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Alabama State University's new football stadium nears final completion, November 17, 2012. Photo by David Campbell/Alabama State University

Two people arrested in connection to shooting during Homecoming tailgate

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October 12, 2024
Alabama State University's new football stadium nears final completion, November 17, 2012. Photo by David Campbell/Alabama State University

Shooting during Homecoming tailgate alarms ASU community

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October 5, 2024
State Sen. Priscilla Dunn served honorably in the Alabama Legislature for 25 years. She died on Sept. 17.

Alumna and acclaimed state senator dies

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September 21, 2024
Members of the Alabama State University board of trustees and President Quinton T. Ross, Jr., Ed.D., hold up various architectural renderings of how the new residential apartments will look once they are constructed on the campus.

Board of Trustees approve construction of residential apartments for students

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September 7, 2024
The four VISA panelists encouraged students to take steps to navigate their professional journey. The alumni who returned are Eugene Griffin ‘19, Tyrone Welch ‘08, Alicia Chaney Anderson ‘16, Senior Recruiter; and Rachine Francis ‘04.

Black professionals advise students on navigating professional journey

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February 17, 2024
HEART DISEASE

HEART DISEASE

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February 17, 2024
Biden nominates Richardson as US Marshal for state’s middle district

Biden nominates Richardson as US Marshal for state’s middle district

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
February 10, 2024
The 2023-24 The Hornet Tribune management team is composed of (L-R, seated) Jahzara Veasey, managing editor for multimedia; Ashonti Shaw, assistant University News editor; Amber Mitchell, managing editor for digital and interactive media; and Kennede Threadgill, managing editor for general assignments, recruitment and retention. (L-R Standing) Kyra Rogers, managing editor for presentation and design; James Stewart, website content manager; Justin B. Freeman, managing editor for visual media; and Katelyn Brown, managing editor for standards, ethics and quality control.

Tribune prepares for upcoming regional competition

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January 13, 2024
Brock commends parents and graduates during 308th commencement ceremony

Brock commends parents and graduates during 308th commencement ceremony

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
December 3, 2023
Alumnus police officer killed in the line of duty

Alumnus police officer killed in the line of duty

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December 3, 2023
Groundbreaking ceremony held for the university's new state-of-the-art Hornet Golf Clubhouse

Groundbreaking ceremony held for the university’s new state-of-the-art Hornet Golf Clubhouse

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December 3, 2023
Kayla Edwards Crowned Miss ASU 2023-24

Kayla Edwards Crowned Miss ASU 2023-24

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October 8, 2023
During the Homecoming football game, Courtney Stewart presents a check to President Quinton T. Ross Jr., Ed.D. He is joined by Stewart’s mother, father and sister along with Athletic Director Jason Cable and Alumini Affairs Director Cromwell Hand Photo by David Campbell/Alabama State University

Stewart donates $200K for new Courtney Stewart Digital Content and Creative Suite

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October 7, 2023
Edwin Aryitey, Abigiya Mesfin, Guy Samandari, Oluwatosin Oyekeye, and Ellis Aryitey (MaKaylah Harris not pictured) won various awards during the Global App Design and Pitch Competition hosted by Alabama Collective.

Students win at Global App Design and Pitch Competition

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September 30, 2023
Linda Holloway, Ph.D., and April T. Berry, Ph.D.

Two Black professors create curriculum guide for the Montgomery Riverboat Brawl

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September 24, 2023
Ross announced historic donation at President's Gala

Ross announced historic donation at President’s Gala

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September 3, 2023
Alabama State University was well represented in Washington, D.C. as students from across campus traveled to the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. Led by junior biology-pre-health major Eldric Coleman, the students were able to attend the ceremony.

