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  • 4 award-winning authors to visit App State for fall 2023 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
    4 award-winning authors to visit App State for fall 2023 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series

    The novelists, fiction writer and poet will share their work, give talks on the craft of writing

    Sep. 12, 2023

    This fall, App State will host five esteemed authors as part of its 2023–24 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. The authors will read from their work and deliver talks on the craft of writing.

  • Health, Wellness and Safety Week connects App State students with campus, community resources
    Health, Wellness and Safety Week connects App State students with campus, community resources

    Annual Health, Wellness and Safety Festival takes place Sept. 13 on Sanford Mall

    Sep. 7, 2023

    App State’s Health, Wellness and Safety Week provides students with opportunities to connect with health, wellness and safety resources — on and off campus. The annual Health, Wellness and Safety Festival will take place on Sanford Mall on Wednesday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m..

  • Campus Safety Awareness Month: App State spotlights AppState-ALERT
    Campus Safety Awareness Month: App State spotlights AppState-ALERT

    The 24/7 emergency management system provides students, faculty and staff with real-time updates during campus emergencies

    Sep. 1, 2023

    September is National Campus Safety Awareness Month. App State’s 24/7 emergency messaging system, AppState-ALERT, provides timely information to students, faculty and staff in the event of a campus emergency. Anyone, including the public, can monitor emergency information at appstatealert.com.

  • Meet Officer Greene and Officer Mitzi: The second K-9 team to join App State Police
    Meet Officer Greene and Officer Mitzi: The second K-9 team to join App State Police
    Aug. 25, 2023

    The police department at App State has welcomed a second team to its K-9 unit: Officer Tylor Greene, who joined App State Police in 2016, and Officer Mitzi, a chocolate Labrador retriever with a specialization in explosives detection and tracking.

  • Appalachian State comes off the mountain with Hickory campus
    Appalachian State comes off the mountain with Hickory campus
    Business North Carolina
    Aug. 22, 2023

    App State Chancellor Sheri Everts, Associate Vice Chancellor of Facilities Management Nick Katers and several students talk about the benefits of App State’s new Hickory campus and what’s in store for the future. The new campus held its first day of classes on Monday, Aug. 21.

  • Students arrive for App State’s first-ever day of classes at Hickory campus
    Students arrive for App State’s first-ever day of classes at Hickory campus
    WSOC-TV
    Aug. 21, 2023

    In this feature on WSOC-TV, App State Chancellor Sheri Everts talks about the affordable degree opportunities at the new App State Hickory campus, and several students explain how the campus will save them a lot of time and money in their pursuit of a college education. The first day of classes at the new campus was Monday, Aug. 21.

  • App State opens Hickory campus, expanding educational access in Western North Carolina
    App State opens Hickory campus, expanding educational access in Western North Carolina

    Hickory metro area was formerly the largest in NC without a public university campus

    Aug. 21, 2023

    Appalachian State University marked a significant milestone in its 124-year history by opening the new Hickory campus on Aug. 21 — expanding higher education access in what was previously the largest metropolitan area in the state without a public university campus.

  • Nearly 6,300 App State students move into Boone campus residence halls for fall 2023
    Nearly 6,300 App State students move into Boone campus residence halls for fall 2023
    Aug. 18, 2023

    As of Friday, Aug. 18, nearly 6,300 first-year and returning Mountaineers have moved into residence halls on App State’s Boone campus in preparation for the first day of fall 2023 classes on Monday, Aug. 21.

  • What a decline in rural colleges means for rural communities [faculty featured]
    What a decline in rural colleges means for rural communities [faculty featured]
    WBUR
    Aug. 10, 2023

    App State professor of higher education Dr. Andrew Koricich, who is executive director of the App State-based Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges, is the featured guest on NPR's nationally syndicated program "On Point." Koricich shares insights about why rural students have historically had fewer choices in higher education than suburban students and about the benefits of rural colleges to their communities, including increased economic opportunities and stability.

  • 25 young African leaders take part in App State’s 2023 Mandela Washington Fellowship Leadership Institute
    25 young African leaders take part in App State’s 2023 Mandela Washington Fellowship Leadership Institute

    The 6-week Institute develops Fellows’ leadership, civic engagement skills

    July 26, 2023

    This summer, 25 young leaders from across Sub-Saharan Africa are visiting App State’s Boone campus to develop their leadership and civic engagement skills as part of the university’s 2023 Mandela Washington Fellowship Leadership Institute.

  • App State Police welcomes Ericka Heath to Hickory campus — and back to her alma mater
    App State Police welcomes Ericka Heath to Hickory campus — and back to her alma mater
    July 24, 2023

    An App State alumna and a 20-year policing veteran, Lt. Ericka Heath has returned to her alma mater to lead App State’s police division at the university’s Hickory campus. The appointment makes Heath the university’s highest ranking female police officer.

  • 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.

  • Ricks, Sofield, Reaves and Greene reappointed to App State’s Board of Trustees
    Ricks, Sofield, Reaves and Greene reappointed to App State’s Board of Trustees

    Student Body President J.P. Neri sworn in for one-year term

    July 14, 2023

    Mark Ricks, Thomas Sofield, James K. Reaves and Anita Greene have been reappointed to new four-year terms on Appalachian State University’s Board of Trustees, effective July 1. They will be sworn in at the board’s September quarterly meeting.

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

    The university is one of 208 U.S. higher education institutions named to 2023 Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Honor Roll

    July 7, 2023

    For the seventh 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.

  • Appalachian Energy Summit announces $1.75 billion in statewide avoided energy costs
    Appalachian Energy Summit announces $1.75 billion in statewide avoided energy costs

    National Geographic CEO Jill Tiefenthaler shares international project updates with summit attendees

    June 29, 2023

    The Appalachian Energy Summit continues toward the established 2025 goal of $2 billion in avoided energy costs for the UNC System and state agencies. Since 2002–03, the System and its partners have collectively avoided $1.75 billion in energy costs.

  • Report says NC universities do better than most at preparing teachers to help kids read
    Report says NC universities do better than most at preparing teachers to help kids read
    WFAE-FM
    June 13, 2023

    App State received an “A” rating from the National Council on Teacher Quality in its new report, “Teacher Prep Review: Strengthening Elementary Reading Instruction.” App State's Reich College of Education is among just 23% of the 693 teacher preparation programs evaluated nationwide to earn an “A.” The program met the standards set by literacy experts for coverage of the most effective methods of reading instruction, often called the “science of reading.”

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