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  • Alumna and sons commit $1M toward App State basketball practice facility
    Alumna and sons commit $1M toward App State basketball practice facility
    Dec. 7, 2020

    App State alumna Missy Harrill ’93 and her sons, Jay Harrill and Brad Harrill, have made a $1 million commitment in support of App State basketball. The gift will fund improvements to the university’s Quinn Recreation Center, to be re-named the Mark E. Harrill Basketball Practice Facility in honor of Harrill’s husband.

  • 4 Appalachian Community members awarded for global leadership and engagement
    4 Appalachian Community members awarded for global leadership and engagement
    Dec. 7, 2020

    App State’s Global Leadership Awards recognize students, faculty and staff who have made extraordinary contributions to global learning by initiating, developing and/or supporting opportunities for global learning at App State and in the local community. Read on to learn the awards winners for 2020.

  • More than 1,700 Mountaineer graduates to be recognized during App State’s virtual Fall Commencement
    More than 1,700 Mountaineer graduates to be recognized during App State’s virtual Fall Commencement
    Dec. 7, 2020

    App State will recognize more than 1,700 Mountaineer Class of 2020 graduates — including 1,348 undergraduate and 361 graduate students — during its virtual Fall 2020 Commencement. The guest speaker for this year’s event is alumnus and WBTV News anchor John Carter ’79.

  • App State joins national alliance to develop more diverse, inclusive STEM faculty
    App State joins national alliance to develop more diverse, inclusive STEM faculty
    Dec. 4, 2020

    App State has joined 18 other higher education institutions across the nation in a three-year effort to develop inclusive best practices for recruiting, hiring and retaining STEM faculty, as well as ensuring all STEM faculty engage in inclusive teaching, advising and research mentoring.

  • App State professors explore an environmental perspective on the Civil War
    App State professors explore an environmental perspective on the Civil War
    Dec. 2, 2020

    App State professors Dr. Judkin Browning and Dr. Timothy Silver have co-authored a book that reevaluates the Civil War from a perspective focused on the environment. “An Environmental History of the Civil War” was published by the University of North Carolina Press in February.

  • WinterFest provides connection, engagement for App State students in the midst of pandemic
    WinterFest provides connection, engagement for App State students in the midst of pandemic
    Nov. 25, 2020

    Wearing face coverings and safely distanced during WinterFest, students gathered on App State’s Sanford Mall to snack on free food, sip hot cocoa and participate in a variety of games, as well as karaoke and a scavenger hunt.

  • App State delivers nearly 10,000 free meals during COVID-19
    App State delivers nearly 10,000 free meals during COVID-19
    Nov. 25, 2020

    Close to 10,000 free meals and nearly 300 cases of water have been delivered to App State students and some community members in isolation or quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • A second local family will benefit from App Builds a Home collaboration
    A second local family will benefit from App Builds a Home collaboration
    Nov. 24, 2020

    The foundation and fundraising are underway for the second App Builds a Home (ABAH) project, built in partnership with Watauga County Habitat for Humanity. To date, almost $17,000 has been raised toward the total ABAH goal of $40,000 for the project.

  • Out of cold storage — App State vaccine and drug research could speed delivery, cut costs
    Out of cold storage — App State vaccine and drug research could speed delivery, cut costs
    Nov. 24, 2020

    Recently published research co-authored by three members of the App State Community could yield a more cost-effective storage and delivery method for drugs and vaccines — one that eliminates the need for refrigeration. The new approach would allow life-saving medications to reach those in need sooner.

  • Free meals for App State faculty, students and staff in need over extended winter break
    Free meals for App State faculty, students and staff in need over extended winter break
    Nov. 20, 2020

    A longer-than-usual winter break during the pandemic and an outpouring of support from the university and community have spurred Campus Dining to offer free, chef-inspired meals to the Appalachian Community from Dec. 11–Jan. 14, 2021.

  • 15 App State, High Country police officers now certified as implicit bias trainers
    15 App State, High Country police officers now certified as implicit bias trainers
    Nov. 19, 2020

    A bias training event hosted and sponsored by the Appalachian Police Department certified 15 App State and High Country police officers as implicit bias trainers.

  • Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Dec. 2
    Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Dec. 2
    Nov. 19, 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.

  • App State opens first phase of Kidd Brewer Stadium north end zone facility
    App State opens first phase of Kidd Brewer Stadium north end zone facility
    Nov. 16, 2020

    Appalachian State University stakeholders gathered for the north end zone facility ribbon-cutting at Kidd Brewer Stadium Nov. 13. The facility will provide space for athletic, academic and community uses.

  • 178 Spooky Duke racers help App State raise more than $13,000 for special-needs children
    178 Spooky Duke racers help App State raise more than $13,000 for special-needs children
    Nov. 13, 2020

    More than 175 racers from across the nation participated in App State’s virtual 2020 Spooky Duke Race and Costume Contest. Proceeds from the annual event benefit App State’s Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country (FSN-HC), which supports High Country children with special needs and their families.

  • App State puts a new spin on homecoming traditions
    App State puts a new spin on homecoming traditions
    Oct. 30, 2020

    With a global pandemic in full force, the fall 2020 semester at App State has necessitated changes to campus events, including major celebrations such as Homecoming. Mountaineers rose to the challenge, reimagining App State traditions and instituting new events during the university’s homecoming festivities last week.

  • App State welcomes first group of GEAR UP students
    App State welcomes first group of GEAR UP students
    Oct. 26, 2020

    Nearly 200 first-year students enrolled at App State this fall are proof that GEAR UP — a federally funded program to prepare students for postsecondary education — works. These GEAR UP graduates — among the first in Western N.C. — represent a 38% increase over 2019–20 enrollment of first-year students from App State’s GEAR UP school partners.

  • Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Nov. 4
    Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Nov. 4
    Oct. 20, 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.

  • Dr. Tandrea Carter appointed App State ombudsperson — a neutral facilitator for conflict resolution
    Dr. Tandrea Carter appointed App State ombudsperson — a neutral facilitator for conflict resolution
    Oct. 15, 2020

    Carter began her new role as ombudsperson Sept. 15. As ombudsperson, Carter provides confidential, impartial and off-the-record problem-solving and dispute resolution assistance to App State students, faculty and staff at no cost.

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