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  • Never a dull moment — Appalachian alumnus claims satisfaction in his first post-graduation job
    Never a dull moment — Appalachian alumnus claims satisfaction in his first post-graduation job
    March 18, 2019

    Appalachian alumnus Mark Janke ’18 says he enjoys the variety in his job with National General Insurance — “plus, the people I work with are fun and supportive.”

  • GAIT alumna presses on in her career by networking with fellow Mountaineers
    GAIT alumna presses on in her career by networking with fellow Mountaineers
    March 18, 2019

    Taylor Coggins enjoys interaction with customers — and fellow Mountaineers — in her workplace at Salem One, a printing, direct marketing, packaging and logistics company headquartered in Winston-Salem.

  • From volunteer to director — Appalachian alumna forges a career and makes a difference
    From volunteer to director — Appalachian alumna forges a career and makes a difference
    March 18, 2019

    Appalachian alumna Heather Canipe uses her degree in social work to serve youth in the High Country.

  • Appalachian alumnus counts a career in his Ashe County hometown as a plus
    Appalachian alumnus counts a career in his Ashe County hometown as a plus
    March 18, 2019

    As a staff accountant for SkyLine, alumnus Luke Eggers’ satisfaction with his job goes beyond the numbers.

  • From part-time repairs to CEO — Appalachian alumna followed a logical path to lead SkyLine Membership Corp.
    From part-time repairs to CEO — Appalachian alumna followed a logical path to lead SkyLine Membership Corp.
    March 18, 2019

    Logic and reasoning skills learned while pursuing a mathematics degree at Appalachian State University led this alumna on a path from part-time repairs to CEO.

  • New director named for Appalachian’s Interprofessional Clinic
    New director named for Appalachian’s Interprofessional Clinic
    March 12, 2019

    Appalachian alumnus Bryan Belcher ’97 has been appointed director of the Beaver College of Health Sciences Interprofessional Clinic. The clinic enables students to learn important skills while providing needed services to the community.

  • Registering success: Appalachian’s SDAP partners with technology firm ECRS
    Registering success: Appalachian’s SDAP partners with technology firm ECRS
    March 6, 2019

    Appalachian Scholars with Diverse Abilities learn real-life career skills through a partnership with Boone-based technology company ECRS.

  • Local business ECRS establishes new scholarship program for Appalachian computer science students
    Local business ECRS establishes new scholarship program for Appalachian computer science students
    March 1, 2019

    Over the next four years, ECR Software Corporation (ECRS) will award $176,000 in total scholarship support to eight undergraduate and two graduate students in Appalachian’s Department of Computer Science.

  • Setzer named executive director of national alumni and parent engagement for Appalachian State University
    Setzer named executive director of national alumni and parent engagement for Appalachian State University
    March 1, 2019

    Appalachian alumnus Patrick Setzer ’90 ’98 will assume his new role April 1. Setzer, who has been employed at Appalachian since 1990, has served as executive director of alumni affairs for Appalachian since 2010.

  • NPS funds Appalachian survey of WNS-affected bats in Blue Ridge Parkway area
    NPS funds Appalachian survey of WNS-affected bats in Blue Ridge Parkway area
    Feb. 22, 2019

    The survey, conducted in fall 2018 by Dr. Mark Spond, Appalachian’s liaison to the National Park Service, investigated the distribution and extent of white-nose syndrome in the southern Appalachian Mountains.

  • Adam Campbell ’18 covers all things sound at Campbell University
    Adam Campbell ’18 covers all things sound at Campbell University
    Feb. 12, 2019

    Campbell credits Appalachian’s music industry studies program for his ability to handle a plethora of tasks — from running sound at sporting events to recording concerts — as an audiovisual technician at Campbell University.

  • 12 Appalachian invitees to serve in Peace Corps in 2019
    12 Appalachian invitees to serve in Peace Corps in 2019
    Feb. 7, 2019

    Appalachian’s invitees will each serve in one of six different work sectors — agriculture, community economic development, education, environment, health, and youth in development — in 10 countries located on four continents around the globe.

  • School psychology alumnae, faculty member receive top awards from the NCSPA
    School psychology alumnae, faculty member receive top awards from the NCSPA
    Feb. 7, 2019

    Appalachian alumnae Jennifer Reilly ’09 and Amy Lowder ’03, along with psychology professor Dr. Jim Deni, received the NCSPA’s 2018 Practitioner of the Year and Innovative Practice awards and Lifetime Achievement Award, respectively.

  • FEMA Administrator Brock Long and Appalachian professor Dr. Shea Tuberty on resiliency
    FEMA Administrator Brock Long and Appalachian professor Dr. Shea Tuberty on resiliency
    Feb. 5, 2019

    What happens when the FEMA administrator and a water quality expert and biology professor start talking about resiliency and the effects of climate change? The discussion moves from what it's like being on the front lines of America's worst disasters, to the interplay of environmental, social and economic resiliency, to how Appalachian is cultivating resilient students.

  • Locally and globally, Lane Bailey ’87 ’89 works to improve communities
    Locally and globally, Lane Bailey ’87 ’89 works to improve communities
    Jan. 28, 2019

    Bailey, city manager of Salisbury, recently traveled to Tanzania to work with district governments on a range of issues. His international involvement represents Appalachian’s emphasis on global learning.

  • Anna Ulery ’04 captures fun moments in her career as a professional photographer
    Anna Ulery ’04 captures fun moments in her career as a professional photographer
    Jan. 24, 2019

    Appalachian professors mentored and encouraged her. Now, Anna Ulery ’04 owns and operates her own photo booth business in the High Country.

  • Pritzker Fellow to collaborate with community on development of early childhood programs
    Pritzker Fellow to collaborate with community on development of early childhood programs
    Jan. 18, 2019

    Crystal Kelly ’00 ’09, Pritzker Fellow and Appalachian alumna, will direct efforts to build a coordinated, early childhood system and local financing stream for early childhood initiatives in Watauga County.

  • Lauren Boop ’12 joins 2018–19 National Humanities Center Teacher Advisory Council
    Lauren Boop ’12 joins 2018–19 National Humanities Center Teacher Advisory Council
    Jan. 18, 2019

    Boop, who graduated as a Teaching Fellow from Appalachian in 2012, is one of 15 members appointed to the 2018–19 National Humanities Center Teacher Advisory Council.

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