Features: Academics

• What the earth reveals about human history
  Carefully digging, scraping and sifting. It's how archeologists seek clues into human history. Students at Appalachian State University learn these skills - and find cool artifacts - in a field archeology course each summer. [ more . . . ]

• North Carolina Space Grant funds student research projects
  A select group of Appalachian State University students participated in research funded by the NASA-sponsored N.C. Space Grant consortium to help solve some of today's most relevant science issues. [ more . . . ]

• Holland Fellows program takes business majors to China
  Students from Appalachian State University and China's Fudan University have the opportunity to learn each others' culture and business practices through a prestigious exchange program. It's called the William R. Holland Fellows for Business Study in Asia. [ more . . . ]

• Young photographers gain national exposure
  Appalachian’s technical photography program gains national attention through a magazine ad featuring students’ work. [ more . . . ]

• Bringing home new ideas for the "green-collar economy"
  Daniel Brookshire wants the world to become more environmentally and economically sustainable. He gained confidence in how to do that through an internship in India, where he lived in an eco-village and assisted with projects in reforestation, micro-lending and global warming education. [ more . . . ]

• Future Teachers of North Carolina
  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 . . . ]

• Appalachian hosts statewide research symposium
  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 . . . ]

• Charles Darwin at 200
  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 . . . ]

• A Solar-Powered Stage, 15 Bands, 12 Hours of Music
  When Jimmy Hunt gets an idea, look out. A business class project in 2007 wasn't hypothetical in this student's mind. When his professor assigned the task of coming up with a business plan, Hunt decided to take it a step further. Together with his friend Nick Barringer, he put the plan into action. The result was Boone's first large-scale music festival, Music on the Mountain, held in August 2008. [ more . . . ]

• Student-athlete Exhibits Drive and Passion in ROTC
  Kala Robertson waited until her junior year to join Appalachian State University's ROTC program, later than most ROTC students. But in a year's time, she has become one of the program's top cadets and is known for demonstrating exceptional personal drive, passion and faith. [ more . . . ]

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