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  • Meet the 2017 Wilson Scholars
    Meet the 2017 Wilson Scholars

    The Wilson Scholarship is Appalachian’s most prestigious scholarship program

    June 7, 2017

    Among the six new Wilson Scholars at Appalachian State University this year are a published author, the founder of a non-profit charity and an advocate for women’s empowerment. One recipient has worked to relieve hunger in his community. Another has promoted community involvement and drug- and alcohol-free schools, while yet another is passionate about environmental advocacy.

  • Wake Forest-Appalachian partnership educates PAs, benefits children with special needs
    Wake Forest-Appalachian partnership educates PAs, benefits children with special needs

    Parent to Parent organization earns Community Partnership award

    June 6, 2017

    On a recent Friday evening, Katherine Moss, a master’s student at Wake Forest School of Medicine’s physician assistant (PA) studies program at Appalachian State University in Boone, took an unconventional “class.” She attended a meeting of the Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country.

  • AppX: App's Top Ten Outdoor Activities
    AppX: App's Top Ten Outdoor Activities
    June 5, 2017

    Discover the best swimming holes, mountain bike trails and skiing in the High Country! It's App's Top Ten Outdoor Activities on a brand new AppX.

  • Appalachian’s 2017 Fulbright awards
    Appalachian’s 2017 Fulbright awards
    June 5, 2017

    Fulbright Scholar awards send Appalachian faculty to Ghana and Malaysia, while the Fulbright U.S. Student Program creates opportunities in Austria and Germany for one alumna and one graduating senior.

  • Appalachian student becomes first recipient of teaching fellowship with the Appalachian Regional Commission in Washington, D.C.
    Appalachian student becomes first recipient of teaching fellowship with the Appalachian Regional Commission in Washington, D.C.
    June 2, 2017

    Jacob Meadows of Carrollton, Kentucky, B.S. in business economics from the University of Louisville and currently a master’s degree student in Appalachian studies at Appalachian, arrived in Washington, D.C., in early May to work with the ARC for several weeks on this pilot program.

  • Jordyne Blaise named associate vice chancellor for equity, diversity and compliance at Appalachian
    Jordyne Blaise named associate vice chancellor for equity, diversity and compliance at Appalachian
    June 2, 2017

    Blaise will begin work July 1, having most recently served as the inaugural director of community engagement and equity at Harvard Law School.

  • Students receive awards for service to Appalachian during ‘2017 Celebration of Leadership and Legacy’
    Students receive awards for service to Appalachian during ‘2017 Celebration of Leadership and Legacy’
    June 2, 2017

    The award recipients were Ashlee Harvey, Jemima “Jae” Amoah, Hollie Brown, Maryjoe Lezama, Jacqueline Ann “Jackie” White, Lee Pinkham, Jacqueline “Riley” Dixon, Erin Parrish and Katherin Castillo.

  • Tick season in North Carolina: what you need to know
    Tick season in North Carolina: what you need to know
    WJZY Fox 46
    June 1, 2017

    Ticks can cause some major issues if you come close to them. According to the North Carolina Department of Human and Health Services, most of the tick-borne diseases from here are bacterial infection and can cause flu-like symptoms. Appalachian State University Biologist Dr. Steven Seagle is the resident expert on ticks and says there is some positive news when it comes to these creepy creatures.

  • Dr. Anatoli Ignatov, land ownership and management in Ghana
    Dr. Anatoli Ignatov, land ownership and management in Ghana

    Faculty Member of Distinction
    College of Fine and Applied Arts – Assistant Professor, Department of Sustainable Development

    June 1, 2017

    Dr. Anatoli Ignatov receives a 2017 Fulbright Scholar Award to study land ownership and management in Ghana.

  • App State Announces 2017 Athletic Hall of Fame Class
    App State Announces 2017 Athletic Hall of Fame Class

    Induction Ceremony Set for Sept. 9

    High Country Press
    June 1, 2017

    Volleyball’s Brittany Zahn Arnold (2005-07) men’s soccer’s David Mor (1974-75), football’s Cedric Felton (1982-86), wrestling’s Bruce Schlegel (1967-71), and men’s basketball’s James (Jim) Wilcox (1963-66) comprise the 2017 inductees.

  • Five campus leaders receive Appalachian’s 2017 Plemmons Leadership Medallions
    Five campus leaders receive Appalachian’s 2017 Plemmons Leadership Medallions
    June 1, 2017

    The recipients, each recognized in a specific category, are: Martha Marking, faculty; Dr. Mike Mayfield, staff; James J. “J.J.” Brown III, student development; John Martin “Jamal” Peters, student leader; and Jonathan Mauldin, W.H. Plemmons Fellow.

  • Dr. Susan Lappan, helping to save the siamang
    Dr. Susan Lappan, helping to save the siamang

    Faculty Member of Distinction
    College of Arts and Sciences – Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology

    May 31, 2017

    Dr. Susan Lappan has been researching the siamang and their ecosystems since 2000. A Fulbright Scholar Award for the 2017-18 academic year will support a new research project in Malaysia.

  • Newton-Conover High School names Teacher of the Year
    Newton-Conover High School names Teacher of the Year
    The Observer News Enterprise
    May 31, 2017

    Caroline McCrary, Science Teacher at Newton-Conover High School, was named the 2017 N-CCS Teacher of the Year at this year’s Staff of the Year Banquet. A graduate of the Teacher Education program at Appalachian State University, Caroline received both a Bachelors degree in Biology - Secondary Education and a Bachelors degree in Biology - Ecology and Evolutionary Sciences.

  • Appalachian’s chancellor and university representatives discuss Appalachia economic, energy and educational issues with bipartisan U.S. Senate panel in D.C.
    Appalachian’s chancellor and university representatives discuss Appalachia economic, energy and educational issues with bipartisan U.S. Senate panel in D.C.
    May 31, 2017

    The Task Force on Appalachia is gathering leading experts from around the country and the Appalachia region for four separate roundtable discussions organized around these themes: education and the workforce; entrepreneurialism and job creation; energy and infrastructure; and rural health.

  • Veteran Eric Gormly delivers moving address at Appalachian’s Memorial Day ceremony
    Veteran Eric Gormly delivers moving address at Appalachian’s Memorial Day ceremony
    May 29, 2017

    “For those who fight for it, freedom has a taste the protected will never know.” As Eric Gormly began the keynote address at the 2017 Memorial Day ceremony at Appalachian State University, he quoted these words, which he and his fellow U.S. Marines saw painted on the walls of their barracks at combat training.

  • Campus emergency siren test to be conducted June 7
    Campus emergency siren test to be conducted June 7
    May 26, 2017

    Appalachian State University will test its campus siren warning system at 11:55 a.m. on Wednesday, June 7.

  • James Douthit named dean of Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music
    James Douthit named dean of Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music
    May 26, 2017

    Dr. James Douthit, pianist, teacher and an administrator at Nazareth College in suburban Rochester, New York, will be the next dean of the Hayes School of Music (HSOM) at Appalachian State University.

  • $100K grant from National Endowment for the Humanities provides funds to explore war and its effects through art
    $100K grant from National Endowment for the Humanities provides funds to explore war and its effects through art
    May 23, 2017

    Part of the NEH’s “Dialogues on the Experience of War” program, this grant project was developed by Dr. Valerie Wieskamp, Department of Communication; Dr. Lynn Searfoss, Department of English; and Dr. Clark Maddux, Watauga Residential College.

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