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  • Historic black cemetery grave marker unveiled
    Historic black cemetery grave marker unveiled
    Watauga Democrat
    Oct. 3, 2017

    Never knowing where some of his family members were buried, Harold Isbell stood in awe and looked at the newly erected historic black cemetery grave marker scanning to find his relatives’ names.

  • Sold-Out 2nd Annual Community-Wide Fall Shag Dance Held on September 30th
    Sold-Out 2nd Annual Community-Wide Fall Shag Dance Held on September 30th
    High Country Press
    Oct. 2, 2017

    On Saturday, September 30th, the Boone Shag Club and Appalachian State University Department of Theater and Dance hosted the 2nd Annual Community-Wide Fall Shag Dance. The event took place on Appalachian State University’s campus at the Reich College of Education Building.

  • Thanks, Tourists! NC Wine Is Now A $2B Industry
    Thanks, Tourists! NC Wine Is Now A $2B Industry
    WUNC 91.5
    Oct. 1, 2017

    North Carolina viticulture has blossomed into a $2 billion industry. It's got tourism to thank for the growth. A new Wine Quality Alliance program at Appalachian State University is beginning to distinguish high quality wines from around the state.

  • New Police Chief Catrina Thompson sworn into office
    New Police Chief Catrina Thompson sworn into office
    Winston-Salem Journal
    Sep. 29, 2017

    The swearing-in of new Winston-Salem Police Chief Catrina Thompson was an affair of tears and pride Friday, as the new chief talked about growing up in Detroit and about the people and family members who helped her make it to where she is today.

  • International students take App by storm
    International students take App by storm
    The Appalachian
    Sep. 28, 2017

    Although there are several resources on our campus for Appalachian State students to study abroad in other countries, there are also many opportunities for other students around the world to come to App.

  • From turtles to town hall: SECU Public Fellows Internship at ASU
    From turtles to town hall: SECU Public Fellows Internship at ASU
    EducationNC
    Sep. 27, 2017

    Jordan Boles entered ASU as a fully-supported ACCESS Scholar, became an employee at ASU’s Office of International Education and Development, and is now president of the Alpha Phi sorority chapter, to name just a few of her successes. Boles has made the most of her college experience—and the same can be said of her SECU Public Fellows Internship.

  • Leaf color forecast looks good if cooler weather holds
    Leaf color forecast looks good if cooler weather holds
    Times-News Online
    Sep. 9, 2017

    If the cool, sunny days September has seen so far continue throughout the month, the fall colors—especially the reds—should be bright and prevalent, according to Dr. Howard Nuefeld, professor at Appalachian State University.

  • ASU’s Walk for Awareness is just as important 28 years later
    ASU’s Walk for Awareness is just as important 28 years later
    The Appalachian
    Sep. 6, 2017

    The 28th annual Walk for Awareness was consolidated to the Schaefer Center on Tuesday due to rain, but the scheduled speakers and performances went on just as they have been since 1990. The walk is a community gathering to remember and support both victims and survivors of interpersonal violence that started after an Appalachian staff member, Jeni Gray, was raped and killed in 1989.

  • State Program Creates 'Lab Schools' To Help Struggling Students, Train Teachers
    State Program Creates 'Lab Schools' To Help Struggling Students, Train Teachers
    88.5 WFDD
    Sep. 5, 2017

    The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Appalachian State University are among a handful of institutions selected to help transform public schools in grades K-8. The colleges will run the experimental lab schools. This includes hiring teachers and principals, who will become university employees.

  • Professor: 'Average' season for fall leaves in NC
    Professor: 'Average' season for fall leaves in NC
    Winston-Salem Journal
    Aug. 30, 2017

    Forecasters say North Carolina can expect an "average" season for fall leaves, but Appalachian State University biology professor Howard Neufeld suggests it may not be so bad.

  • UNC Wilmington, Appalachian State earn FIRE’s highest rating for free speech
    UNC Wilmington, Appalachian State earn FIRE’s highest rating for free speech
    thefire.org
    Aug. 29, 2017

    The University of North Carolina Wilmington and Appalachian State University have both earned the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education’s highest, “green light” rating for protecting student and faculty free speech, a distinction held by only 35 institutions in the country.

  • Descendant Of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee Denounces Racism At VMA’s
    Descendant Of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee Denounces Racism At VMA’s
    Ebony
    Aug. 28, 2017

    “We have made my ancestor an idol of white supremacy, racism and hate,” Reverend Robert W. Lee said.

  • Winston-Salem names new police chief
    Winston-Salem names new police chief
    Winston-Salem Journal
    Aug. 25, 2017

    Catrina Amelia Thompson says she has big shoes to fill as the city's new police chief but feels more than up to the task. Thompson holds a master’s in public administration from Appalachian State University.

  • ‘Boone doesn’t want to be the next Charlottesville’: Supremacists hang banner at App State
    ‘Boone doesn’t want to be the next Charlottesville’: Supremacists hang banner at App State
    News & Observer
    Aug. 24, 2017

    The white supremacy group Identity Evropa hung a banner at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. It didn’t stay up long.

  • Lt. Gen. Ashley to become 21st Defense Intelligence Agency director
    Lt. Gen. Ashley to become 21st Defense Intelligence Agency director
    Homeland Preparedness News
    Aug. 24, 2017

    Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley, Jr., U.S. Army, was recently confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 21st Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Robert P. Ashley, Jr. Currently serving as deputy chief of staff, G-2, for the U.S.

  • Historic solar eclipse to occur Aug. 21
    Historic solar eclipse to occur Aug. 21

    High Country to see near-total eclipse

    Watauga Democrat
    Aug. 17, 2017

    ”Solar eclipses aren’t that rare,” said Michael Briley, head of the Appalachian State Department of Physics and Astronomy. “What’s rare about them is that they only affect such a small part of the Earth. You look at the moon’s shadow passing over the Earth and the odds of being in the right place at the right time to be in that shadow is the exciting part.

  • What To Expect From The Solar Eclipse In The Triad
    What To Expect From The Solar Eclipse In The Triad

    The first total solar eclipse since 1918 is happening on Monday, August 21, and people across the country are gearing up to view the astronomical event.

    88.5 WFDD
    Aug. 15, 2017

    The first total solar eclipse since 1918 is happening on Monday, August 21, and people across the country are gearing up to view the astronomical event. But how much you see depends greatly on where you are. The best place to be? Along the path of totality. That’s where for a period of time the complete light of the sun will be blocked out, and the sky will go dark.

  • African Americans in Appalachia fight to be seen as a part of coal country
    African Americans in Appalachia fight to be seen as a part of coal country
    Washington Post
    Aug. 10, 2017

    Dubbed “Affrilachians” by one academic, black residents of these mountain towns say they've been overlooked in the growing focus on rural, working-class Americans.

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