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2 App State students receive awards for creative poetry, prose on life amid COVID-19
July 29, 2020
Appalachian senior Abigail Miles and alumna Barclay Ann Blankenship ’20 are the recipients of Appalachian’s inaugural David Hodgin English Award. They will each receive a $350 scholarship and their creative works will be published in Appalachian’s literary journal, Cold Mountain Review.
‘A history told by the people’: ‘Junaluska: Oral Histories’ features Boone’s historic Black community
Watauga Democrat
July 21, 2020
Appalachian’s Belk Library and Information Commons hosted an online book talk on “Junaluska: Oral Histories of a Black Appalachian Community,” a collection of narratives from Boone’s historically Black community edited by Dr. Susan Keefe. The retired Department of Anthropology professor worked closely with the community since the 1970s.
App State art professor awarded fellowship for book on spatial history of British colonial prisons in India
July 13, 2020
Appalachian art professor Dr. Mira Rai Waits has been named a 2020 American Council of Learned Societies Fellow for her book project “Colonial Carcerality: The Birth of the Modern Prison in India,” which explores the spatial history of British colonial prisons in India.
Changing up the beat — App State music classes adapt to an online score
June 30, 2020
Faculty and students in Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music adapted to online classes — experiencing music education in new creative ways.
Following My Grandmother's Footsteps to Loretta Lynn's Ranch [faculty featured]
Southern Living
June 25, 2020
Caleb Johnson, a visiting assistant professor of creative writing in the Department of English, has published this first-person account of retracing his grandmother’s route to her favorite place on earth — a year after her death in the car she left to him.
Life in the fast lane for App State student
June 12, 2020
Angela Gantkowski is a marketing major with a concentration in digital marketing ¬— and a driver in the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA). She was the runner-up in the PDRA World Finals during her first season in 2018 and was recently featured in the magazine Drag Illustrated.
Larimer Field [faculty featured]
Pittsburgh Quarterly
June 1, 2020
Creative writing professor Josepth Bathanti’s poem “Larimer Field,” about Little Leaguers, is this issue's pick for PQ Poem feature. Bathanti is Appalachian State University’s McFarlane Family Distinguished Professor in Interdisciplinary Education and a former North Carolina poet laureate.
Geological and Environmental Sciences faculty publish culminating research paper on ancient human footprints found in Tanzania
The footprints give clues to human social behavior tens of thousands of years ago
May 15, 2020
Two faculty members in Appalachian’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences have published a culminating article about ancient human footprints in the journal Scientific Reports after a decade of research. The footprints give clues to human social behavior tens of thousands of years ago.
Off-loom and online — App State art professor creatively approaches studio class
May 8, 2020
A move to online instruction due to COVID-19 prompted Appalachian art professor Jeana Klein and her students to think outside the loom regarding materials used in their weaving projects. Horsehair and ladies’ tights are among some of the unconventional items used.
Netflix shows like 'Too Hot to Handle' and 'Love Is Blind' offer more stereotypes than insights [faculty op-ed]
NBC News
May 8, 2020
In this opinion piece, Appalachian sociologist Dr. Ellen Lamont — author of “The Mating Game: How Gender Still Shapes How We Date” — reviews two new shows and the images they offer of love.
App State seniors pivot to finish movie production while socially distanced
May 8, 2020
The original, student-produced movie “Where You Should Be” follows four Appalachian broadcasting students and the uncertainty they face with graduation looming. Read how the movie’s creators — three graduating Appalachian seniors — finished the movie in the face of COVID-19 restrictions.
Local author uses art to help teach kids during pandemic [program mentioned]
WSOC
May 8, 2020
Tyler LeBlanc, an alumnus of Appalachian State University’s Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program, is featured in this television segment that highlights his puppets and their messages for children regarding how to stay safe and process their emotions during COVID-19.
App State business writing students help hometown communities through class project
April 29, 2020
An Appalachian State University faculty member has turned her students’ final class project into an opportunity to help their local communities during COVID-19.
App State librarian selects 50th annual Coretta Scott King Book Awards winners as CSK juror
April 29, 2020
As one of seven members chosen to serve on the Coretta Scott King (CSK) Book Awards Jury, Appalachian librarian Jewel Davis is responsible for helping select CSK Book Awards winners — awards recognizing the artistic expression of the black experience through literary and graphic arts.
App State sophomore wins top prize in 2019–20 Otto Zenke Student Design Competition
April 23, 2020
Sophomore Isaac Wood, an interior design major at Appalachian, has won the top prize — a $1,000 scholarship — in the 2019–20 Otto Zenke Student Design Competition for North and South Carolina students. Appalachian’s applied design program received a matching $1,000 prize.
App State’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts creates opportunities to engage with the arts at home
April 21, 2020
Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts provides online access to its exhibitions and programming to engage the Appalachian and greater communities.
With Empty Campuses, College Radio Stations Face Uphill Battle During Coronavirus [student quoted]
Billboard
April 20, 2020
While a third of the nation’s college stations aren’t operating during COVID-19, student station manager Nate Saunders says Appalachian's radio station 90.5 WASU FM is running strong.
Appalachian State University Students Sing 'The Song of Purple Summer' in Lieu of Cancelled Production of SPRING AWAKENING
Broadway World
April 11, 2020
In honor of their cancelled production of “Spring Awakening,” students from Appalachian State University put together a video of themselves singing The Song of Purple Summer.

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