Events

Spring 2025 Commencement

May 9 - 10, 2025

Commencement is the ultimate celebration of one of the most significant accomplishments of our students' lifetimes. We are proud to honor your achievement.

Featured events

Apr
21
Art Lande Jazz Trio
Hayes School of Music
Monday, April 21, 2025
8 - 9:15 p.m.
Grammy-nominated Art Lande is an internationally known pianist, composer, improviser, drummer and educator who has performed throughout the US, Europe and Australia with a long list of the Who's Who in jazz. Alex Heitlinger is a forward-thinking jazz composer and trombonist with a deep love of the jazz tradition and a passion for exploring musical boundaries. Alan Hall has been a professional drummer for over 45 years and has performed and/or recorded with international jazz artists Lee Konitz, Paul McCandless, Art Lande, Ed Simon, and more.
Apr
22
Science + Art with Climate Artist Jill Pelto
Climate Stories Collaborative and QEP
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Pelto’s paintings incorporate data about environmental change - from local to global. Her goal is to engage more people around science in ways that are emotionally relevant and thought-provoking. Pelto’s work has been featured on the cover of TIME, at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, and as a cover for the North Cascade Conservation Council journal.
Apr
22
Earth Day Expo
Office of Sustainability and Energy Management
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Explore sustainable organizations on and off campus and connect with groups representing each of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Students can take on a challenge from Sustainability and Energy Management—learn about at least 10 of the 17 goals to earn a free, limited-edition Earth Day T-shirt !Sponsored by Sustainability and Energy Management.
Apr
23
Earth Week Open Mic Night
Friends of Copal AA
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
6:30 - 10 p.m.
This event is a fundraiser for the New Dawn Middle School in Copal AA, Guatemala, where handmade textiles from Copal AA and hand-me-down clothes will be sold. There will also be materials to create sustainable crafts like terrariums. New Dawn is a middle school that focuses on the education and implementation of sustainable agricultural practices, displaying a deep appreciation for the Earth as a community experiencing the first-hand effects of climate change.
Apr
24
Yom HaShoah
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
Thursday, April 24, 2025
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
On Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), Appalachian State University's Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (CJHPS) will hold a public reading of the names of Jews murdered during the Holocaust. The reading will take place in the outdoor square between Appalachian’s Belk Library and Information Commons and the Campus Store in the Plemmons Student Union. If there is inclement weather, the event will occur inside the Belk Library and Information Commons.
Apr
24
Climate Stories Showcase Opening Reception
Climate Stories Collaborative
Thursday, April 24, 2025
5 - 7 p.m.
The Climate Stories Showcase is an opportunity to give artistic expression to the complex, often daunting, sometimes awe-inspiring ways the changing climate impacts our local and global communities. The showcase will exhibit works of artistic expression related to climate change by students and—for the first time this year—faculty. The showcase will feature creative works in a variety of media, including 2-D, 3-D, digital video, sound, performance, creative writing, short theatrical works, and book/ zine projects.
Apr
24
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27
She Kills Monsters
Department of Theatre and Dance
April 24 - 27, 2025
When Agnes loses her younger, teenage sister Tilly in an accident, she joins Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons campaign to try and connect with her lost sibling. But instead of simply playing a game, she finds herself catapulted into an action-packed D&D world. In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90s pop culture, acclaimed playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all. It is presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
Apr
26
Spring 2025 Open House (Hickory campus)
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Open House is your opportunity to learn more about App State. Meet faculty and current students, tour campus, and learn more about financial aid, scholarships, the admissions process, and what student life at App State is really like.
Apr
27
Appalachian Symphony Orchestra Family Pops Concert: “Spirit of Adventure”
Hayes School of Music
Sunday, April 27, 2025
2 - 3:15 p.m.
Join the Appalachian Symphony Orchestra for a fun-filled, family-friendly concert of movie music! Come dressed as your favorite movie character and hear hits from films including Up, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Incredibles, Indiana Jones, E.T., and The Wizard of Oz. Dr. Alexandra Dee conducts the orchestra. Children, students, and adults are welcome - all ages will find something familiar and fun. Admission and parking are free. No ticket needed.
May
2
ARTtalk: Oak Spring Garden Foundation
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Friday, May 2, 2025
5 - 6 p.m.
Danielle Eady is the Program Director at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation (OSGF). Her professional experiences are in in curatorial and educational departments; she is passionate about supporting the places that give creative people the time and space to work and experiment. At OSGF, Danielle facilitates and administers all things related to the foundation’s artist programs, residencies, and fellowships.
May
4
Resounding Resistance: Folk-Infused Classical Music, 1937-1945
High Country Humanities
Sunday, May 4, 2025
3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
App State’s High Country Humanities — with support from North Carolina Humanities and the Watauga Arts Council — is pleased to present a public listening workshop, followed by a free concert. The listening workshop celebrates the 80th anniversary of the “Asheville Concerto” (“Piano Concerto No. 3”) by Béla Bartók (1881-1945). After a fifteen-minute intermission, there will be a free public concert, sponsored by a Grassroots Grant from the Watauga Arts Council.
May
9
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Spring 2025 Commencement
May 9 - 10, 2025
Commencement is the ultimate celebration of one of the most significant accomplishments of our students' lifetimes. We are proud to honor your achievement.