Fort Valley State University doesn't have to worry about losing its accreditation. Last year, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges found problems with the school's programs, financial stability, and facilities, among other things. It placed the school under a warning, but they lifted it last week.
Freshman Alexxis Thompson remembers playing in the band at her old high school, but she says she's ready to start fresh at Fort Valley State University.
Thompson says, "My band director from high school, he inspired me to do this -- Mr. Willy J. Hollis, he was actually in the band here."
She's got her new identification card at orientation and says she is excited to study chemistry as a Wildcat.
Thompson says, "Science and engineering, I am really a big part of that. This is the school that was closest that I heard it had a good engineering and science program."
Fort Valley State continues to welcome new students after an accreditation warning was lifted.
Assistant to the President for Strategic Communications Cedric Mobley says the school takes their accreditation very seriously.
Mobley says,"When the warning was first announced, we were very confident in our financial controls, and our programming, and our growth, and our enrollment, and the forward trajectory of the institution."
An accrediting agency last year placed the school on warning for not meeting core requirements. That included things like financial stability, control over finances, programs that support student learning, financial aid, and facilities. Now that the warning is lifted, Thompson says there is a lot to look forward to.