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  • Farm-Fresh Food For Appalachian State Students
    Farm-Fresh Food For Appalachian State Students
    The University Network
    March 2, 2018

    Students at Appalachian State University can now enjoy sustainably-produced and locally-grown meat, eggs, produce, and herbs without having to leave campus, thanks to a new farm-to-table initiative.

  • The Perils of Trashing the Value of College
    The Perils of Trashing the Value of College
    The Chronicle of Higher Education
    Feb. 22, 2018

    Former U.S. secretary of education Margaret Spellings says a new book doesn’t appreciate that yesterday’s useless knowledge becomes tomorrow’s practical necessity.

  • Appalachian to add students to police force, create police academy
    Appalachian to add students to police force, create police academy
    Watauga Democrat
    Feb. 16, 2018

    The Appalachian State University Police Department is starting a police academy for students, known as the App State Police Department Police Development Program, this summer. The program, headed by University Police Chief Andy Stephenson, will be only the second of its kind in the nation.

  • Local interracial family's history chronicled in documentary
    Local interracial family's history chronicled in documentary

    “Dulatown” goes back in time more than 150 years

    The News Herald
    Feb. 13, 2018

    Dr. Beth Davison’s “Dulatown” goes back in time more than 150 years to examine the lives of Harriet and Alfred Dula, which first came to life in Dr. Leslie McKesson ’s book, “Black and White: The Story of Harriet Harshaw and Squire James Alfred Dula.”

  • Appalachian welcomes a new group of internationals
    Appalachian welcomes a new group of internationals
    The Appalachian
    Feb. 11, 2018

    At the beginning of the semester, 32 international students arrived in the United States to start studying at Appalachian State University for the 2018 spring semester. These students come from several different countries, such as France, Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Chile, Germany, Pakistan, South Korea, Japan, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom, Madagascar, Thailand, Switzerland, Nigeria, Peru, India and Canada.

  • Appalachian State houses one of stock car racing’s premier collections
    Appalachian State houses one of stock car racing’s premier collections
    Motorsport Network
    Feb. 6, 2018

    Appalachian State University’s Stock Car Racing Collection in Belk Library works to preserve the sport’s history while offering scholars, reporters, fans and others an opportunity to conduct research.

  • Blowing Rock ONE on ONE With... Dr.Karl Campbell, Political Historian
    Blowing Rock ONE on ONE With... Dr.Karl Campbell, Political Historian
    Blowing Rock News
    Feb. 3, 2018

    Whether America is in a state of political turmoil or not largely depends upon from whom you are soliciting an opinion. To get a more objective answer, Blowing Rock News turned to a history professor at Appalachian State, Dr. Karl Campbell, who specializes in political history.

  • Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools set new residential school designations ahead of partnership with Appalachian State
    Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools set new residential school designations ahead of partnership with Appalachian State
    Winston-Salem Journal
    Jan. 23, 2018

    Middle Fork Elementary is one of nine schools in North Carolina selected to partner with a state university as part of a turnaround effort. The school will be in this partnership for the next five years, and will be known as Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork with a literary focus.

  • App State stands alone as only college with an NBA, NFL head coach
    App State stands alone as only college with an NBA, NFL head coach
    Winston-Salem Journal
    Jan. 23, 2018

    Current New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry and recently-hired Arizona Cardinals head coach Steve Wilks give Appalachian an impressive distinction.

  • Q&A with Dana Powell, Author of ‘Landscapes of Power’
    Q&A with Dana Powell, Author of ‘Landscapes of Power’
    Duke University Press
    Jan. 22, 2018

    Duke University Press spoke with Dana Powell, an assistant professor of anthropology at Appalachian State University, about her new book Landscapes of Power: Politics of Energy in the Navajo Nation. Powell examines the rise and fall of the controversial Desert Rock Power Plant initiative in New Mexico, tracing the political conflicts surrounding native sovereignty and energy development on Navajo (Diné) Nation land and emphasizing the potential of Navajo resistance to articulate a vision of autonomy in the face of colonial conditions.

  • Trailblaze Challenge: Endurance hike helps provide mountaintop experiences for children with life-threatening illnesses
    Trailblaze Challenge: Endurance hike helps provide mountaintop experiences for children with life-threatening illnesses
    The Daily Reflector
    Jan. 21, 2018

    Ally Hart, a student at Appalachian State University, loves the mountains. Make-A-Wish was there for her when she was at her lowest point, during her senior year of high school as both she and her mother battled cancer. The promise of the wish that would come was enough to lift her spirits and give her hope.

  • Team suggests detention center energy efficient changes after study
    Team suggests detention center energy efficient changes after study
    Watauga Democrat
    Jan. 15, 2018

    An energy study conducted by a team at Appalachian State University suggested ways the Watauga County Detention Center can do to cut down on energy costs.

  • A small-town NC college football team drew larger crowds than an NFL team in 2017
    A small-town NC college football team drew larger crowds than an NFL team in 2017
    The News & Observer
    Jan. 11, 2018

    Appalachian State University notes in a press release that its Kidd Brewer Stadium had higher average home attendance in 2017 than the Los Angeles Chargers did in the StubHub Center.

  • Music educator Joe Phelps has died
    Music educator Joe Phelps has died
    GoBlueRidge.net
    Jan. 10, 2018

    Long time music educator and director of bands at Appalachian State University, Joe Phelps passed away Jan. 6, 2018 at the age 73. Phelps, of Vilas, was Professor of Trumpet and became Assistant Director of Bands at Appalachian in 1971 and enjoyed a full-time career of 30 years supplemented with part-time teaching through the fall of 2017.

  • Three UNC lab schools cleared by Board of Governors
    Three UNC lab schools cleared by Board of Governors
    EducationNC
    Jan. 9, 2018

    Three UNC lab schools were given the green light to open for the 2018-19 school year by the UNC Board of Governors subcommittee on laboratory schools Monday. Appalachian State University will operate Academy at Middle Fork in the Winston Salem/Forsyth County School District.

  • With biomass energy, weighing forest restoration and carbon emissions
    With biomass energy, weighing forest restoration and carbon emissions
    Arizona Daily Sun
    Jan. 5, 2018

    Gregg Marland, a research professor with the Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics at Appalachian State University, weighs in on the subject of using forest biomass to produce power.

  • Mount Airy City Schools tap Howlett for STEAM post
    Mount Airy City Schools tap Howlett for STEAM post
    The Mount Airy News
    Jan. 2, 2018

    Garrett Howlett was recently named to the teaching/administrative role, which will have Howlett teaching two courses at Mount Airy High School, working with STEAM teachers throughout the district, and leading related initiatives. Howlett earned three bachelor of science degrees from Appalachian.

  • A window into the cosmos, hidden on the parkway
    A window into the cosmos, hidden on the parkway

    Appalachian's Dark Sky Observatory offers glimpse of universe

    Watauga Democrat
    Jan. 1, 2018

    Twenty minutes east of Boone, at the end of a twisting gravel road, a team of university researchers peer into the cosmos to learn more about the distant stars. Perched atop an especially dark mountain and driven by a desire to understand the universe we live in, Appalachian’s Dark Sky Observatory is a tribute to the quality of the local scientific community.

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