Dr. Thomas B. Ellis, professor of religious studies, will give a talk titled “Despair, Faith and Illusions of Agency.” Dr. Jack M. C. Kwong, professor of philosophy, will give a talk titled “Hoping in the Face of Despair.”

Please join us for our monthly Day of Service as we continue our longer-term cleanup efforts around the High Country and other work. Get to know the High Country by stepping out into the Boone community and donating a few hours of your time at a local non-profit. Lunch and transportation will be provided.

Laura Boosinger has won glowing reviews wherever she appears and is blessed with an “essence of the mountains” spirit that can take you back to the good old days when folks used to huddle around the radio. Josh Goforth is an outstanding musician, acclaimed fiddler, guitar picker, mandolin player and storyteller, from Madison County, NC. Josh has already garnered a Grammy Award nomination and has established himself as a great producer as well as stunning instrumentalist.

Dr. Laura Ammon, professor of religious studies, will speak about mythological stories. Dr. Anna Cremaldi, associate professor of philosophy, is a specialist of Ancient Greek philosophy.

Juliet Escoria is the author of You Are the Snake (Soft Skull, 2024), Witch Hunt & Black Cloud (CLASH Books, 2023) and Juliet the Maniac (Melville House, 2019). She lives in West Virginia. Scott McClanahan is an author and filmmaker based in Beckley, West Virginia. He’s written eight books including Crapalachia, Hill William and the Sarah Book. He’s a co-founder of Holler Presents, a production company and small press.

This presentation and performance, featuring Trevor McKenzie, director of the Center for Appalachian Studies, traces the history behind ballads from the Blue Ridge Mountains. This revisitation of ballads from the Blue Ridge, stretching from the mid-18th century to the present, examines the histories behind these story songs and their continued relevance in the vast musical landscape of 21st century Appalachia.

Are you thinking about a career in health care? Do you want to be a doctor, chiropractor, veterinarian, physical therapist, pharmacist, physician’s assistant, occupational therapist, dentist, or optometrist? How about getting a graduate degree in nursing or another health care profession? Come to the Health Sciences Professional and Graduate School Fair and discover all the opportunities for further education in a Health Sciences career.

The Education Career Fair connects school administrators, superintendents, and other employers from the field of education seeking to hire candidates in education and related fields with talented students and alumni from our Reich College of Education. This fair allows a variety of education-related employers to network and discuss career options and employment opportunities with a talented pool of App State students and alumni.

Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs a blood donation, but only five percent of the eligible population typically donates. Life would be a nightmare without blood donors. Sign up to donate to the Greek Week Blood Drive at the Holmes Convocation Center. You can also earn Greek Week points for your registered club or organization. All donors and volunteers will receive a FREE Blood Drive t-shirt!

Join us at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts every First Friday of the month as downtown Boone comes alive with creativity, community, and celebration! Explore our captivating galleries featuring contemporary art exhibitions, meet local artists, and enjoy free admission. Whether you’re an art enthusiast or simply looking for an inspiring night out, the Turchin Center is the perfect place to start your First Friday Art Crawl adventure.

Throw out the rules when the Billy Jonas Band hits the stage. It’s a musical conversation… a sonic celebration … a splendiferous gathering of old and young, because at a Billy Jonas Band show, the ensemble is… everyone!

Katherine Roy is an award-winning and best-selling author and illustrator of science-based books for children. She is also the illustrator of numerous other books. Join us for this interactive art/science family night where Katherine Roy will focus on her book Sea Without a Shore, an informational picture book that explores the rich and diverse communities of marine life that develop on the clumps of Sargassum seaweed for which the Sargasso Sea is named.

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram is an African American writer, poet, artist and educator who works at the intersection of computation, AI, race and gender. They are the author of Travesty Generator (Noemi Press), which received the Poetry Society of America’s 2020 Anna Rabinowitz prize for interdisciplinary work and was longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry. They are also the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship.

Marcus King faces heartache, addiction, and mental health head-on in his music. Pain quakes below the vibrato of his voice, and his delivery weighs heavy with booze-drenched regrets and mistakes in lonely hotels. The GRAMMY®-nominated fourth-generation musician from Greenville, SC, started playing guitar at eight-years-old following in the footsteps of his guitarist father and grandpa. Logging thousands of miles on the road as “The Marcus King Band,” he established himself with unparalleled performance prowess.

Dr. Christopher Bartel, professor of philosophy, will give a talk titled “The Wrongness of Abusing Replika.” Dr. Randall Reed, professor of religious studies, will give a talk titled “The Changing of the Gods: AI, Religion and Chatbots.”

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.

Join us at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts every First Friday of the month as downtown Boone comes alive with creativity, community, and celebration! Explore our captivating galleries featuring contemporary art exhibitions, meet local artists, and enjoy free admission. Whether you’re an art enthusiast or simply looking for an inspiring night out, the Turchin Center is the perfect place to start your First Friday Art Crawl adventure.

Join us at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts every First Friday of the month as downtown Boone comes alive with creativity, community, and celebration! Explore our captivating galleries featuring contemporary art exhibitions, meet local artists, and enjoy free admission. Whether you’re an art enthusiast or simply looking for an inspiring night out, the Turchin Center is the perfect place to start your First Friday Art Crawl adventure.