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App State’s Army ROTC program celebrates 50th anniversary
App State’s Army ROTC program celebrates 50th anniversary
Nov. 26, 2019

Appalachian State University’s Army ROTC culminated its 50th anniversary celebrations with a weekend of events that included participation in the university’s Heroes Day during the last home football game of the regular season.

  • The power of gratitude
    The power of gratitude
    Dec. 4, 2019

    Appalachian nursing professor Sarah Martin offers four ways to cultivate more gratitude in your life — and ultimately more happiness.

  • 15 countries, 6 continents — go globe-trotting with ‘Mountaineers Abroad’
    15 countries, 6 continents — go globe-trotting with ‘Mountaineers Abroad’

    App State announces winning photos of International Education Week Photo Contest

    Nov. 26, 2019

    Appalachian’s Office of International Education and Development announces the winners and runners-up of its 2019 International Education Week Photo Contest. The photos, taken by Appalachian faculty, staff and students, span 15 countries and six continents.

  • App State honors more than 120 staff members for decades of service
    App State honors more than 120 staff members for decades of service
    Nov. 21, 2019

    At the inaugural Chancellor’s Service Awards Luncheon, Appalachian honored more than 120 staff members who have achieved 20 years or more of service to the university, including the longest serving staff member with 45 years of service.

  • Find Your Sustain Ability: Amory Lovins explains how “off-the-shelf technologies” and integrated design can achieve energy and cost efficiency
    Find Your Sustain Ability: Amory Lovins explains how “off-the-shelf technologies” and integrated design can achieve energy and cost efficiency
    Nov. 27, 2019

    “Buildings ought to create delight when entered and satisfaction, health, happiness (and) productivity when occupied. Regret when departed. They ought to look like they grew there.” — Amory Lovins, chief scientist at the Rocky Mountain Institute, on integrated design goals for the built environment.

  • Brothers and sisters clock 132 combined years of dedicated service to App State
    Brothers and sisters clock 132 combined years of dedicated service to App State
    Nov. 21, 2019

    Brothers Randy and Terry Edwards and sisters Sheila Perry and Kathy Deas were among the more than 120 staff members recognized for their service to the university at the inaugural Chancellor’s Service Awards Luncheon held Tuesday.

  • 8 tips for a happy healthy heart during the holidays, from an Appalachian expert
    8 tips for a happy healthy heart during the holidays, from an Appalachian expert
    Nov. 11, 2019

    Dr. Rebecca Kappus offers eight doable tips for a healthy heart – from how to reduce stress to how to minimize decision-making. You can enjoy a healthy holiday season!

An Evening with Nikki Giovanni
An Evening with Nikki Giovanni

35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
Monday, Jan. 13, 2020 / 7 p.m.
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

Nikki Giovanni is a world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator. Over the past 30 years, her outspokenness, in her writing and in lectures, has garnered attention from around the globe. One of the most widely-read American poets, she prides herself on being "a Black American, a daughter, a mother, a professor of English."

Events

  • Film: Rocketman (2019)
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    Film: Rocketman (2019)

    IG Greer SuperCinema Popular Film Series

    Dec. 5 - 7, 2019

    A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.

  • Girls on the Run of the High Country 5K
    Dec
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    Girls on the Run of the High Country 5K
    Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019

    RUN, WALK, SKIP, HOP... Just MOVE FORWARD!!! The Girls on the Run of the High County 5K is celebrated twice each year as the culminating event in our 10-week GOTR curriculum. The Fall 2019 5K is scheduled in North Wilkesboro at Lowes River Edge Park. The 5k is open to the general public and of course current and past GOTR participants, coaches and families.

  • Commencement
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    Commencement
    Friday, Dec. 13, 2019

    Each commencement ceremony will be preceded by a processional of the students, faculty and platform party. The processional will begin 15 minutes prior to the ceremony start times. Graduate students will attend the college ceremony represented by their major field of study.

  • An Evening with Nikki Giovanni
    Jan
    13
    An Evening with Nikki Giovanni

    35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration

    Monday, Jan. 13, 2020
    7 p.m.

    Join us for the 35th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration featuring world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator Nikki Giovanni.

  • MLK Challenge
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    MLK Challenge
    Monday, Jan. 20, 2020

    Join us for a day of honoring Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy. Spend the day serving at sites throughout Boone with a group of your peers, reflecting and listening to some phenomenal guest speakers.

  • Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group
    Feb
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    Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group

    The Schaefer Center Presents

    Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020
    7 p.m.

    Singer/composer/actor Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, the Texas-based musician fuses elements of country, swing, jazz, folk, gospel and blues in a convention-defying manner that breaks down barriers.

