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  • 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.

  • Sociology major begins career with AmeriCorps before heading to graduate school
    Sociology major begins career with AmeriCorps before heading to graduate school
    April 28, 2021

    App State’s Emily Hatem ’19 started her career with AmeriCorps and will soon head to graduate school with important lessons learned — including how to work with young people and how to stay flexible and adaptable.

  • App State embraces Earth Day every day
    App State embraces Earth Day every day
    April 22, 2021

    App State’s Office of Sustainability offers programs and events to help the campus community learn ways to stay environmentally conscious year-round.

  • Service-learning and undergrad research make the grade for student Tatum Schwartz
    Service-learning and undergrad research make the grade for student Tatum Schwartz
    April 22, 2021

    App State student Tatum Schwartz found her major by taking an introductory course through the general education curriculum. Now she is excelling in sociology with plans for graduate school — she counts service-learning and undergraduate research among her most meaningful experiences.

  • Mountaineer photographer Jesse Barber focuses on storytelling
    Mountaineer photographer Jesse Barber focuses on storytelling
    April 20, 2021

    Jesse Barber, a senior from Sawmills, combines his passion for photography, the environment, people and culture in his self-designed interdisciplinary studies major, focusing on documentary studies in Appalachia.

  • App State climate ‘superhero’ Dr. Baker Perry inspires young Brazilian scientist
    App State climate ‘superhero’ Dr. Baker Perry inspires young Brazilian scientist
    April 16, 2021

    The climate science research of App State’s Dr. Baker Perry has inspired a 4-year-old science enthusiast in Brazil. In an email to Perry, the child’s father shared his son has become fascinated with Perry after watching a documentary on the 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Expedition to Mount Everest, in which Perry participated.

  • Tackling trauma — Mountaineer strives to bring compassion and care to Watauga County
    Tackling trauma — Mountaineer strives to bring compassion and care to Watauga County
    April 14, 2021

    Appalachian State University alumna and adjunct instructor Denise Presnell ’93 ’17 has made it her mission to educate and inform the High Country about trauma, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and resiliency. In the process, she has engaged a village.

  • App State Fulbright awardee Dr. Gregory Perreault engages in cross-national study on digital journalism
    App State Fulbright awardee Dr. Gregory Perreault engages in cross-national study on digital journalism
    April 12, 2021

    App State’s Dr. Gregory Perreault, assistant professor of multimedia journalism, has been awarded a 2020–21 Fulbright to teach and perform research at Austria’s University of Vienna this spring and summer. Through his research project, he is comparing the differences in journalistic values and practices between Austrian digital journalists and their American counterparts.

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