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2023 MLK Commemoration
2023 MLK Commemoration

February 2023

App State will be closed on Monday, Jan. 16, in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the national holiday honoring the civil rights leader. The university’s annual MLK Day programming will take place in February this year.

Featured events

  • Black History Month
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    Black History Month
    February 2023

    App State will celebrate Black History Month in February 2023 to recognize the many important contributions that Black people have made to our institution, our community and our nation. This monthlong celebration will include a wide variety of activities and events.

  • Daniel Dawes: 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
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    Daniel Dawes: 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
    Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023
    7 p.m.

    Daniel Dawes, J.D., App State’s 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. speaker, serves as senior vice president of Global Health and executive director of the Global Health Equity Institute at Meharry Medical College. He also will serve as the founding dean of the future School of Global Public Health at Meharry Medical College, the first school of public health at a historically black institution. He has dedicated his career to understanding the root causes of racial health disparities, building awareness of the problem and advocating for racial health equity.

  • Fizzy First Friday at the Turchin!
    Feb
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    Fizzy First Friday at the Turchin!

    Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

    Friday, Feb. 3, 2023
    5 - 8 p.m.

    Join us on the first Friday of every month as the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts (TCVA) is open late as part of the Downtown Boone Art Crawl. Residents, visitors and the Appalachian State University community are invited to TCVA to experience the exhibitions featured in its six galleries.

  • Black History Month Concert
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    Black History Month Concert

    Hayes School of Music and Department of English

    Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023
    4 p.m.

    During Black History Month this year, the Hayes School of Music and the Department of English will host the third annual concert series celebrating the contributions that African-American composers and poets have made — and continue to make — to our community, our country and our world. This concert will feature a diverse array of performances and readings, including the musical works of Margaret Bonds and Scott Joplin, as well as the literary works of Langston Hughes and Honorée Fanonne Jeffers.

  • ZUZU African Acrobats
    Feb
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    ZUZU African Acrobats

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

    Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023
    7 p.m.

    ZUZU African Acrobats is a Tanzanian troupe that combines gravity-defying stunts with live music, singing, dancing and more in a passionate celebration of their niche Dar Es Salaam culture of East Africa. Their performance features human pyramids, dish spinning, unicycling and juggling, as well as pole acts, hoop diving and comedy. Free admission, open to the public

  • Fulbright Week 2023
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    Fulbright Week 2023
    Feb. 14 - 16, 2023

    Appalachian State University is hosting Fulbright Week 2023, an annual event organized and supported by multiple partners across campus, including administrative offices and faculty. A plethora of events have been planned to help share the many opportunities available to you through Fulbright, answer questions you have about the program, and help you prepare a strong Fulbright application.

  • Outdoor Jobs Fair
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    Outdoor Jobs Fair

    Career Development Center

    Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023
    11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

    We invite students of all majors who thrive in outdoor activity to meet with employers who are looking to turn their passions into a profession. The annual Outdoor Jobs Fair will host top camps, conference centers, and resorts from throughout the US who are eager to make a connection and recruit for their organizations.

  • Rachel Lang: “Antisemitism and Its Manifestations”
    Feb
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    Rachel Lang: “Antisemitism and Its Manifestations”

    Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies

    Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023
    7 p.m.

    Join Rachel Lang of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for a presentation on antisemitism and extremism in the United States. Lang will provide information on the history of antisemitism and how it manifests today. In addition, she will provide an overview of the work that ADL does in our communities with a specific focus on community safety and security, law enforcement, education programs for K-12 schools and college campuses.

  • Mobilize the Mountains Day of Service
    Feb
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    Mobilize the Mountains Day of Service
    Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023
    9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

    App State will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of service during the Mobilize the Mountains Day of Service. Students will serve with local community partners and reflect on social issues affecting North Carolina’s High Country region. Afterward they will engage in group discussions about racial inequality and King’s impact as a servant leader.

  • Black History Month Concert
    Feb
    19
    Black History Month Concert

    Hayes School of Music and Department of English

    Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023
    4 p.m.

    During Black History Month this year, the Hayes School of Music and the Department of English will host the third annual concert series celebrating the contributions that African-American composers and poets have made — and continue to make — to our community, our country and our world. This concert will feature a diverse array of performances and readings, including the musical works of L. Viola Kinney and Duke Ellington, as well as the poetry of Haki R. Madhubuti.

  • The View from Junaluska: Perspectives from a Black Appalachian Community
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    The View from Junaluska: Perspectives from a Black Appalachian Community

    Walker College of Business

    Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023
    5 p.m.

    Traci Royster, director of staff development and strategic initiatives, in App State’s Division of Student Affairs, will moderate a candid discussion on life and work in Boone with local residents of the Junaluska neighborhood, a historically Black community in the High Country. The multi-generational panel will bring together community members whose career paths have included work at App State, including Anitra Ball, Roberta Jackson and Lynn Patterson.

  • A Fable for Now
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    A Fable for Now

    Department of Theatre and Dance

    March 1 - 5, 2023

    “A Fable for Now” — winner of the Taiwanese Literature Award — tells the tales of war, love and regret as mankind hurtles towards a surreal apocalypse in the company of a combative duck, an intelligent polar bear, a charming panda, and a sleuth of bears, not to mention a fun-loving genetically-engineered chicken. Written by Wei Yu-Chia, translated by Jeremy Tiang and produced by special arrangement with Laertes Books.

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Fulbright Week 2023
Fulbright Week 2023

Feb. 14 – 16, 2021
Sponsored by the Office of International Education and Development, the Office of Research and Nationally Competitive Scholarships

Appalachian State University is hosting Fulbright Week 2023, an annual event organized and supported by multiple partners across campus, including administrative offices and faculty. A plethora of events have been planned to help share the many opportunities available to you through Fulbright, answer questions you have about the program, and help you prepare a strong Fulbright application.

Exhibitions

  • Say:Word, a site-specific installation by Renee Cloud & de’Angelo DIA
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    Say:Word, a site-specific installation by Renee Cloud & de’Angelo DIA
    Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
  • Altered Environments / Tidalectics: April Flanders, Guest Curator
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    Altered Environments / Tidalectics: April Flanders, Guest Curator
    Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
  • Thin Places: Kiliii Yuyan
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    Thin Places: Kiliii Yuyan
    Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
  • Transformations: App DigiFab
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    Transformations: App DigiFab
    Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
  • Folded and Gathered: Nicole Pietrantoni
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    Folded and Gathered: Nicole Pietrantoni
    Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
  • 36th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition
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    36th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition
    Various campus locations

Ongoing events

  • Black History Month
    Feb
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    Black History Month
  • 2023 MLK Commemoration
    Feb
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    2023 MLK Commemoration
  • Féroce et Formidable: A Francophone Film Festival
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    Féroce et Formidable: A Francophone Film Festival

    Belk Library and Information Commons and Department of English

  • Black History Month Concerts
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    Black History Month Concerts

    Hayes School of Music and Department of English

  • Fulbright Week 2023
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    Fulbright Week 2023
  • Diversity Celebration
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    Diversity Celebration
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Black History Month
Black History Month

February 2023

App State will celebrate Black History Month in February 2023 to recognize the many important contributions that Black people have made to our institution, our community and our nation. This monthlong celebration will include a wide variety of activities and events.

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