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Post-Hurricane Helene Update: Oct. 11-15, 2024
Classes at Appalachian State University will resume on Wednesday Oct. 16. On Friday Oct. 11 at 5 p.m., Condition 1 (Reduced Operations) will go into effect until further notice. Read full message

Area leaders focus on recovery from Helene

‘Unified approach’ key to recovery, says Boone mayor

Oct. 9, 2024

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s impacts to the High Country, leaders from the Town of Boone, Watauga County, App State and the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce have been communicating regularly, working together to respond to the needs of the community.

Help Mountaineers in need by giving to the App State Disaster Relief Fund
Oct. 11, 2024
Appalachian State University has established the App State Disaster Relief Fund to support students, faculty and staff facing significant losses and challenges due to Hurricane Helene. Visit appstate.edu to contribute to this effort, which is providing unrestricted funds to Mountaineers in need.
Hurricane Helene’s impacts on the App State Boone campus
Oct. 2, 2024
App State shares images and video footage of the impacts its Boone campus has sustained due to flooding and storm damage caused by Hurricane Helene. The university is assessing and responding to damages while remaining focused on the safety and well-being of the campus community.
App State marks its 125th year with strong enrollment
Boone campus population held steady for 5th consecutive year as Hickory campus and online enrollment continue growth
Sep. 6, 2024
App State marks its 125th year by enrolling 21,570 students in fall 2024, a 1.5% increase over last fall. The steady growth is supported by intentionally managed enrollment at the Boone campus and significant growth in both the Hickory campus and online student populations.
3 App State students awarded NC Space Grants to conduct STEM research
Sep. 20, 2024
Three Appalachian State University students have received NASA-funded North Carolina Space Grants to conduct science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) research in the 2024–25 academic year.
App State’s Dr. Maggie Sugg awarded over $1.5 million to study climate disasters and youth mental health
Sep. 10, 2024
Dr. Maggie Sugg, associate professor and honors director in App State’s Department of Geography and Planning, has been awarded two grants totaling over $1.5 million to continue her research on how climate disasters impact youth mental health.
Learn more about the AppState-ALERT emergency messaging system
The system provides students, faculty and staff with real-time updates during campus emergencies. Register separately for venue-specific safety alerts for large campus events.
Sep. 25, 2024
App State’s 24/7 emergency messaging system, AppState-ALERT, provides timely information to students, faculty and staff in the event of a campus emergency. Anyone, including the public, can monitor emergency information at appstatealert.com.

At App State’s Camp Jean Rankin, youth practice speech skills in fun, interactive settings

Aug. 29, 2024

Ten adolescents and teens from across the Southeast and Midwest attended App State’s second annual Camp Jean Rankin this summer, which provides unique opportunities for youth who stutter to learn fluency and self-empowerment skills and to enjoy High Country activities.

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Oct
19
Fall 2024 Open House (Hickory)
Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024
Open House is your opportunity to learn more about App State. Meet faculty and current students, tour campus, and learn more about financial aid, scholarships, the admissions process, and what student life at App State is really like.
Oct
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Homecoming 2024
Oct. 21 - 27, 2024
Make your plans to be in the High Country for Homecoming 2024. The fun lasts all week long and culminates with the App State football game on Saturday, October 26. Break out your black and gold — there will be events for all Mountaineers!
Oct
21
Film: Memories of My Father (2020)
Colombian Film Festival
Monday, Oct. 21, 2024
5 p.m.
In the polarized and violent Medellín (Colombia’s ‘City of Eternal Spring’) of the 1970s, doctor Héctor Abad Gómez is concerned about both his children and children from less favored classes. After a devastating loss in the family, Héctor gives himself to the greater cause of public health programs for the poor in Medellín to the consternation of the city’s authorities. The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures will host the Colombian Film Festival on six evenings throughout the Fall 2024 semester.
Oct
22
CANCELED: Community FEaST
Appalachian Food Research for Equity Sustainability (AppalFRESH)
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024
4:30 - 6 p.m.
The AppalFRESH Collaborative has decided to cancel the 2024 Community FEaST. If you are able, please consider serving our community by volunteering with a local nonprofit in lieu of the Community FEaST. We look forward to gathering around the table again in fall of 2025.
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3
Let the Right One In
Department of Theatre and Dance
Oct. 30 - Nov. 3, 2024
By Jack Thorne, based on the novel and film by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Oskar is a bullied lonely teenage boy living with his mother on a housing estate at the edge of town, when a spate of sinister killings rocks the neighborhood. Eli is the young girl who has just moved in next door. She doesn’t go to school and never leaves the flat by day. Sensing in each other a kindred spirit, the two become devoted friends.
Nov
7
Evelyn Berry
Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024
6 - 7:30 p.m.
Evelyn Berry is a trans author, editor and educator from South Carolina. She is the recipient of a 2023 National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship, 2020 BOOM Chapbook Prize from Bateau Press, 2019 Broad River Prize for Prose and 2018 Emrys Poetry Prize, among other honors. Her work has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, Gigantic Sequins, beestung, Raleigh Review, Taco Bell Quarterly and elsewhere. Grief Slut (Sundress Publications, 2023) is her debut poetry collection.

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App State marks its 125th year with strong enrollment

Boone campus population held steady for 5th consecutive year as Hickory campus and online enrollment continue growth

Sep. 6, 2024

App State marks its 125th year by enrolling 21,570 students in fall 2024, a 1.5% increase over last fall. The steady growth is supported by intentionally managed enrollment at the Boone campus and significant growth in both the Hickory campus and online student populations.

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