ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Education NCATE Presentation

“Building on the Legacy of a Proud Past”

ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY

Alabama State University is an institution with a distinguished and unique position inAmerican history.

Founded on the mission to educate Negroteachers, that history started at the end of theCivil War with the end of slavery. A need for aninstitution to provide educational opportunities

forrecently freed slaves arose and several of thosefreedmen, now known as the Marion Nine,

unitedin Marion, Ala., and started Lincoln NormalSchool, the progenitor of Alabama StateUniversity

ASU’s unique position includes the distinction as the nation’s oldest publicly

assistedhistorically black college.

Early Beginnings in Marion, Ala.Lincoln School opened on Nov. 13,1867 with 113 students. The Rev.Mr. Thomas C. Steward of Ohio, awhite Congregational minister,served as administrator of theschool. In Sept. 1868, the trusteesleased the school to the American Missionary Association (AMA)which agreed to keep the school in operation.

The State Normal School and University

for Colored Teachers and Students

The State Normal School and University

began operation under state control in 1874

with an annual appropriation of $2000.00.

This was increased to $4000.00 the next

year when 70 students were enrolled.

Expanding the Marion Facility

In 1879, the school purchased a new 5.6 acre site. By 1885 there was “one main building, 40’ x 80’, with eight classrooms, an office, a music room and an auditorium. Four more rooms were added later”. An enlargement of this picture seems to show formof a bell in the tower at left. A. S. Plump in State Normal Courier, Feb 7,

1924

Bidding Farewell to Marion

Although the school operated successfully inMarion, opposition to its presence grew, and in 1887 a bill was presented to the statelegislature to abolish the Lincoln Normal School and University and provide for a replacement to be called Alabama ColoredPeople’s University, with the specification that it could not be located in Marion.

Beginning Again in Montgomery

In Summer 1887, in a mass meeting

at Old Ship AME Zion church,

plans were presented plans for

re-locating the former Lincoln Normal

School, now called the State Normal

School, to Montgomery.

A New Community Pitches In

In 1888, the Alabama State Supreme Court ruled that the state could not legally fund a colored peoples university and state financial support was withdrawn. The doors were kept open, but in that year, the school had to exist on the tuition of one dollar a month from its students and on donations and fund raisers. In 1889, state fundingwas restored to support a normal school, and thecommunity donated $3300.00 and six and one half acres of land for the school.

The Original Montgomery Campus

The school flourished in Montgomery, where

it would ultimately become Alabama State

University. The school grew from its six and

one-half acre campus in 1889 to today’s

campus of 250 acres and more than 5,500

diverse students from more than 40 states

and a half dozen countries.

ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY

IN 2007

ASU Today

Diverse Student body from seven countries and 42 states

• Forty-seven degree granting programs– 31 bachelors– 11 masters– 2 educational specialist– 3 doctoral

The College of Education

• Graduated more than 7000 teachers• 19 programs at the baccalaureate level• 17 programs at the masters level• 11 programs at the post masters level • Offers Education Specialist • Offers Alternative fifth-year program

SATELLITE PROGRAMS

• Birmingham

• Brewton

• Mobile

Tomorrow is Being Created Today By a Single University

ASU PROPOSED ACADEMIC CONCENTRATIONS

Forensic Sciences

Hospitality and Tourism Management

Transitional Doctorate in Physical Therapy

Master of Science in Rehabilitation Therapy

Entertainment Industry Management

NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS DRIVE $125 MILLION IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

NEW CONSTRUCTION Fred Shuttlesworth Dining Hall

Robert C. Hatch Forensic Sciences Building

Life Sciences Building

Ralph David Abernathy College of Education Building

Levi Watkins Learning Center expansion

Dormitory renovations

Student Center construction

Power Generator

Fred Shuttlesworth Dining Hall

Robert C. Hatch Forensic Sciences Building

Robert C. Hatch Forensic Sciences Building

PURPOSE: To house classrooms and laboratories for the new Forensic Sciences concentration and share space with the State of Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences

LOCATION: Carter Hill Road and Union Street

ARCHITECTS: Parsons, Wible, Brummal, Alkire, Architects Inc.

COST: $10.3 million

OCCUPANCY DATE: First week of August 2007

Life Sciences Building

Life Sciences Building

PURPOSE: To house the Department of Biological Sciences, including the new Microbiology Ph.D. program.

LOCATION: Hall Street and O’Connell Street

ARCHITECTS: Goodwyn, Mills, and Cawood, Inc.

COST: $26,745,000

OCCUPANCY DATE: June 2008

Ralph David Abernathy College of Education Building

Ralph David Abernathy College of Education Building

Ralph David Abernathy College of Education Building

PURPOSE: To house the College of Education, bringing the college’s bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral level education programs together under one roof

LOCATION: Hall and Hardaway Streets

ARCHITECTS: Parsons, Wible, Brummal, Alkire, Architects, Inc.

COST: $30,183,000

OCCUPANCY DATE: April 2009

Levi Watkins Learning Center Expansion

Levi Watkins Learning Center Expansion

PURPOSE: To expand the library’s resources to include requirements for collections, readers, services and staff for the University’s new academic concentrations and degree programs.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The addition of a new, 4-story wing providing 46,000 square feet of new space including an Internet café, group seating/study areas, an Information Commons and an Interlibrary loan work area.

ARCHITECTS: Nolanda, Hatcher, Bearden, AIA-Architect

COST: $9,200,000

PROJECTED COMPLETION: October 2008

Residence Hall Renovations

Residence Hall Renovations PURPOSE: Converting six residence halls into suite-style living quarters (Bibb

Graves, George N. Card Hall, William Benson, J.W. Abercrombie, Willease Simpson, Bessie Benson Hall).

PROJECT MANAGER: TCU

ARCHITECTS: Brown and Chambless

COST: $25 million

PROJECT PHASES: PHASE ONE will include renovation of Bibb Graves and J.W. Abercrombie Halls and is scheduled to be completed Fall 2008.

PHASE TWO will include the renovation of two additional residence halls to be completed Fall 2009.

PHASE THREE will include the renovation of the final two residence halls and will be completed Fall 2010.

Student Center Construction

PURPOSE: To improve student life and offer an updated facility

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The John Garrick Hardy University Center will be raised, and a new facility will be constructed.

ARCHITECTS: Barganier, Davis and Sims

COST: $16 million

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS: January 2008

PROJECTED COMPLETION: January 2010

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