Mechanical Engineering Degree Approved by ASU Board

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Mechanical Engineering Degree Approved by Board | Alabama State University

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Alabama State University's Board of Trustees (BOT) approved a new bachelor's degree program for Mechanical Engineering during its Feb. 3 meeting. The plan is for the degree to be offered at the University in the Fall of 2024, pending approval by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education.

Dr. Derrick Dean, director of the University's Biomedical Engineering program, has helped to develop the new undergraduate degree program at the behest of President Quinton T. Ross, Jr. Dean believes that the program will allow ASU students to earn a high-demand degree and will serve as a gateway for careers across a number of fields.

"The newly approved ASU Mechanical Engineering Degree fits the profile of what many businesses and industries across the nation need from potential employees," Dean said. "The University has received a lot of contact throughout the past few years from many different professionals representing many companies in the state, especially those within the automotive industry."

 

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Hyundai Presents ASU with $50,000 Check | Alabama State University

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Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) presented Alabama State University with a check for $50,000 on Feb. 21, in conjunction with the company’s celebration of the start of production of its electrified Genesis GV70 in Montgomery. The news conference and presentation were held at the Hyundai site.

National, state and city dignitaries were in attendance, along with ASU representatives that included Dr. Joyce Loyd-Davis, senior director of Health Services; Colonel (ret.) Gregory Clark, vice president of institutional advancement; Dr. Audrey Napier, associate professor of biology; Dr. Carl Pettis, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, and Dr. Michelle Foster, associate dean of the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).


Clark offered remarks on behalf of the University.
“This is a great day for Alabama State University. On behalf of President Quinton T. Ross, Jr. and the Board of Trustees, we would like to thank you for what you do to support Alabama State and for being a partner with the University," Clark said. "These dollars will immediately go to help our brand new engineering program that starts in the fall of 2024. So, in a couple of years, we will be able to send you interns (to HMMA) and in about four years, we will send some graduates to Hyundai to keep these young men and women in the state of Alabama working…We are happy to be proud partners of Hyundai,” Clark concluded.