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Participants sought for research about nonresident fathers of children
July 1, 2015
Researchers from Appalachian State University’s Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education are conducting research about nonresident fathers’ interaction recreationally with their children.
Appalachian student is a finalist in the North American Printing Skills Competition
June 30, 2015
Student teams from 21 schools across North America participated in the competition using a cloud-based simulator software to solve common printing press related problems, such as color misregistration, causes of wrinkled paper, settings or environment-related conditions that affect the quality of the printed job. Scoring was based on producing the most cost-efficient printed job.
Summer Symposium on Remembering the Holocaust held July 11-17 at Appalachian
June 30, 2015
Key speakers include representatives from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Holocaust survivors.
Looking Glass Gallery exhibit Sensual Synesthesia on display
June 29, 2015
The exhibit Sensual Synesthesia is on display through July 24 in Looking Glass Gallery located in Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union.
Appalachian will seek UNC Board of Governors approval to expand its millennial campus
June 29, 2015
Since 2002, a portion of Appalachian State University’s campus has been designated as a millennial campus – a 2.3 acre tract of land where University Hall is located off Blowing Rock Road.
Whitener Foundation grant funds music therapy scholarship
June 29, 2015
A $5,000 grant from the Whitener Foundation will fund a music therapy scholarship in Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music.
Appointments to Appalachian’s Board of Trustees announced
June 24, 2015
New members will be joining Appalachian State University’s Board of Trustees beginning July 1 following appointments made by the UNC Board of Governors.
Dave by the Bell: Fatherly Advice
June 19, 2015
In this Father's Day edition of Dave by the Bell, Dave asks Appalachian State University students for the best fatherly advice their dad ever gave them.
Award-winning novelist and playwright Jim Grimsley to speak July 16 at Appalachian
June 19, 2015
Grimsley's book “How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood,” published in April by Algonquin Books, has been called “a powerful meditation on race” by former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, and “a sensitive memoir that probes the past to discover what and how Grimsley learned about race, equality and democracy ‘from the good white people’ in his family and community,” according to Kirkus Reviews.
Commitment to service, leadership and academics are hallmarks of the Wilson Scholars
June 15, 2015
The Wilson Scholars Program is Appalachian State University’s most prestigious full-ride, merit-based scholarship. The 2015 class arrives on campus soon.
Servon appointed Sharpe Chair in Appalachian’s College of Fine and Applied Arts
June 11, 2015
Jody Servon, an associate professor of art and director of the Smith Gallery at Appalachian State University, has been selected as the Sharpe Chair of Fine and Applied Arts.
Find Your Art: Ben Butler
June 11, 2015
Ben Butler is interested in the natural world. "I look at the natural sciences as one example of how we interact with our world and understand it," he says. "And really at the root, my work is about understanding the world."

Butler's Elegy to the Disappearance of Objects exhibited at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, March 6 - June 6, 2015.
Lettuce Learn Project to host professional development workshop for educators
Goal is to use the garden as a tool for learning
June 11, 2015
Appalachian State University and a Boone-based organization are offering a three-day workshop to help educators incorporate gardening into their curriculum.
Appalachian studies students present research at international conference
June 11, 2015
Three graduate students and a faculty member from the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University presented papers at an international mountain studies conference held at Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada, in May.
Dave by the Bell: Fun Under 21
June 10, 2015
Dave gathers tons of suggestions for interesting and exciting activities you can participate in even if you haven’t yet reached your 21st birthday.
Dave by the Bell: Parental Orientation
June 3, 2015
Dave heads to the Schaefer Center to chat with parents of incoming App State Freshmen about their hopes and dreams for their children as well as their big plans for their child's room back at the house. Renovations and Reverence in the latest Dave by the Bell.
Researchers from Appalachian find chia seeds do not enhance athletic performance
June 3, 2015
A study published in the May edition of the journal Nutrients debunks the widely reported and accepted belief that chia seeds are a natural performance booster for athletes.
Fulbright awards send Appalachian professors around the globe
June 3, 2015
China, Ethiopia, Poland and Austria are the upcoming destinations for four professors at Appalachian State University. Each has received a Fulbright award to teach and/or conduct research at their host institution.