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  • Geography major finds adventure and stories in the field
    Geography major finds adventure and stories in the field
    Oct. 25, 2017

    Digging a snowpit, setting up tents or strapping bags on horses high in the Andes is a long way from day-to-day life in Greensboro. For Evan Montpellier, who loves science and working with his hands, fieldwork for Appalachian State University’s Master of Arts in Geography pointed the way to a fulfilling course of study.

  • Storms surge across campus; aftermath soggy, but safe and sound
    Storms surge across campus; aftermath soggy, but safe and sound
    Oct. 25, 2017

    A steady rain throughout the day Monday, Oct. 23, followed by mid-afternoon thunder, lightning and torrential rains, caused culverts to overflow, traffic snarls and rerouting, minor leaks in some Appalachian State University facilities and heavy flooding at off-campus housing.

  • Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Nov. 1
    Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Nov. 1
    Oct. 25, 2017

    Appalachian State University will test its campus siren warning system at 11:55 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 1.

  • Cleanup begins after major flooding in Boone
    Cleanup begins after major flooding in Boone
    WBTV Charlotte
    Oct. 24, 2017

    Damage assessments continue in Boone after major flash flooding hit the Winkler’s Creek section of town between the Boone Mall and WalMart. County inspectors have condemned the places that were flooded until such time as repairs can be made. It means people in at least 60 units are looking for a place to live.

  • New Study Links Climate Change To Increased Western Wildfire Activity
    New Study Links Climate Change To Increased Western Wildfire Activity
    88.5 WFDD
    Oct. 24, 2017

    A recent study out of Appalachian State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro finds that climate change and the massive wildfires in California are related. It has to do with Arctic sea ice. That’s been monitored since 1979, and since then there’s been an 11 percent decrease in ice per decade.

  • Dr. Leslie Bradbury creatively prepares tomorrow’s science teachers
    Dr. Leslie Bradbury creatively prepares tomorrow’s science teachers
    Oct. 23, 2017

    Dr. Leslie Bradbury advocates creative delivery in the classroom. So, you just might find her standing on her head as she prepares tomorrow’s science teachers in the Reich College of Education.

  • Dr. Harry Williams Named President & CEO of Thurgood Marshall College Fund
    Dr. Harry Williams Named President & CEO of Thurgood Marshall College Fund
    Delaware State University
    Oct. 23, 2017

    The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the nation’s largest organization exclusively representing the Black College Community, awarded Dr. Harry Lee Williams '86 '88 '95 its Educational Leadership Award and announced him as the new TMCF President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Williams will end his distinguished tenure as president of Delaware State University.

  • Dr. Davis Hankins: a liberal arts education = resourcefulness
    Dr. Davis Hankins: a liberal arts education = resourcefulness
    Oct. 23, 2017

    Today’s most pressing concerns can’t be addressed through any one discipline, this religious studies professor says. Dr. Davis Hankins encourages undergraduates to take advantage of Appalachian’s interdisciplinary opportunities.

  • Poet Vivian Shipley to conclude Appalachian’s Visiting Writers Series
    Poet Vivian Shipley to conclude Appalachian’s Visiting Writers Series
    Oct. 20, 2017

    The Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series at Appalachian State University will conclude with two presentations by Vivian Shipley, a poet, critic and award-winning teacher. Shipley will present a craft talk on “The Poetry of Witness” and will read from her work.

  • What’s so funny about math? Award-winning TV writers will explain the calculus of comedy
    What’s so funny about math? Award-winning TV writers will explain the calculus of comedy
    UCLA
    Oct. 20, 2017

    Sarah Greenwald, professor of mathematics at Appalachian State University, moderated the panel discussion “The Calculus of Comedy: Math in The Simpsons, Futurama, and The Big Bang Theory” Oct. 25, 2017 in Los Angeles. The event was sponsored by UCLA’s Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics.

  • 2017 TEA Fellows
    2017 TEA Fellows
    Oct. 19, 2017

    See images from the 2017 Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) program at Appalachian State University.

  • Appalachian Children’s Literature Symposium scheduled for Oct. 28
    Appalachian Children’s Literature Symposium scheduled for Oct. 28
    Oct. 18, 2017

    Poet and author Allan Wolf, authors Alan Gratz and Heather Bouwman and storyteller Donna Washington will present approaches for using literature to facilitate reading, creative writing and storytelling in educational settings at the fourth biennial Children’s Literature Symposium at Appalachian State University.

  • Black Mountain College Semester at Appalachian to include lectures, workshops, art, films and other events
    Black Mountain College Semester at Appalachian to include lectures, workshops, art, films and other events
    Oct. 18, 2017

    For Appalachian State University’s Black Mountain College (BMC) Semester in spring 2018, multiple departments across the university are collaborating with area museums and other venues to host exhibits, lectures and workshops that will highlight the importance of BMC’s influence within the Appalachian region’s creative, educational and political movements.

  • Alumnus’ new endowment fund and named space in Peacock Hall honor information systems professor
    Alumnus’ new endowment fund and named space in Peacock Hall honor information systems professor
    Oct. 17, 2017

    A new endowment fund and meeting and networking space at Appalachian State University have been established to honor Dr. Albert L. Harris, a longtime professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management in the Walker College of Business (WCOB).

  • One case of pertussis (whooping cough) confirmed in Watauga County
    One case of pertussis (whooping cough) confirmed in Watauga County
    Oct. 16, 2017

    One case of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, was confirmed in Watauga County on October 16, 2017. The case is in an Appalachian State University student. County and university health officials report the individual diagnosed with pertussis is being treated, per guidelines established by the State of North Carolina and the Centers for Disease Control, and is fully cooperating in following isolation instructions.

  • Asheville artist Bryan Koontz: Creating a sense of place
    Asheville artist Bryan Koontz: Creating a sense of place
    Asheville Citizen-Times
    Oct. 13, 2017

    Koontz first picked up a paintbrush when he was about 8, under the guidance of his grandmother, who was a primitive painter. He went on to feed his creative spirit at Appalachian State University, where he earned a degree in commercial design.

  • Researchers link western wildfire activity to arctic warming
    Researchers link western wildfire activity to arctic warming

    Appalachian's Dr. Peter Soulé and UNCG's Dr. Paul Knapp say the connection may be through a phenomenon called the “Arctic Amplification”

    Oct. 12, 2017

    Are the devastating wildfires in California potentially linked to larger atmospheric processes related to human-caused climate change? Researchers at Appalachian State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro believe there might be a connection.

  • Appalachian’s Fleming Scholars honored at pinning ceremony Oct. 6
    Appalachian’s Fleming Scholars honored at pinning ceremony Oct. 6
    Oct. 10, 2017

    Three of the four newest 2017-18 Fleming Scholars were recognized in a traditional pinning ceremony Friday, Oct. 6, on the Appalachian State University campus.

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