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Linda Combs '68 '78 has been elected to serve a four-year term on the Appalachian State University Foundation Board of Directors. She retired in 2007 from a career serving the U.S. government at the highest level.
Over 14 years, Combs worked for three presidents, earned five Senate confirmations for various appointments, and served in the departments of Education, Veterans Affairs, Transportation and Treasury, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency. As controller of the United States in the Office of Management and Budget—her final position and a presidential appointment—she was responsible for audits totaling about $3 trillion a year. [ more . . . ]
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Christian Kucab '08 of Raleigh is one of the rare individuals to receive a perfect score on the LSAT, the law school admissions test. A recent summa cum laude graduate of Appalachian's Department of Government and Justice Studies, Kucab aspires to a career in public interest law and eventually politics. His score of 180 is good insurance he will be accepted into a law school of his choosing. [ more . . . ]
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In less than three months, Appalachian State University's cycling team has captured its second national title by winning the 2008 Division II USA Cycling Collegiate Cyclocross National Championships Dec. 14 in Kansas City, Mo. The Mountaineers won the division's national championship in mountain bike in late October, as well as two individual national champion titles in women's cross country and men's downhill. [ more . . . ]
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Appalachian has prepared quality teachers for North Carolina's schools for more than 100 years. With over 1,400 students majoring in teacher education, Appalachian now offers the largest undergraduate teacher preparation program in the state. Meet three young people getting ready for the classroom, plus an award-winning teacher. [ more . . . ]
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It's all about tradition. The step dancing of the historically African-American Greek organizations on campus pounds out a rhythm that echoes through generations of Appalachian's minority student population. The steps and chants symbolize unison, a unique sisterhood and brotherhood. [ more . . . ]
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The next generation of North Carolina's brightest scientific and creative leaders gathered at Appalachian State University Nov. 22, 2008, for the 4th Annual State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS). [ more . . . ]
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Appalachian State University's Cycling Team, led by individual national champions Rebecca Tomaszewski and Michael Thomas, took home the Division II national title at the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships hosted by Lees-McRae College, October 24 - 26, 2008, in Banner Elk, NC. [ more . . . ]
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Laurie Williamson, professor and coordinator of the professional school counseling program in the Reich College of Education at Appalachian State University, received a Fulbright Scholar Award to conduct research and teach graduate counseling courses at the University of Balamand in Lebanon for the 2007-08 school year. [ more . . . ]
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Geologist Kate Scharer uses everything from backhoes to trowels to reach deeply for evidence of earthquakes that have occurred over time. She and her colleagues from the University of Oregon and U.S. Geological Survey have documented dozens of earthquakes that occurred along the southern San Andreas Fault since approximately 3,000 B.C. [ more . . . ]
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One hundred and eighty years ago, Charles Darwin enrolled in Christ's College, University of Cambridge after a disastrous year studying medicine at Edinburgh University. He graduated in 1831 with a degree in theology. By the end of the year, he was on board the HMS Beagle as it left Britain on a voyage that lasted almost five years, and changed his life forever. [ more . . . ]
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