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Assistant principal named best in state
Gaston Gazette
Nov. 30, 2017
An advocate for students who are at-risk or have disabilities, she’s now among the state’s top school administrators. Bessemer City High’s Meghan LeFevers has been named the 2018 North Carolina Secondary Assistant Principal of the Year by the North Carolina Principals & Assistant Principals’ Association, or NCPAPA.
Appalachian’s MBA program listed among The Princeton Review’s 2018 best
Nov. 29, 2017
Princeton Review's unranked list is based on a combination of institutional and student survey data, including career outcomes, admissions selectivity and academic rigor, among others. They noted Appalachian’s MBA program for having an international experience requirement, rigorous academics, and accessible and interesting professors.
Sonsight Wind funds prototype testing of their new three-kilowatt small wind turbine at Appalachian’s Beech Mountain Small Wind Research and Demonstration Site
Nov. 29, 2017
Appalachian State University received funding from Sonsight Wind to prototype test a new three-kilowatt small wind turbine at Appalachian’s Beech Mountain Small Wind Research and Demonstration Site in Banner Elk.
Appalachian’s ACCESS program receives additional funding from Women’s Fund of the Blue Ridge for women’s summer school scholarships
Nov. 29, 2017
Continued funding from Women’s Fund of the Blue Ridge will provide five summer school scholarships for women in Appalachian’s ACCESS program in 2018.
Research examining the contemporary contestations over land ownership in the Northern Region of Ghana funded by Fulbright Scholar Program
Nov. 29, 2017
Funding provided by the Fulbright Scholar Program will allow Appalachian’s Dr. Anatoli Ignatov to travel to Ghana to research contemporary contestations over land ownership in the country’s Northern Region for his second project, “Who Owns the Land? Power, Belonging, and the Remaking of History in Ghana”
UNC-GA continues funding for collaborative project supporting students with learning differences
Nov. 29, 2017
Funding from the University of North Carolina General Administration will support the third phase of College STAR, a program that supports students with learning differences.
UNC-Greensboro funds Learning Through Implementation: Investigating Mathematics Learning Across Communities project
Nov. 29, 2017
Funding from the University of North Carolina Greensboro will support the work of Appalachian and UNC-G professors to advise upon and implement new secondary mathematics standards.
Continued funding for marriage and family therapy interns providing services for rural Appalachian youth
Nov. 29, 2017
Funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration will continue a program for marriage and family therapy interns to provide services for children, adolescents and transitional age youth in rural Appalachian communities.
Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Dec. 6
Nov. 28, 2017
Appalachian State University will test its campus siren warning system at 11:55 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 6.
Solar-powered shelter: Hospitality House of Boone reveals 54 solar panels
Watauga Democrat
Nov. 28, 2017
The Hospitality House of Boone cut the ribbon Nov. 28 on its new solar panel system with 54 photovoltaic panels, becoming what it says is the first homeless services facility in the United States with solar power. Appalachian State University’s Appalachian in the Community Together service group committed to $5,000 for the project.
AMPC Announces Jurors for 15th Annual Competition
Appalachian's Garner Dewey, Craig Dillenbeck and Cheryl Zibisky selected to judge 15th Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition
High Country Press
Nov. 28, 2017
A partnership between Appalachian State University Outdoor Programs, the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, and Virtual Blue Ridge, AMPC celebrates the unique people, places, and pursuits that distinguish the Southern Appalachians and attracts entries from across the United States.
Local resident’s research honored
Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce studies human origins in Africa
Wilkes Journal-Patriot
Nov. 28, 2017
Children sometimes flip through National Geographic magazines just to look at the photos, but not Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce when she was growing up.
Ex Panther Armanti Edwards hits it big as Canada’s version of a Super Bowl champ
Charlotte Observer
Nov. 27, 2017
Armanti Edwards led Appalachian State to two national titles, as well as the biggest upset in school history with a 34-32 win over Michigan in 2007. But this past weekend, the former Carolina Panther achieved a bigger career milestone in Canada, when he helped the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts beat the Calgary Stampeders for the Grey Cup. That’s Canada’s version of the Super Bowl.
2017 International Education Week Photo Contest
Presented by the Office of International Education and Development
Nov. 27, 2017
The IEW Photo Contest is an opportunity for our students, faculty and staff to share their photos that demonstrate their understanding of international cultures and places.
Oxygen Surge 400 Million Years Ago Helped Trigger an Explosion in Biodiversity
The life-giving gas.
ScienceAlert
Nov. 25, 2017
Scientists, including Appalachian's Cole Edwards, have linked a surge in Earth's oxygen levels some 455 million years ago with an explosion in biodiversity on the planet, as nature took advantage of the extra breathing space to transform marine life and develop new species.
Appalachian researcher helps link oxygen increase to biodiversity growth
Nov. 22, 2017
A team of researchers, including Appalachian's Dr. Cole Edwards, found that oxygen levels appear to increase at about the same time as a three-fold increase in biodiversity during the Ordovician Period, between 445 and 485 million years ago, according to a study published Nov. 20 in Nature Geoscience, a periodical that covers all aspects of the Earth sciences.
Watauga County mumps diagnosis, health officials continue to urge public vigilance
Nov. 22, 2017
Appalachian District Health Department (AppHealthCare) and Appalachian State University are continuing to investigate one case of mumps in an Appalachian State University student, which was confirmed on November 21, 2017, and upon further investigation was determined to be out of the recommended isolation period as of November 22.
Alumna Profile: Sarah Tucker ’17
Nov. 22, 2017
Having received her family and consumer sciences degree at Appalachian, Sarah Tucker now pursues her passion as a teacher, making a difference in her students’ lives every day.