Topic: Alumni

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Link family of 5 named Appalachian’s 2018 Family of the Year
Oct. 24, 2018
Allie Link, a senior communication, public relations major and one of five members of the Link family, credits her father, Appalachian alumnus Jeff Link ’90, for instilling her family with a love of Appalachian.
At Appalachian, Graham Sloboda ’17 learned to wear many hats — and he still does
Oct. 19, 2018
Having completed Appalachian’s music industry studies program with a concentration in recording and production, Sloboda said he “wouldn’t have traded it for any other.”
Whistle while you work
Winston-Salem native Tim Nestor retires from 22-year ACC basketball officiating career
Winston-Salem Journal
Oct. 13, 2018
What started as a way for Tim Nestor to make some extra cash while he was a student, active in intramural sports at Appalachian State, turned into a 30-year career — most of which has run congruently with another career.
Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley receives Appalachian Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award
Oct. 11, 2018
The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was recognized during Appalachian’s Homecoming Week 2018 for his work, service and philanthropy.
Brock Long receives Appalachian Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award
Oct. 11, 2018
The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was recognized during Appalachian’s Homecoming Week 2018 for his work, service and philanthropy.
Carole Wilson receives Appalachian Alumni Association’s Outstanding Service Award
Oct. 11, 2018
The Appalachian Board of Trustees member was recognized during Homecoming Week 2018 for her work, service and philanthropy to the university.
David English receives Appalachian Alumni Association’s Young Alumni Award
Oct. 11, 2018
North Carolina School of the Arts’ executive vice chancellor and provost was recognized during Appalachian’s Homecoming Week 2018 for his work, service and philanthropy.
Appalachian Community celebrates NPHC Plots and Garden with ribbon-cutting and unveiling ceremony
Oct. 5, 2018
Recently opened on the Appalachian campus, the National Pan-Hellenic Council Plots and Garden give alumni and current members of African-American Greek organizations that compose “The Divine Nine” a location for reflection and celebration.
Appalachian’s 2018 Homecoming
Oct. 2, 2018
See images from Homecoming 2018's “Cirque du Appalachian,” including the parade, APPtoberfest, unveiling of the NPHC Plots and Garden and more.
Trailblazing athletes: App State honors 50th anniversary of women's varsity sports
Watauga Democrat
Sep. 26, 2018
In recognizing the thousands of women who played varsity sports over the years, Appalachian honored the trailblazers of women’s intercollegiate varsity sports with a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 21. The ceremony was for the current and former student-athletes in women’s field hockey, track and field, cross country, volleyball, soccer, tennis, golf, basketball, softball, cheer and the discontinued varsity sports of gymnastics, swimming and rifle.
Carol Almond set early standards for App State women's basketball
Watauga Democrat
Sep. 22, 2018
Appalachian State’s athletic department celebrated 50 years of women’s athletics at the university on Sept. 21 with the Appalachian Trailblazers dinner. The first program founded was the field hockey team, but the team did not grab all of the early milestones. Carol Almond can attest to that.
Why does FEMA’s Brock Long take Florence so seriously? Because he remembers Hugo.
The News & Observer
Sep. 12, 2018
For North Carolina native and Appalachian alumnus Brock Long ’97 ’99, Hurricane Florence is personal. Long, who grew up in Newton, was 14 in 1989 the night Hurricane Hugo swept in, toppling trees and damaging buildings.
‘Nothing to play with:’ FEMA chief’s Hurricane Florence alarm draws on vivid memories of Hugo
The Washington Post
Sep. 11, 2018
Hugo “came right over my house,” says Brock Long ’97 ’99, who grew up in Newton, N.C. The FEMA administrator, and Appalachian alumnus, says Hurricane Florence may be even more dangerous.
The graduate experience: conferences, collaboration and scaling the Andes
Aug. 16, 2018
As a graduate student studying geography at Appalachian, Heather Guy did fieldwork in the remote Andes in Peru and Bolivia — far removed from her prior days spent in front of a computer screen.
Apples, Australia and vaccines
Appalachian alumni take different paths to careers in fermentation
Aug. 6, 2018
Three alumni from Appalachian’s fermentation sciences program demonstrate the diversity and versatility of career options open to students.
Cafe Appalachia: Locally sourced menu bringing hope to formerly addicted
WOWK-TV
July 23, 2018
Cafe Appalachia, in South Charleston, W.Va., is just as innovative, as the menu is delicious. With a pay what you can, farm to table, format, the open kitchen is staffed with folks who are recovering from addiction. Cheryl Laws modeled the cafe after one that she spent much of her time in while she was getting her master’s degree from Appalachian State University.
Alumnus Craig Phillips ’93 works to restore musical legacy of The Revelers
July 17, 2018
An attic stash of more than 500 unpublished song arrangements allows Craig Phillips ’93 to revive the groundbreaking work of the 1920s singing group.
4 Appalachian alumni inducted into the Reich College of Education Rhododendron Society
July 13, 2018
Appalachian alumni Diana Beasley ’11, John Bost ’70 ’85 ’89, Daron “Chip” Buckwell ’82 ’83 and Mary Hazel Farthing Mast ’80 are the newest members of the Rhododendron Society.