Ivy Tech To Hold ‘Night ‘O ASAP’ Annual Event Tonight
What: Ivy Tech ‘Night ‘O ASAP’ Annual Event
Celebrating students who completed their associate degree in 11 months through the Associate Accelerated Program
When: TONIGHT, 7 p.m.-8 p.m. (program time)
(Arrival, mingle, and meal 6-7 p.m.)
 Where: Ivy Tech Main Campus, Koch Student Center (Commons area)
3501 N. First Avenue, Evansville
 Background: Tonight’s event is a celebration of those students who will graduate on Tuesday from Ivy Tech, who are enrolled in the Associate Accelerated Program, more commonly called ASAP. This program allows a student to complete an associate degree in just under one year. Last May, these students were high school graduates, and this May they are college graduates!
100% of the ASAP graduates in the seven years of this program, who desired to earn their bachelor’s degree, have been accepted into four-year universities. The credits they earned will transfer into the other universities, placing them at junior status!
While the program is always rigorous and operates on a cohort basis with one class going through the program together each year, this year’s was particularly challenging, balancing face-to-face and virtual classes. Despite the challenges brought about due to the pandemic, this class graduates with the highest GPA of any of the 7 cohorts, at just above 3.7 GPA! Nearly all of the ASAP grads will graduate with honors.
The official four-year graduation rate for students attending public colleges and universities is 33.3%. The six-year rate is 57.6%  But to put in context, these graduates will have the potential to have earned their bachelor’s degree in just under 3 years. One member of Cohort V, just graduated from USI and has been accepted into a Master’s Program. In five years, that student will have earned three degrees!
Ivy Tech is now enrolling for the next cohort which begins in June. More information is available at www.ivytech.edu/asap
Interviews will be available. Live shot friendly, as well, if you come at 6 (students and families will be arriving at that time, and the meal will start at 6:30. Program starts at 7 p.m.)
