page_title: Angelo State University
section_title: Ram Jam
hierarchical_section_title: Angelo State University / Traditions / Ram Jam
caption_attribution_description: English: The Airforce ROTC marching at Angelo State University, San Angelo Texas.
context_page_description: Angelo State University is a public university in San Angelo, Texas. It was founded in 1928 as San Angelo College. It gained university status and awarded its first baccalaureate degrees in 1967 and graduate degrees in 1969, the same year it took on its current name. It offers over 100 undergraduate programs and 34 graduate programs. It is the second-largest campus in the Texas Tech University System.
  In 2018, Angelo State University ranked among the top 20 fastest-growing public master's degree-level universities in the country according to The Chronicle of Higher Education in its Students: Almanac 2018.
context_section_description: The official Ram Jam was started by the Alumni Association in 2003 and has grown to become the large pregame football tailgating parties they are today. During the fall semester outside the Legrand Alumni Center, students, alumni, and community members park their cars in the parking lot and hang out around the center to grill and socialize. The events also feature local bands to provide entertainment, free food and refreshments, bounce houses and other games for kids, and alcoholic beverages for those 21 and up. The Ram Band, the ASU dance team, the Angelettes, and the ASU Cheerleaders also perform and everyone walks over to the stadium prior to the game.
caption: Angelo State ROTC
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