Sixth Annual ASU Golden Rams Golf Outing

ALBANY - The college football season will be here before you know it, and regarding Albany State University, Coach Mike White is hoping to contend for an SIAC Championship. But Saturday afternoon, instead of barking out play calls, he hosted the sixth Annual Golden Rams Golf Outing.

The event is put on to help raise money for the ASU football program. Even though temperatures were high, many still showed, which White appreciated. "It is extremely important to our program. Our sponsors have been great to us. A lot of guys have come to play this year and we're really pleased. And again, we look forward to this each year."

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ASU women like their chances

WALNUT, Calif. — The reigning SIAC champion Albany State women’s track and field team is doing a little of their own California Dreamin’ this week.

Taking seven athletes to the NCAA Division II meet that begins today at California State Polytechnic University, ASU coach Kenneth Taylor could not be more optimistic.
After all, his team finished a program-best sixth last season.

“We’re excited about going,” Taylor said. “We’ve got a lot of top-rated athletes, and all of them are going as top-eight performers. Both of our relay teams are even ranked third.”

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Albany State's Freeman interviews in Washington, D.C.

Albany State University's president is one of four finalists for president of the University of the District of Columbia.

ALBANY — Albany State University President Everette Freeman will visit a historically black Washington, D.C., university this week as one of four finalists for the president’s position there.

Freeman will be at the University of the District of Columbia on Thursday and will attend a public forum from 2 p.m.-3 p.m. during which he will answer questions asked of him, UDC spokesman Dan Brozovic said Monday.

Freeman stressed that he did not seek the position ,but instead was nominated and contacted by the university as a candidate for the presidency. The visit, he said, is purely “exploratory.”

Other candidates for the position are the acting president of UDC, Stanley Jackson; Delaware State University President Allen Lee Stressoms, and University of Virginia Vice President for Diversity and Equity William Harvey.

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