Albany State University is a four-year institution of higher learning in Albany, Georgia. The American educator Joseph Winthrop Holley established the school in 1903 as the Albany Bible and Manual Training Institute. In 1917, it became a state-supported two-year college called Georgia Normal and Agricultural College. In 1932, the college became part of Georgia’s university system. In 1943, it became a four-year institution under the name Albany State College. It gained university status and assumed its present name in 1996. A historically Black institution, Albany State now has an increasingly diverse student population. The university’s athletic teams are called the Golden Rams.
A well-known alumna of Albany State is the track star Alice Coachman. Coachman won a gold medal in the high jump in the 1948 Olympic Games, becoming the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
The university’s website at https://www.asurams.edu/ offers additional information.
