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App State and Banfield Pet Hospital® announce new online vet tech program aimed at addressing veterinary shortage
App State and Banfield Pet Hospital® announce new online vet tech program aimed at addressing veterinary shortage

First-of-its-kind program will help meet surging demand for pet care

Feb. 10, 2021

Banfield Pet Hospital® has made a multimillion-dollar commitment to App State to support the development of a four-year online program for licensed veterinary technicians (LVTs) to address market demand for skilled veterinary professionals.

  • A look at generations of Black Mountaineers who inspire the Appalachian Community
    A look at generations of Black Mountaineers who inspire the Appalachian Community
    Feb. 25, 2021

    Generations of Black Mountaineers — from innovators to motivators — continue to inspire the Appalachian Community and beyond with their hard work, vision and dedication. Read on to learn about some of App State’s most prominent and influential Black figures.

  • Giving back to the community: One App State student’s idea to brighten older adults’ lives through art
    Giving back to the community: One App State student’s idea to brighten older adults’ lives through art
    Feb. 23, 2021

    As part of her internship with Appalachian Brian Estates, App State senior Mary Carver Deal is engaging the facility’s older adults in a colorful mural project — one taking shape right outside their windows. Learn how Deal, along with other App State students and Dementia Awareness Club members, is bringing joy to the residents’ lives amid COVID.

  • WCC, App State announce Aspire Appalachian Co-Admission Program agreement
    WCC, App State announce Aspire Appalachian Co-Admission Program agreement
    Feb. 25, 2021

    Through the Aspire Appalachian Co-Admission Program, Wilkes Community College (WCC) students have a seamless pathway to start their education at WCC and complete their four-year degree at App State.

  • Recent App State grad offers 4 tips for forming a pandemic pod for work and home life
    Recent App State grad offers 4 tips for forming a pandemic pod for work and home life
    Feb. 26, 2021

    Recent App State graduate and public health major Emilee Schluth offers advice on how to choose and adhere to a pandemic pod — a small, social network that looks out for each other’s well-being during the coronavirus pandemic.

  • US Department of Education continues funding for App State’s Student Support Services
    US Department of Education continues funding for App State’s Student Support Services
    Feb. 25, 2021

    Cathia Silver, director of App State’s Student Support Services (SSS) program, has received continued funding from the U.S. Department of Education in support of the SSS program’s provision of holistic services to first-generation and/or low-income students.

  • Raising awareness and meeting demand for increased digital accessibility at App State
    Raising awareness and meeting demand for increased digital accessibility at App State
    Feb. 17, 2021

    As App State has adapted academic delivery methods to help slow the spread of COVID-19, more learning content than ever has migrated online. This response to the pandemic has moved the dial on accessibility awareness — and raised the demand for proactive accessibility and accommodations.

  • Renowned drummer Shirazette Tinnin ’02 shares the rhythm of her life
    Renowned drummer Shirazette Tinnin ’02 shares the rhythm of her life

    Q&A with an App State alumna about her journey toward a professional music career in NYC

    Feb. 17, 2021

    In this Q&A, App State alumna Shirazette Tinnin ’02 shares details about her life as a professional musician in New York City, some of her experiences as a Mountaineer, the trials she has encountered and the lessons she has learned along the way.

  • Dr. Sandie Gravett named winner of 2020 Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance Award
    Dr. Sandie Gravett named winner of 2020 Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance Award
    Feb. 12, 2021

    Dr. Sandie Gravett, professor of religious studies at App State, has received the 2020 Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance Award for her work as an advocate for App State’s students, faculty and administrators. The award is conferred by the university’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).

  • App State to receive new cold storage units designated for a COVID-19 vaccine
    App State to receive new cold storage units designated for a COVID-19 vaccine
    Dec. 21, 2020

    Appalachian State University will be among 15 University of North Carolina System institutions to receive new cold storage units designated for doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. App State will have the capacity to store 116,200 doses in its new units.

Steep Canyon Rangers
Steep Canyon Rangers

A Schaefer Center Presents Virtual Event
Thursday, March 11, 2021 / 8 – 9:30 p.m.

