Appalachian student veteran Jake Keller ’17, who will deploy overseas to Iraq in March, recognized three Hayes School of Music faculty members with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Patriot Award.

Discussion series of “Blurred Boundaries: The Experience of War and Its Aftermath” announces spring 2018 offerings to take place on Appalachian State University’s campus during February, March and April 2018.

“The Rise of the Sharing Economy: Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of Collaborative Consumption,” co-authored by Pia Albinsson, marketing professor at Appalachian, and B. Yasanthi Perera, explores collaborative consumption and the rise of the ‘sharing economy.’

Black Mountain College Semester 2018 at Appalachian explores sustaining culture of place through various events offered on the university’s campus and at the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum.

The University Singers from Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music have been selected to perform at the American Choral Directors Association’s southern regional conference in Louisville, Kentucky.

Simon & Schuster announces the publication of “Small Treasons,” the fifth novel by Mark Powell, assistant professor of creative writing and contemporary fiction in Appalachian's Department of English. “Small Treasons” tells the story of an American marriage on the verge of rupture, spinning an all-too-current tale of the world we live in and the world we fear—and how we may not be able to tell the two apart.