Tag: Athens State News
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Athens State University Honors Students for Spring 2023 Semester
Athens State University is delighted to honor the students who have been named to the President’s List and Dean’s List for the Spring 2023 semester. Through much hard work and determination, these students excelled in their coursework and achieved remarkable academic success. The list of honors students is linked below. Students are listed by hometown.…
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2023 Fiddlers Concert Series Continues with Blue Highway
The Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Concert Series will continue on Thursday, July 13 at 7:00 pm with a performance by Blue Highway. The concert will be held at Athens State University in McCandless Hall. In 2023, the highly-esteemed Blue Highway celebrates 29 years of touring, with four of the original members still intact. The…
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ACHE Approves Two New Master’s Degree Programs
Athens State is pleased to announce that the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) has approved two new Master’s degree programs: Master of Fine Arts in Integrative Design and Master of Education in Training and Development. The Master of Fine Arts in Integrative Design (MFA) program is a professional terminal degree in art and its…
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Athens State signs MOU with Wallace State
Athens State University and Wallace State Community College have signed a Memorandum of Understanding designed to help Wallace State students retain prior learning assessment (PLA) credit when they transfer to Athens State after completing their associate degree. Students who receive PLA/CPL credit are more likely to successfully retain and graduate than the general college and…
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Occupational Health and Safety Management Degree Becomes GSP Qualified Academic Program
Athens State University’s Bachelor of Science in Occupational Health and Safety Management has been reviewed by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) and approved as a Graduate Safety Practitioner® (GSP®) Qualified Academic Program (QAP), providing the program’s graduates the opportunity to apply with BCSP for the GSP designation after graduation. The GSP meets the…
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Accounting Club Receives 2023 Gold Award of Excellence
The Athens State University Accounting Club, an Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Student Chapter, has received the Gold Award of Excellence. The Gold Award includes a certificate and $500 monetary award that will be used to fund activities in the coming academic year. To be eligible to win the Gold Award, the student chapter must…
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Athens State enters learning partnership with Alabama Farmers Cooperative
Athens State University is pleased to announce a new learning partnership with Alabama Farmers Cooperative. The learning partnership is designed to assist the employees of the company and their immediate family members in achieving their educational goals in career-appropriate disciplines through accessible online and traditional classroom settings and an affordable, low-cost tuition structure. Benefits of…
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Athens State’s BSN program receives CCNE Accreditation
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) has announced that Athens State University’s Baccalaureate Degree Program in Nursing has been accredited by the CCNE Board of Commissioners for five years, the maximum allowable for initial accreditation. Officially recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a national accreditation agency, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education…
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Athens State to host Flag Day Celebration
Athens State’s annual Flag Day Ceremony and cookout is scheduled for Wednesday, June 14 at 12:00 pm in the Sandridge Student Center Ballroom. The event honors the United States flag and our nation’s armed forces, past and present. Chief James L. Chambers will be this year’s guest speaker. The Athens High School Junior ROTC will…