Streamed live from the stage of the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts! Steep Canyon Rangers are Asheville, North Carolina’s GRAMMY winners and perennial Billboard chart-toppers (and frequent collaborators of the renowned banjoist and occasional comedian Steve Martin).

Events

  • UNC System Virtual Transfer Fair
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    UNC System Virtual Transfer Fair
    March 1 - 3, 2021

    For all interested transfer students and advisors/professionals, the UNC System Office is hosting a virtual transfer fair to provide opportunities to hear from and speak with representatives from 15 universities.

  • iBackAPP
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    iBackAPP

    Show your pride / Support your passion

    Thursday, March 4, 2021

    iBackAPP Day is one day for alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends to show their pride and support their passion at Appalachian! You're invited to participate by wearing your App gear, decorating your favorite space, posting photos and videos on social, giving to an area close to your heart and attending a virtual or in-person event.

  • Novelist Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
    Mar
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    Novelist Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

    Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series

    Thursday, March 4, 2021
    12 p.m.

    Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), resides in Qualla, North Carolina. She holds degrees from Yale University and the College of William and Mary. Her debut novel, Even As We Breathe (The University Press of Kentucky) was published in Fall 2020. Link to reading and craft talk video to be posted Thursday, March 4, at 12 p.m.

  • Netflix and Representation Discussion Group
    Mar
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    Netflix and Representation Discussion Group

    Reich College of Education

    Thursday, March 4, 2021
    6 - 7 p.m.

    Recently, Netflix has created its own content, much of it dealing with race, gender, and sexualities in increasingly complex ways. The way that race, gender, and sexualities are being represented in this public space matters, and in this series of conversations, we will look at different ways that this representation is happening in this medium that is becoming increasingly ubiquitous.

  • Dr. Asao Inoue Lecture: “What Does It Mean to Do Antiracist Writing Assessment?”
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    Dr. Asao Inoue Lecture: “What Does It Mean to Do Antiracist Writing Assessment?”

    Sponsored by the Rhetoric and Composition program, the College of Arts and Sciences, The Writing Center and WAC, and the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer

    Wednesday, March 10, 2021
    2 p.m.

    This talk engages with the question of what it means to assess and grade college student writing for a more antiracist classroom. It focuses not on people behaving badly or racist, but rather on the historical and structural ways that most academics judge and read language; teachers’ ways of assessing language; disciplines’ logics and ways with words; and most professions’ expectations of language use.

  • Dr. Asao Inoue Workshop: Bravely Challenging Our White Language Supremacy in Our Assessments of Student Writing
    Mar
    10
    Dr. Asao Inoue Workshop: Bravely Challenging Our White Language Supremacy in Our Assessments of Student Writing

    Sponsored by the Rhetoric and Composition program, the College of Arts and Sciences, The Writing Center and WAC, and the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer

    Wednesday, March 10, 2021
    3 p.m.

    This workshop will challenge participants to bravely investigate their own classroom assessment practices, particularly their orientations toward student writing as embodied in their feedback to that writing. The workshop will consider habits of White language that inform assessment practices in our own classrooms as well as several “fast thinking” mind heuristics.

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News headlines

  • App State coronavirus information
    App State coronavirus information
  • App State’s Paul Meggett named among NC’s top 100 African American attorneys for 2nd consecutive year
    App State’s Paul Meggett named among NC’s top 100 African American attorneys for 2nd consecutive year
  • WCC, App State announce Aspire Appalachian Co-Admission Program agreement
    WCC, App State announce Aspire Appalachian Co-Admission Program agreement
  • Campus emergency siren test to be conducted March 3
    Campus emergency siren test to be conducted March 3
  • Raising awareness and meeting demand for increased digital accessibility at App State
    Raising awareness and meeting demand for increased digital accessibility at App State
  • App State honors 4 staff members for excellence
    App State honors 4 staff members for excellence
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In the media

