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LUNAFEST: short films by, for and about women comes to Boone April 23-24
April 3, 2015
LUNAFEST, the fundraising film festival dedicated to promoting awareness about women’s issues, highlighting women filmmakers, and bringing women together in their communities, will be presented in two local screenings this month.
Faculty members at Appalachian granted tenure and promotion
April 3, 2015
The following faculty members at Appalachian State University have been promoted to associate professor and granted tenure by the university’s Board of Trustees.
Faculty at Appalachian promoted to full professor
April 3, 2015
The following faculty members at Appalachian State University have been promoted to the rank of professor by the university’s Board of Trustees.
Trustees award emeritus/emerita status to faculty at Appalachian
April 2, 2015
Appalachian State University’s Board of Trustees granted emerita or emeritus status during its March 27 meeting to 20 members of the faculty.
PROM. BFA senior studio exhibition opens April 8
April 2, 2015
The Smith Gallery at Appalachian State University presents PROM, the BFA Senior Studio Exhibition for spring semester. It includes work by the candidates for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio art.
Appalachian’s jazz ensembles perform with James Ketch April 9
April 2, 2015
Duke Ellington, Wes Montgomery and Count Basie are among the composers whose work will be performed by jazz ensembles from Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music.
Kruger named provost and executive vice chancellor at Appalachian
April 1, 2015
Following a national search, Dr. Darrell P. Kruger has been named provost and executive vice chancellor at Appalachian State University. Kruger comes to Appalachian from the University of New Orleans, where he is dean of the College of Education and Human Development.
Roxane Gay to speak at Appalachian April 16
April 1, 2015
“Bad Feminist” author Roxane Gay is an associate professor of English at Purdue University, where she teaches creative writing, fiction and creative nonfiction at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Everts will be installed as Appalachian’s seventh chancellor on April 17
March 31, 2015
Dr. Sheri N. Everts will be installed as Appalachian State University’s seventh chancellor on Friday, April 17, in the Holmes Convocation Center on campus.
Third annual Festa do Brasil held April 15-17 at Appalachian
March 30, 2015
Now in its third year, the festival includes a Brazilian film night, dance workshop, capoeira performance and free Brazilian food.
Appalachian Young People’s Theatre presents “Aesop’s Fables: On Stage” April 10-12
March 30, 2015
Children and family audiences will be magically transported back to ancient Greece in the Appalachian Young People’s Theatre (AYPT) production of “Aesop’s Fables: On Stage” by Vivian and Larry Snipes.
Social entrepreneurs Doc Hendley and Hannah Davis to speak at Global Opportunities Conference
March 30, 2015
The Global Opportunities conference will explore the potential for innovative businesses to solve global social and environmental problems.
Affrilachian Poets to share a different perspective of Appalachia and its culture on Earth Day
March 27, 2015
If we don’t treat each other right, how can we do right by the earth? The idea of sustainability broadens as Earth Day celebration April 22 includes Affrilachian Poets.
Appalachian’s College of Health Sciences named for Hickory-area businessman
March 27, 2015
The College of Health Sciences at Appalachian State University has been named for an Appalachian alumnus and pioneer in the health care industry – Donald C. Beaver of Conover.
Burris honored by UNC Board of Governors for teaching excellence
March 26, 2015
Teaching is one of Jennifer Burris’ passions, and that passion has been recognized by the UNC Board of Governors. Burris, an associate professor of physics at Appalachian State University and director of the engineering physics graduate program, is one of 17 professors from across the UNC system who will receive a UNC Board of Governors 2015 Award for Teaching Excellence.
Comedian Ron White to perform April 16
March 26, 2015
White first rose to fame as the cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking funnyman from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour phenomenon. Now he is a chart-topping, Grammy-nominated comedian and a feature film actor.
Students and geology professor research ancient marine animal
March 25, 2015
While part of the research team is studying living echinoderms, such as starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and sea lilies, Waters, White and Nguyen are part of a larger research team studying fossil echinoderms including blastoids.
Program on the Negro Leagues baseball era part of diversity celebration at Appalachian
March 25, 2015
Derrick C. Jones, a 1979 graduate of Appalachian State University, will return for a residency featuring lectures and presentations on the Negro Leagues baseball era for audiences on campus, at public schools and in the community.