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  • 6 App State students observe world climate policymaking at UN climate conference
    6 App State students observe world climate policymaking at UN climate conference
    Jan. 23, 2023

    App State students and campus leaders traveled to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to attend the 27th annual Conference of Parties (COP27) in November. The trip marked the second consecutive year that App State was represented at the event, which is held by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

  • Aspiring NASCAR reporter Noah Cornelius is on track for a career in broadcasting
    Aspiring NASCAR reporter Noah Cornelius is on track for a career in broadcasting

    App State junior pursues internships, student media opportunities to build portfolio

    Jan. 19, 2023

    App State junior Noah Cornelius, a Waxhaw native, dreams of working as a NASCAR broadcaster. With academic pursuits in the electronic media/broadcasting program, hands-on work for student outlets AppTV and WASU-FM and multiple internships in the industry, he’s racing toward that goal.

  • App State archaeology project partners with Junaluska to document Black history in Boone
    App State archaeology project partners with Junaluska to document Black history in Boone
    Dec. 13, 2022

    App State faculty and students are collaborating with the Junaluska Heritage Association on the Junaluska Community Archaeology Project to help document and preserve the material heritage of one of the oldest African American communities in Western North Carolina. Work has included the excavation of historic sites and the placement of stones over previously unmarked graves.

  • App State’s 2022 Spooky Duke raises over $26K to support families of special needs children
    App State’s 2022 Spooky Duke raises over $26K to support families of special needs children
    Nov. 30, 2022

    On Saturday, Nov. 5, costumed runners and walkers in App State’s 12th annual Spooky Duke 5K/10K Race and Costume Contest raised more than $26,000 — a new record for the event — to help support regional families who have children with special needs.

  • App State Police officers recognized for valor, lifesaving acts
    App State Police officers recognized for valor, lifesaving acts
    Nov. 29, 2022

    Three App State Police officers recently received awards of distinction for outstanding service, valor and lifesaving efforts from the App State Police Department and the University of North Carolina System.

  • 2 App State degree programs among 17 recognized by U.S. Department of Energy
    2 App State degree programs among 17 recognized by U.S. Department of Energy

    Building sciences, technology programs earn new Zero Energy Design Designation

    Nov. 22, 2022

    2 App State degree programs in the Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment — an undergraduate building sciences program and the master’s program in technology — have earned the new Zero Energy Design Designation by the U.S. Department of Energy.

  • Don Phipps of Caldwell County is the 2023 Superintendent of the Year [alumni featured]
    Don Phipps of Caldwell County is the 2023 Superintendent of the Year [alumni featured]
    EducationNC
    Nov. 16, 2022

    Don Phipps, superintendent of Caldwell County Schools, was named the 2023 A. Craig Phillips North Carolina Superintendent of the Year. Phipps graduated from App State with a master’s degree in school psychology in 1992, and a doctorate in educational leadership in 1997.

  • App State observes Veterans Day 2022 with ceremony on campus
    App State observes Veterans Day 2022 with ceremony on campus

    Student veteran Morgan Gibbard ’22 featured as this year’s speaker

    Nov. 11, 2022

    App State observed Veterans Day 2022 on Friday, Nov. 11, with a ceremony in the B.B. Dougherty Administration Building. This year’s featured speaker was veteran Morgan Gibbard ’22, an App State graduate student with a bachelor’s degree in social work.

  • 11 first-year App State students earn Chancellor’s Scholarship for 2022–23
    11 first-year App State students earn Chancellor’s Scholarship for 2022–23
    Nov. 2, 2022

    App State named 11 first-year students as Chancellor’s Scholars for the 2022–23 academic year. The Chancellor’s Scholarship is App State’s oldest and most academically competitive merit-based scholarship — it has been awarded for 38 years.

  • 10 first-year App State students awarded Diversity Scholars Program Scholarship for 2022–23
    10 first-year App State students awarded Diversity Scholars Program Scholarship for 2022–23
    Nov. 2, 2022

    For the 2022–23 academic year, 10 first-year App State students have received the Diversity Scholars Program Scholarship, which covers full in-state tuition and fees for up to four years and includes leadership workshops, service-learning, international experiences and mentorship opportunities.

  • Grant to facilitate collaboration between Cherokee and Māori communities
    Grant to facilitate collaboration between Cherokee and Māori communities

    App State secures funding for cross-cultural exchange in North Carolina and New Zealand

    Nov. 1, 2022

    High school students from the North Carolina Cherokee and New Zealand Māori nations will exchange best practices for preserving language and culture during visits funded by a $100,000 grant awarded to App State.

  • Cabarrus County Schools names Tonya Williams as Principal of the Year
    Cabarrus County Schools names Tonya Williams as Principal of the Year
    WBTV
    Oct. 26, 2022

    Tonya Williams, a 1993 graduate of App State's communication sciences and disorders program, was selected as the 2022-2023 principal of the year for Cabarrus County Schools. Williams is the principal of Concord Middle School.

  • 16 recruits graduate from Appalachian Police Academy’s 5th class
    16 recruits graduate from Appalachian Police Academy’s 5th class

    The graduates were sworn in and are already serving on App State’s campus

    Oct. 20, 2022

    Graduates of App State’s Appalachian Police Academy — a component of the Appalachian Police Officer Development Program — enter the criminal justice job market with a college degree, North Carolina law enforcement certification and a minimum of two years of policing experience.

  • Federal funding supports App State programs to prevent falls among older adults
    Federal funding supports App State programs to prevent falls among older adults

    $552,322 awarded to Interprofessional Clinic for falls prevention programs in 7 High Country counties

    Oct. 3, 2022

    Thanks to more than a half-million dollars in federal funding, App State is partnering with the High Country Area Agency on Aging to safeguard the independence of older adults in North Carolina’s High Country — by expanding and implementing falls prevention programs in the seven-county region.

  • App State marks best fundraising year in more than a decade, most cash gifts in university history
    App State marks best fundraising year in more than a decade, most cash gifts in university history
    Sep. 30, 2022

    Appalachian State University has marked its best fundraising year in more than a decade. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, the university raised more than $36 million, including $31 million in cash gifts — the largest cash fundraising year in university history.

  • 7 sculptures debut along campus Arts Corridor at App State
    7 sculptures debut along campus Arts Corridor at App State
    Sep. 27, 2022

    A new collection of seven sculptures has been unveiled on App State’s campus as part of the university’s Arts Corridor. The artworks — installed in mid-August and created by artists from across North Carolina — will be displayed on campus for two years.

  • 4 acclaimed authors to visit App State’s campus, share their work this fall
    4 acclaimed authors to visit App State’s campus, share their work this fall

    The authors’ visits are part of App State’s fall 2022 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series

    Sep. 21, 2022

    Four acclaimed authors — Savannah Sipple, Neema Avashia, Leigh Ann Henion and Scott Blackburn — will visit App State’s campus this fall as part of the 2022–23 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. The authors will read from their work and deliver talks on the craft of writing.

  • App State Mountaineers experience real-world climate science in Peru
    App State Mountaineers experience real-world climate science in Peru

    Dr. Baker Perry leads National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition, study abroad program in Andes Mountains

    Sep. 16, 2022

    National Geographic Explorer and App State geography professor Baker Perry led App State students on their study abroad program in Peru — then spearheaded the effort to install the highest weather station in the Tropical Andes as part of the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition

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