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Appalachian earns FIRE’S highest rating for protecting free speech
Sep. 5, 2017
Appalachian State University has earned the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education’s highest “green light” rating for protecting student and faculty free speech, a distinction held by only 35 institutions nationwide.
Home School Physical Education Program accepting students, classes begin Sept. 12
Sep. 1, 2017
Appalachian State University’s Physical Education Program will offer the Home School Physical Education Program for the 2017-18 academic year.
Appalachian students accepted in Japanese exchange program
Sep. 1, 2017
Five Appalachian students have been chosen to participate in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program for 2017-18. JET is a competitive employment program that gives young professionals a chance to live and work in Japan while representing the United States as cultural ambassadors.
Registration open for Black Saturday 5K to be held Sept. 23
Aug. 31, 2017
Registration is open for the annual Black Saturday 5K Run/Walk. Proceeds benefit the Recreation Management Scholarship Endowment of the recreation management program in the Beaver College of Health Sciences at Appalachian State University.
Meeting and Working with Nelson Mandela: Politics and Memory in a Democratic State
Aug. 31, 2017
Robert Haswell, geographer, political activist and former member of the Democratic Party of Parliament in South Africa, will present a lecture entitled, “Meeting and Working with Nelson Mandela: Politics and Memory in a Democratic State.”
Author Susan Rivers to speak Sept. 7, proceeds support University Libraries’ Student Employee Scholarship Program
Aug. 30, 2017
Back by popular demand, the University Libraries at Appalachian State University will sponsor “A Novel Experience” fundraising dinner with award-winning playwright Susan Rivers.
Appalachian professor directs season four of ‘A Craftsman’s Legacy,’ premiering Sept. 9
Aug. 30, 2017
Dr. Kelly Davis, assistant professor of electronic media/broadcasting in the Department of Communication, returns to “A Craftsman’s Legacy” to direct his second season.
Faculty and staff honored for excellence
Aug. 30, 2017
Seven faculty and four staff members at Appalachian State University were honored for excellence at the Fall Semester Faculty and Staff Meeting on Aug. 25 in Plemmons Student Union.
Appalachian’s Howard Street Hall ready for students, faculty
Aug. 30, 2017
More than 50 guests attended the ceremony and toured the building. Classes were in session in both classrooms, which accommodate 68 and 76 students. The classrooms will be open for use by all colleges on campus.
The Edible and Visual South: UNC scholars visit Appalachian Sept. 15
Aug. 30, 2017
Southern scholars Marcie Cohen Ferris and William R. Ferris of University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill will be on campus for two events. Cohen Ferris will speak about how food – as cuisine and as commodity – has expressed and shaped southern identity. William Ferris’s talk will focus on his photography and documentary film work.
Appalachian to conduct full test of its emergency notification system Sept. 6
Aug. 23, 2017
Appalachian State University will conduct a full test of its emergency notification system – including siren, email, voice and text messaging and the Alertus desktop notification system – at 11:55 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 6.
English major presents at American Literature Association
Aug. 23, 2017
As a member of the Gertrude Stein Society, English major Tommy Young was one of four scholars to present a paper on a panel titled “New Directions in Stein Studies.”
Girls on the Run-High Country kicks off fall programs
Aug. 21, 2017
Girls on the Run of the High Country (GOTR-HC) announces the start of the fall 2017 season. Approximately 200 girls in third through eighth grade will participate this fall in GOTR-HC programs, which inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum that creatively integrates running, according to Council Director Mary Sheryl Horine.
Fall Open House to be held Sept. 16
Aug. 16, 2017
Open House activities give prospective students and their families an opportunity to speak with representatives from admissions, financial aid, academic areas, campus support areas and student clubs and organizations.
History of total solar eclipses in North Carolina
Aug. 15, 2017
Since 1869 there have been three total solar eclipses in North Carolina: Aug. 7, 1869, May 28, 1900, and March 7, 1970. There will be three more before the end of the century: Aug. 21, 2017, May 11, 2078 and Sept. 14, 2099.
Author of ‘One Amazing Thing’ headlines convocation Aug. 21
Aug. 15, 2017
Author Dr. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the keynote speaker at Appalachian State University’s Black and Gold Convocation. Divarkaruni is the author of the novel, “One Amazing Thing,” the 2017-18 Common Reading Program selection.
Hankins’ first book garners Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise
Aug. 14, 2017
Dr. Davis Hankins of Appalachian State University is one of 10 winners of the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise this year. He received this award for his work “The Book of Job and the Immanent Genesis of Transcendence” (Northwestern University Press, 2015).
Alumni Daugherty and Rogers inducted into the Reich College of Education Rhododendron Society
Aug. 8, 2017
Appalachian alumni James Daugherty ’93 ’94 and Julia Kay “Kay” Rogers ’69 ’76 were inducted into the Rhododendron Society on July 21 at a brunch held on campus. As the highest honor given by the Reich College of Education, the award honors alumni for their exemplary service to education and to their communities.