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  • Appalachian graduates 1,475 at December 2017 commencement ceremonies
    Appalachian graduates 1,475 at December 2017 commencement ceremonies
    Dec. 16, 2017

    More than 1,400 new graduates step into their next adventure following Appalachian’s commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 16.

  • December 2017 commencement ceremonies
    December 2017 commencement ceremonies
    Dec. 16, 2017

    See photos from Appalachian State University’s commencement ceremonies Dec. 16, 2017.

  • Appalachian alumnus Brock Long leads FEMA’s mission of support
    Appalachian alumnus Brock Long leads FEMA’s mission of support
    Dec. 15, 2017

    Appalachian alumnus William Brockmann “Brock” Long ’97 ’99 serves as the administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

  • Appalachian State University alumnus touts power of relationships as incoming head of Thurgood Marshall College Fund
    Appalachian State University alumnus touts power of relationships as incoming head of Thurgood Marshall College Fund
    Dec. 15, 2017

    Appalachian alumnus Dr. Harry Lee Williams touts the power of relationships as incoming head of Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

  • He’s back! Armanti Edwards ’09 receives his due in Canadian Football League
    He’s back! Armanti Edwards ’09 receives his due in Canadian Football League
    Dec. 14, 2017

    Mountaineer football icon Armanti Edwards ’09 helps the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts win the 2017 Grey Cup.

  • Appalachian alumnus Wayne Sumner receives Order of the Long Leaf Pine award from N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper
    Appalachian alumnus Wayne Sumner receives Order of the Long Leaf Pine award from N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper
    Dec. 13, 2017

    Wayne Sumner ’75, president of Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) and alumnus of Appalachian State University, was bestowed the highly prestigious and honorable Order of the Long Leaf Pine award by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Dec. 4, 2017, at JSA’s annual Christmas party.

  • Violence a matter of scale, not quantity or time period, researchers show
    Violence a matter of scale, not quantity or time period, researchers show
    Dec. 13, 2017

    Anthropologists have debated for decades whether humans, living in tribal communities thousands of years ago, were more or less violent than societies today. Researchers at Appalachian State University, the University of Notre Dame and the University of Wisconsin-Madison wonder if the question of more or less violence is the wrong one — what if it’s a matter of scale?

  • Dreams inspire Appalachian student’s sculptures
    Dreams inspire Appalachian student’s sculptures
    Dec. 13, 2017

    After a 20-year absence from higher education, studio art major Ireri Krueger returned to achieve a lifelong dream. She is among seniors graduating this month.

  • Artwork by Ireri Krueger ’17
    Artwork by Ireri Krueger ’17
    Dec. 13, 2017

    December 2017 graduate Ireri Krueger has had vivid dreams since she was a child growing up in Mexico City, Mexico. It wasn’t until she became a studio art major at Appalachian — more than 20 years after she first pursued higher education in the arts — that she realized she could turn her dreams into art and achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a trained artist.

  • Hodges sings about love and loss in new CD
    Hodges sings about love and loss in new CD
    Daily Advance
    Dec. 13, 2017

    Hodges, who is 18 and currently attends Appalachian State University, said that his goal is to hopefully make a career out of music. His new CD, titled "Release Me," features 11 songs written by Hodges that make the rounds between edgy folk, Americana and bluesy, driving rock, with a recurring lyrical theme of love and loss.

  • Charles Walker Releases Emo-Country Debut
    Charles Walker Releases Emo-Country Debut
    Creative Loafing
    Dec. 13, 2017

    Appalachian student Charles Walker Austin-Zimmerman's debut EP, "Whole Again" is a remarkable set of music — five songs detailing the anxieties and insecurities of moving away from home and starting college, where Austin-Zimmerman, who performs under the name Charles Walker, studies communications and sociology.

  • 3 Appalachian State University students awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad
    3 Appalachian State University students awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad
    Dec. 12, 2017

    Three Appalachian students — Laurel Roser, Rhiannon Reed-Kelly and Keylen Renteria — are the recipients of the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and will study abroad during the 2018 spring semester. Named for retired Congressman Gilman, the scholarship program aims to diversify the students who study and intern abroad and the countries and regions where they go.

  • Hayes School of Music alumni ensemble members nominated for 4 Grammys
    Hayes School of Music alumni ensemble members nominated for 4 Grammys
    Dec. 12, 2017

    Jay Coble ’81 (trumpet), Jack Wilkins ’82 (tenor saxophone) and Matt Vance ’91 (baritone saxophone) are members of Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge, an 18-piece jazz ensemble nominated for four Grammys in the Jazz and Composing/Arranging categories.

  • Appalachian alumnus and lecturer Aaron Ballance receives 2017 Linda Flowers Literary Award from the North Carolina Humanities Council
    Appalachian alumnus and lecturer Aaron Ballance receives 2017 Linda Flowers Literary Award from the North Carolina Humanities Council
    Dec. 11, 2017

    Aaron Ballance ’04, lecturer in the Appalachian State University’s Department of English, is the recipient of the North Carolina Humanities Council’s 2017 Linda Flowers Literary Award for his poems “Sugarfoot,” “Old Trouble,” “The Peaks,” “One-Eyed Jenny,” “The Brink,” “Leading Flash to the Barn — January” and “Rust.”

  • Eastern Band of the Cherokee flag installed in Plemmons Student Union
    Eastern Band of the Cherokee flag installed in Plemmons Student Union
    Dec. 8, 2017

    The flag of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee now hangs in a place of prominence alongside the American, Chinese and Israeli national flags — and a variety of others — in Plemmons Student Union (PSU) on Appalachian State University’s campus.

  • Trustees approve end zone project
    Trustees approve end zone project
    Watauga Democrat
    Dec. 8, 2017

    Appalachian’s $38.2 million north end zone project is moving down the field with approval by the university’s board of trustees on Friday. The trustees unanimously voted to endorse the 87,400-square-foot mixed-use development that will replace the Owens Field House, which was built in 1972 and which leaders say has “significant deferred maintenance issues.”

  • Trustees OK fee increase to renovate Sanford Hall
    Trustees OK fee increase to renovate Sanford Hall
    Watauga Democrat
    Dec. 8, 2017

    One of Appalachian’s most used academic buildings is slated for renovation, to be funded from proceeds of the student debt services fee. Appalachian’s board of trustees approved a motion to recommend the fee increase on Friday and to endorse renovations and improvements to Sanford Hall as well as the issuance of special obligation bonds or other long-term debt up to $18 million.

  • Appalachian police receive training to treat opioid overdoses with Narcan
    Appalachian police receive training to treat opioid overdoses with Narcan
    Dec. 6, 2017

    Even though Appalachian State University has no significant problem with opioid overdoses, its University Police Department stands ready to help were such emergencies to occur. Members of the Appalachian police, with the support of Project Lazarus, were recently trained in the use of Narcan — an emergency medication used to treat opioid overdoses.

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