Performing Arts
- Department of Aerospace Studies
- Continuing Education
Alabama State offers 47 degree programs including 31 bachelors ' , 11 masters , two Education Specialist and three doctoral programs (doctorate in Educational Leadership , Policy and Law , Clinical Doctorate in Physiotherapy , and a doctorate in microbiology .
Alabama State is accredited 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 Teacher Education and Certification , the accreditation of the Council for Occupational Therapy , the Commission accreditation of Allied Health Education programs , Commission on accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education ( CAHIIM , the National Association of Schools of Theatre ( NAST ) and the Council of social Work Education .
Campus :
Urban , 172 - acre ( 0.70 km2 ) campus ASU 's got Georgian - style red brick classroom buildings and contemporary architectural structures . [ 1 ] [ 3 ] ASU is home to the state-of - the-art 7400 - seat academic and sports facility the ASU Acadome , the Levi Watkins Learning Center , a five -story brick structure , with more than 267,000 volumes , state - of-the -art John L. Buskey Health Sciences Center , which is 80,000 square feet ( 7,400 m2 ) facility that houses classrooms , offices , an interdisciplinary clinic , three therapeutic rehabilitation labs , state-of - the-art gross anatomy lab , Laboratory for the analysis of human movement ( Lahm ) , a Women 's Health / Cardiopulmonary lab, and a health sciences computer lab , and WVAS - FM 90.7 , the 80,000 - watt , university operated public radio station .
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