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History of Angelo State University

十大网赌公平首页注册的原始建筑被未开发的土地所包围.

在1923年的一次不成功的竞标后,被选为德克萨斯理工学院的所在地, 圣安吉洛的居民决定创建他们自己的大学, even if they had to pay for it themselves. Funded by local contributions and a self-imposed county tax, 圣安吉洛初级学院于1928年在圣安吉洛市中心附近的北奥克斯街开设.

When classes began, 112名学生注册,其中城市学生支付75美元的学费,外地学生支付115美元. 1929年5月,六名学生在学院的第一次毕业典礼上走过舞台. Today, ASU has more than 44,000 alumni around the globe.

1929年,股市崩盘,整个30年代,美国都陷入了经济大萧条. But the college held its own, 甚至把“Junior”从名字中去掉,改成了圣安吉洛学院, or SAC, 直到1965年更名为安吉洛州立学院, and then Angelo State University in 1969.

SAC在经济大萧条和第二次世界大战的低迷时期幸存下来,放眼未来. Having outgrown its downtown campus, the college looked to move to its current location, 虽然税收不足以改变新校园. 圣安吉洛的居民参与进来,筹集了30万美元来帮助他们过渡. 这所大学的行政大楼于1947年破土动工.

By the 1950s, SAC was growing on its new campus on West Avenue N, thanks to the GI Bill® and a growing emphasis on education. In 1957, 该机构赢得了三个全国团体冠军中的第一个, 为全国大专体育协会夺得全国篮球冠军.

During the 1950s, SAC was a pioneer in racial relations, admitting its first black students a year before Brown vs. 1955年第一个黑人学生毕业, Mary Frances Simpson, the outstanding graduate that year. SAC也在1953年打破了德州大学校际橄榄球的肤色障碍, who later that academic year would be named class favorite, started for the Rams. 两年后,他被旧金山四十九人队选中.

20世纪60年代是圣安吉洛学院演变为四年制大学的变革时期, state-supported university, 实现了20世纪20年代当地居民的梦想. Gov. 1963年,约翰·康纳利签署了一项法案,使SAC成为一个州立机构,并成为德克萨斯州立大学系统的一部分. With state support, the campus expanded, 随着巨大的建筑热潮,它的大部分外观和特征都得到了体现.

在20世纪70年代,随着婴儿潮一代的全面到来,十大网赌公平首页注册校园蓬勃发展. Intercollegiate athletics for women began in 1975. 1978年,公羊队赢得了全国大学校际田径协会全国足球锦标赛.

Upon his death in 1978, long-time ASU supporter Robert G. 卡尔建立了一个基金会,由他在西德克萨斯州16个县的石油生产物业的矿产和特许权使用费提供资金. His wife, Nona Carr, 会在她九年后去世时将她在这些财产中的权益加入基金会吗. The Robert G. and Nona K. Carr Foundation, 为“有需要和有价值”的学生提供奖学金, would have a profound impact on Angelo State. The first scholarships were awarded in 1981. 到2007年,该基金的价值超过6500万美元,每年为十大网赌公平首页注册六分之一的学生提供奖学金.

到1991年,十大网赌公平首页注册受到了全国的关注,得到了 U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation’s up-and-coming universities. In the decade between 1996 and 2006, ASU enjoyed its second-biggest building boom, 留下了这个州最现代化的校园之一. In 2004, 十大网赌公平首页注册垒球队获得了学校的第三个全国冠军, winning the NCAA Division II Championship.

2007年,当地居民向立法者请愿,要求将十大网赌公平首页注册从德克萨斯州立大学系统转移到德克萨斯理工大学系统,这再次表明了他们对该机构的支持和兴趣. 在获得立法机构批准和州长签署后,这一举措于9月9日生效. 1, 2007, three months to the day after Dr. Joseph C. Rallo assumed his duties as the ninth president.

The implosion of University Hall, also known as the Women’s High Rise, marked 2009 as an explosive year in ASU history, and allowed for further campus growth and expansion. 协调一致的努力需要几个月的计划,吸引了大约6000名观众.

In 2010, 兰贝尔斯田径队获得了十大网赌公平首页注册的第四个全国冠军,并获得了NCAA二级户外全国冠军. With the Rams also posting a top 10 finish, 16名十大网赌公平首页注册的运动员在冠军赛上获得了全美荣誉.

2011年秋季学期入学人数超过7人,这是该校的另一个里程碑,000 students for the first time. In 2012, 当布雷特·阿什福德获得物理治疗博士学位时,十大网赌公平首页注册授予了它的第一个博士学位.

十大网赌公平首页注册也继续吸引全国的关注,2012年,它被评为连续第四年 Princeton Review’s “Best Colleges” guide. 这一认可意义重大,因为名单的选择主要是基于对在校学生的调查.

Another notable event in 2012 was the appointment of Dr. Brian J. May as president of Angelo State University. The institution’s 10th president since its founding in 1928, 梅是第一位担任最高领导职位的十大网赌公平首页注册校友.

2013 marked ASU’s 85th anniversary, and the university celebrated with its first capital campaign, which raised over $35 million. 2014年开始了一场新的建设热潮,对几个体育设施进行了重大翻新, 十大网赌公平首页注册获得了一个新的土木工程项目的初步批准,并获得了学校历史上最大的私人捐赠,用于建设新的工程实验室设施.

增长是2015年的主要主题,秋季入学人数达到创纪录的8人,156, fueled in part by a new off-site dual credit program, 参加在线课程的研究生人数持续增加, and the launch of the new civil engineering program. Enrollment growth continued in 2016, 随着棒球场的翻新和主校区自2005年以来的第一批新教学楼的破土动工,校园建设也取得了进展.

In 2017, the Hunter Strain Engineering Labs facility were completed, 阿彻健康与人类服务学院的大楼将于2018年完工. Construction also began on four additional projects, as well as the upgrading of campus walkways and landscaping.