Topic: Awards and Honors

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Appalachian leads with distinction toward carbon neutrality
May 4, 2018
Appalachian State University has received a Mark of Distinction from Second Nature, which recognizes the university’s goals toward achieving carbon neutrality.
Appalachian Board of Trustees confers faculty emeriti status, promotions and tenure
May 4, 2018
A total of 26 individuals received faculty emeriti status while 59 others received promotion and/or tenure.
Appalachian’s Joseph Gonzalez receives Excellence in Teaching Award
May 3, 2018
Appalachian’s Joseph Gonzalez, associate professor in the Department of Cultural, Gender and Global Studies, receives UNC Board of Governors award established to both emphasize the importance of and support excellence in teaching.
Joseph Bathanti awarded McFarlane Family Distinguished Professorship in Appalachian’s Watauga Residential College
May 2, 2018
Joseph Bathanti, writer-in-residence in Appalachian’s Watauga Residential College (WRC), will teach full time in the WRC as the inaugural McFarlane Family Distinguished Professor in Interdisciplinary Education.
Appalachian’s Lynne Waugh wins 2018 Durham Freshman Advocate Award
May 1, 2018
Lynne Waugh — executive director of academic advising in Appalachian’s University College — was recognized for her contributions to improving the freshman experience at Appalachian with the 2018 Durham Freshman Advocate Award.
Shelf Unbound names ‘Train Wreck Earth’ a 2018 Best Independently Published Book
May 1, 2018
E-magazine Shelf Unbound recognizes “Train Wreck Earth” among its top 100 Best Indie Books of 2018. Appalachian Professor Emeritus Dr. Harvard Ayers co-authored the novel, which addresses climate change.
Appalachian’s Dr. Twila Wingrove named director of research data analysis
April 19, 2018
On March 19, Appalachian professor Dr. Twila Wingrove began serving as the director of research data analysis in Appalachian’s Office of Research.
Appalachian junior awarded Critical Language Scholarship
April 19, 2018
Appalachian State University junior Logan Cleary, an English major, will travel to Hikone, Japan, this summer to study abroad through the Critical Language Scholarship Japanese Program.
Appalachian’s Adam Julian receives Fulbright Scholar Program award
April 12, 2018
Appalachian State University’s Adam Julian will participate in an International Education Administrators (IEA) seminar in Japan this upcoming summer as part of a Fulbright Scholar Program award.
UNC Board of Governors Names 2018 Awards for Excellence in Teaching Recipients
The University of North Carolina System
April 5, 2018
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has selected outstanding University faculty members to receive the 2018 Awards for Excellence in Teaching. The 17 recipients, who represent all 16 of North Carolina’s public universities as well as the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, were nominated by special committees based on their home campuses and were selected by the Board of Governors’ Committee on Personnel and Tenure.
Appalachian’s Lauren Woods recognized with ACS Outreach Volunteer of the Year Award
March 29, 2018
The American Chemical Society has recognized the volunteer and outreach efforts of Appalachian’s Dr. Lauren Woods, lecturer of chemistry. Woods has organized several chemistry-related activities and events for the Appalachian Community.
Appalachian’s Jim Denniston named American Council on Education Fellow
March 23, 2018
Dr. Jim Denniston, professor of psychology at Appalachian, has been named to the American Council on Education Fellow Program’s Class of 2018-19.
Association of College and Research Libraries recognizes Appalachian librarian
March 21, 2018
Allan Scherlen, professor and social sciences librarian at Appalachian, is the recipient of the 2018 Marta Lange/SAGE-CQ Press Award for his contributions to bibliography and information service in political science.
Appalachian’s Krista Terry named 2018 UNC System Academic Affairs Faculty Fellow
March 16, 2018
The University of North Carolina System has named Appalachian professor Krista Terry as a 2018 Faculty Fellow in its Division of Academic Affairs.
Appalachian Senior awarded Critical Language Scholarship
March 14, 2018
Shannon Wells, Appalachian senior and winner of a Critical Language Scholarship, will travel to Hikone, Japan, this summer to participate in a language and cultural immersion program for American students.
Dr. Jesse Lutabingwa awarded Reciprocal Exchange as part of Mandela Washington Fellowship
March 6, 2018
Appalachian’s Dr. Jesse Lutabingwa, a Reciprocal Exchange Award-winner, will travel to Nigeria in April to conduct two grant writing workshops with 2017 Mandela Washington Fellow Dr. Segun Fatudimu.
Chancellor’s Appalachian Innovation Scholars Program announces 2018 winners
Feb. 28, 2018
For the second year in a row, Chancellor Sheri Everts’ Appalachian Innovation Scholars Program awards five Appalachian faculty members up to $10,000 each for their innovative proposals.
Maine Basketball Hall of Fame inducts Appalachian’s Barbara Krause
Feb. 21, 2018
Barbara Krause, former Duke University basketball star and deputy general counsel at Appalachian, is one of 22 inductees welcomed into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018.