Topic: Alumni

To date, App State has received more than $2 million in support from Scottish Rite organizations, which has benefited clinics, scholarships and programs related to communication disorders and reading education.

App State’s Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program (SDAP) — an inclusive college experience designed for students with intellectual disabilities — celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. It will expand to a four-year program option in fall 2023.

Inspired by his daughter’s positive experience at a speech therapy camp, alumnus Dr. Ed Rankin ’79, along with his wife, Thuy Le, donated funding to App State to support a similar program at the university — it will be the first summer camp of its kind in North Carolina.

Graduates of the Appalachian Police Officer Development Program at App State — who are now employed with agencies across North Carolina — reflect on how the program prepared them to enter the workforce.

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has ranked App State No. 1 in its “Top 50 Alma Maters by Total Number of NBCTs” list for the sixth consecutive year. App State leads the nation for the number of National Board Certified Teachers — 2,211.

Preparing students to become engaged global citizens is at the heart of App State’s mission. Meet six international Mountaineers who have found career success through their App State Experience.

App State named eight Beaver College of Health Sciences students as Beaver Scholars for the 2021–22 academic year. The scholarship — established in 2019 by App State alumnus Don Beaver ’62 ’64 and his wife, Vickie Beaver, the couple for whom the college is named — provides support to North Carolina students with a commitment to health care careers.

The Hatley Pavilion, which encompasses a west-side turf area at the stadium’s north end zone facility, has been named in recognition of a $500,000 TowneBank Foundation gift to App State Athletics in honor of Robert “Bob” Hatley ’72.