Alabama State University

Education

Regions, ASU partner to erase college students’ debts

Donors, including a major donation from Regions, helped ASU seniors graduate without school debt.

April 30, 2021

What’s in a name?

"Rather than naming buildings after people, whether they are dead or alive, I have a much better idea."

April 1, 2021

ASU to hold COVID vaccination clinics for Hyundai workers

ASU has secured 2,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for the Friday and Saturday clinics.

March 23, 2021

In a dark year, ASU has been a bright spot

"From drive-up testing to vaccines in the community to vaccinating public school teachers, ASU has been a leader."

February 25, 2021

ASU named vaccine site, will focus on underserved community

The university will vaccinate its health care workers and safety personnel, and then partner with the Montgomery Housing Authority.

January 27, 2021

First Black chief clerk of the Alabama House since Reconstruction appointed

Natalyn Williams is the first Black person since at least Reconstruction to hold the position.

December 23, 2020

ASU’s Ross honored for leadership

The Alabama Alliance of Black School Educators awarded Ross its inaugural Charles Townsel Outstanding Higher Educational Leadership Award.

November 5, 2020

ASU strips Bibb Graves name from campus building

Workers removed the name of Bibb Graves, a former Alabama governor, from a campus residence hall that also houses the historically Black college’s famed bell tower.

October 15, 2020

The world will miss Bus Boycott minister Robert Graetz

The bomb was meant to kill Rev. Robert Graetz and his family of five. The carload of KKK boys from Selma who tossed it into the Graetz’s front yard that night in 1958, and then sped away, had every intention of killing all inside. So intent were they that when that first bomb didn’t explode — … Continued

September 21, 2020

Forbes names Boeing Alabama’s top aerospace and defense employer

Alabama has many employees who enjoy going to work each day. There are a number of good employers in the defense and aerospace sector in the state but none are rated as highly by their employees as The Boeing Company. This is according to a recent survey by Forbes Magazine. Boeing employs more than 3,000 … Continued

August 28, 2020