Students travel to anniversary of March on Washington

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August 27, 2023
University brings Esports to campus

University brings Esports to campus

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July 8, 2023
Men's Track and Field 4X4 Relay Team Begins Quest for National Title

Men’s Track and Field 4X4 Relay Team Begins Quest for National Title

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June 11, 2023
Candy Capel

“Jazz on the Grass” concert returns in September

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June 5, 2023
Chloe Banks

Sophomore wins inaugural ‘Global Gateways’ National Scholarship to study in Mexico

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June 5, 2023
Brandon McCall

University welcomes home ‘Lion King Star’ Brandon McCall

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June 5, 2023
Frazine Taylor featured in upcoming national magazine

Frazine Taylor featured in upcoming national magazine

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June 5, 2023
Alumna to celebrate 107th birthday

Alumna to celebrate 107th birthday

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June 5, 2023
Omar Malendez earns Baseball All-American Honors

Omar Malendez earns Baseball All-American Honors

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June 5, 2023
Eight baseball players selected to HBCU All-Star Game

Eight baseball players selected to HBCU All-Star Game

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June 5, 2023
'Bama State Sports brings seventh SWAC Commissioners Cup home

‘Bama State Sports brings seventh SWAC Commissioners Cup home

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June 5, 2023
Delbert Madison

Delbert Madison appointed to National Accountancy Board

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
April 29, 2023
Will debt ceiling talks have killing results

Will debt ceiling talks have killing results

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
April 28, 2023
Just when you thought newspapers were dinosaurs

Just when you thought newspapers were dinosaurs

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
April 22, 2023
Bertis English

English awarded the Clinton Jackson Coley Book Award

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
April 22, 2023
Landon Hale is the new student body president for the 2023-24 academic year. He is a rehabilitation services major who plans to attend medical school after graduation. He is from the Magic City.

Meet the university’s new student body president …

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April 22, 2023
Three of the first-generation students who are graduating in May took a minute from the ceremony to post for an official photo.

Exceptional students take spotlight at First-Gen Event

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April 22, 2023
Black Tennessee lawmakers exposed state legislature

Black Tennessee lawmakers exposed state legislature

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April 15, 2023
University completes renovations of alumni house

University completes renovations of alumni house

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
April 15, 2023
HBCUs are obligated to teach African American Studies

HBCUs are obligated to teach African American Studies

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
April 8, 2023
Angela Thomas-Davis, Ed.D., associate dean and professor of oc- cupational therapy coordinated the NSAH annual conference.

University hosts NSAH national conference and meeting

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April 8, 2023
National finalists Jonathan Holland, Vanella Tadjuidge, Savannah Mendenhall, and Samantha Rodman will travel with their advisor, Ivon Alcime, Ph.D., to Torrance, California April 14-16, 2023, to complete in the Honda Campus All Stars Challenge.

Honda All-Stars advance to the national finals

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April 1, 2023
Manoj K. Mishra, Ph.D., founder of the Cancer Biology Research and Training program, raised more than $6.5 million in funding.

American Cancer Society grants $84,000 more to CRBT program

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
April 1, 2023
Hornet family mourns the loss of Nadine Tyus

Hornet family mourns the loss of Nadine Tyus

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
March 22, 2023
SGA campaigning is about to begin, and ...

SGA campaigning is about to begin, and …

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March 15, 2023
University's 'Bobbleheads' among the first to be produced nationwide among HBCUs

University’s ‘Bobbleheads’ among the first to be produced nationwide among HBCUs

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
March 4, 2023
Danny B. Davis, former Mighty Marching Hornets band director died on Monday, Feb. 27. He also served as an adjunct faculty member in the Dept. of Music.

Former Mighty Marching Hornets band director dies

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
March 4, 2023
After 13 years of serving as the dean of University College and serving as a professor of English, alumna Alma S. Freeman, Ed.D., retired, but returned on several occasions to work with the university’s reaffirmation of SACS-COC accreditation and the College of Education’s accreditation.

Hornet family mourns the loss of Alma S. Freeman

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
March 4, 2023
Hyundai presents university with check for $50,000

Hyundai presents university with check for $50,000

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February 25, 2023
Alumna writes, produces, stars in film about Dorothy Dandridge

Alumna writes, produces, stars in film about Dorothy Dandridge

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
February 24, 2023
Fowl-free: McDonald’s debuts plant-based McNuggets

Fowl-free: McDonald’s debuts plant-based McNuggets

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
February 18, 2023
SGA Pres and VP should run on the same ticket

SGA Pres and VP should run on the same ticket

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February 18, 2023
Former U.S. Ambassador and former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia spent an hour talking about his experiences with civil rights, becoming a pastor and moving to Marion, Alabama, as well as his confronting members of the Klu Klux Klan in Florida.

