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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
A New School of Thought for a New Generation of Thinkers
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