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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.
NASCAR sports writer Tom Higgins will speak at Appalachian June 12
June 2, 2015
Tom Higgins, who has been called NASCAR’s storyteller, will talk about his sports writing career. Higgins wrote about motorsports for the Charlotte Observer for more than three decades.
Appalachian awards 10 full-ride Chancellor’s Scholarships
June 2, 2015
Ten incoming freshmen at Appalachian State University have been awarded a full-ride Chancellor’s Scholarship for the 2015-16 academic year.
Campus alert system test June 3
June 1, 2015
Appalachian State University will conduct a test of its campus siren warning system Wednesday, June 3, at 11:55 a.m.
Design students from Appalachian named 2015 SOURCE awards winners
June 1, 2015
Power management company Eaton, a 2015 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year, recently named Appalachian State University students Megan Everhart, Hazel Chang and Kaitlyn Hutchens as SOURCE Awards winners for their conceptual lighting design projects in the company’s 38th annual lighting design competition.
Looking Glass Gallery presents Breach
June 1, 2015
The Looking Glass Gallery at Appalachian State University presents Breach, an exhibition featuring work by April Flanders and Emily Rapp.