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  • 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.”

  • Trustees OK fee increase to renovate Sanford Hall
    Trustees OK fee increase to renovate Sanford Hall
    Watauga Democrat
    Dec. 8, 2017

    One of Appalachian’s most used academic buildings is slated for renovation, to be funded from proceeds of the student debt services fee. Appalachian’s board of trustees approved a motion to recommend the fee increase on Friday and to endorse renovations and improvements to Sanford Hall as well as the issuance of special obligation bonds or other long-term debt up to $18 million.

  • University Police granted use of anti-overdose drug
    University Police granted use of anti-overdose drug
    Watauga Democrat
    Dec. 5, 2017

    Appalachian State University Police announced last month that its officers are officially trained and equipped to administer the anti-overdose medication Naloxone. Naloxone counters the effects of opioids in the system and can be effective at bringing someone out of an overdose episode, according to University Police Chief Andy Stephenson.

  • North Carolina Humanities Council Announces 2017 Linda Flowers Literary Award Recipient
    North Carolina Humanities Council Announces 2017 Linda Flowers Literary Award Recipient
    North Carolina Humanities Council
    Dec. 4, 2017

    On November 4, 2017 the North Carolina Humanities Council announced Mr. Aaron Ballance as the recipient of its 2017 Linda Flowers Literary Award for his entries of “Sugarfoot,” “Old Trouble,” “The Peaks,” “One-Eyed Jenny,” “The Brink,” “Leading Flash to the Barn – January,” and “Rust.”

  • Light pollution
    Light pollution

    Adverse impact of excessive artificial nighttime lighting on natural systems is worldwide

    Wilkes Journal-Patriot
    Dec. 1, 2017

    Dr. Daniel Caton, a professor in Appalachian’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, has worked with local governments in Wilkes and other counties to seek ordinances regulating outdoor lighting.

  • Team Sunergy finalizes designs on second-generation solar vehicle
    Team Sunergy finalizes designs on second-generation solar vehicle
    Watauga Democrat
    Dec. 1, 2017

    Pressured by a blooming reputation as well as changes to race regulations, Appalachian's Solar Vehicle Team is now finalizing designs for its second-generation vehicle.

  • Assistant principal named best in state
    Assistant principal named best in state
    Gaston Gazette
    Nov. 30, 2017

    An advocate for students who are at-risk or have disabilities, she’s now among the state’s top school administrators. Bessemer City High’s Meghan LeFevers has been named the 2018 North Carolina Secondary Assistant Principal of the Year by the North Carolina Principals & Assistant Principals’ Association, or NCPAPA.

  • Solar-powered shelter: Hospitality House of Boone reveals 54 solar panels
    Solar-powered shelter: Hospitality House of Boone reveals 54 solar panels
    Watauga Democrat
    Nov. 28, 2017

    The Hospitality House of Boone cut the ribbon Nov. 28 on its new solar panel system with 54 photovoltaic panels, becoming what it says is the first homeless services facility in the United States with solar power. Appalachian State University’s Appalachian in the Community Together service group committed to $5,000 for the project.

  • AMPC Announces Jurors for 15th Annual Competition
    AMPC Announces Jurors for 15th Annual Competition

    Appalachian's Garner Dewey, Craig Dillenbeck and Cheryl Zibisky selected to judge 15th Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition

    High Country Press
    Nov. 28, 2017

    A partnership between Appalachian State University Outdoor Programs, the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, and Virtual Blue Ridge, AMPC celebrates the unique people, places, and pursuits that distinguish the Southern Appalachians and attracts entries from across the United States.

  • Local resident’s research honored
    Local resident’s research honored

    Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce studies human origins in Africa

    Wilkes Journal-Patriot
    Nov. 28, 2017

    Children sometimes flip through National Geographic magazines just to look at the photos, but not Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce when she was growing up.

  • Ex Panther Armanti Edwards hits it big as Canada’s version of a Super Bowl champ
    Ex Panther Armanti Edwards hits it big as Canada’s version of a Super Bowl champ
    Charlotte Observer
    Nov. 27, 2017

    Armanti Edwards led Appalachian State to two national titles, as well as the biggest upset in school history with a 34-32 win over Michigan in 2007. But this past weekend, the former Carolina Panther achieved a bigger career milestone in Canada, when he helped the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts beat the Calgary Stampeders for the Grey Cup. That’s Canada’s version of the Super Bowl.

  • Oxygen Surge 400 Million Years Ago Helped Trigger an Explosion in Biodiversity
    Oxygen Surge 400 Million Years Ago Helped Trigger an Explosion in Biodiversity

    The life-giving gas.

    ScienceAlert
    Nov. 25, 2017

    Scientists, including Appalachian's Cole Edwards, have linked a surge in Earth's oxygen levels some 455 million years ago with an explosion in biodiversity on the planet, as nature took advantage of the extra breathing space to transform marine life and develop new species.

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