ASU Office of Admissions Announces Annual High School Day

Alcorn State University will host it’s annual fall High School Senior and Community Sophomore Day will on Saturday, September 23, 2006. This day has been set aside to allow high school students, transfer students, chaperones and/ or parents an opportunity to visit the campus. Information regarding financial aid, scholarship opportunities, housing and extracurricular programs will be available. Administrators, faculty, staff and students will be on hand to answer questions and help make our day a success.

The guests are supposed to arrive at the Davey L. Whitney HPER Complex by 9:00 a.m. to register and receive their tickets for the game and lunch. Following the information session and visits with departmental representatives will be the feature attractions of the day, the Football Braves hosting the Alabama State University Hornets (2:00 p.m.)

Groups and individuals arriving after the end of the morning information session will be required to purchase game tickets and meals. Come enjoy the day with us as we celebrate our High School Senior/Community College Sophomore Day. 

Please be reminded that the university employs the use of metal detectors at the entrance of the stadium. Individuals found with weapons (guns, knives, etc.) should expect to be arrested and prosecuted. 

For more information call Office of Admissions at 1-800-222-6790 or email ebarnes@alcorn.edu

Applications for admission to Alcorn State University can be submitted on- line. The web-site address is www.alcorn.edu. 

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LA Hosts  Morehouse and Alcorn State
at Silver Dollar Classic, Sept. 29-30 

An action-packed weekend of excitement, on and off the football field, will be featured when Morehouse College and Alcorn State University, two of the nation’s most prestigious Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), square off during Silver Dollar Classic Weekend II, being held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 29^th and 30^th, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Sports Arena.  The Coliseum was the site of the historic Olympic Games of 1932.  More than 100,000 people are expected to attend the event.

The weekend will be filled with heart-pounding drama as the schools, school alums, students and fans battle for bragging rites to declare their school the best in two areas where competition between HBCUs are traditionally the fiercest – on the football field and in the classic Battle of the Bands.

Additionally, the Silver Dollar Classic Weekend will include a Greek Step Show, Career and College Expo, and Festival featuring more than 100 vendors.

 “Anyone who has attended an HBCU knows firsthand about the fun and excitement of a college football classic.  For those who have not had the African-American college experience, the Silver Dollar Classic is a must-attend event.  It’s an extraordinary weekend of family fun,” said John Fleming, CEO, Silver Dollar Classic, LLC, event organizer.

“You’ll never see a more passionate display of school allegiance and cultural pride,” Fleming said.

The captivating, two-day Silver Dollar Classic event will kick-off with the Battle of the Bands competition at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.  The traditional band event held routinely at HBCU football games was, until recently, a highly-anticipated half-time treat.  Now, the Battle of the Bands, with its colorful pageantry, stunning visual symmetry and musical mastery, has evolved into an event all its own.

Marching band fans and music lovers in general will enjoy the melodic spectacle of the Battle of the Bands competition featuring the 200-member Sounds of Dyn-o-mite Alcorn State Marching Band under the direction of Samuel Griffin and the 110-member Morehouse College Maroon Tigers House of Funk Marching Band under the direction of Melvin M. Jones.

Then, on Saturday, Sept. 30, the Los Angeles Coliseum football field will be on fire when the awesome Alcorn State Braves battle the mighty Morehouse Maroon Tigers.  Kick-off time is 2:15 p.m.

The Braves, led by head coach Dr. Johnny Thomas, play a punishing running game that led the SWAC in rushing in 2005.  They vow to tackle anything and anyone that crosses their path.  The Tigers, led by head coach Terry J. Beaufords, boast a “take no prisoners” type of game featuring five returning All-SIAC ballers.  The Tigers threaten to maul any team that gets in their way.

Plus, there will be pre- and post-game activities aplenty including a Black Greek Step Dance Competition featuring a showcase of fraternities and sororities in the artful foot stompin’, hand clappin’, spoken word performance mix that is an African American college staple.

“The Silver Dollar Classic is a celebration of our cultural heritage as it relates to our institutions of higher education.  I encourage everyone to come out, enjoy and explore the rich traditions we’ve established on the college campus,” said Fleming.

Silver Dollar Classic tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com.  Prices range from $35 to $75 for the Football Game.  Tickets for the Battle of the Bands start at $25.00.

For more information, or to participate as a sponsor or a vendor, call the Silver Dollar Classic office at 323-293-0940 or visit www.silverdollarclassic2006.com.

Founded in 1871, Alcorn was the nation’s first state-supported institution for the higher education of African Americans.  Over the decades the college that once was a struggling institution has become one of the leading black universities in the nation.  Alcorn State alums include football great Steve McNair.

Founded in 1867, Morehouse College is the nation’s largest, private liberal arts college for African-American men.  The school enrolls approximately 3,000 students and confers bachelor’s degrees on more African-American men than any other institution in the world.  Morehouse alums include Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.