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Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music to present three concerts between Feb. 28 and March 2
Feb. 21, 2017
The Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University will present three concerts between Feb. 28 and March 2.
Guin Thi: Finding ‘home’ on Appalachian’s campus
Feb. 20, 2017
By the time she arrived on campus, ready to begin her college journey, Appalachian State University freshman Guin Thi had exceeded the hopes and dreams of her family. Now she is realizing her own dream, learning more about a profession that has intrigued her since childhood: architectural design.
Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program
Many Appalachian students benefit from having peers with intellectual challenges on campus
Feb. 20, 2017
The two-year Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program creates a more inclusive education for many Appalachian students, not just those it directly serves.
Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program video
Feb. 20, 2017
Two SDAP Scholars share what the Appalachian Experience means to them.
Appalachian’s Department of Theatre and Dance announces spring season
Feb. 17, 2017
The Appalachian State University Department of Theatre and Dance will present four shows between Feb. 22 and April 30, in either the Valborg Theatre or the I.G. Greer Studio Theatre on the university campus. Productions include “Silence,” “The Mischief Makers,” “Flight from the Mahabarath,” and a performance by the Spring Appalachian Dance Ensemble.
Q&A with poet Rose McLarney, Visiting Writers Series guest March 2
Feb. 17, 2017
McLarney is one of the leading lights on today’s poetry scene. An assistant professor of creative writing at Auburn University, she has published two collections of poems from which she will read at Appalachian: “Its Day Being Gone” (Penguin Books, 2014), which won the National Poetry Series; and “The Always Broken Plates of Mountains” (Four Way Books, 2012).
Campus emergency siren test to be conducted March 1
Feb. 17, 2017
Appalachian State University will test its campus siren warning system at 11:55 a.m. on Wednesday, March 1.
Miguel Zenón Quartet to perform at Appalachian March 7
Feb. 17, 2017
The quartet of acclaimed jazz saxophonist/composer Miguel Zenón will perform in support of “Típico,” their new album.
Appalachian design students take home awards at international competition
Feb. 16, 2017
Four seniors enrolled in the Department of Applied Design’s Interior Design Program at Appalachian State University have received top honors in the Planning and Visual Education (PAVE) 2016 Student Design Competition.
Appalachian’s doctoral program hosts open house for prospective students March 2
Feb. 16, 2017
Have you considered earning an doctor of education degree, or Ed.D.? Appalachian State University’s Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership will host an open house for prospective students.
Graduate certificate in strategic communication now offered online at Appalachian State University
Feb. 16, 2017
Appalachian State University now offers an online graduate certificate in strategic communication as part of its distance education program.
Appalachian’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents ‘Silence’ Feb. 22-26
Feb. 16, 2017
Set in England at the turn of the first millennium, “Silence” is described as Monty Python meets “Game of Thrones.”
Appalachian’s Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series will resume March 2 with Rose McLarney; other writers will be Bianca Spriggs, Al Young and Robert Gipe
Feb. 15, 2017
Fans of poetry and fiction will have opportunities to experience how the work of three leading writers is defying stereotypes about Appalachia. They will also become reacquainted with a prolific native of the South who guest-taught poetry at Appalachian in 2003 and was appointed California’s poet laureate two years later.
Light dusting or full-blown blizzard, snow spurs a chain of actions at Appalachian State University
Feb. 14, 2017
This has been an atypically mild winter, but it’s not over yet… Learn how the white stuff impacts our campus, engages researchers and inspires art.
Studying precipitation patterns
Rain in the Andes, warm winters in Boone – geographers try to piece together a pattern and predict climate change
Feb. 14, 2017
Learn how precipitation patterns in Peru are impacting climate change in the High Country.
‘There is ice on Bodenheimer’ – how Appalachian’s weather watchers spring into action
Feb. 14, 2017
It takes a village to stay ahead of a snowstorm on campus.
To salt or not to salt
Feb. 14, 2017
There is a compromise between protecting the water supply and keeping the population safe, scientists say.
A photographer’s award-winning imagery
Why University Photographer Marie Freeman ’85 remains captivated by even the tiniest flake settling on her pea coat
Feb. 14, 2017
Campus photographer braves a blizzard to capture microscopic imagery of snowflakes.