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Appalachian State Head Coach Dustin Kerns Featured in Interview on the Jim Rome Show [staff featured]
High Country Press
March 17, 2021
Prior to App State’s appearance in the 2021 NCAA playoffs, men’s basketball head coach Dustin Kerns was a guest on the Jim Rome Show on CBS Sports to talk about building a winning program.
Batter up — Boone Bigfoots to play on App State’s Beaver Field
March 11, 2021
Nonprofit Boone Bigfoots has partnered with App State Athletics to bring summer baseball to the High Country — and provide support for athletic scholarships. A member of the Textile League, the team will play its home games on Beaver Field at App State’s Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium.
Giving back to the community: One App State student’s idea to brighten older adults’ lives through art
Feb. 23, 2021
As part of her internship with Appalachian Brian Estates, App State senior Mary Carver Deal is engaging the facility’s older adults in a colorful mural project — one taking shape right outside their windows. Learn how Deal, along with other App State students and Dementia Awareness Club members, is bringing joy to the residents’ lives amid COVID.
Renowned drummer Shirazette Tinnin ’02 shares the rhythm of her life
Q&A with an App State alumna about her journey toward a professional music career in NYC
Feb. 17, 2021
In this Q&A, App State alumna Shirazette Tinnin ’02 shares details about her life as a professional musician in New York City, some of her experiences as a Mountaineer, the trials she has encountered and the lessons she has learned along the way.
Find your Sustain Ability: Dr. Rajat Panwar
Feb. 15, 2021
On this Find Your Sustain Ability, App State associate professor Dr. Rajat Panwar discusses his lifelong work in sustainable business management and his journey as a sustainability researcher — from his home country of India, to a Buddhist monastery in the Himalayas, to App State's campus. Listen in to learn more.
App State receives grant support for operations related to virtual performing arts programming
Feb. 10, 2021
App State has received grant funding from the North Carolina Arts Council to support operations of the Schaefer Center and its virtual performing arts programming — including live remote events, live-streamed performances and recorded content — amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
App State virtually hosts 4 acclaimed authors for spring 2021 Visiting Writers Series
Feb. 3, 2021
Four award-winning authors — Anna Deavere Smith, Charles Dodd White, Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle and Carter Sickels — will pay a virtual visit to App State this spring as part of the university’s Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. Novelists White, Clapsaddle and Sickels will read from their work and give talks on the craft of writing, and playwright Smith will give a storytelling presentation.
What’s new on the menu at App State?
Campus Dining launches fresh options aimed at increasing variety and customization
Feb. 2, 2021
App State’s Campus Dining has launched new initiatives, including fresh menu items and made-to-order options.
A virtual stage keeps App State arts patrons, students entertained — from a distance
Feb. 1, 2021
App State’s Department of Theatre and Dance will offer a variety of virtual performing arts events during the spring 2021 semester to help keep campus and local community members safe during the pandemic.
Schaffels commit to $1 million matching gift for An Appalachian Summer Festival
Jan. 22, 2021
Nancy and Neil Schaffel and the Murar Foundation have made a $1 million matching gift to the endowment for Appalachian State University’s An Appalachian Summer Festival. The gift will support the festival’s music, dance, theater, film and visual arts programming.
App State alumnus produces news to keep Kentuckians informed
Jan. 21, 2021
As a news producer at Spectrum News 1 in Louisville, Kentucky, App State alumnus John Park ’20 uses the skills he learned at App State to create news programs.
App State senior awarded spring 2021 Rogers and Janice Whitener Scholarship for creative writing
Jan. 15, 2021
App State’s Zöe Benfield, a senior English–creative writing major, is the spring 2021 recipient of the Rogers and Janice Whitener Scholarship, which recognizes performance in creative writing for a majoring student, as well as active, positive citizenship in all courses, including those in creative writing.
Magical moments in hospitality brought Hedrick to App State
Jan. 11, 2021
Disney magic inspired Sam Hedrick to transfer to App State, where she is majoring in hospitality and tourism management and building skills and experience for her future career.
A return ‘home’ for The Appalachian News Adviser Allison Bennett Dyche
Jan. 11, 2021
Allison Bennett Dyche, news adviser for App State’s student newspaper, The Appalachian, returned to App State a month prior to Election Day after serving four years as director of student media at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dyche previously worked as App State’s assistant director for student media.
Find Your Sustain Ability: U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
Dec. 23, 2020
Join App State Chief Sustainability Officer Lee Ball and guest U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, of New Mexico, as they discuss issues around the climate crisis — what Heinrich calls "the challenge of our time" — on this new episode of Find Your Sustain Ability. Topics range from the new generation of environmentalists and the parallels between COVID-19 and climate, to the landmark passage of the Great American Outdoors Act, which will permanently fund infrastructure and facilities repairs and upgrades on national parks and other federal lands.
‘Momager’ for hire: An App State Mountaineer’s company serves young performers in LA
Dec. 21, 2020
App State alumna JoCinda Benjamin ’94 owns a company that provides concierge services to parents of child performers in Hollywood.
Black, gold — and white: App State's first accumulating snowfall of 2020 blankets campus
Dec. 3, 2020
App State students, faculty and staff were treated to a winter wonderland Tuesday, Dec. 1, as Boone received its first accumulating snowfall of the season. Check out this photo gallery to experience the black and gold campus dressed in white.
App State professors explore an environmental perspective on the Civil War
Dec. 2, 2020
App State professors Dr. Judkin Browning and Dr. Timothy Silver have co-authored a book that reevaluates the Civil War from a perspective focused on the environment. “An Environmental History of the Civil War” was published by the University of North Carolina Press in February.