Post on 25-Jun-2015
Jazzmin Randall, SGA President
Sophia Y. Glover, Director of University Communications
A. Zachary Faison J.D., Director of Alumni Affairs
Albany State University
POTENTIAL . REALIZED.
BOR Strategic Priorities
Record EnrollmentFall 2010
4,653 Students
Retention Rate Ranking
One year retention rate for the fall 2008 cohort is 76.84% ranking us 7th among the 35 institutions in the USG
Graduation Rate Ranking
ASU Ranks 8th out of 35 schools in the USG for the sixth-year graduation rate
Funding and Programs
Embracing Agriculture
ASU hosted the 1st Food Commodity Contracting Opportunities for Rural America conference in 2009.
USDA awarded ASU’s Flint River Water Planning & Policy Center a $400,000 grant to assist with technology for water resource management on area farms
FY 09 received $800,000 Congressional Award for Renewable Energy Initiatives
Renewable Energy Certification Programs beginning Spring 2011, pending Board of Regents approval
DOE (Dept. of Energy) grant to provide Business Assessment Model for Industrial Assessment Center
Energy Conservation Project with Installation of Energy Management System in Early Learning Center
Renewable Energy Initiatives
ASU awarded a grant of nearly $2.4 million over two years for the Center for Applied Logistics Management (CALM).
ASU now offers a Bachelors in Logistics Management with pending approval for Masters degree
ASU is working with ATC & MCLB
Logistics Initiatives
CALM National Advisory Board – Pictured at ASU
MASTER PLAN2009 UPDATE
MASTER PLAN PROGRESS
MASTER PLAN PROJECTS
MASTER PLANFIRST PROJECTS
New Student Center Fall 2011
Pedestrian Mall View
New Student Center Fall 2011
Radium Springs View
Pedestrian Mall View
Will add 60,000 square feet to existing dining hall. $15.8 million cost
Lord, Aeck & Sargent Architecture + Chasm Architecture
Albany State University Student Housing
Albany, Georgia Rotary Club
New Residential Housing Fall 2011
Courtyard View Between Buildings
Two new residential halls, adding more than 600 beds. (One freshman hall and one upper-class hall).
Courtyard View
Building cost of $23 million
Site and Background
Albany State University Student Housing
New Residential Housing Fall 2011
Ray Charles Language, Performing and Visual Arts
Center
Cost: $28.7 Million Total Economic Impact
$57.3 Million
$1.8 million for Design in FY 2011 Budget
Program Managers and Design firm selected
Ray Charles Language, Performing and Visual Arts
Center Future home for English & Modern Languages, Music, Art, Mass Communication
and Speech &Theater
Will replace long crowded Holley Hall in lower campus floodplain
Thank you for supporting Homecoming 2010!
Economic Impact
•Economic Impact of Homecoming Weekend is estimated at $2.5 million dollars.
•Total Economic Impact of ASU on Albany/Southwest Georgia region is nearly $150 million.
What Others Say About ASU
Diverse Issues in Higher Education ranks ASU 3rd in USA for graduating minority students with four year degrees in education
New programs
Center for Advanced Logistics Management (CALM) is leading ASU in the effort to assist logisticians of the Marine Corps and defense industry with their training initiatives.
Online Programs
Masters of Science in NursingMasters of Criminal JusticeBachelors degree in Business Information Systems
Other Progress & Accomplishments
SACS COCS reaffirmed our accreditation in 2008
ASU is in the fourth year of our 2006-2011 Strategic Plan
President Freeman just celebrated his 5th anniversary
Alumni contributions are increasing every year
Athletic teams continue to win conference titles & participate in playoffs/tournaments
We retired multi-million dollar debt on football stadium
We have survived multiple years of state budget cuts
ASU Audit Improvement
• ASU received a Code 1 rating (it’s best ever) from the BOR Internal Audit staff last year
•The audit rating has improved from a 5 (worst)
to a 1 (best) over the last four years
• This is the first time there have been “NO findings” on an annual audit!
•ASU also received an “Excellent” rating from a
recent BOR internal audit.
Jazzmin Randall, SGA President
Sophia Y. Glover, Director of University Communications
A. Zachary Faison J.D., Director of Alumni Affairs
Albany State University
POTENTIAL . REALIZED.