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  • Registration open for Black Saturday 5K to be held Sept. 23
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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.

  • Gelber named AppTV general manager
    Gelber named AppTV general manager
    Aug. 7, 2017

    In this role, Robert Gelber will oversee all aspects of AppTV, including programming, expansion and new initiatives while also mentoring students in the university’s electronic media/broadcasting program.

  • SECU continues to fund Appalachian internships; 10 students complete 2017 summer internships
    SECU continues to fund Appalachian internships; 10 students complete 2017 summer internships
    Aug. 4, 2017

    Ten students from Appalachian State University completed 2017 summer internships in public sector and nonprofit entities of rural and underserved regions of North Carolina as part of a program called the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Public Service Fellows.

  • Registration now open for Appalachian Energy Center workshops scheduled between Aug. 11 and Sept. 29
    Registration now open for Appalachian Energy Center workshops scheduled between Aug. 11 and Sept. 29
    Aug. 3, 2017

    The Appalachian Energy Center is a source of up-to-date information related to renewable energy, building science and energy efficiency. The workshops are held in various locations in and around Boone and provide continuing education credits for architects, engineers, attorneys and NABCEP professionals.

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