Rotary club talking points as presented october 2010
1. 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.
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
15. 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
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19. Lord, Aeck & Sargent Architecture + Chasm Architecture
Albany State University Student Housing
Albany, Georgia Rotary Club
20. 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
24. 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
25. 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
27. 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.
28. 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 Nursing
Masters of Criminal Justice
Bachelors degree in Business Information Systems
29. 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
30. ASU Audit Improvement
•ASU received a Code 1 rating (it’s best ever) from the
BOR Internal Audit staff last year
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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!
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ASU also received an “Excellent” rating from a recent
BOR internal audit.
31. 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.
