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Besides offering an athletic outlet, club sports help develop students' leadership and life and career skills, because unlike in varsity sports, students must schedule their own events and travel arrangements, find team sponsorship and recruit membership. [ more . . . ]
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Through Appalachian & the Community Together (ACT), Appalachian students can express their benevolent spirit through community service, service-learning, and community-based research opportunities. These activities benefit agencies in the High Country, across the state and around the world. [ more . . . ]
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Students learn best in diverse educational environments. Central to the depth and quality of intellectual life at Appalachian is a diverse faculty. The Faculty Fellows Program recruits and retains faculty members with life experiences unique to Appalachian's underrepresented student and faculty populations. Their varied origins and perspectives enrich all of campus life while preparing students for active, global citizenship. [ more . . . ]
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As a child, Curtis Ryan was intrigued with the Middle East and Arabic culture. Ryan pursued his passion by studying Arabic culture and language in college. He also enrolled in a language program in the Kingdom of Jordan. "Within 24 hours of being in the country I was hooked," he said of the experience. "Since then, I go back as often as I can, and I continue to work on my language skills and my research." [ more . . . ]
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Fifteen secondary-level biology teachers were selected by the Fulbright Commission to attend a six-week training program at Appalachian in July and August of 2007. They spent four weeks strengthening their skills in science, educational technology, teaching and English. Then, they spent two weeks applying what they learned by team teaching in Watauga County Schools. While in the public schools, they also shared information about their native culture with children in social studies and other non-science classes. [ more . . . ]
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Biologist Howard Neufeld has spent 20 years documenting the impact of ozone on native plants in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He has studied changes to the plants' fertility, photosynthesis and growth and observed how these mutations are influenced by shifts in pollution and weather patterns. [ more . . . ]
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Among the university's top researchers is geologist Dr. Ellen Cowan. She was among a select, international group of scientists who drilled the Antarctic sea floor for indications of how global warming affected our planet in the past. In summer 2006, she helped collect core samples dating back 10 million years. She and her colleagues are studying the cores to predict change related to today's global warming. [ more . . . ]
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A new scholarship fund called Appalachian Commitment to a College Education for Student Success (ACCESS) brought its first group of recipients to campus this fall. Each year, it will provide scholarship money to about 40 of Appalachian's most financially needy, in-state freshmen. [ more . . . ]
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Ask someone to tell their story and you'll find that no two students are alike on the Appalachian campus. [ more . . . ]
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The Blue Ridge Mountains attract outdoor enthusiasts year round—from hikers, naturalists, skiers and snowboarders, to mountain bikers, cyclists, anglers, kayakers, rock climbers and more. [ more . . . ]
Support Our Students
Philanthropic support enables Appalachian to maintain its high academic quality, compelling activities outside the classroom, life changing experiences on the athletic field, and participation in internships and service programs that develop our community leaders of tomorrow. There are so many reasons—and ways—to give to Appalachian.