Young relates several experiences in civil rights symposium

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
February 18, 2023
HBCUs are obligated to teach African American Studies

HBCUs are obligated to teach African American Studies

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
February 11, 2023
Alabama's first Black state trooper made history

Alabama’s first Black state trooper made history

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
February 10, 2023
Founders’ Week should be filled with activities

Founders’ Week should be filled with activities

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
February 4, 2023
President Quinton T. Ross, Jr., Ed.D.

Board extends president’s contract, approves mechanical engineering program

Staff Report, Staff Reporter/ Writer
February 4, 2023
Judge Harold Lloyd Murphy presided over the landmark case of Knight v. State of Alabama. He died on Dec. 28.

Federal Judge Harold Lloyd Murphy dies

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February 4, 2023
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Carl S. Pettis, Ph.D., shakes hands with Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Gilbert Singletary after signing a historic MOU between both schools.

MOU TO INCREASE MINORITY PHARMACISTS

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February 4, 2023
Noted historian and adjunct instructor Joseph D. Caver talks about the early years of Alabama State University and the challenges that it faced in order to educate newly freed Black slaves.

Caver elucidates the early history of the university

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February 4, 2023
There is a different standard for Black and white men

There is a different standard for Black and white men

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
January 28, 2023
Pettis announces winners of Faculty R&CE Awards

Pettis announces winners of Faculty R&CE Awards

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
January 28, 2023
Does the average ASU student vote regularly?

Does the average ASU student vote regularly?

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
January 21, 2023
Students who were chosen to participate in the Certified Financial Advancement Credit Academy are (L-R) Janai Thompson, Mashone Robinson Takudzwa Modza, Josey Dumas, Thomas Mulaisho, Mandlenkosi Sibanda

Career Services selects 15 students for CFA Credit Academy

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January 21, 2023
Birmingham attorney and alumnus donates $50,000 for COBA scholarships

Birmingham attorney and alumnus donates $50,000 for COBA scholarships

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
January 20, 2023
Crystal Hanna King

Alumna becomes newly National Board Certified Teacher

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
January 5, 2023
BET College Hill to film on campus

BET College Hill to film on campus

STAFF REPORT, The Hornet Tribune
October 15, 2022
Eric Knox

Eric Knox wins Trebek Award

STAFF REPORT, The Hornet Tribune
October 15, 2022

What happened to the John Garrick Hardy Center?

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
October 15, 2022

What exactly is the role of The Hornet Tribune?

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
October 1, 2022
Members of the Office of Health Services who will assist with the expanded coverage in underserved areas are Dr. Ashley Tippines, LaTasha Ivey, Joyce D. Davis, DNP, Mahogani Woods, Cathy Reynolds, and Tamika Mims.

University expands pandemic coverage to underserved areas

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
October 1, 2022
Candy Capel, Station Manager

WVAS serves as ‘Radio Partner’ for the inaugural Jazz Music Awards

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
October 1, 2022
Cynthia Swain

University first HBCU in state to receive NCTA certification

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
September 24, 2022
BFA Dance Program to host Fall Dance Concert

BFA Dance Program to host Fall Dance Concert

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
September 24, 2022
Hiram Eric Jackson to serve as commencement speaker

Hiram Eric Jackson to serve as commencement speaker

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
May 5, 2022
After two years of working as a reporter and editor, Kendal Manns, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, will take over as the 2022-23 editor-in-chief of The Hornet Tribune, the oldest Black college newspaper in the nation. His term began on May 1, 2022.

Student Media Board taps Manns as new leader of the campus newspaper

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May 5, 2022
Ronald Martin, Micah Sanders, Camille Zanders, Khalil Stewart and Lateef Oloko

The Hornet Tribune captures five awards at SEJC’s Best of the South competition

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March 27, 2022
Sanders nominated for "College Journalist of the Year " for SEJC competition

Sanders nominated for “College Journalist of the Year ” for SEJC competition

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January 29, 2022
Harold A. Franklin displays his master of arts diploma that he received from Auburn University after waiting for 54 years.

Harold Franklin, Auburn University’s first Black student, dies at age 88

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September 11, 2021
Long-time Montgomery physician Jefferson Underwood III is a summa cum laude graduate of Alabama State University in Montgomery and Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.

