Appalachian Today

Dec. 10, 2018

A winter storm dumped 16—20 inches of snow on campus and the surrounding areas, causing meteorologists to consult the record books and students to break out their sleds and snowboards. Campus fared well and is digging out.

With App State Police, Madison Cook follows in family footsteps of service
Dec. 12, 2018
The junior criminal justice-international studies major is a member of the first class of Appalachian’s two-year Police Development Program, which was created to equip Appalachian students with the knowledge, skills and training to become law enforcement officers.
In bad weather, how does App State decide what to do?
Dec. 7, 2018
Class cancellations, delays, operations conditions – how does the university make these decisions and what do they mean?
Mountaineer Concessions excites fans with new, sustainable-minded menus
Dec. 7, 2018
Mountaineer Concessions serves game day traditions, trendy street foods and highlights community partnerships. Its intentionally crafted menus highlight Food Services and the Office of Sustainability’s mission toward a zero waste stadium.
New duck house built for Appalachian’s campus flock
Dec. 5, 2018
A floating house has been installed on Appalachian’s Duck Pond to provide a cozy shelter for campus ducks.
Teens and mental health
A school-based intervention program developed by Appalachian’s Dr. Kurt Michael lowers rural teens’ suicide attempts and boosts their well-being
Nov. 29, 2018
Appalachian’s Aeschleman Distinguished Professor of Psychology shows his passion for teens’ mental health through the ASC school-based treatment program he founded in 2006.
Appalachian alumna is Honolulu’s first female police chief
Nov. 27, 2018
When Susan Ballard ’79 graduated from Appalachian with a teaching degree, being a police officer wasn’t even on her radar. Now she is the first female police chief of the Honolulu Police Department.

December 2018 Commencement

Dec. 15, 2018 / Holmes Convocation Center

A total of 1,260 undergraduate students and 368 graduate students at Appalachian have applied to receive their degrees in December. Ceremonies will be held Dec. 15 in the Holmes Convocation Center.

Events

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Full Circle: 2018 CENTER Award Winners
Dec. 7, 2018 - April 27, 2019
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
CENTER, the not-for-profit photographic arts and time-based media organization headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has honored, supported, and provided opportunities to gifted and talented photographers since 1994.
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Terraria Gigantica: The World Under Glass, Photographs by Dana Fritz
Dec. 7, 2018 - April 27, 2019
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
The photographs in the series Terraria Gigantica: The World Under Glass, frame the world’s largest enclosed landscapes as possible impossibilities: Biosphere 2’s ocean in the Arizona desert, the Henry Doorly Zoo’s desert in the Great Plains of Nebraska, and Eden Project’s tropical rain forest in notoriously gray and cool Cornwall, England.
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December 2018 Commencement
Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018
10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
A total of 1,260 undergraduate students and 368 graduate students at Appalachian have applied to receive their degrees in December. Ceremonies will be held Dec. 15 in the Holmes Convocation Center.
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The Great Enemy of Truth by Elizabeth Alexander with sound by Todd Bowser
Jan. 11 - June 1, 2019
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
The Great Enemy of Truth is a site-specific installation by Elizabeth Alexander with an integral sound component by Todd Bowser. The artists will transform the Main Gallery through intricate paper installations, suspended sculpture, found objects, costumes, dinner plates and sound for an immersive experience that the artist says: "seems double-edged, a dreamlike scenario that is both familiar and foreign--inspiring frequent shifts in mood."
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Full Circle: ARTtalk Panel
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019
6 - 7:30 p.m.
In conjunction with the exhibition Full Circle: 2018 CENTER Award Winners, join guest panelists for an evening of discussion about contemporary social and cultural documentary photography and the role that powerful visual images can play in creating a more just and equitable society.
Feb
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Herbie Hancock
The Schaefer Center Presents
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019
7 p.m.
Herbie Hancock has defied tradition over the years creating music that expands the possibilities of musical thought. Embracing elements of rock, soul, funk and electronica, Hancock is often described by many as a visionary, an architect in the post-bop sound. With a career spanning more than 50 years, his passion for innovation and creativity remains unparalleled.

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NSF funds Appalachian research of ‘Changing Glacier Dynamics at Athabasca Glacier’

Nov. 20, 2018

Appalachian’s Dr. William Armstrong, along with geology majors Hannah Field and Anthony Hengst, will travel to the Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park to study the glacier’s basal motion.

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