Founders Day 2023
A tradition celebrated each fall to honor App State's founders and the first day of classes in 1899.
9 – 9:30 a.m.
Founders Plaza
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Grandview Ballroom, North End Zone Facility
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Grandview Ballroom, North End Zone Facility
2:30 – 3 p.m.
Plaza in front of the North End Zone Facility
Where's My Bell? | Dave by the Bell: Founders Day Edition
“Dave by the Bell” is a podcast hosted by University Communications’ own Dave Blanks, where he wanders the earth in search of answers to all of life’s questions, great and small. OK, so he mainly stays on Appalachian State University’s campus ... he still wanders though ... and he definitely wonders as he wanders.
In this video edition of Dave By The Bell, Dave goes in search of the bell that used to sit in front of Anne Belk Hall. Learn about App State's Special Collections Research Center from university archivist Kim Sims, and catch a glimpse of interesting historical items from App State’s past!
Previous Founders Days
Statue of D.D. Dougherty dedicated at Founders Plaza
About the Bell Ringers Society
A new tradition at Appalachian State University — the ringing of the Founders Bell, an iconic symbol of App State’s history — was established Sept. 5, 2019, as the university celebrated its second annual Founders Day. Twelve members of the App State Community were selected to ring the bell 10 times each to signify the university’s 120th anniversary as an innovator and leader in higher education. These 12 bell ringers are the inaugural members of App State’s Bell Ringers Society. New members are inducted into the society each year to ring the bell on Founders Day.
Bell Ringers Society Members
2019 Inductees
- Dr. John E. Thomas
- Julia Adams ’56
- John Blackburn
- Penn Broyhill
- Philip Byers ’85
- Dr. Sheri Everts
- DeJon Milbourne ’20
- Jerry Moore
- Reba Moretz ’52 ’53
- Dr. Rennie Brantz
- Sammy Hartley ’72 ’73
- Doris Stam
- Jeannine Underdown Collins ’79 ’81
2020 Inductees
- Dr. Karl Campbell
- Dr. Baker Perry ’98
2021 Inductees
- Sam Cheatham
- Bo Henderson ’79
- Roberta Jackson ’91
- Maxine McCall ’60 ’65
- Lynn Patterson ’89
- Mike Steinback
- Jim Whittington ’52
2022 Inductees
- Deanna Ballard
- Sean Gaillard
- Dr. Brandy Hadley
- Emma Hatfield-Sidden
- Oval Jaynes
- Larry Nance
- Anna Boyce Phillips
- MaKaylia Ray
- Denise Ringler
- Nancy Schaffel
- Neil Schaffel
- Kim Shepherd
2023 Inductees
- Dr. Harvey Durham
- Judge Rebecca Eggers-Gryder
- Bruce Guy
- Linda Guy
- Juan Pablo “J. P.” Neri
- Bob Snead
About Appalachian State University
As the premier public undergraduate institution in the Southeast, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The App State Experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and to embrace diversity and difference. One of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System, App State enrolls more than 20,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate majors and 80 graduate programs through its Boone and Hickory campuses and App State Online.
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