Albany State University
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| Motto | A Past To Cherish, A Future To Fulfill |
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| Type | Public, HBCU |
| Established | 1903 |
| Affiliation | University System of Georgia |
| Endowment | $22.5 million |
| President | Arthur Dunning |
| Students | 7,161 |
| Location | Albany, Georgia, U.S. |
| 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 |
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| 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. |
| 2017 | Albany State University absorbed Darton State College. |
| SIAC championships | |
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| Baseball | 1991 • 1994 • 2000–2004 • 2006 • 2010 • 2015 |
| Basketball (Men's) | 1973 • 1983–1985 • 1992 • 1997 • 2007 |
| Basketball (Women's) | 1980 • 1981 • 1987 • 1989 • 1990 1996 • 1998 • 2015 |
| 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 • 2013 |
| Softball | 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2010 • 2013 |
| Tennis (Women's) | 2010 |
| Track and Field (Men's) | 1972–1978 • 1980–1987 • 2003–2005 • 2014 |
| Track and Field (Women's) | 1997 • 1999–2000 • 2005–2009 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014 |
| Volleyball (Women's) | 1998 • 2001–2009 |
| SEAC championships | |
| Football | 1955 • 1957 • 1959 • 1960 • 1962 • 1966 |
| Black College National Championships | |
| Football | 2010 |
Albany State University is a four-year, state-supported, historically black university (HBCU) located in Albany, Georgia, United States. It is one of three HBCUs in the University System of Georgia. ASU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
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 Loom-is 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 Albany's blacks 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. It was turned over to the state of Georgia in 1917 as Georgia Normal and Agricultural College, a two-year agricultural and teacher-training institution.
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, a prelude to the school being upgraded to university status in 1996.
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