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  • Equine assisted therapy course at Appalachian prepares future counselors through a ‘multisensory approach to learning’
    Equine assisted therapy course at Appalachian prepares future counselors through a ‘multisensory approach to learning’
    June 26, 2018

    For the second consecutive summer, students in the Equine Assisted Learning and Psychotherapy course had the opportunity to learn therapeutic techniques by working with full-sized and miniature horses at Lazy Acres Farm.

  • Appalachian’s Dr. Scott Relyea receives Fulbright and Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS awards to further his studies in China’s Sichuan province
    Appalachian’s Dr. Scott Relyea receives Fulbright and Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS awards to further his studies in China’s Sichuan province
    June 26, 2018

    Dr. Scott Relyea, assistant professor of history at Appalachian, will travel to China in September 2018 to continue his research on early 20th-century Sino-Tibetan relations in the Kham borderland of eastern Tibet.

  • Student success — early intervention is key
    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
    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
    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
    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.

  • The making of ROSE, Team Sunergy’s first Cruiser Class solar vehicle — a photo gallery
    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.

  • Racing on Solar Energy — ROSE's racing team
    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.

  • Appalachian professor Dr. Steve Hageman receives Fulbright to study global warming’s effects in the polar Arctic
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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]
    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
    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
    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.”

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