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A rendering of the new Founders Plaza on Appalachian State University's campus. The university's sculpture of B.B. Dougherty will be relocated to the site, and the existing Appalachian sign off Hardin Street will also be featured in the plaza, with minor updates to its design. Alfred Benesch & Co. image

Founders Plaza dedication and ribbon-cutting

Wednesday, Sept. 5, 20182 p.m.Add to Google Calendar
Founders Plaza (Main university entrance / Hardin St.)map
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Construction has been underway over the summer for a new Founders Plaza on the campus of Appalachian State University. The plaza will provide a new outdoor setting for studying, small gatherings and scheduled campus events. Photo by Marie Freeman

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This longtime university sign at the campus entrance on Hardin Street has been temporarily removed to make way for enhanced signage as part of a new Founders Plaza. Photo by Marie Freeman

Appalachian State University will hold a dedication and ribbon-cutting for its new Founders Plaza. The event will feature musical performances by Hayes School of Music students and refreshments will be served. The public is invited to attend.

The refigured space will provide a new outdoor setting for studying, small gatherings and scheduled campus events, as well as a prominent home for the university’s sculpture of B.B. Dougherty.

The existing Appalachian State University sign, a favored backdrop for photographs, will be relocated on the site with minor updates to its design.

This Founders Day tradition will be celebrated each fall to honor Appalachian’s founders — B.B. and D.D. Dougherty and Lillie Shull Dougherty — and the first day of classes at Appalachian in 1899.

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Construction has been underway over the summer for a new Founders Plaza on the campus of Appalachian State University. The plaza will provide a new outdoor setting for studying, small gatherings and scheduled campus events. Photo by Marie Freeman

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This longtime university sign at the campus entrance on Hardin Street has been temporarily removed to make way for enhanced signage as part of a new Founders Plaza. Photo by Marie Freeman

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As a premier public institution, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives. App State is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System, with a national reputation for innovative teaching and opening access to a high-quality, affordable education for all. The university enrolls more than 21,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and 80 graduate majors at its Boone and Hickory campuses and through App State Online. Learn more at https://www.appstate.edu.

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