beginning of WAPR-FM (Alabama Public Radio), which Alabama State University and Troy University, both of which already held station licenses of their own, cooperated with the University of Alabama in building and operating. WAPR-FM 88.3—Selma's signal reaches the region known colloquially as the Black Belt, about 13 counties in the west central and central parts of Alabama, including the city of Montgomery. Presidents Interim presidents excluded 1874–1878: George N. Card 1878–1915: William Burns Paterson 1915–1920: John William Beverly 1920–1925: George Washington Trenholm 1925–1961: Harper Councill Trenholm 1962–1981: Dr. Levi Watkins Sr. 1981–1983: Dr. Robert L. Randolph 1983–1991: Dr. Leon Howard 1991–1994: Dr. Clifford C. Baker 1994–2000: Dr. William Hamilton Harris 2001–2008: Dr. Joe A. Lee 2008–2012: Dr. William Hamilton Harris 2012: Dr. Joseph H. Silver Sr. 2014–2016: Rev. Dr. Gwendolyn E. Boyd 2017–present: Dr. Quinton T. Ross Jr. Academics ASU has eight degree-granting colleges, schools, or divisions: College of Business Administration College of Education College of Health Sciences College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences College of Science, Mathematics & Technology College of Visual & Performing Arts Division of Aerospace Studies Continuing Education Alabama State offers 47 degree programs including 31 bachelor's, 11 master's, two Education Specialist and three doctoral programs, Doctorate in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Law, Clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy, and a Doctorate in Microbiology. In addition, the university offers the W.E.B. DuBois Honors Program for undergraduate students who meet the above average performance criteria. Due to Alabama State offering only a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering, the university established a dual degree engineering partnership with Auburn University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) that gives qualified ASU students automatic admissions into Auburn and UAB undergraduate engineering programs. ASU undergraduate students who successfully complete the program will receive a STEM related bachelor's degree from ASU and an engineering bachelor's degree from Auburn or UAB in approximately five years. Alabama State is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, the National Association of Schools of Music, the National Association of Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy, the Commission of Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM, the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST), and the Council