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Over 3,600 App State graduates earn degrees at Spring 2023 Commencement

May 16, 2023

Appalachian State University conferred degrees to over 3,600 students during its 2023 Spring Commencement ceremonies, held May 12 and 13 at the Holmes Convocation Center.

3 App State graduate students win $25,000 award in sustainable business pitch competition
June 1, 2023
Three App State graduate students won a $25,000 prize in EnergyTech’s annual business pitch competition. The event has teams identify a promising energy technology, assess its market potential and pitch a strategy for commercialization of the product to a panel of judges.
App State honors campus, community champions of diversity, equity and inclusion
4 individuals, 1 regional team receive 2023 Inclusive Excellence Awards
May 31, 2023
Four members of the campus and local community, as well as a team from Mount Airy City Schools, are the recipients of App State’s 2023 Inclusive Excellence Awards, which recognize individuals’ active, intentional and ongoing commitment to inclusive excellence.
Marine Corps veteran Dr. Seth Grooms lays wreath for App State’s Memorial Day commemoration
May 26, 2023
Each Memorial Day, App State commemorates those who died while serving in the U.S. military with a wreath laying at the Veterans Memorial on the Boone campus. Chancellor Sheri Everts selected Marine Corps veteran and assistant professor Dr. Seth Grooms to lay the wreath for this year’s observance.
App State earns designation as a Top 10 Military Friendly School for 2023–24
May 26, 2023
App State has been designated as a Military Friendly School for the 14th consecutive year, ranking among the top 10 in the large public schools category for the 2023–24 academic year.
At App State lab schools, empowered teachers foster supportive classrooms for K–5 students
Enrollment open now through August
May 15, 2023
App State operates two lab schools — one in Walkertown and one in Elkin — where K–5 students can gain an education in a nontraditional classroom setting. Learn more about lab schools and their innovative approaches to teaching.
Dr. Ashley Walker Colquitt named associate vice provost and dean of App State’s Williams School of Graduate Studies
May 15, 2023
After a national search, Dr. Ashley Walker Colquitt has been named associate vice provost and dean of Appalachian State University’s Williams School of Graduate Studies, effective July 1, 2023.

An Appalachian Summer Festival

June 24 - July 29, 2023

Presented by Appalachian State University’s Office of Arts & Cultural Programs, this annual celebration of the performing and visual arts is held every summer in venues across the university campus, and features an eclectic, diverse mix of music, dance, theatre, visual arts and film programming.

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Appalachian Energy Summit 2023
June 7 - 9, 2023
The Appalachian Energy Summit, started in 2012, is designed primarily for faculty, staff and students at institutions of higher learning, as well as local and state government staff and employees of non-profit organizations focused on energy and sustainability, and has a history of bringing together world leaders in the energy and sustainability sectors.
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Exploration at the Extremes: National Geographic Society CEO Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler
Part of the Appalachian Energy Summit
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
7:30 - 9 p.m.
In “Exploration at the Extremes,” National Geographic Society CEO Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler and Appalachian State University professor Dr. Baker Perry spotlight immersive expeditions and one-of-a-kind storytelling from the roof of the world to the depths of the ocean. This free and open-to-the-public event will serve as the keynote for the 11th annual Appalachian Energy Summit and is a must-attend for anyone interested in understanding more about the threats that climate change and biodiversity loss pose to the future of our planet.
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20
Juneteenth Celebration
Office of Diversity
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The Office of Diversity invites all members of the App State community to our “Lunch and Learn” Juneteenth celebration this year. The event will take place in the Plemmons Student Union Solarium. Attendees will enjoy free food, live music and a fireside chat with Del Ruff, executive diversity and inclusion officer at North Carolina A&T. Please be sure to register for the event before June 13.
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Calidore String Quartet
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
7 p.m.
The Calidore String Quartet is renowned for its “deep reserves of virtuosity and irrepressible dramatic instinct”. The Calidore is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast repertory; from the cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated contemporary voices like Grygory Kurtag, Jörg Widmann and Caroline Shaw.
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Lea Salonga
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Saturday, July 8, 2023
8 p.m.
Multiple award-winning actress and singer Lea Salonga is renowned across the world for her powerful voice and perfect pitch. She is best known for her Tony Award-winning role in Miss Saigon. She was also the first Asian to play Eponine in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway and returned to the beloved show as Fantine in the 2006 revival. Many fans of all ages recognize Lea as the singing voice of Princess Jasmine from Aladdin and Fa Mulan in Mulan and Mulan II. For her portrayal of the beloved princesses, the Walt Disney Company bestowed her with the honor of “Disney Legend.”
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Belk Distinguished Lecturer: Vivian Howard
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Friday, July 14, 2023
2 p.m.
Vivian Howard is an award-winning cookbook author, TV personality, chef and restaurateur. Born in Deep Run, NC, as the youngest daughter in a tobacco and hog farming family, Vivian’s upbringing was steeped in the Southern food traditions of her neighbors. After college, she moved to New York to work in advertising, but soon transitioned to the city’s food and restaurant scene. Vivian honed her culinary skills in the kitchens of some of New York’s most esteemed restaurants and trained under some of the most cutting-edge chefs.

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App State Walker College of Business, MBA named ‘bests’ for 2022–23, 2023–24

The Princeton Review, U.S. News, CEO Magazine and Fortune magazine affirm App State’s position as a business education leader

May 8, 2023

The Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, CEO Magazine and Fortune magazine have named App State’s Walker College of Business and its Master of Business Administration program among the best in the nation, Southeast and world for 2022–23 and 2023–24.

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