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  • 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.

  • Carbon cutback
    Carbon cutback

    County, ASU partners in landfill gas contract

    Wilkes Journal-Patriot
    Nov. 21, 2017

    Appalachian State University has agreed to buy carbon credits resulting from an old Wilkes County landfill project that prevents the release of methane gas into the atmosphere.

  • Appalachian Carbon Research Group (ACRG) Hosts Successful Forest Offset Workshop
    Appalachian Carbon Research Group (ACRG) Hosts Successful Forest Offset Workshop
    High Country Press
    Nov. 17, 2017

    Western North Carolina is home to abundant and rich forest carbon stocks, which can be placed in forest carbon offset programs to support carbon storage and sequestration, forest health and retention, enhance the recreational and intergenerational value of forest land, and provide additional income for families. On Oct. 6, 2017, the Appalachian Carbon Research Group (ACRG) hosted the Offsets for Future Forest Stewardship and Education Together (OFFSET) Workshop at Appalachian.

  • Five Appalachian students provide healthcare in Dominican Republic
    Five Appalachian students provide healthcare in Dominican Republic
    Mountain Times
    Nov. 16, 2017

    Appalachian's Global Medical Training Chapter, approved by the university in the beginning of 2017, sent five Appalachian students this summer to the Dominican Republic to provide free healthcare to rural villages.

  • Feeling Blue: Former Rider navigating Trestman’s offence
    Feeling Blue: Former Rider navigating Trestman’s offence
    Canadian Football League
    Nov. 15, 2017

    As the Toronto Argonauts get set to host Saskatchewan in this Sunday’s CFL Eastern Final, Armanti Edwards looms as an important factor, even if he is still zipping a little under the radar of many. Edwards was a superb college quarterback who made a name for himself while he was setting new standards at Appalachian State.

  • The American Health Council Welcomes Haley Love RN, OCN to Nursing Board
    The American Health Council Welcomes Haley Love RN, OCN to Nursing Board
    American Health Council
    Nov. 14, 2017

    An active nurse researcher and Nurse Case Manager, Love will be contributing her expertise in gynecology, immunotherapy, and urology to the wealth of experience on American Health Council’s Nursing Board. She is currently an RN-BSN student at Appalachian State University.

  • Visiting Teachers Bring Global Perspectives to Appalachian Towns
    Visiting Teachers Bring Global Perspectives to Appalachian Towns
    Huffington Post
    Nov. 13, 2017

    “Our students here in the Appalachian Mountains don’t have many opportunities to meet people from other countries and cultures,” says Dr. Maria Anastasiou at Appalachian State University. But a recent visit by 21 science and English teachers from 16 different countries has been changing that, both for the university and the surrounding community.

  • Ricks did not make big donation to be in spotlight
    Ricks did not make big donation to be in spotlight
    Watauga Democrat
    Nov. 10, 2017

    Mark Ricks does not seek the spotlight. Ricks, who donated a $10 million gift to his alma mater Appalachian State on Nov. 9 at the Holmes Center, would rather just stay in the background instead of be the center of attention.

  • Middle Fork to partner with App State for school conversion in 2018-19
    Middle Fork to partner with App State for school conversion in 2018-19
    Winston-Salem Journal
    Nov. 9, 2017

    In a year, Middle Fork Elementary School will have a new name and several new staff members as part of an effort to improve student literacy and overall test scores. The school was chosen as one of nine laboratory schools in North Carolina. All schools selected are low-performing K-8 schools and are partnering with a state university for five years — in Middle Fork Elementary’s situation, it will work with Appalachian State University.

  • NC attorney general hosts first collegiate council meeting to combat college opioid crisis
    NC attorney general hosts first collegiate council meeting to combat college opioid crisis
    The Daily Tar Heel
    Nov. 2, 2017

    N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein led the first of four collegiate council meetings within the UNC system to work with students on combating opioid addiction on college campuses. The meeting, held at Appalachian State University on Oct. 16, included representatives from Appalachian, Western Carolina University, UNC-Asheville, East Carolina University, N.C. State, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Pembroke and UNC-Chapel Hill.

  • Marching band festival draws high school bands from across the region
    Marching band festival draws high school bands from across the region
    The Appalachian
    Nov. 1, 2017

    Braving cold and rainy conditions, the Rho Tau chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity hosted 20 high school bands on Saturday for the 38th annual Appalachian Marching Band Festival. Bands arrived from across the region to compete, from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Abingdon, Virginia.

  • App State Mountaineers Enjoy Record-Breaking Crowds at Kidd Brewer Stadium This Season
    App State Mountaineers Enjoy Record-Breaking Crowds at Kidd Brewer Stadium This Season
    High Country Press
    Oct. 26, 2017

    Crowds in excess of 30,000 are heading to the High Country to watch Appalachian State’s first-place team compete on a home field surrounded by visible stadium enhancements that have made the gameday experience in Boone even better.

  • Cleanup begins after major flooding in Boone
    Cleanup begins after major flooding in Boone
    WBTV Charlotte
    Oct. 24, 2017

    Damage assessments continue in Boone after major flash flooding hit the Winkler’s Creek section of town between the Boone Mall and WalMart. County inspectors have condemned the places that were flooded until such time as repairs can be made. It means people in at least 60 units are looking for a place to live.

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