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  • 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.

  • Climate change and the rise of CO2: App State scientists contribute to 2020 Global Carbon Budget
    Climate change and the rise of CO2: App State scientists contribute to 2020 Global Carbon Budget
    Dec. 22, 2020

    Drs. Dennis Gilfillan ’08 and Gregg Marland are among 86 scientists worldwide who contributed their expertise to the Global Carbon Project’s 2020 Global Carbon Budget — an annual, in-depth report on the amount of CO2 produced by the world’s nations and how much enters the ocean, is taken up by growing plants or accumulates in the atmosphere.

  • Pandemic testing paramount at App State
    Pandemic testing paramount at App State
    Dec. 22, 2020

    A total of 31,293 COVID-19 tests were administered by Appalachian State University during the fall 2020 semester — at no cost to students, faculty or staff.

  • App State’s Dr. Jesse Lutabingwa selected as founding member of the American Academy of International Education
    App State’s Dr. Jesse Lutabingwa selected as founding member of the American Academy of International Education
    Dec. 22, 2020

    App State’s Dr. Jesse Lutabingwa has been selected as a founding member of the American Academy of International Education — an Institute of International Education (IIE) initiative. The academy is the first scholarly organization in the U.S. dedicated to advancing the field of international education.

  • App State’s SBTDC was a ‘first responder’ for small businesses during the pandemic
    App State’s SBTDC was a ‘first responder’ for small businesses during the pandemic
    Dec. 22, 2020

    App State’s Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) served as a key partner in North Carolina’s response to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • The Princeton Review names App State an ‘excellent choice’ for an MBA
    The Princeton Review names App State an ‘excellent choice’ for an MBA
    Dec. 22, 2020

    The Princeton Review has named App State’s Walker College of Business in its “The Best Business Schools 2021” list, which recognizes U.S. schools with the best on-campus MBA degree programs. App State also offers its nationally recognized MBA through App State Online.

  • App State to receive new cold storage units designated for a COVID-19 vaccine
    App State to receive new cold storage units designated for a COVID-19 vaccine
    Dec. 21, 2020

    Appalachian State University will be among 15 University of North Carolina System institutions to receive new cold storage units designated for doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. App State will have the capacity to store 116,200 doses in its new units.

  • App State shares biannual status report of its fraternities and sororities
    App State shares biannual status report of its fraternities and sororities
    Dec. 16, 2020

    App State releases a status report of its 30 recognized fraternities and sororities as of late fall 2020.

  • Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Jan. 6, 2021
    Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Jan. 6, 2021
    Dec. 15, 2020

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

  • A December to remember for App State’s more than 1,700 graduates
    A December to remember for App State’s more than 1,700 graduates
    Dec. 11, 2020

    Approximately 4,000 Appalachian Community members gathered virtually to celebrate more than 1,700 graduates of App State’s Fall Class of 2020. The keynote speaker for the university’s Fall 2020 Commencement was alumnus and WBTV News anchor John Carter ’79.

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