
Gifts and Grants Spur Rodeo Team Growth
What a difference a year makes.
Welcome to the first-ever digital version of the Angelo State University Fiat Lux newsletter. This change in format represents the wave of momentum that ASU is riding into 2024.
Angelo State University has received a $500,000 gift from noted local philanthropist and arts enthusiast Elta Joyce McAfee to help establish the new Angelo State Athletics Endowment, one of the top priorities of ASU’s ongoing “Leading the Charge” capital campaign.
For the second straight year, Angelo State University has set a new record for fall enrollment, topping 11,500 students for the first time.
Angelo State University has been designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) by the National Security Agency (NSA) and will retain the designation at least through the 2029 academic year.
For the 16th consecutive year, Angelo State University has been listed by The Princeton Review as one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education, an honor that goes to only about 15% of the nation’s more than 2,600 four-year colleges.
Just days after Angelo State University’s announcement of its “Leading the Charge” centennial capital campaign, ASU has received a $2 million gift from the local Stephens Family toward one of the campaign’s top priorities, establishment of the Angelo State Athletics Endowment.
Angelo State University has been awarded a $194,118 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for new, state-of-the-art spectroscopy and diffraction equipment that will support undergraduate classes and research in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Two expansion projects for Angelo State University’s Mayer Museum have been approved by the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents, and work on the first new addition is already underway.
The first cohort of students in Angelo State University’s Doctor of Social Work (D.S.W.) in clinical social work program will officially complete their degrees on Aug. 12 to become the inaugural graduates of a second ASU doctoral program.