Appalachian’s 45 percent energy intensity reduction leads the UNC System. In 2016-17, the university avoided using enough energy to power 2,160 average North Carolina houses for the year.

Anne Waldman – a poet, performer, professor, editor and cultural activist – will visit as part of the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. The author of more than 40 collections of poetry and poetics, Waldman is distinguished professor of poetics at Naropa University.

Appalachian Professor Emeritus Dr. Harvard Ayers and David Harman explain why climate change is affecting the Earth and how to solve it in their recently published novel, “Train Wreck Earth.”

On Feb. 23, 2018, Tony Award-winning actress Beth Leavel led a performance master class for eight theatre arts majors at Appalachian State University’s Valborg Theatre with the goal of helping participants prepare for future auditions. The campus community and public were invited to observe the class to learn more about the industry and her career.

North Carolina Surplus Lines Association continues its support of Appalachian’s Brantley Risk and Insurance Center with $100,000 gift.

Undergraduate students in Appalachian’s IDEXlab create a master plan to bring new life to Covered Bridge and Edwards Island parks in Elizabethton, Tennessee.

During the 2018 Appalachian Energy Summit midyear meeting held in Winston-Salem this month, diverse perspectives and ideas were shared on best practices in support of a clean energy economy.

Appalachian State University will test its campus siren warning system at 11:55 a.m., Wednesday, March 7.

Appalachian’s Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development and the university’s Food Services partner to provide food from the department’s Teaching and Research Farm to campus dining halls and markets.