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Student success — early intervention is key
June 26, 2018
Dr. Greg Lester, executive director of academic advising and student success, says early intervention is key for students who are struggling academically. The Office of Student Success offers help at Appalachian.
Appalachian’s Cannon Music Camp to celebrate 50th anniversary
June 26, 2018
A reunion weekend in celebration of the anniversary will be held July 6–8. Concerts, along with a banquet and a reception for camp alumni and guests are among the planned reunion activities.
NCDA&CS grant supports Appalachian research of biochar to increase crop yields at local farm
June 25, 2018
Researchers in Appalachian’s Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment and the Appalachian Energy Center will study biochar’s ability to increase crop yields at Heritage Homestead Farm in Crumpler.
Racing on Solar Energy — the evolution of ROSE and Appalachian’s solar vehicle team
June 22, 2018
Appalachian’s Team Sunergy unveils its Cruiser Class car named ROSE (Racing on Solar Energy), designed for 2018 competitions and beyond.
Racing on Solar Energy — ROSE's racing team
June 22, 2018
Meet Team Sunergy’s 2018 crew taking Appalachian State University’s solar car ROSE (Racing on Solar Energy) to international competitions this summer.
The making of ROSE, Team Sunergy’s first Cruiser Class solar vehicle — a photo gallery
June 22, 2018
Appalachian’s solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, designed and built its first Cruiser Class vehicle entirely in-house — including cup holders — ahead of the 2018 American Solar Challenge and Formula Sun Grand Prix.
Appalachian professor Dr. Steve Hageman receives Fulbright to study global warming’s effects in the polar Arctic
June 22, 2018
Hageman will apply methods he uses to study fossils to help determine whether environmental effects of global warming can already be observed in the body size of polar Arctic marine organisms.
John Weaver Endowed Scholarship to benefit Appalachian Athletics programs
June 20, 2018
The scholarship is named in honor of John Weaver — the 1971 Appalachian alumnus who capped his 47-year coaching career at the university following the conclusion of the 2018 outdoor track and field season.
Sociologist weighs in on immigrant family separations — including social, economic impact
June 20, 2018
Dr. Cameron Lippard says families are hiding from persecution, even if they’re in the U.S. legally, as a result of recent immigration family separations.
Nurses attitudes are key to better compliance with infection control practices
The University of Manchester
June 20, 2018
A study by researchers at The University of Manchester, Columbia University, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York and Appalachian State University has shown that attitudes among community nurses are important for their compliance with infection control practices. The study is published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Dr. Michael McKenzie ’99 named dean of Appalachian’s Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies
June 18, 2018
Appalachian alumnus Dr. Michael McKenzie, interim associate provost and chief research officer at Winston-Salem State University, will assume his role as dean of the university’s graduate school on July 1.
Celebrating 50 years — Appalachian’s growth in university status and its Class of 1968
June 18, 2018
Appalachian marks its transition from teachers college to multipurpose regional university, while the Black & Gold Reunion celebrates the classes of 1968 and prior.
8 earn professorships in Appalachian’s Walker College of Business
June 18, 2018
The professorships, which will take effect July 1, were awarded to Drs. Tracy Reed, Tammy Kowalczyk, Heather Dixon-Fowler and Ash Morgan, Scott Hunsinger, Peter Groothuis, Dana Clark and Pia Albinsson.
What caused the earthquakes that shook N.C.'s mountains this week? [faculty quoted]
Winston-Salem Journal
June 15, 2018
Dr. Sarah Carmichael in Appalachian State University’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences discusses how the old, inactive faults in the Appalachian mountains respond to shifts by the North American Plate.
Two-time alumna Johnna Reisner has received a 2018–19 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award
June 15, 2018
Reisner will teach English language classes at a higher education or other academic institution in Poland for the 2018–19 academic year.
AppX: International Roommates
June 14, 2018
An Australian in the High Country sings songs at Mabel School, teaches kids to play cricket and learns what Southerners mean when they say “buggy.”
Appalachian offers updated and renamed graduate certificate in aging, health and society
June 14, 2018
The former gerontology program at Appalachian — the first such graduate program in North Carolina — has been re-designed “to incorporate and address direct health issues … and to meet professional development and educational needs.”
From mitigating wildfires to re-creating a battlefield
Appalachian alumnae preserve history through National Park Service internships
June 13, 2018
Appalachian alumnae Cala Castleberry and Hayley Wynn put the hands-on training and education they received in Appalachian’s Anthropology (BS) – Archaeology degree program to use during back-to-back National Park Service internships.