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App State student leaders set safety guidelines and actions for returning fraternity and sorority members
Aug. 4, 2020
Leadership of Appalachian’s fraternities and sororities have issued a joint statement that outlines guidelines and actions for the safety of students and others in the community returning to campus during the COVID-19 pandemic.
App State’s Dr. Krista Terry addresses faculty expertise in online instruction
Aug. 4, 2020
Dr. Krista Terry, associate professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies and learning design specialist in the Center for Academic Excellence, shares her thoughts about Appalachian faculty’s transition to and expertise in teaching remotely during COVID-19 and beyond.
Can’t Find It at the Store? Try Bartering. Here’s How to Do It Right (and Fairly) [faculty featured]
New York Times
Aug. 3, 2020
The work of Dr. Brian Burke in Appalachian’s Department of Sustainable Development is featured in this story on the growing bartering economy in the U.S. Burke has found that bartering often is not about generating profit as much as it is being part of an economic community.
A career high note — 2 App State alumni nominated for 2021 Music Educator Award
Aug. 3, 2020
Appalachian alumni Jenny S. Lanier ’01 and Kameron L. Radford ’08 are among 216 music educators recognized nationally as quarterfinalists for the 2021 Music Educator Award, presented by the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum.
Continued federal funding supports App State interns in providing behavioral health services for rural populations
July 31, 2020
Thanks to continued federal funding, marriage and family therapy and mental health counseling interns at Appalachian are helping to increase the availability of culturally sensitive behavioral health services for residents of Northwestern North Carolina. The four-year project has received $1.75 million-plus in support.
‘Three rural school districts partner with Appalachian State University to prevent youth suicide [faculty featured]
EdNC
July 30, 2020
As part of a series on innovative approaches to health in schools, this article features Appalachian State University psychology professor Dr. Kurt Michael and is work partnering with three rural school districts to prevent teen suicide.
App State Staff Shout Out program announces Sandi Jones as June drawing winner
July 30, 2020
Jones, who serves as the senior budgeting and contracting supervisor in Appalachian’s Division of Academic Affairs, is one of more than 1,200 individual Appalachian staff members who have been recognized as of June 30 for their Shout Out-worthy service to the university.
Laura Padgett ’02 wins May drawing of App State Staff Shout Out program
July 29, 2020
Padgett, who is director of graduate enrolled student services and development in Appalachian’s Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies, is one more than 1,200 individual Appalachian staff members who have been recognized as of June 30 for their Shout Out-worthy service to the university.
2 App State students receive awards for creative poetry, prose on life amid COVID-19
July 29, 2020
Appalachian senior Abigail Miles and alumna Barclay Ann Blankenship ’20 are the recipients of Appalachian’s inaugural David Hodgin English Award. They will each receive a $350 scholarship and their creative works will be published in Appalachian’s literary journal, Cold Mountain Review.
2 App State professors earn undergraduate student recognition for mentorship
July 24, 2020
Appalachian professors Dr. Howard Neufeld and Dr. Megen Culpepper, recipients of the Office of Student Research’s 2020 Undergraduate Research Mentorship Excellence Award, share the rewards of student mentoring.
‘Leading in a Time of Transformation’: 4 App State faculty selected for women’s leadership development program
July 22, 2020
Appalachian’s Dr. Megen Culpepper, Dr. Leah Hamilton, Dr. Vicky Klima and Dr. Rachel Wilson have been accepted into the 2020 BRIDGES Academic Leadership for Women program. The theme of this year’s program is “Leading in a Time of Transformation.”
Interim director named for App State’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Appalachian studies academic program
July 21, 2020
Dr. Conrad E. “Ozzie” Ostwalt, professor of religious studies at Appalachian, has been appointed interim director of the university’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Appalachian studies academic program. Ostwalt assumed his new role July 1.
‘A history told by the people’: ‘Junaluska: Oral Histories’ features Boone’s historic Black community
Watauga Democrat
July 21, 2020
Appalachian’s Belk Library and Information Commons hosted an online book talk on “Junaluska: Oral Histories of a Black Appalachian Community,” a collection of narratives from Boone’s historically Black community edited by Dr. Susan Keefe. The retired Department of Anthropology professor worked closely with the community since the 1970s.
Campus emergency siren test to be conducted Aug. 5
July 21, 2020
During the test, Appalachian uses the hi/low tone for emergencies, discontinuous air horn for tests of the system and the alert tone for all-clear signal.
3-year-old finds his voice through App State’s Communication Disorders Clinic
July 17, 2020
By working with speech-language pathologists in Appalachian’s Communication Disorders Clinic, a 3-year-old child diagnosed with severe childhood apraxia of speech is learning to communicate. The speech therapy has given him the ability to call his mother “mama” for the first time.
App State’s NRLP awarded $1.1M-plus in grant funding for Payne Branch restoration project
July 16, 2020
Thanks to a second awarded grant, Appalachian’s New River Light and Power has received more than $1.1 million to complete an environmental restoration project at the site of the Payne Branch dam on New River. The work will begin the week of July 20.
Learning in the High Country — beyond the classroom
July 15, 2020
Western North Carolina’s High Country region is rich with economic and environmental ecosystems, and its peaks and valleys create a living laboratory for exploration, research and fun. Read on to learn about the abundant opportunities the university’s regional setting affords Mountaineers.
New River Light and Power encourages customers to schedule services online in advance
July 15, 2020
Due to concerns related to COVID-19, Appalachian State University’s New River Light and Power (NRLP) is asking new customers and customers transferring service this summer to use its online forms to schedule a connection and/or disconnection in advance.