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Topic: Awards and Honors

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  • Where are they now? App State solar vehicle team alumni say the experience helped accelerate their careers
    Where are they now? App State solar vehicle team alumni say the experience helped accelerate their careers
    July 20, 2023

    App State’s Team Sunergy has left its mark on the solar vehicle racing world. More importantly, the team members learned valuable skills that have led them to career success. Five Team Sunergy alumni share what they are doing now.

  • App State Alumni Awards honor 3 Mountaineers for outstanding accomplishments
    App State Alumni Awards honor 3 Mountaineers for outstanding accomplishments

    6 alumni awardees from university’s colleges also recognized

    July 20, 2023

    App State honored three university alumni at its 2023 Alumni Awards Gala on July 15. C. Philip Byers received the Distinguished Alumni Award, Brian “Scotty” McCullough received the Outstanding Service Award and Stacy Roberson Reedy received the Young Alumni Award.

  • App State’s Team Sunergy places 2nd at 2023 Formula Sun Grand Prix
    App State’s Team Sunergy places 2nd at 2023 Formula Sun Grand Prix

    Solar vehicle team clocks fastest lap time, completes most laps in multi-occupant category — and wins competition's Teamwork Award

    July 10, 2023

    Team Sunergy, App State’s solar vehicle team, placed second in the multi-occupant vehicle category of the 2023 Formula Sun Grand Prix in Topeka, Kansas. Over the course of three days, the team completed 275 laps for a total of 687.5 miles.

  • App State recognized nationally for support of transfer students
    App State recognized nationally for support of transfer students

    The university is one of 228 U.S. higher education institutions named to 2024 Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Honor Roll

    July 7, 2023

    For the eighth consecutive year, App State has been named to Phi Theta Kappa’s Transfer Honor Roll — a list recognizing four-year colleges and universities nationwide for developing dynamic and innovative pathways to support community college transfer students.

  • Spectrograph installed at South Africa’s Boyden Observatory to aid App State, UFS astrophysicists
    Spectrograph installed at South Africa’s Boyden Observatory to aid App State, UFS astrophysicists

    App State professor Dr. Richard Gray designed, built and installed the astronomical instrument

    June 30, 2023

    App State astrophysicist Dr. Richard Gray has completed the installation of a spectrograph he designed and built for Boyden Observatory’s 1.5-meter telescope. The new instrument will allow App State and UFS scientists and students to gain new insights into the origins and evolution of celestial objects.

  • App State’s New River Light and Power Scholarship awarded to 5 Watauga County students
    App State’s New River Light and Power Scholarship awarded to 5 Watauga County students
    June 29, 2023

    Five Watauga County students were named recipients of Appalachian State University’s New River Light and Power Scholarship for the 2023–24 school year. Established in 1988, the scholarship provides funding to Watauga County students pursuing higher education at App State.

  • App State Walker College of Business renews international accreditation
    App State Walker College of Business renews international accreditation
    June 15, 2023

    App State’s Walker College of Business has been reaccredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. The five-year accreditation covers undergraduate business programs and select graduate programs.

  • App State Chancellor Sheri Everts to serve as Sun Belt Conference president
    App State Chancellor Sheri Everts to serve as Sun Belt Conference president
    June 14, 2023

    App State Chancellor Sheri Everts will serve as president of the Sun Belt Conference for a two-year term, beginning July 1. Her duties as president also include serving as chair of the conference’s Executive Committee.

  • Associate professor Elizabeth Bellows awarded 2023–24 Fulbright to perform research in Romania
    Associate professor Elizabeth Bellows awarded 2023–24 Fulbright to perform research in Romania

    Her project explores effects of Russia–Ukraine war on educators, students and families

    June 8, 2023

    Dr. Elizabeth Bellows, associate professor in App State’s Reich College of Education, is the recipient of a 2023–24 Fulbright. She will spend nine months in Romania, researching how teachers, students and families are navigating the effects of the ongoing war in neighboring Ukraine.

  • 3 App State graduate students win $25,000 award in sustainable business pitch competition
    3 App State graduate students win $25,000 award in sustainable business pitch competition
    June 1, 2023

    Three App State graduate students won a $25,000 prize in EnergyTech’s annual business pitch competition. The event has teams identify a promising energy technology, assess its market potential and pitch a strategy for commercialization of the product to a panel of judges.

  • App State honors campus, community champions of diversity, equity and inclusion
    App State honors campus, community champions of diversity, equity and inclusion

    4 individuals, 1 regional team receive 2023 Inclusive Excellence Awards

    May 31, 2023

    Four members of the campus and local community, as well as a team from Mount Airy City Schools, are the recipients of App State’s 2023 Inclusive Excellence Awards, which recognize individuals’ active, intentional and ongoing commitment to inclusive excellence.

  • Surry County principal named Principal of the Year in North Carolina [alumni featured]
    Surry County principal named Principal of the Year in North Carolina [alumni featured]
    Winston-Salem Journal
    May 19, 2023

    App State alumna Donna L. Bledsoe ’04 ’08 was named the 2023 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year. Bledsoe has been the principal of Cedar Ridge Elementary School in Surry County since 2016. She was chosen among eight regional principals of the year and the charter school principal of the year.

  • Over 3,600 App State graduates earn degrees at Spring 2023 Commencement
    Over 3,600 App State graduates earn degrees at Spring 2023 Commencement
    May 16, 2023

    Appalachian State University conferred degrees to over 3,600 students during its 2023 Spring Commencement ceremonies, held May 12 and 13 at the Holmes Convocation Center.

  • App State digital textbook rentals boast 99% participation rate, save students $5M in 2022–23
    App State digital textbook rentals boast 99% participation rate, save students $5M in 2022–23

    University wins national award for its e-book programming

    May 5, 2023

    Since its launch in 2021, App State’s award-winning digital textbook rental system — one of the first of its kind in the nation — has been utilized by 99% of the student population. The program has saved students over $5 million in the past academic year.

  • App State honors 14 students, faculty and staff at inaugural Awards of Distinction ceremony
    App State honors 14 students, faculty and staff at inaugural Awards of Distinction ceremony
    April 28, 2023

    App State held its inaugural Awards of Distinction ceremony April 27 on the Boone campus, honoring 14 students, faculty and staff for their commitment to excellence in serving the university and its community members.

  • App State’s Dr. Maryam Ahmed wins 2023 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award
    App State’s Dr. Maryam Ahmed wins 2023 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award

    6 additional App State faculty to receive campus-based awards

    April 27, 2023

    App State biology professor and virologist Dr. Maryam Ahmed is the university's recipient of the 2023 University of North Carolina Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award. She will receive a $12,500 cash prize as part of the award.

  • Beaver Scholars program propels App State grad’s health care career close to home
    Beaver Scholars program propels App State grad’s health care career close to home
    April 21, 2023

    App State’s Beaver Scholars program helped pave the way for alumna Alexis “Lexie” Farr to give back to her hometown community through her job at UNC Health Blue Ridge in Morganton. The scholarship program supports North Carolina students with a commitment to health care careers.

  • App State professor Katherine Ledford awarded 2022–23 Fulbright to teach in Jordan
    App State professor Katherine Ledford awarded 2022–23 Fulbright to teach in Jordan

    Her project aims to foster cross-cultural understanding through literature

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Dr. Katherine Ledford, professor of Appalachian studies at App State, is spending the spring 2023 semester in Amman, Jordan, where she teaches at Al-Ahliyya Amman University — working to foster cross-cultural understanding between the people of Appalachia and Jordan through literature.

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