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  • Dr. Sandie Gravett named winner of 2020 Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance Award
    Dr. Sandie Gravett named winner of 2020 Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance Award
    Feb. 12, 2021

    Dr. Sandie Gravett, professor of religious studies at App State, has received the 2020 Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance Award for her work as an advocate for App State’s students, faculty and administrators. The award is conferred by the university’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).

  • App State and Banfield Pet Hospital® announce new online vet tech program aimed at addressing veterinary shortage
    App State and Banfield Pet Hospital® announce new online vet tech program aimed at addressing veterinary shortage

    First-of-its-kind program will help meet surging demand for pet care

    Feb. 10, 2021

    Banfield Pet Hospital® has made a multimillion-dollar commitment to App State to support the development of a four-year online program for licensed veterinary technicians (LVTs) to address market demand for skilled veterinary professionals.

  • K-9 Yaya puts her nose to work as 1st four-legged Appalachian Police officer
    K-9 Yaya puts her nose to work as 1st four-legged Appalachian Police officer
    Feb. 9, 2021

    Officer Yaya, a golden Labrador retriever, and her handler, Appalachian Police Officer Kevin Wilson, make up the Appalachian Police Department’s new K-9 unit. Yaya is certified in explosive detection, as well as tracking, trailing and firearm and shell casing recovery.

  • App State awarded SECU funds for pilot program to benefit nonprofits in rural Northwest NC
    App State awarded SECU funds for pilot program to benefit nonprofits in rural Northwest NC
    Feb. 8, 2021

    App State is one of three state universities selected to implement the Rural Opportunity Grant program — a pilot initiative of the North Carolina State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Foundation designed to support public nonprofits in the state’s Northwest, Northeast and Sandhills regions. The project is supported through SECU Foundation grant funding.

  • Reimagined App State residence hall to offer community for transfer students
    Reimagined App State residence hall to offer community for transfer students
    Feb. 5, 2021

    Beginning this fall, students who are transferring into Appalachian State University will have the opportunity to live in the university’s first residence hall designated for transfer students.

  • App State virtually hosts 4 acclaimed authors for spring 2021 Visiting Writers Series
    App State virtually hosts 4 acclaimed authors for spring 2021 Visiting Writers Series
    Feb. 3, 2021

    Four award-winning authors — Anna Deavere Smith, Charles Dodd White, Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle and Carter Sickels — will pay a virtual visit to App State this spring as part of the university’s Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. Novelists White, Clapsaddle and Sickels will read from their work and give talks on the craft of writing, and playwright Smith will give a storytelling presentation.

  • What’s new on the menu at App State?
    What’s new on the menu at App State?

    Campus Dining launches fresh options aimed at increasing variety and customization

    Feb. 2, 2021

    App State’s Campus Dining has launched new initiatives, including fresh menu items and made-to-order options.

  • Students return to App State’s residence halls for spring 2021
    Students return to App State’s residence halls for spring 2021
    Feb. 2, 2021

    Students who live in Appalachian State University’s residence halls move back in for spring semester Jan. 28–31, with continued COVID-19 health and safety policies in place.

  • A virtual stage keeps App State arts patrons, students entertained — from a distance
    A virtual stage keeps App State arts patrons, students entertained — from a distance
    Feb. 1, 2021

    App State’s Department of Theatre and Dance will offer a variety of virtual performing arts events during the spring 2021 semester to help keep campus and local community members safe during the pandemic.

  • How New River got its flow back: App State’s NRLP completes Payne Branch environmental restoration project
    How New River got its flow back: App State’s NRLP completes Payne Branch environmental restoration project
    Jan. 25, 2021

    App State’s New River Light and Power has completed its grant-funded project to remove the historic Payne Branch dam from the New River’s Middle Fork, helping to restore this river corridor to a more natural state — which includes improved water quality and enhanced habitat for the area’s aquatic wildlife. Dive in to learn more.

  • Schaffels commit to $1 million matching gift for An Appalachian Summer Festival
    Schaffels commit to $1 million matching gift for An Appalachian Summer Festival
    Jan. 22, 2021

    Nancy and Neil Schaffel and the Murar Foundation have made a $1 million matching gift to the endowment for Appalachian State University’s An Appalachian Summer Festival. The gift will support the festival’s music, dance, theater, film and visual arts programming.

  • App State to conduct full test of its emergency notification system Feb. 3
    App State to conduct full test of its emergency notification system Feb. 3
    Jan. 20, 2021

    During the test, Appalachian uses the hi/low tone for emergencies, discontinuous air horn for tests of the system and the alert tone for all-clear signal.

  • App State senior awarded spring 2021 Rogers and Janice Whitener Scholarship for creative writing
    App State senior awarded spring 2021 Rogers and Janice Whitener Scholarship for creative writing
    Jan. 15, 2021

    App State’s Zöe Benfield, a senior English–creative writing major, is the spring 2021 recipient of the Rogers and Janice Whitener Scholarship, which recognizes performance in creative writing for a majoring student, as well as active, positive citizenship in all courses, including those in creative writing.

  • A return ‘home’ for The Appalachian News Adviser Allison Bennett Dyche
    A return ‘home’ for The Appalachian News Adviser Allison Bennett Dyche
    Jan. 11, 2021

    Allison Bennett Dyche, news adviser for App State’s student newspaper, The Appalachian, returned to App State a month prior to Election Day after serving four years as director of student media at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dyche previously worked as App State’s assistant director for student media.

  • More than $1 billion in NC energy costs avoided, Appalachian Energy Summit reports
    More than $1 billion in NC energy costs avoided, Appalachian Energy Summit reports
    Jan. 8, 2021

    The Appalachian Energy Summit reports, from 2002–03 to 2018–19, the UNC System, together with industry partners, has saved North Carolina more than $1 billion in avoided energy costs — including water use reductions. App State has realized more than $30.3 million in avoided energy and water costs over the same time period.

  • App State alumni donate 2,000-plus face coverings to Academy at Middle Fork
    App State alumni donate 2,000-plus face coverings to Academy at Middle Fork

    ‘We have to take care of one another’

    Jan. 8, 2021

    Donated by App State alumni Robert Roach ’08 and Tom Webb ’73 ’75, along with Webb’s son, Ben Webb, and Brad Valentine, the face coverings are helping to make the return to in-person instruction safer for students and teachers at App State’s Academy at Middle Fork.

  • Worms–crayfish relationship affects entire freshwater stream ecosystems, App State research finds
    Worms–crayfish relationship affects entire freshwater stream ecosystems, App State research finds
    Jan. 8, 2021

    Published research co-authored by three members of the Appalachian State University Community is the first to find that some small, aquatic worms can have ecosystem-level impacts on freshwater streams due to their relationship with crayfish. Dive in to learn more.

  • App State alumnus and former NFL head coach Steve Wilks creates Post-Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship
    App State alumnus and former NFL head coach Steve Wilks creates Post-Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship
    Jan. 6, 2021

    App State alumnus and former NFL head coach Steve Wilks ’92 and his wife have made a gift to the university’s Keep Climbing initiative that includes establishing the Steve and Marcia Wilks Post-Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship. The yearly scholarship will support one student-athlete from an underrepresented population who is pursuing a graduate degree at App State.

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