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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:11:50 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[‘Slow but steady progress’ in Afghanistan, alumnus reports]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rear Adm. Hal Pittman retires from a 29-year-military career this winter, having spent the past year as the senior ranking public affairs officer in the U.S. military in Afghanistan.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:21:56 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alumna receives grants to study magnolias in Polk County]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Looking for a way to use her creativity and incorporate more biotechnology into her teachings at Polk County High School, Jennifer Allsbrook &rsquo;92 is taking a biological mystery and turning it into a hands-on teaching experience called the Magnolia Detectives Project.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:16:32 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reflections: Appalachian State University commencement December 2011]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nearly 1,300 candidates for graduation convened for their last official academic function Dec. 18, 2011 at Appalachian State University&#039;s Holmes Convocation Center.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:19:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alumnus' on-air dream becomes a reality]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Alumnus Bryce Johnson &#039;09 expands his popular SPORTS YAPP radio show to a nationwide audience through The Core Media Group.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:56:02 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alumna Regenia Payne recognized as a "Woman to Watch"]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ever since the eighth grade, Regenia Payne &#039;92 knew she wanted to work in the home and furnishings industry.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:21:53 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Changing students' lives in Kenya]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[An Appalachian State University graduate is helping change students&#039; lives in Kenya through a project to distribute e-readers.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu,  1 Sep 2011 09:46:23 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mauney brothers launch award-winning gin distillery]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Appalachian graduates find their niche in a sustainably run micro-distillery.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:08:19 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Three honored at Alumni Awards Gala]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Receiving awards were Brad Sparks of El Segundo, Calif., Doug Johnson of Lenoir, and Martha Guy of Newland.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri,  1 Jul 2011 17:21:17 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Master's thesis leads to successful non-profit organization]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Jake Gentry traveled to Tanzania in 2008 to conduct research for his master&#039;s thesis about the impact of refugee camps on their host communities. Emotionally touched by the many abandoned children in the camps, Gentry and his friends started a non-profit organization that supports orphanages becoming self-sufficient and sustainable.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:38:51 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Features of 2010]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Take a look back at the ten most popular features of 2010.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:58:10 -0500</pubDate>
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