  • Get outside to improve health during COVID, experts say [faculty quoted]
    Get outside to improve health during COVID, experts say [faculty quoted]
    Tuscon.com
  • App State students, faculty create rock kits for students across NC
    App State students, faculty create rock kits for students across NC
    Watauga Democrat
  • Guaranteed income is having a moment. The last time it did, it was because of Martin Luther King Jr. [faculty quoted]
    Guaranteed income is having a moment. The last time it did, it was because of Martin Luther King Jr. [faculty quoted]
    Fast Company
  • App State and Banfield Pet Hospital® Announce New Online Vet Tech Program Aimed at Addressing Veterinary Shortage
    App State and Banfield Pet Hospital® Announce New Online Vet Tech Program Aimed at Addressing Veterinary Shortage
    The Associated Press
  • Should I Be Double-Masking When I Run? [faculty quoted]
    Should I Be Double-Masking When I Run? [faculty quoted]
    Runners World
  • Appalachian State senior part of National Guard sent to Washington, D.C. [student profiled]
    Appalachian State senior part of National Guard sent to Washington, D.C. [student profiled]
    Watauga Democrat
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Features

  • Recent App State grad offers 4 tips for forming a pandemic pod for work and home life
    Recent App State grad offers 4 tips for forming a pandemic pod for work and home life
  • A look at generations of Black Mountaineers who inspire the Appalachian Community
    A look at generations of Black Mountaineers who inspire the Appalachian Community
  • Giving back to the community: One App State student’s idea to brighten older adults’ lives through art
    Giving back to the community: One App State student’s idea to brighten older adults’ lives through art
  • Renowned drummer Shirazette Tinnin ’02 shares the rhythm of her life
    Renowned drummer Shirazette Tinnin ’02 shares the rhythm of her life
  • Mountaineer alumnus leaves Music City to train the autism community in trade careers
    Mountaineer alumnus leaves Music City to train the autism community in trade careers
  • App State alumnus produces news to keep Kentuckians informed
    App State alumnus produces news to keep Kentuckians informed
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Grants

  • US Department of Education continues funding for App State’s Student Support Services
    US Department of Education continues funding for App State’s Student Support Services
  • App State receives grant support for operations related to virtual performing arts programming
    App State receives grant support for operations related to virtual performing arts programming
  • Nearly $12 million in federal funding supports App State Empowering Teacher Learning program
    Nearly $12 million in federal funding supports App State Empowering Teacher Learning program
  • Grant-supported App State project explores relationship between religious studies and public issues
    Grant-supported App State project explores relationship between religious studies and public issues
  • Grant-funded studies by App State analyze COVID-19’s economic impact on Northwestern NC
    Grant-funded studies by App State analyze COVID-19’s economic impact on Northwestern NC
  • App State funded to study rare bats along Blue Ridge Parkway area, investigate disease
    App State funded to study rare bats along Blue Ridge Parkway area, investigate disease
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Awards and honors

  • App State’s Paul Meggett named among NC’s top 100 African American attorneys for 2nd consecutive year
    App State’s Paul Meggett named among NC’s top 100 African American attorneys for 2nd consecutive year
  • App State honors 4 staff members for excellence
    App State honors 4 staff members for excellence
  • Dr. Sandie Gravett named winner of 2020 Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance Award
    Dr. Sandie Gravett named winner of 2020 Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance Award
  • App State senior awarded spring 2021 Rogers and Janice Whitener Scholarship for creative writing
    App State senior awarded spring 2021 Rogers and Janice Whitener Scholarship for creative writing
  • App State’s Dr. Jesse Lutabingwa selected as founding member of the American Academy of International Education
    App State’s Dr. Jesse Lutabingwa selected as founding member of the American Academy of International Education
  • App State senior recognized for outstanding leadership, service in her campus and local communities
    App State senior recognized for outstanding leadership, service in her campus and local communities
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Webcams

  • Views of Kidd Brewer Stadium - North End Zone Facility
    Views of Kidd Brewer Stadium - North End Zone Facility
  • Views of Sanford Mall
    Views of Sanford Mall
  • Views of Rivers Street
    Views of Rivers Street
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How New River got its flow back
How New River got its flow back

App State’s NRLP completes Payne Branch environmental restoration project

Jan. 25, 2021

App State’s New River Light and Power has completed its grant-funded project to remove the historic Payne Branch dam from the New River’s Middle Fork, helping to restore this river corridor to a more natural state — which includes improved water quality and enhanced habitat for the area’s aquatic wildlife. Dive in to learn more.

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