Appalachian Today

A STEM learning experience for all ages at App State

Sep. 10, 2019

Top-notch N.C. high schoolers take to the river for research, instructed by Appalachian State University faculty, staff and students. It’s a learning experience for all.

App State names 20 inaugural Beaver Scholars committed to improving regional health care
Sep. 12, 2019
The Beaver Scholars program, established by Don Beaver ’62 ’64 and his wife, Vickie Beaver, supports North Carolina students who demonstrate a strong commitment to improving health care in Appalachia.
App State’s Academy at Middle Fork reports significant progress
Sep. 10, 2019
App State announces new test scores for the Academy at Middle Fork that show significant progress over the past year.
App State celebrates Founders Day and 120 years of education leadership
Sep. 5, 2019
This year marked the second annual Founders Day celebration. It included dedication of Lillie Shull Dougherty’s statue, ringing of the Founders Bell and more.
Appalachian welcomes more than 19,200 students, sees record number of underrepresented students
Sep. 10, 2019
App State releases preliminary fall 2019 data showing high retention rates and a record number of underrepresented students.
New Night Owl bus service aids in late-night safety at Appalachian
Aug. 29, 2019
AppalCART’s new Night Owl service, which began during the first week of Appalachian’s fall 2019 semester, provides safe transportation in Boone for students on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.AppalCART’s new Night Owl service, which began during the first week of Appalachian’s fall 2019 semester, provides safe transportation in Boone for students on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
Hughlene Bostian Frank touched students’ lives through Appalachian’s Visiting Writers Series
Aug. 27, 2019
Through Appalachian’s Visiting Writers Series, Hughlene Bostian Frank hoped to broaden students’ lives and open opportunities.

Bryan Stevenson: Just Mercy

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019 / 7 p.m.
Holmes Convocation Center

Bryan Stevenson, author of the Common Reading Program 2019-20 book selection “Just Mercy,” will speak and hold a book signing at Appalachian. The event is free and open to the public. “Just Mercy” details the injustices of a broken criminal justice system that punishes poor people, and Stevenson’s work to improve that system. The Common Reading Committee selected “Just Mercy” for its relevance to a wide range of academic disciplines and because Stevenson’s work has had a profound impact on our society.

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App State Examines and Celebrates the United States Constitution
Sept. 17 - 19, 2019
Faculty, staff and students at Appalachian State University take the opportunity each year during the week of Sept. 17 to engage our campus community in discussions about the U.S. Constitution, its history and its meaning in today’s world. This year’s discussions will focus on the Second Amendment. Join us for a series of conversations, panel discussions and lectures.
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17
Bryan Stevenson: Just Mercy
Common Reading Program
Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019
7 p.m.
Bryan Stevenson, author of the Common Reading Program 2019-20 book selection “Just Mercy,” will speak and hold a book signing at Appalachian. The event is free and open to the public. “Just Mercy” details the injustices of a broken criminal justice system that punishes poor people, and Stevenson’s work to improve that system. The Common Reading Committee selected “Just Mercy” for its relevance to a wide range of academic disciplines and because Stevenson’s work has had a profound impact on our society.
Sep
18
Heather Booth and film “Changing the World”
University Forum Lecture Series: Appalachian Celebrates the 19th Amendment, 125 Years of Women's Suffrage
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019
6:30 - 9 p.m.
Heather is a leading political strategist on progressive issues and electoral campaigns. “Heather Booth: Changing the World” highlights the legacy of Heather’s lifelong career in community and political organizing while inspiring and encouraging the activists of the future. Booth will conduct a Q&A session after the screening of the film.
Sep
19
Dr. Leonard Rogoff: The Cones on Blowing Rock: Kultur in the High Country
College of Arts and Sciences and the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019
2:30 p.m.
The history of Moses Cone and his art collecting sisters, Claribel and Etta, have long been beloved by High Country locals and visitors alike. Appalachian State University invites the public to learn more of their story, as told by historian, Dr. Leonard Rogoff, in a lecture titled, “The Cones of Blowing Rock: Kultur in the High Country.”
Sep
23
Ryan Miller: Building Energy Efficiency: The Foundation of North Carolina’s Clean Energy Future
Sustainable Energy Speaker Series
Monday, Sept. 23, 2019
4 - 5 p.m.
Solar rooftops. Wind farms. Electric vehicles. Battery storage. Grid modernization. These are the clean energy topics that most North Carolina advocates, policymakers, utilities and consumers are focused on in 2019. What’s missing? The largest, least-cost and most impactful sector of our state’s clean energy economy: energy efficiency.
Sep
27
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The Schaefer Center Presents
Friday, Sept. 27, 2019
8 p.m.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band has held the torch of New Orleans music aloft for more than 50 years, all the while carrying it enthusiastically forward as a reminder that the history they were founded to preserve is a vibrantly living history.

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Appalachian Welcomes More Than 19,200 Students; Sees Record Number of Underrepresented Students
High Country Press
ASU celebrates Founders Day to honor legacies of those who paved the way
Watauga Democrat
App State Celebrates Founders Day and 120 Years of Education Leadership
High Country Press
HBCU Partners With a State University to Educate Future Teachers About Social Justice
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Fall color experts: WNC's fall foliage season expected to be vibrant this year
Asheville Citizen-Times
New Leech Species Discovered in Southern Maryland
NBC4 Washington

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Hughlene Bostian Frank touched students’ lives through Appalachian’s Visiting Writers Series

Aug. 27, 2019

Hughlene Bostian Frank ’68, the eponymous patron of Appalachian State University’s Visiting Writers Series, maintained that while she was an avid reader of nonfiction, her forte was math. She appreciated logic; the certainty of figures; equations that add up. And, in her estimation, the Visiting Writers Series computed.

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