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3 students win ‘free ride’ for a year with College GameDay posters

Sep. 19, 2022

ESPN’s premier college football pregame show — College GameDay — broadcasted live from App State’s campus on Sept. 17. Mountaineer football fans celebrated the occasion with several days worth of fan-fueled events.

Federal funding supports App State programs to prevent falls among older adults
$552,322 awarded to Interprofessional Clinic for falls prevention programs in 7 High Country counties
Oct. 3, 2022
Thanks to more than a half-million dollars in federal funding, App State is partnering with the High Country Area Agency on Aging to safeguard the independence of older adults in North Carolina’s High Country — by expanding and implementing falls prevention programs in the seven-county region.
App State marks best fundraising year in more than a decade, most cash gifts in university history
Sep. 30, 2022
Appalachian State University has marked its best fundraising year in more than a decade. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, the university raised more than $36 million, including $31 million in cash gifts — the largest cash fundraising year in university history.
7 sculptures debut along campus Arts Corridor at App State
Sep. 27, 2022
A new collection of seven sculptures has been unveiled on App State’s campus as part of the university’s Arts Corridor. The artworks — installed in mid-August and created by artists from across North Carolina — will be displayed on campus for two years.
4 acclaimed authors to visit App State’s campus, share their work this fall
The authors’ visits are part of App State’s fall 2022 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Sep. 21, 2022
Four acclaimed authors — Savannah Sipple, Neema Avashia, Leigh Ann Henion and Scott Blackburn — will visit App State’s campus this fall as part of the 2022–23 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. The authors will read from their work and deliver talks on the craft of writing.
App State Mountaineers experience real-world climate science in Peru
Dr. Baker Perry leads National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition, study abroad program in Andes Mountains
Sep. 16, 2022
National Geographic Explorer and App State geography professor Baker Perry led App State students on their study abroad program in Peru — then spearheaded the effort to install the highest weather station in the Tropical Andes as part of the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition
App State named among nation’s ‘Best,’ ‘Most Innovative’ colleges for 2022–23
U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, Forbes magazine and Money.com all agree — App State is an educational leader for the U.S. and Southeast
Sep. 15, 2022
U.S. News & World, The Princeton Review, Forbes magazine and Money.com all agree — App State is one of the best higher education institutions in the country, and the Southeast, for 2022–23. App State was recognized for its academics, innovation, benefits for student veterans and other aspects.

STAR DUST: from Bach to David Bowie

Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 / 7 p.m.
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

Complexions Contemporary Ballet founders Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, armed with a rich Alvin Ailey lineage and a cadre of 18 spectacular dancers, have re-envisioned ballet through technical precision, athletic prowess, and sheer passion. Their blockbuster hit, “STAR DUST: From Bach to David Bowie,” honoring two musical icons, has rocked the dance world and will make your spirits soar.

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Climate Justice Month
Office of Sustainability
Sept. 27 - Nov. 2, 2022
A collaborative exploration into climate justice that eliminates barriers to access and that promotes a critical understanding of the effects of the climate crisis on frontline communities. By eliminating barriers to information access and promoting a critical understanding of the idea that the people who are traditionally marginalized by society often bear the brunt of climate change, we can mitigate the effects of the climate crisis and provide support to these communities.
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The Trolleys
Department of Theatre and Dance
Oct. 5 - 9, 2022
In a world inhabited only by children, “The Trolleys” are a gang of six living just outside the city. They need their light jars to survive — but the lights have started fading and no one knows why. Savage Kim and her gang head towards the city and the unknown, following a mysterious song. Will they find more light before their jars go out and they become Dusters? Commissioned in 2015 by the Australian Theatre for Young People, The Trolleys asks the question: “What happens if you inherit a world that isn’t safe?” Written by Sara West.
Oct
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Virtual 7th Annual Women in Educational Leadership Symposium (WIELS)
Oct. 6 - 7, 2022
WIELS is a partnership between faculty members in the Leadership and Educational Studies at Appalachian State University and practicing educators. Our mandate is the development of an 'armoring process' that will equip women with pragmatic knowledge, skills, and dispositions that prepare them for success as educational leaders.
Oct
6
STAR DUST: from Bach to David Bowie
The Schaefer Center Presents
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022
7 p.m.
Complexions Contemporary Ballet founders Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, armed with a rich Alvin Ailey lineage and a cadre of 18 spectacular dancers, have re-envisioned ballet through technical precision, athletic prowess, and sheer passion. Their blockbuster hit, “STAR DUST: From Bach to David Bowie,” honoring two musical icons, has rocked the dance world and will make your spirits soar.
Oct
8
Fall 2022 Open House
Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022
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
24
Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed
University Forum Lecture Series
Monday, Oct. 24, 2022
7 p.m.
Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize for History and MacArthur Genius, is one of the integral voices who helped Juneteenth officially enter our national conversation. Her book about this profound day, “On Juneteenth,” is a powerful, essential work of history that weaves together America’s past with personal memoir; it was named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post, TIME, and NPR.

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Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed

University Forum Lecture Series
Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 / 7 p.m.
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize for History and MacArthur Genius, is one of the integral voices who helped Juneteenth officially enter our national conversation. Her book about this profound day, “On Juneteenth,” is a powerful, essential work of history that weaves together America’s past with personal memoir; it was named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post, TIME, and NPR.

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