Category: News
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Athens State Establishes Joint Enrollment BSN Program with Wallace State – Hanceville
Wallace State Community College in Hanceville and Athens State University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a new Joint Enrollment BSN program that will allow students to receive their Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree simultaneously. In addition to better serving students, the program’s benefits will…
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Limestone County Economic Development Association Partners with Athens State
Athens State University is pleased to announce that it has entered into a new learning partnership with the Limestone County Economic Development Association (LCEDA). Benefits of learning partnerships include a 10% tuition discount on all classes, waived application fee, and complimentary evaluation of previously earned educational credits and training/professional certifications/portfolio for consideration of transfer credit.…
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2024 Fiddlers Concert Series Continues with Tina Adair
The 2024 Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Concert Series continues with a concert on Thursday, March 7 at 7:00 pm with a performance by Tina Adair. The concert will be held at Athens State University in McCandless Hall. The name Tina Adair has become synonymous with excellence as far as female vocalists in bluegrass music…
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Phi Theta Kappa Alumni Association Awarded Five Star Chapter Honors for Fifth Consecutive Year
The Athens State University Phi Theta Kappa Alumni Association (PTK) has been awarded Five Star Chapter Honors for the fifth year in a row. The Five Star Chapter Plan engages chapters in Phi Theta Kappa programs and celebrates their accomplishments. It outlines ten essentials to creating an engaged chapter and organizes them into themed categories,…
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Athens State Receives $2 Million Grant to Increase Postsecondary Education Access to Students in Rural Areas
Athens State University has been awarded a $2.2 million Department of Education Rural Postsecondary & Economic Development Grant (RPED) to improve rates of postsecondary education enrollment, persistence, and completion among students in rural communities. The RPED grant program promotes the development of high-quality career pathways aligned to high-skill, high-wage, and in-demand industry sectors and occupations…
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2024 Festival of the Cranes Exhibit to Open January 12
The Alabama Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the opening of the annual juried Festival of the Cranes Art Exhibit in the Center’s Walking Gallery on Friday, January 12. The show will be held in conjunction with the Friends of Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Association’s annual Festival of the Cranes, which will take…
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Denise Santos Named New Director of Alumni Affairs
Athens State University is pleased to welcome Denise Santos as the University’s new Director of Alumni Affairs. Santos received her Associate of Arts in Humanities and Social Sciences from Onondaga Community College, her Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communications from State University of New York (SUNY) Potsdam, and her Master of Science in Integrated Marketing…
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“Portraits of Hope” Coming to the Alabama Center for the Arts
The Alabama Center for the Arts is pleased to announce its newest exhibit, “Portraits of Hope: Inspirational Stories from the Lovelady Center,” set to open in the Center’s Main Gallery on Monday, January 8, 2024 and remain on display until Tuesday, February 20, 2024. In 2004, Brenda Lovelady Spahn founded The Lovelady Center, a faith-based…
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Dr. Katherine Kandalec Holm Selected as NextLevel Postsecondary CTE Fellow
Dr. Katherine Kandalec Holm, Interim Dean of the College of Education, has been selected as a NextLevel Postsecondary CTE Fellow for the Association for Career & Technical Education‘s (ACTE) 2024 cohort. The vision for the fellowship is to help develop the leadership skills of current and emerging postsecondary career and technical education professionals with an…
