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What To Expect From The Solar Eclipse In The Triad
The first total solar eclipse since 1918 is happening on Monday, August 21, and people across the country are gearing up to view the astronomical event.
88.5 WFDD
Aug. 15, 2017
The first total solar eclipse since 1918 is happening on Monday, August 21, and people across the country are gearing up to view the astronomical event. But how much you see depends greatly on where you are. The best place to be? Along the path of totality. That’s where for a period of time the complete light of the sun will be blocked out, and the sky will go dark.
History of total solar eclipses in North Carolina
Aug. 15, 2017
Since 1869 there have been three total solar eclipses in North Carolina: Aug. 7, 1869, May 28, 1900, and March 7, 1970. There will be three more before the end of the century: Aug. 21, 2017, May 11, 2078 and Sept. 14, 2099.
Author of ‘One Amazing Thing’ headlines convocation Aug. 21
Aug. 15, 2017
Author Dr. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the keynote speaker at Appalachian State University’s Black and Gold Convocation. Divarkaruni is the author of the novel, “One Amazing Thing,” the 2017-18 Common Reading Program selection.
Hankins’ first book garners Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise
Aug. 14, 2017
Dr. Davis Hankins of Appalachian State University is one of 10 winners of the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise this year. He received this award for his work “The Book of Job and the Immanent Genesis of Transcendence” (Northwestern University Press, 2015).
African Americans in Appalachia fight to be seen as a part of coal country
Washington Post
Aug. 10, 2017
Dubbed “Affrilachians” by one academic, black residents of these mountain towns say they've been overlooked in the growing focus on rural, working-class Americans.
Scoreboard Construction Continues at Kidd Brewer Stadium, LED Display is 2,500 SF in Size
High Country Press
Aug. 9, 2017
The new gigantic scoreboard at Kidd Brewer Stadium is currently being installed. When the project is completed later this summer, Appalachian State University will be host to the largest display in the Group of Five collegiate athletic conferences.
Intern Series: Working for my Role Model - A Day in the Life
whitehouse.gov
Aug. 9, 2017
Coming from a small town in Maryland, and attending college in an even smaller town in North Carolina, I never imagined I would end up in our Nation’s capital working with my role model, Ivanka Trump.
Alumni Daugherty and Rogers inducted into the Reich College of Education Rhododendron Society
Aug. 8, 2017
Appalachian alumni James Daugherty ’93 ’94 and Julia Kay “Kay” Rogers ’69 ’76 were inducted into the Rhododendron Society on July 21 at a brunch held on campus. As the highest honor given by the Reich College of Education, the award honors alumni for their exemplary service to education and to their communities.
Gelber named AppTV general manager
Aug. 7, 2017
In this role, Robert Gelber will oversee all aspects of AppTV, including programming, expansion and new initiatives while also mentoring students in the university’s electronic media/broadcasting program.
SECU continues to fund Appalachian internships; 10 students complete 2017 summer internships
Aug. 4, 2017
Ten students from Appalachian State University completed 2017 summer internships in public sector and nonprofit entities of rural and underserved regions of North Carolina as part of a program called the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Public Service Fellows.
Living like you mean it
Meet some Mountaineers who are living intentional lives, and making a difference for others
Aug. 4, 2017
Meet some Mountaineers who are living intentional lives, and making a difference for others.
Registration now open for Appalachian Energy Center workshops scheduled between Aug. 11 and Sept. 29
Aug. 3, 2017
The Appalachian Energy Center is a source of up-to-date information related to renewable energy, building science and energy efficiency. The workshops are held in various locations in and around Boone and provide continuing education credits for architects, engineers, attorneys and NABCEP professionals.
Communicating can ease everyone’s stress
The Elkin Tribune
Aug. 3, 2017
Communication makes everyone’s lives easier. That was the message at a media summit held in Boone at Appalachian on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Attendees included police and health care providers, educational institutions and media outlets. The main message, from every direction, was communication is key.
Nascar diversity program no longer stuck in neutral
Appalachian alumnus Richie Williams pursued the opportunity to participate in the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program
Indianapolis Recorder
Aug. 3, 2017
Williams flourished quickly and found employment initially in 2010 with Germain Racing in the NASCAR Truck Series before joining Jack Roush Racing in 2012 for both the Cup series and the Xfinity series. Williams accepted his current position with Ganassi as a crewmember for driver Jamie McMurray’s car.
Appalachian alum builds boys’ confidence, character and strength through Xcel2Fitness after-school program
Aug. 3, 2017
Appalachian alum creates after-school program for young boys.
Visual history archive with 55,000 testimonies of genocide survivors and witnesses will be accessible this fall through Appalachian’s Belk Library and Information Commons
Aug. 2, 2017
This fall semester, Appalachian State University will become one of 79 sites to provide full access to the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive. The archive contains 55,000 testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust, the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (1994), the Nanjing Massacre (1937), the Guatemalan Genocide (1978-1996), the Armenian Genocide (1915-1923) and the Cambodian Genocide (1975-1979).
Meet the 2017 Chancellor’s Scholars
This is Appalachian’s oldest and most academically competitive merit-based scholarship
Aug. 2, 2017
Ten incoming freshmen have been awarded the prestigious Chancellor’s Scholarship for the 2017-18 academic year.
Appalachian awards 11 students Plemmons Scholarships for 2017-2018
Aug. 2, 2017
Eleven first-year students at Appalachian State University have been awarded Plemmons Leadership Scholarships. Plemmons Scholars have shown outstanding leadership in either their high schools or communities.