Topic: Awards and Honors

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Chancellor’s Scholars study in Ireland during fall break
Oct. 10, 2016
The 10 newest Chancellor’s Scholarship recipients at Appalachian State University will study abroad in Dublin, Ireland in October 2016.
Susan M. Branch ’99
Distinguished Young Alumna
Oct. 6, 2016
According to Branch, a successful attorney who serves on the university’s Board of Trustees, “I took advantage of everything Appalachian had to offer.”
Appalachian State University Board of Trustees elects new officers, passes resolution supporting underrepresented students
Oct. 6, 2016
Vice Chair Alice G. Roess is the new chair of the board, James M. Barnes is now vice chair, and John M. Blackburn replaced Barnes as the board’s secretary.
Mikayla Sage and Cameron Small are winners of Appalachian’s 2016 ECRS Computer Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship scholarships
Oct. 4, 2016
Both Sage and Small are first-year computer science majors. Each receives a $4,000 per year scholarship in addition to $500 each year for materials such as software or a computer application for research, which the ECRS scholarship promotes.
Faculty and alumna of Appalachian’s Department of Communication benefit from being named Kopenhaver Fellows
Oct. 4, 2016
The three faculty are Heather Paige Preston, Dr. Newly Paul and Dr. Mildred “Mimi” Perreault. The alumna is Dr. Jennifer Brannock Cox.
Educators inducted into Reich College of Education Rhododendron Society
Oct. 4, 2016
The inductees were Dr. Kim Blackburn-Morrison ’93 ’10, Bob M. Mauldin ’61 and Dawn B. Wooten ’89.
Appalachian State University professor Joseph Bathanti receives the North Carolina Award for Literature
Sep. 24, 2016
Appalachian’s Joseph Bathanti, professor of creative writing and poet, novelist and essayist, receives the North Carolina Award for Literature.
Reck receives AAUP Chapter’s Academic Freedom Award
Sep. 19, 2016
Dr. Gregory G. Reck, a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Appalachian State University, has received the 2016 Award for Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance from the university’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
Chancellor’s Academic Leadership Development Program graduates inaugural class, starts with 10 more participants for 2016-17
Sep. 14, 2016
The Chancellor’s Academic Leadership Development Program graduated its inaugural class of nine participants. A class of 10 more individuals is already underway in 2016-17.
Preparing for Appalachian’s future
The Chancellor’s Academic Leadership Development Program graduated its inaugural class of nine participants. A class of 14 more individuals is already underway in 2016-17.
Sep. 14, 2016
The Chancellor’s Academic Leadership Development Program graduated its inaugural class of nine participants. A class of 14 more individuals is already underway in 2016-17.
Six faculty excellence award winners recognized
Sep. 9, 2016
Six members of Appalachian State University’s faculty were honored with excellence in teaching awards at the university’s opening meeting for faculty and staff for the fall semester.
Appalachian staff members recognized for dedication, excellence
Sep. 9, 2016
During Appalachian State University’s opening meeting for faculty and staff for the fall semester on Friday, Aug. 26, four members of the university’s staff were recognized with awards recognizing their exemplary service, commitment, collegiality and leadership to the university community.
Five additional scholars receive prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, increasing Appalachian’s number of Gilman Scholars to eight
Aug. 31, 2016
The Gilman International Scholarship program aims to diversify the population of students who study and intern abroad and the countries and regions they visit.
Michael McNally named director of North Carolina Center for Engineering Technologies
Aug. 26, 2016
The center’s 55,000 square-foot facility, located in Hickory, provides facilities for applied research in engineering-related fields and serves as a conduit to baccalaureate education delivered by institutions in the the University of North Carolina system.
Six students honored with Wilson Scholarship
They are ‘passionate about service’ and ‘dedicated to understanding the world around them’
Aug. 24, 2016
Six incoming students earned the Wilson Scholarship this year, Appalachian’s most prestigious merit-based scholarship. Selected on academic achievements, service and leadership, these students are passionately engaged!
Wilson Scholars – service and sustainability education in Costa Rica
Aug. 24, 2016
Learn about the 2016 Wilson Scholars’ upcoming sustainability education trip to Costa Rica’s Monteverde Institute.
Appalachian’s solar vehicle team places third in the Formula Sun Grand Prix
July 28, 2016
Appalachian State University’s solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, has taken third place in the Formula Sun Grand Prix at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum, Pennsylvania. Under heavy cloud cover and some rain, the team completed the race on July 28 with a total of 414 laps.
Appalachian alumna named N.C. French Teacher of the Year
July 14, 2016
Laura Parker, a 2011 graduate of Appalachian State University’s Master of Arts program in romance languages, was recently named the North Carolina French Teacher of the Year by the North Carolina Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (NC-AATF). Parker teaches French at Burns High School in Lawndale.