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  • Pandemic experiences inspired Jeffrey Dean Foster’s latest album
    Pandemic experiences inspired Jeffrey Dean Foster’s latest album
    Sep. 24, 2021

    Musician Jeffrey Dean Foster ’82, who formed his first band while a student at Appalachian State University, has released an album inspired by the pandemic.

  • App State alumna Carter Blue ’20 — a champion for survivors of violence
    App State alumna Carter Blue ’20 — a champion for survivors of violence
    Sep. 13, 2021

    As a senior at App State, Carter Blue ’20 delved into intimate partner violence in her senior thesis. Now this honors graduate applies her B.S. in sociology-social inequities to advocate for domestic violence survivors at OASIS in Watauga and Avery counties.

  • Mountaineer alumna Rhiannon Reed-Kelly ’20 has her eye on international urban design
    Mountaineer alumna Rhiannon Reed-Kelly ’20 has her eye on international urban design
    Sep. 3, 2021

    Rhiannon Reed-Kelly ’20 plans to pursue her master’s degree in urban design in Ireland, combining her interests in planning and sustainable development to create positive changes for people and the natural environment.

  • App State’s Nataly Jimenez: A scholar and an advocate
    App State’s Nataly Jimenez: A scholar and an advocate
    Sep. 2, 2021

    First-generation student and Wilson Scholar Nataly Jimenez, a senior majoring in sociology-criminology, deviance and law, aspires to become an immigration lawyer — a goal inspired by watching her own immigrant family encounter hardships.

  • Mentor and guide: App State resident assistants help students connect
    Mentor and guide: App State resident assistants help students connect
    Aug. 13, 2021

    App State resident assistants lead the charge in helping mentor and guide the thousands of students living in on-campus residence halls each year — creating a safe, welcoming environment and helping students connect with university resources.

  • App State and Cone Estate connection spans 100-plus years, yields academic and engagement opportunities
    App State and Cone Estate connection spans 100-plus years, yields academic and engagement opportunities
    Aug. 6, 2021

    App State’s location in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina opens avenues of academic and civic engagement particular to the area. The university’s partnership with the Moses H. Cone Memorial Park in Blowing Rock — spanning more than a century — is a good example.

  • How to navigate the return to in-person activities
    How to navigate the return to in-person activities
    Aug. 3, 2021

    App State’s Dr. Kurt Michael offers insights on how to reintegrate into in-person activities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • App State’s Julianna Roupas ’21 designed her own path to medical school
    App State’s Julianna Roupas ’21 designed her own path to medical school
    July 2, 2021

    Julianna Roupas ’21 wrote her own ticket to medical school with a self-designed major at App State, combining biology, chemistry and exercise science into an interdisciplinary studies degree.

  • Alumna, professor and award-winning poet shares her Mountaineer journey
    Alumna, professor and award-winning poet shares her Mountaineer journey
    June 30, 2021

    App State alumna and Allegheny College professor Dr. M. Soledad Caballero ’95 shares how her Appalachian Experience prepared her for a career in academia — and a lifetime love of literature. She is the author of the award-winning debut poetry collection “I Was a Bell.”

  • Christian Torres-Trujillo ’20 pursues his ‘dream career’ in digital marketing
    Christian Torres-Trujillo ’20 pursues his ‘dream career’ in digital marketing
    June 22, 2021

    Christian Torres-Trujillo ’20 landed the first job of his “dream career” — a digital marketing specialist in pay-per-click (PPC) marketing with TreeHaus Marketing LLC.

  • New cybersecurity concentration gives App State students the skills to combat hackers
    New cybersecurity concentration gives App State students the skills to combat hackers
    June 21, 2021

    Chris Taylor ’09 ’11 — a Certified Ethical Hacker — teaches his students tricks of the trade, preparing them to earn the new cybersecurity concentration within the computer information systems degree program at App State.

  • Dr. Baker Perry inspires students to reach new heights
    Dr. Baker Perry inspires students to reach new heights
    June 1, 2021

    Dr. Baker Perry, professor in App State’s Department of Geography and Planning, inspires students to reach new heights in the field and in their future careers.

  • First-generation student to professor — Dr. Brandy Hadley comes full circle at App State
    First-generation student to professor — Dr. Brandy Hadley comes full circle at App State
    May 28, 2021

    Dr. Brandy Hadley ’09 ’11, assistant professor in App State’s Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance, honored her promise to return to her alma mater to teach.

  • App State commemorates Memorial Day, shares reflections on its Mountaineer military community
    App State commemorates Memorial Day, shares reflections on its Mountaineer military community
    May 28, 2021

    On Memorial Day, the Appalachian Community — including faculty, staff, student and alumni veterans — reflect on the importance of the occasion.

  • Air Force veterans reflect on their careers in the military and at App State
    Air Force veterans reflect on their careers in the military and at App State
    May 28, 2021

    App State staff member David H. Cook and his wife, Christy M. Cook ’18, a faculty member in the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, were selected by Chancellor Sheri Everts to lay a wreath at App State’s Veterans Memorial to commemorate Memorial Day — a day honoring those who have died in service to their country. The couple reflects on their careers in the U.S. Air Force and at App State.

  • Active nurses log on and in to App State for career advancement
    Active nurses log on and in to App State for career advancement
    May 26, 2021

    To advance their careers, expand their knowledge or to explore new opportunities in the nursing field, registered nurses (RNs) are enrolling in App State’s online RN to BSN program to pursue their Bachelor of Science in nursing.

  • North Carolina’s Heroes of Healing
    North Carolina’s Heroes of Healing
    May 26, 2021

    Retired App State associate professor Dr. Phoebe Pollitt shares details of her career in nursing, and the impact of the field, in this republished article from the May 2021 issue of Our State magazine. Over the course of her career, Pollitt has worked as a nurse, an educator and a historian of nursing.

  • Digital marketing concentration combines creativity and business skills
    Digital marketing concentration combines creativity and business skills

    Q&A with student Kayla Sessoms

    May 7, 2021

    App State’s Kayla Sessoms is graduating from one of App State’s newest degree concentrations: digital marketing.

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