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Duke Ellington, Wes Montgomery and Count Basie are among the composers whose work will be performed by jazz ensembles from Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music.

“Bad Feminist” author Roxane Gay is an associate professor of English at Purdue University, where she teaches creative writing, fiction and creative nonfiction at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Now in its third year, the festival includes a Brazilian film night, dance workshop, capoeira performance and free Brazilian food.

The Global Opportunities conference will explore the potential for innovative businesses to solve global social and environmental problems.

Teaching is one of Jennifer Burris’ passions, and that passion has been recognized by the UNC Board of Governors. Burris, an associate professor of physics at Appalachian State University and director of the engineering physics graduate program, is one of 17 professors from across the UNC system who will receive a UNC Board of Governors 2015 Award for Teaching Excellence.

While part of the research team is studying living echinoderms, such as starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and sea lilies, Waters, White and Nguyen are part of a larger research team studying fossil echinoderms including blastoids.

Brass ensembles from Appalachian State University will perform classical and contemporary works.

The women’s choral symposium will feature the Appalachian Treble Choir from Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music and N.C. State University’s women’s choir Vox Accalia.

A reading clinic at Appalachian State University that helps children improve their reading skills has been named in honor of university benefactor Pat A. Anderson of Taylorsville.