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  • The power of gratitude
    The power of gratitude
  • Brothers and sisters clock 132 combined years of dedicated service to App State
    Brothers and sisters clock 132 combined years of dedicated service to App State
  • App State honors more than 120 staff members for decades of service
    App State honors more than 120 staff members for decades of service
  • UNC-TV to air App State documentary on Dulatown — a Caldwell County community of black and white kith and kin
    UNC-TV to air App State documentary on Dulatown — a Caldwell County community of black and white kith and kin
  • Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Dec. 4
    Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Dec. 4
  • App State’s 2019 Spooky Duke raises over $24K for children with special needs
    App State’s 2019 Spooky Duke raises over $24K for children with special needs
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In the media

  • Preserving Community Canneries [faculty featured]
    Preserving Community Canneries [faculty featured]
    Southern Foodways Alliance
  • Animal attractions get new scrutiny from travel companies [faculty quoted]
    Animal attractions get new scrutiny from travel companies [faculty quoted]
    The Washington Post
  • Elite Athletes Are Going Vegan. Will It Help You? [faculty quoted]
    Elite Athletes Are Going Vegan. Will It Help You? [faculty quoted]
    Healthline
  • How Schools Are Using The Trump Impeachment Inquiry As A Teachable Moment – [faculty quoted]
    How Schools Are Using The Trump Impeachment Inquiry As A Teachable Moment – [faculty quoted]
    NPR
  • Trump administration kick-starts formal withdrawal from Paris climate agreement [faculty quoted]
    Trump administration kick-starts formal withdrawal from Paris climate agreement [faculty quoted]
    NBC News
  • Best new N.C. structures: 2019 Building North Carolina awards
    Best new N.C. structures: 2019 Building North Carolina awards
    Business North Carolina
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Features

  • Appalachian alumna Catrina Thompson ’09 focuses on community as Winston-Salem’s chief of police
    Appalachian alumna Catrina Thompson ’09 focuses on community as Winston-Salem’s chief of police
  • App State’s Army ROTC program celebrates 50th anniversary
    App State’s Army ROTC program celebrates 50th anniversary
  • 8 tips for a happy healthy heart during the holidays, from an Appalachian expert
    8 tips for a happy healthy heart during the holidays, from an Appalachian expert
  • App State grad applies psychology degree to help youth through the Peace Corps
    App State grad applies psychology degree to help youth through the Peace Corps
  • Positive incentives guide students at App State Academy at Middle Fork
    Positive incentives guide students at App State Academy at Middle Fork
  • Behind Disney’s magic — Alex Young among App State students who intern for the company
    Behind Disney’s magic — Alex Young among App State students who intern for the company
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Grants

  • $2.5M grant supports App State’s continued provision of mental health training and services in rural NC
    $2.5M grant supports App State’s continued provision of mental health training and services in rural NC
  • American Council of Learned Societies funds App State anthropological research of Navajo Nation
    American Council of Learned Societies funds App State anthropological research of Navajo Nation
  • $4M-plus in federal funding supports App State GEAR UP
    $4M-plus in federal funding supports App State GEAR UP
  • Dr. Andrew R. Smith awarded National Science Foundation funding for study on optimism biases
    Dr. Andrew R. Smith awarded National Science Foundation funding for study on optimism biases
  • App State’s Dr. Paul Wallace engages in cross-cultural Fulbright collaboration in Russia to prepare international leaders
    App State’s Dr. Paul Wallace engages in cross-cultural Fulbright collaboration in Russia to prepare international leaders
  • 2019–20 Fulbright awardee Dr. Richard Gray to ‘unite the sky’ through astronomical partnership with South Africa’s UFS
    2019–20 Fulbright awardee Dr. Richard Gray to ‘unite the sky’ through astronomical partnership with South Africa’s UFS
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Awards and honors

  • Brothers and sisters clock 132 combined years of dedicated service to App State
    Brothers and sisters clock 132 combined years of dedicated service to App State
  • App State honors more than 120 staff members for decades of service
    App State honors more than 120 staff members for decades of service
  • Dr. Beverly Moser receives Honorary Life Member Award from Foreign Language Association of NC
    Dr. Beverly Moser receives Honorary Life Member Award from Foreign Language Association of NC
  • Appalachian interior design students’ concept ‘pops up’ at The Container Store
    Appalachian interior design students’ concept ‘pops up’ at The Container Store
  • App State poet Dr. Kathryn Kirkpatrick wins 2019 Roanoke-Chowan Award for Poetry
    App State poet Dr. Kathryn Kirkpatrick wins 2019 Roanoke-Chowan Award for Poetry
  • App State presents inaugural awards for excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity
    App State presents inaugural awards for excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity
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App State announces winning photos of International Education Week Photo Contest

Nov. 26, 2019

Appalachian’s Office of International Education and Development announces the winners and runners-up of its 2019 International Education Week Photo Contest. The photos, taken by Appalachian faculty, staff and students, span 15 countries and six continents.

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