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Celia Moh Scholarship Announces 2018-2019 Winners
Furniture World
June 2, 2018
Three new students have been selected to receive the Celia Moh Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year, including Ryan Decker, a senior Industrial Design major at Appalachian. The Celia Moh Scholarship is considered one of the preeminent academic scholarship programs for students bound for careers in the home furnishings industry, paying full-time tuition and fees, room, board and books for its recipients.
Appalachian State University announces 2018 Wilson Scholars
June 1, 2018
On the heels of the graduation of three inaugural Wilson Scholars, Appalachian names six incoming students as Wilson Scholars. The Wilsons Scholars Program is the university’s premier, merit-based scholarship.
Appalachian student awarded honorable mention in international lighting design competition
June 1, 2018
Rising senior Ally Mangini, an interior design major at Appalachian, was recognized in the 41st annual SOURCE Awards competition for her restaurant design titled “A Cultural ‘Twist’ on Turkish Cuisine.”
Jehanne Dubrow on claiming a space for the military spouse in literature
June 1, 2018
Poet Jehanne Dubrow's work conjures up provocative and sensual imagery that frequently pushes against long-held notions of the role and contributions of the military spouse.
Appalachian’s Reich College of Education names 2018 awards recipients
June 1, 2018
The 2018 RCOE awards — which recognize Outstanding Teaching, Mentoring, Service and more — were conferred on six faculty and staff members, along with the college’s Lucy Brock Child Development Laboratory School.
Student wins SOURCE Award for Turkish restaurant lighting design
Eaton - The Lighting ReSOURCE
May 31, 2018
Ally Mangini, an interior design student at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, won a 2018 SOURCE Award for her lighting design project, Twist, a fictional restaurant with a cultural twist on Turkish cuisine.
Furniture design student puts knowledge to practice with Appalachian’s solar vehicle team
May 30, 2018
John Lalevee had the opportunity to fulfill a childhood dream by designing the body of Appalachian’s newest solar vehicle, ROSE.
Recent Appalachian graduate awarded $15K Windgate Fellowship
May 25, 2018
Appalachian alumna Dani Iris ’18 is one of 10 students nationwide to receive a Windgate Fellowship from the Center for Craft in Asheville, North Carolina. Iris is the first Appalachian student to be awarded the prestigious fellowship.
Campus emergency siren test to be conducted June 6
May 25, 2018
Appalachian State University will test its campus siren warning system at 11:55 a.m., Wednesday, June 6.
Poet Joseph Bathanti’s ‘Saint Francis’s Satyr Butterfly’
May 25, 2018
For Memorial Day, North Carolina Poet Laureate Emeritus Joseph Bathanti shares a poem originally published in War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities.
Dangerous heat conditions to impact East African populations by late 21st century, according to new study co-authored by Appalachian professor
May 24, 2018
“Climate change, population, and poverty: vulnerability and exposure to heat stress in countries bordering the Great Lakes of Africa” — co-authored by Appalachian professor Anton Seimon — was recently published in the journal Climate Change.
Appalachian’s apparel design and merchandising program presents ‘Showcase 2018’
May 21, 2018
Students and faculty in Appalachian State University’s apparel design and merchandising program bring designs to “Showcase 2018” runway.
Cross-disciplinary team of Appalachian faculty members receives $1M NSF S-STEM grant
May 18, 2018
The National Science Foundation S-STEM scholarship program at Appalachian provides support for students pursing degrees in STEM fields, including chemistry, computer science, geological and environmental sciences, mathematical sciences and physics and astronomy.
Appalachian awarded continued NSF funding for rainfall variability research
May 18, 2018
The research of Appalachian’s Dr. Peter Soulé will continue thanks to additional National Science Foundation funding. Soulé and his colleagues study tree ring records of the longleaf pine to determine rainfall variability since the 1700s.
Appalachian supports students with learning differences through grant-funded College STAR project
May 18, 2018
Appalachian, a participant in the College STAR (Supporting Transition Access and Retention) project, will continue to support students with learning differences through grant funding from East Carolina University.
10 years of Naylor Award winners recognized at Appalachian’s Doctoral Spring Symposium
May 18, 2018
Appalachian alumni Star Brown and John Robinson were named joint recipients of the 2017-18 Alice Phoebe Naylor Outstanding Dissertation Award at Appalachian’s Doctoral Spring Symposium. They join 10 years of Naylor Award winners.
When Erbil Meets Boone: Appalachian State University Hosts Visitors From Kurdistan, Iraq
88.5 WFDD
May 18, 2018
Over the last few decades, the United States’ relationship with Iraq has been tense, to say the least. But 6,000 miles away in Boone, N.C., bridges of understanding are being built in the world of academics.
Appalachian’s Staci Hunter selected for SECU Public Fellows Internship
May 17, 2018
As part of her SECU Public Service Fellow Internship, Staci Hunter ’18 — a recent graduate of Appalachian’s criminal justice program — interned at the Wilkes County Sheriff’s Office during spring 2018.