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Sold-Out 2nd Annual Community-Wide Fall Shag Dance Held on September 30th
High Country Press
Oct. 2, 2017
On Saturday, September 30th, the Boone Shag Club and Appalachian State University Department of Theater and Dance hosted the 2nd Annual Community-Wide Fall Shag Dance. The event took place on Appalachian State University’s campus at the Reich College of Education Building.
Appalachian, Watauga County close on old Watauga High School property
Oct. 2, 2017
The official transfer of the old Watauga High School property to Appalachian State University from Watauga County took place Friday, Sept. 29. The property is located at 400 High School Drive in Boone.
Appalachian’s Team Sunergy travels to World Solar Challenge in Australia to advise Chilean team
Oct. 2, 2017
Appalachian State University’s Team Sunergy is in Australia, assisting Chilean solar vehicle Team Antakari as its races nearly 2,000 miles from Darwin to Adelaide, Australia for the 2017 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (BWSC).
Thanks, Tourists! NC Wine Is Now A $2B Industry
WUNC 91.5
Oct. 1, 2017
North Carolina viticulture has blossomed into a $2 billion industry. It's got tourism to thank for the growth. A new Wine Quality Alliance program at Appalachian State University is beginning to distinguish high quality wines from around the state.
Appalachian's As-U-R — an academic resource for any student
Oct. 1, 2017
The intensive student support program As-U-R, which is offered by Appalachian State University’s Student Learning Center, provides support and resources for a variety of Appalachian students.
New Police Chief Catrina Thompson sworn into office
Winston-Salem Journal
Sep. 29, 2017
The swearing-in of new Winston-Salem Police Chief Catrina Thompson was an affair of tears and pride Friday, as the new chief talked about growing up in Detroit and about the people and family members who helped her make it to where she is today.
Jordan gets real with Associate Vice Chancellor, Jordyne Blaise and Chief Diversity Officer, Dr. Willie Fleming
Sep. 28, 2017
In this first episode of What's Your Truth, Jordan gets real with Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Willie Fleming and Associate Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Compliance Jordyne Blaise. They talk about pivotal moments in their lives, the legacies they want to leave, and answer the question: "What's your truth?"
Honoring the Black-eyed Susan
Native perennial becomes the official flower of Appalachian State University
Sep. 28, 2017
Appalachian’s Board of Trustees endorse this native perennial as the official flower of the university.
New trustees sworn in, chancellor marks progress on priorities at Board of Trustees meeting
Sep. 28, 2017
New and reappointed members of Appalachian State University’s Board of Trustees were sworn in during the Sept. 22 board meeting, with James Barnes of Raleigh being named chair. Also during the meeting, Chancellor Sheri N. Everts shared enrollment data and the board approved a resolution making a regional wildflower the official flower of the university.
Community invited to Oct. 1 recognition of African-Americans at rest in Old Boone Cemetery
Sep. 28, 2017
For many years, the graves of over 160 African-Americans laid in the open field below Old Boone Cemetery behind Appalachian State University’s Cone Residence Hall unknown and mostly forgotten. They’re a secret no longer.
International students take App by storm
The Appalachian
Sep. 28, 2017
Although there are several resources on our campus for Appalachian State students to study abroad in other countries, there are also many opportunities for other students around the world to come to App.
Appalachian’s Jane Rex creates transfer success path
Sep. 28, 2017
As director of the Office of Transfer Services at Appalachian State University, Jane Rex knows the frustrations, insecurities and obstacles that students coming into a large university can face. She knows because she once walked in their shoes.
UNC President Spellings and new members of the UNC Board of Governors visit Appalachian campus Sept. 22
Sep. 27, 2017
As part of their continuing tour of the University of North Carolina system’s 17 campuses, the five new members of the UNC Board of Governors spent Friday afternoon, Sept. 22, touring Appalachian State University.
Dr. Nickolas Jordan on getting uncomfortable, taking risks, screwing up, and finding your truth
Sep. 27, 2017
Dr. Nickolas Jordan, Associate Dean of the Reich College of Education and licensed marriage and family therapist, gets real about getting real, taking risks, screwing up and - very importantly - staying in relationship.
From turtles to town hall: SECU Public Fellows Internship at ASU
EducationNC
Sep. 27, 2017
Jordan Boles entered ASU as a fully-supported ACCESS Scholar, became an employee at ASU’s Office of International Education and Development, and is now president of the Alpha Phi sorority chapter, to name just a few of her successes. Boles has made the most of her college experience—and the same can be said of her SECU Public Fellows Internship.
Appalachian’s Truman Capote scholarship winner and runner-up announced
Sep. 25, 2017
Madelyn Marie Kittle, a senior majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing and film studies, has been awarded Appalachian State University’s 2017-18 Truman Capote Literary Trust Award for Creative Writing.
Dave by the Bell: Constitution Week and You
Sep. 21, 2017
How App State students feel about the constitution might surprise you...but then again it might not...it's 50/50. Listen and find out.
Appalachian’s NSF-funded scanning electron microscope supports undergraduate research
Sep. 21, 2017
The National Science Foundation, through a major research instrumentation program grant, awarded the College of Arts and Sciences’ Dewel Microscopy Facility at Appalachian State University $562,842 for a new scanning electron microscope (SEM).