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App State has returned to pre-pandemic operations for the Fall 2021 semester, with safety precautions in place. There are no current plans to move in-person classes online. All students, faculty and staff should get vaccinated against COVID-19. Face coverings are required in all indoor campus locations for students, faculty, staff and visitors, regardless of vaccination status. Read the latest updates

App State ranks among ‘Best’ schools in US, Southeast for 2021 and 2022

Sep. 17, 2021

App State ranks among the nation’s “Best” and “Top” colleges for 2021 and 2022, according to U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review and Forbes magazine. The national publications recently recognized App State for its academics, innovation, benefits for student veterans, programs to enhance the first-year experience and other aspects.

FEMA vaccine clinics on App State’s campus Sept. 19–22
Sep. 17, 2021
Free COVID-19 vaccines will be administered from a FEMA mobile unit on the App State campus starting Sunday, Sept. 19, through Wednesday, Sept. 22. Pfizer, Moderna and Janssen vaccines will be available for the campus and High Country communities.
App State’s Dr. Patricia Johann researches logics used in software programming
Sep. 16, 2021
Dr. Patricia Johann was awarded a $510,823 research grant from the National Science Foundation. Her work will enhance verification of computer software — ensuring the programs are correct, secure and reliable.
App State mourns the passing of former Chancellor John E. Thomas
Sep. 3, 2021
Dr. John E. Thomas, who served as Appalachian State University’s chancellor from 1979–1993, died Thursday, Sept. 2, at the age of 90.
App State joins NSF research effort to reduce phosphorus dependence, losses
Sep. 13, 2021
Appalachian joins 8 institutions to form the NSF Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability Center, a national research effort to reduce phosphorus dependence and losses.
App State alumna Carter Blue ’20 — a champion for survivors of violence
Sep. 13, 2021
As a senior at App State, Carter Blue ’20 delved into intimate partner violence in her senior thesis. Now this honors graduate applies her B.S. in sociology-social inequities to advocate for domestic violence survivors at OASIS in Watauga and Avery counties.
App State's Team Sunergy wins big in US solar racing challenge — No. 1 in Cruiser Class
Aug. 12, 2021
App State’s solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, swept the 2021 American Solar Challenge — finishing in first place for multiple-occupant vehicles (MOV), winning all three stages of the race from Missouri to New Mexico and clocking a total of 964.8 miles.

4 lauded Appalachian authors to visit App State

Fall 2021 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series

Sep. 13, 2021

Fiction author Leah Hampton, fiction writer Ashleigh Bryant Phillips, poet Matthew Wimberley and poet Jacinta White will visit App State’s campus in fall 2021 as part of the university’s Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. Each author will read from and discuss their work as well as lead a talk on the craft of writing. Writers can learn how to refine techniques, develop sounder work habits and gain a greater appreciation of the writing process.

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Family Weekend
Sept. 17 - 19, 2021
Immerse yourself in the Appalachian Experience and join other Appalachian parents, families and friends for a wonderful, fun-filled weekend on campus during one of the High Country’s most beautiful seasons. This special weekend is your opportunity for a taste of campus life. Visit your son's or daughter's favorite spots on campus, get to know fellow members of the Appalachian Family, and cheer on the Mountaineers to a football victory!
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FEMA vaccine clinics
Sept. 19 - 22, 2021
A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mobile vaccine unit will be on the campus of Appalachian State University administering COVID-19 vaccines for students and employees, as well as any other member of the general public free of charge.
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First Year Showcase: In Our Bubbles...
Department of Theatre and Dance
Sept. 24 - 26, 2021
The First Year Showcase — the annual season opener for the Department of Theatre and Dance — will utilize outdoor campus spaces to create site specific performance works. Audience members will enjoy guided walks departing from the I.G. Greer Studio Theatre to view each of the dances and theatre vignettes in various locations around campus.
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25
The Knob
High Country Triple Crown
Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021
8 a.m.
The Knob — 2 miles of pure hill! The Knob begins in historic downtown Boone and ascends nearly 1,000 feet to Howard's Knob Park. The High Country Triple Crown is a well-established mountain running race series developed for the purpose of raising funds for organizations serving kids in Northwest North Carolina.
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National Hispanic Heritage Month Concert, Program 1
Hayes School of Music
Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021
4 p.m.
The Hayes School of Music is celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month, which traditionally celebrates the history and culture of Hispanic and Latino Americans, by presenting a series of concerts. Composers highlighted in program 1 include Ernesto Lecuona, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Andrés Martín, Enrique Granados, Alberto Ginastera, Francisco Mignone and Astor Piazzolla.
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DocuAppalachia and Wild and Scenic (in person, panel to follow)
Fall Sustainability Film Series
Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021
7 p.m.
In 2017 an untitled, silent 16mm film reel from the 1970s was discovered in storage in Boone, NC. The heavily spliced film, made by local photographer George Flowers, juxtaposes images of idyllic Appalachian landscapes with piles of trash, rusting vehicles, black smoke, dirty water and a pig. DocuAppalachia compares scenes from the Flowers film to those same scenes in the 21st century and reflects on what has changed and what has remained the same in the rural southern Appalachian mountains.

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College students race solar cars from Missouri to New Mexico [students featured]
Santa Fe New Mexican
Is water always the best choice on a hot day? [faculty featured]
BBC
The American Solar Challenge will start Tuesday in Independence and end in New Mexico [students featured]
The Examiner
Smoke from Western fires wafts to region [faculty featured]
The Mountain Times
Appalachian State unveils solar-powered race car's new look ahead of race events
WJHL
Cuba protests: 4 essential reads on dissent in the post-Castro era
The Conversation

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How to navigate the return to in-person activities

Aug. 3, 2021

More than a year of social isolation due to COVID-19 has caused many people to fall out of practice regarding how to be with others in person, according to Dr. Kurt Michael, the Stanley R. Aeschleman Distinguished Professor of Psychology in Appalachian State University’s Dr. Wiley F. Smith Department of Psychology.

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