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‘The High Country Meets the Middle Kingdom’
Appalachian’s STARTALK Program immerses students in Chinese language, culture
May 7, 2019
Through the three-week program at Appalachian, 20 students from regional high schools will explore Chinese language and culture in and beyond a structured classroom setting.
Appalachian awarded funding for second STARTALK Program — an immersion in Chinese language, culture
May 7, 2019
The three-week program — to take place July 8–26 on Appalachian’s campus — is open to rising ninth through 12th grade students in the High Country area with limited or no previous exposure to Chinese.
Learn a language, expand your worldview
Q&A with Dr. Wendy Xie
May 7, 2019
Appalachian’s Dr. Wendy Xie teaches Chinese. She talks about the value and importance of learning another language.
Promotions, tenure and emeriti status granted to 64 Appalachian faculty
May 7, 2019
During its March 29 meeting, the Appalachian State University Board of Trustees conferred emeriti status on 10 individuals and approved the promotion and/or tenure of 54 additional faculty members.
Dr. Cameron Gokee awarded NSF grant to conduct archaeological research in Bandafassi — a West African ‘shatter zone’
May 6, 2019
Gokee will spend the next two academic years leading archaeological research in the Bandafassi region of eastern Senegal to study how the Atlantic slave trade impacted social life in this West African “shatter zone.”
Intertwining triple majors open the door to a doctorate for Appalachian graduating senior
May 6, 2019
A childhood passion for Pokémon led this graduating senior’s path toward Asian studies and comparative literature.
First-Hand Look at Next-Gen Talent
PAVE Student Design Challenge winners to be showcased at booth
Retail Environments
May 6, 2019
This year’s Planning and Visual Education Partnership (PAVE) booth will give RetailX attendees fresh insight into the future talent of our industry. Students from University of Minnesota, Bellevue College, Appalachian State University, and the Fashion Institute of Technology will be partnering with suppliers such as Stylmark, S-Cube, Grand + Benedicts, and Trimco LLC to bring their designs to life.
Appalachian announces winners of 22nd Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors
May 3, 2019
Undergraduates Bryson Honeycutt, Carly Maas and John Stevens IV, along with graduate students Amelia Bruce, Liz Derrick and Tom Hastings, were recognized as the winners of the celebration’s 10th Student Poster Competition.
Pham Phights for Phit Phoods — nutrition student to promote AppEats on Instagram
May 3, 2019
Appalachian junior Lisa Pham, a public health and nutrition and foods double major, promotes healthy eating and AppEats — a virtual cookbook offering healthy and relatively inexpensive recipes designed for easy preparation in a dorm or small kitchen.
National search yields Dr. Ece Karatan as Appalachian’s vice provost for research
May 3, 2019
Karatan, who has served as interim vice provost of research at Appalachian since August 2018, will assume her permanent appointment July 1.
Appalachian sets new record with 4 Fulbright U.S. Student Program finalists
April 30, 2019
Appalachian alumni Megan Holt-Smith ’15 ’16, John Kennedy ’16 and Emma Labovitz ’18, along with senior psychology major Caroline Webb, will use their Fulbright awards to study, conduct research and teach abroad during the 2019–20 academic year.
Health care in a rural setting
Nursing students gain real-world experience through Appalachian–Ashe Memorial Hospital partnership
April 29, 2019
An NCAHEC-funded partnership with Ashe Memorial Hospital is providing Appalachian nursing students with on-site, clinical experience in providing basic health care services to patients from underserved, rural communities.
Librarians Defeating ALS
Making a difference with information
American Libraries Magazine
April 29, 2019
May is ALS Awareness Month, and librarians are well positioned to make a difference in the fight against this disease. I should know—I am dean of libraries at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, and I have ALS.
Dana Paran winning hearts at Asia CrossFit Championship for overcoming serious setback
South China Morning Post
April 28, 2019
Paran, who is currently a coach at Cobra Command (she has her L1 certificate), a CrossFit box in Basehor, Kansas, said her original sport was basketball as she pursued a D1 scholarship at Appalachian State University. After burning out, she resorted to bodybuilding until she discovered CrossFit in December of 2015. Paran said initially she wasn’t sold on the sport.
Finding the passion in ‘Burn This’ on Broadway
Hollywood SOAPBOX
April 28, 2019
Furr remembers reading “Burn This,” a 1980s play, when he was a student at Appalachian State University in the early 1990s. It’s a monologue-rich show, and back when he was a student Furr was in search of a piece for an audition.
Future teachers visit Hickory Public Schools
Hickory Daily Record
April 27, 2019
More than a dozen students from Appalachian State University visited Hickory Public Schools recently. As future educators, they were welcomed with enthusiasm from district speakers including HPS Superintendent Robbie Adell, Chairman of the HPS Board of Education Bryan Graham, Grandview Middle School Principal Jennifer Griffin, HPS Personnel Officer Tracy Sigmon, and HPS Director of Communications Beverly Snowden.
Appalachian appoints Dr. Jacqui Bergman as vice provost for faculty affairs
April 26, 2019
Bergman, who has served as interim vice provost for faculty affairs since July 2018, will assume her permanent appointment to the role July 1.
Aspiring Eagle Scout enhances Academy at Middle Fork grounds
April 26, 2019
Appalachian’s Academy at Middle Fork received an outdoor learning space and campus beautification as part of a youth’s path to achieving his Eagle Scout rank.