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Counting bees, because bees count — App State creates pollinator-tracking app
May 18, 2020
Appalachian’s Center for Analytics Research and Education (CARE) launches a global initiative to count the world’s pollinator population.
Geological and Environmental Sciences faculty publish culminating research paper on ancient human footprints found in Tanzania
The footprints give clues to human social behavior tens of thousands of years ago
May 15, 2020
Two faculty members in Appalachian’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences have published a culminating article about ancient human footprints in the journal Scientific Reports after a decade of research. The footprints give clues to human social behavior tens of thousands of years ago.
Meeting students’ mental health needs in a crisis, and beyond
May 15, 2020
Appalachian’s Division of Student Affairs examines resources to help Mountaineer students cope with mental health issues during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Leon Levine Hall of Health Sciences achieves Silver LEED certification
May 13, 2020
Home to the Beaver College of Health Sciences, the facility is the 10th building on Appalachian’s campus to achieve certification with the globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement and leadership.
App State recognized by Exercise is Medicine® for efforts to create culture of wellness on its campus
May 11, 2020
Appalachian is among 77 campuses worldwide honored with gold-level distinction by the Exercise is Medicine® On Campus (EIM-OC) initiative.
Off-loom and online — App State art professor creatively approaches studio class
May 8, 2020
A move to online instruction due to COVID-19 prompted Appalachian art professor Jeana Klein and her students to think outside the loom regarding materials used in their weaving projects. Horsehair and ladies’ tights are among some of the unconventional items used.
App State seniors pivot to finish movie production while socially distanced
May 8, 2020
The original, student-produced movie “Where You Should Be” follows four Appalachian broadcasting students and the uncertainty they face with graduation looming. Read how the movie’s creators — three graduating Appalachian seniors — finished the movie in the face of COVID-19 restrictions.
3,600-plus Mountaineer graduates set to make history during App State’s virtual Spring 2020 Commencement
May 1, 2020
The 3,600-plus undergraduate and graduate students who will be recognized during Appalachian’s Spring 2020 Commencement are poised to make history — they are the first Appalachian class to graduate virtually. The guest speaker for this year’s event is alumni and “Freakonomics” co-author Stephen J. Dubner ’84.
App State’s Food Resource Hub provides food and personal care items to Mountaineers in need, continues to operate despite global pandemic
May 1, 2020
App State’s Food Resource Hub provides food and personal care items for university students, faculty and staff in need. Despite the global pandemic, it remains an operational resource for the Appalachian community.
App State researchers form interdisciplinary clusters to address COVID-19 topics
May 1, 2020
Nearly 40 members of Appalachian’s faculty are working collaboratively to address topics related to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Such topics include the virus’s economic impact on the region and how to support rural, socially vulnerable community members living alone.
A new lesson plan for App State student teachers
May 1, 2020
North Carolina school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic alter the student teaching experience. Student teachers in the field describe their transitions to remote teaching.
App State business writing students help hometown communities through class project
April 29, 2020
An Appalachian State University faculty member has turned her students’ final class project into an opportunity to help their local communities during COVID-19.
App State librarian selects 50th annual Coretta Scott King Book Awards winners as CSK juror
April 29, 2020
As one of seven members chosen to serve on the Coretta Scott King (CSK) Book Awards Jury, Appalachian librarian Jewel Davis is responsible for helping select CSK Book Awards winners — awards recognizing the artistic expression of the black experience through literary and graphic arts.
App State sophomore wins top prize in 2019–20 Otto Zenke Student Design Competition
April 23, 2020
Sophomore Isaac Wood, an interior design major at Appalachian, has won the top prize — a $1,000 scholarship — in the 2019–20 Otto Zenke Student Design Competition for North and South Carolina students. Appalachian’s applied design program received a matching $1,000 prize.
Campus emergency siren test to be conducted May 6
April 23, 2020
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 winner announced for 2020 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award
April 23, 2020
Dr. Jennifer Snodgrass was once on track to become a professional opera singer — until she discovered her love for teaching. Now she has earned the 2020 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award for Appalachian.
App State’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts creates opportunities to engage with the arts at home
April 21, 2020
Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts provides online access to its exhibitions and programming to engage the Appalachian and greater communities.
App State research yields insights into glacial activity — from Greenland to Antarctica — ‘in a warming world’
April 15, 2020
Research results from a paper co-authored by Appalachian professor Dr. Ellen Cowan and published in the journal Nature Communications show that “increased glacial melting and sediment delivery may delay catastrophic retreat of large marine glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica in a warming world.”