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  • 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.

  • Appalachian State students present displays of new-look Covered Bridge Park
    Appalachian State students present displays of new-look Covered Bridge Park
    Elizabethton Star
    Dec. 25, 2017

    Students from Appalachian State University worked over the span of five months and recently presented City of Elizabethton officials with two presentations for potential renovations of Covered Bridge Park. Parks & Rec, the Elizabethton Arts & Cultural Alliance and the Elizabethton IDEAS Group spearheaded the efforts to utilize the resources available by the university to help with progress at the park.

  • Dollar General Bowl players give back while in Mobile
    Dollar General Bowl players give back while in Mobile
    WBRC FOX6 News
    Dec. 20, 2017

    This is Dollar General Bowl week and weekend in Mobile. But before the big game Saturday, players and coaches from both Appalachian State University and the University of Toledo visited children at the University of South Alabama's Children's and Women's Hospital.

  • Appalachian State Offers Food Pantry For Students and Staff
    Appalachian State Offers Food Pantry For Students and Staff
    88.5 WFDD
    Dec. 20, 2017

    A recent survey conducted at Appalachian State University showed that about 46 percent of students had experienced food insecurity in a one-year period. The college took action by opening a food pantry, and making it available to faculty, staff and students. It’s now been operating for just over a year.

  • Cpl. Matt Taylor named Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office 2017 Employee of the Year
    Cpl. Matt Taylor named Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office 2017 Employee of the Year
    Hickory Daily Record
    Dec. 18, 2017

    Cpl. Matt Taylor was recently picked by the command staff at the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office to receive the “2017 Employee of the Year” award. Taylor graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Appalachian State University in 2011.

  • Hodges sings about love and loss in new CD
    Hodges sings about love and loss in new CD
    Daily Advance
    Dec. 13, 2017

    Hodges, who is 18 and currently attends Appalachian State University, said that his goal is to hopefully make a career out of music. His new CD, titled "Release Me," features 11 songs written by Hodges that make the rounds between edgy folk, Americana and bluesy, driving rock, with a recurring lyrical theme of love and loss.

  • Charles Walker Releases Emo-Country Debut
    Charles Walker Releases Emo-Country Debut
    Creative Loafing
    Dec. 13, 2017

    Appalachian student Charles Walker Austin-Zimmerman's debut EP, "Whole Again" is a remarkable set of music — five songs detailing the anxieties and insecurities of moving away from home and starting college, where Austin-Zimmerman, who performs under the name Charles Walker, studies communications and sociology.

  • Trustees approve end zone project
    Trustees approve end zone project
    Watauga Democrat
    Dec. 8, 2017

    Appalachian’s $38.2 million north end zone project is moving down the field with approval by the university’s board of trustees on Friday. The trustees unanimously voted to endorse the 87,400-square-foot mixed-use development that will replace the Owens Field House, which was built in 1972 and which leaders say has “significant deferred maintenance issues.”

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