Alumnus dies after 40 years of medical service

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September 11, 2021
Former Alabama State quarterback Tarvaris Jackson became the first inductee into the Alabama State Ring of Honor.

Jackson becomes first inductee into university’s Ring of Honor

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September 4, 2021
(L-R) SGA Executive officers: Student Body President Gem Richardson, Student Body Vice President Jaylan Brown, Student Body Secretary Dy’Oni Charlton, and Student Body Treasurer Jeremi Moore

Student body to witness SGA transition of power

Staff Report, The Hornet Tribune
August 21, 2021
The Alabama State University Indoor Track and Field Championship Team took a moment to celebrate their victory after capturing the SWAC title for 2021 at the Birmingham Crossplex.

ASU men take the SWAC Championship

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March 8, 2021
HBCUs receives debt relief from federal government

HBCUs receives debt relief from federal government

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February 26, 2021
The past four years with Trump in the White House have been just as violent and dark as his inaugural speech. It’s been a time of immense pain and suffering, particularly for minorities and people of color who have been demonized by the president.

‘American Carnage’ Is Donald Trump’s Legacy

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January 19, 2021
Jon Ossoff, the 33-year-old head of a video production company who has never held public office, defeated David Perdue, who recently completed his first full term as senator.

Jon Ossoff wins in Georgia, ensuring Democrats will control the Senate

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January 6, 2021
Lady Hornets defeat Jackson State Lady Tigers

Lady Hornets defeat Jackson State Lady Tigers

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January 6, 2021
Head Coach Mo Williams will not be in attendance for the basketball game against Jackson State due to following CDC protocols.

Williams to miss game against Jackson State

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January 6, 2021
Hornets fall to Jackson State Tigers

Hornets fall to Jackson State Tigers

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January 6, 2021
Professor Nathaniel Allen

Artist’s mural to be dedicated Saturday during Bus Boycott celebration

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December 7, 2020
Amber A. Harris

Alumna Appears in Film about Aretha Franklin

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December 3, 2020
Dr. Ross is an accomplished educator with two Master of Education degrees from Alabama State University, a Doctorate of Education from The University of Alabama, and Certification in Leadership from Auburn University at Montgomery.

Alumna named president/CEO of Ross-Clayton Funeral Home

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December 2, 2020
ASU, IBM form $2 million partnership to help close gap in STEM

ASU, IBM form $2 million partnership to help close gap in STEM

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November 26, 2020
Senior music major KaDarrius Jones received an opportunity to sing one of my favorite pieces, “Lift Every Voice and Sing" on 105 Voices of History TV on YouTube.

Music major performs with national HBCU concert choir

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November 25, 2020
Alumna pens children’s book on COVID-19

Alumna pens children’s book on COVID-19

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November 22, 2020
The in-person ceremonies for the 2020 Fall graduates continue on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 8:45 a.m. (College of Visual and Performing Arts and College of Education) and at 1:45 p.m. (Percy J. Vaughn, Jr. College of Business Administration, College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, and the College of Health Sciences).

University holds historic five convocations in the stadium

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November 22, 2020
Alumnus pens first book

Alumnus pens first book

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November 21, 2020
Alumnus opens wings franchise

Alumnus opens wings franchise

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November 21, 2020
State Sen. Bobby Singleton is the featured speaker for the Fall Commencement exercises.

University holds commencement ceremonies in stadium this weekend!

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November 19, 2020
Bobby Brown Jr. son of Bobby Brown dies at 28

Bobby Brown Jr. son of Bobby Brown dies at 28

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November 19, 2020
Photos of graduates Lauren Salter and her son Courtney Salter who are both graduating Nov. 2020. Photo by David Campbell/Alabama State University

Mother and son both to share in commencement ceremonies on the same weekend

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November 18, 2020
Calloway just landed a new role in the BET Plus sitcom “The Ms. Pat Show,” starring stand-up comedian Patricia Williams. He plays the well-intentioned husband on the show.

Alumnus Starring in New BET Sitcom: “The Ms. Pat Show”

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November 17, 2020
Park named for alumnus

Park named for alumnus

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November 14, 2020
Miss Robbie breaks silence after son Tim Norman arrested in murder plot

Miss Robbie breaks silence after son Tim Norman arrested in murder plot

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October 30, 2020
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