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  • Local business ECRS establishes new scholarship program for Appalachian computer science students
    Local business ECRS establishes new scholarship program for Appalachian computer science students
    March 1, 2019

    Over the next four years, ECR Software Corporation (ECRS) will award $176,000 in total scholarship support to eight undergraduate and two graduate students in Appalachian’s Department of Computer Science.

  • Setzer named executive director of national alumni and parent engagement for Appalachian State University
    Setzer named executive director of national alumni and parent engagement for Appalachian State University
    March 1, 2019

    Appalachian alumnus Patrick Setzer ’90 ’98 will assume his new role April 1. Setzer, who has been employed at Appalachian since 1990, has served as executive director of alumni affairs for Appalachian since 2010.

  • Studies: Road salt use impacts local waterways
    Studies: Road salt use impacts local waterways
    Watauga Democrat
    March 1, 2019

    Salted roads can reduce accidents by 51 to 88 percent once the treatment is applied, according to The Salt Institute. Despite road salt’s seemingly essential role in keeping society mobile during harsh High Country winters, Dr. Shea Tuberty, along with other students and teachers at Appalachian State University, wondered— where does all the salt go once the snow is gone?

  • Owens Field House demolition begins
    Owens Field House demolition begins
    Watauga Democrat
    March 1, 2019

    The anticipated demolition of Owens Field House has begun with the dismantling of the building’s interior, and the exterior is slated to come down the week of March 11, according to Appalachian State University spokesperson Megan Hayes.

  • Cherokee High School students share Valentine's Day lesson at Green Valley
    Cherokee High School students share Valentine's Day lesson at Green Valley
    Watauga Democrat
    March 1, 2019

    Cherokee High School students traveled to Green Valley Elementary School on Feb. 13 to teach a Valentine’s Day lesson by sharing the traditional Cherokee story of the first strawberries. The six CHS students who visited the school are dual-enrolled at Appalachian State University and are taking this semester’s Cherokee Culture and Leadership class taught by CHS teacher Heath Robertson and Reich College of Education Associate Professor Allen Bryant.

  • Mental health — a key to academic and social success
    Mental health — a key to academic and social success

    Appalachian offers year-round programming on mental health awareness, self-care and suicide prevention

    Feb. 27, 2019

    A variety of opportunities help students keep mental health and self-care a priority, explains Coordinator for Student Mental Wellness Elizabeth Cavallaro.

  • ‘Careers for Impact’: Students explore businesses balancing purpose and profit
    ‘Careers for Impact’: Students explore businesses balancing purpose and profit
    Feb. 27, 2019

    The inaugural “Careers for Impact” event on Appalachian’s campus introduced students to regional nonprofit organizations and Certified B Corporations — a type of business that balances purpose and profit, working for the greater good.

  • Effective risk management leads to a more resilient society
    Effective risk management leads to a more resilient society

    Q&A with Walker College of Business’ Dr. David Marlett

    Feb. 26, 2019

    The director of Appalachian’s Brantley Risk and Insurance Center talks about the risk management and insurance degree program and why it remains relevant.

  • Venezuela crisis: Trump threats to Maduro evoke bloody history of US intervention in Latin America
    Venezuela crisis: Trump threats to Maduro evoke bloody history of US intervention in Latin America
    San Francisco Chronicle
    Feb. 25, 2019

    Dr. Joseph Gonzalez outlines the often-militaristic history of U.S.–Latin American relations and writes that the U.S. has an opportunity for stronger diplomatic relations — and a safer way to restore democracy — if it chooses this time to work with a coalition called the Lima Group.

  • Bryce Helms — from Appalachian police cadet to full-time APD officer
    Bryce Helms — from Appalachian police cadet to full-time APD officer
    Feb. 19, 2019

    Bryce Helms, a senior criminal justice major, is the first cadet from the APDP to be hired by the Appalachian Police Department. She began her new role as a full-time police officer with the department in January.

  • JustPax Fund supports sustainability leadership development for educators, administrators at Appalachian Academy at Middle Fork
    JustPax Fund supports sustainability leadership development for educators, administrators at Appalachian Academy at Middle Fork
    Feb. 15, 2019

    Mel Falck ’14, an undergraduate teacher education adviser in Appalachian’s James Center for Student Success and Academic Advising, is the grant recipient.

  • Appalachian and RISE sign paperwork for multiphase housing project
    Appalachian and RISE sign paperwork for multiphase housing project
    Feb. 15, 2019

    The official signing is part of the multiphase, $191 million housing project that will replace seven residence halls.

  • OSEP funding supports Appalachian iSHINE scholars
    OSEP funding supports Appalachian iSHINE scholars
    Feb. 14, 2019

    The Interdisciplinary Support for High-Intensity Needs in Education (iSHINE) grant helps prepare pre-professional speech-language pathologists, reading specialists and special educators to serve children with disabilities who have “high intensity” needs.

  • Students Work To Design Homes For Adults With Autism
    Students Work To Design Homes For Adults With Autism
    88.5 WFDD
    Feb. 8, 2019

    Professor Jason Miller speaks with WFDD’s Eddie Garcia about designing housing for adults with autism and about a collaboration between Appalachian State University’s Department of Sustainable Technology and LIFE Village, a nonprofit that provides services for exceptional individuals.

  • 12 Appalachian invitees to serve in Peace Corps in 2019
    12 Appalachian invitees to serve in Peace Corps in 2019
    Feb. 7, 2019

    Appalachian’s invitees will each serve in one of six different work sectors — agriculture, community economic development, education, environment, health, and youth in development — in 10 countries located on four continents around the globe.

  • Staff Shout Out program announces winner for December 2018/January drawing
    Staff Shout Out program announces winner for December 2018/January drawing
    Feb. 7, 2019

    Eric Gormly, program director of student veteran services, is the drawing winner. He received a received a Staff Shout Out for being a volunteer coordinator for Appalachian’s December 2018 commencement ceremonies.

  • School psychology alumnae, faculty member receive top awards from the NCSPA
    School psychology alumnae, faculty member receive top awards from the NCSPA
    Feb. 7, 2019

    Appalachian alumnae Jennifer Reilly ’09 and Amy Lowder ’03, along with psychology professor Dr. Jim Deni, received the NCSPA’s 2018 Practitioner of the Year and Innovative Practice awards and Lifetime Achievement Award, respectively.

  • Josh Gregory answers the call for needed high school physics teachers
    Josh Gregory answers the call for needed high school physics teachers
    Feb. 5, 2019

    A story about a politician’s misunderstanding of physics led Josh Gregory on the path to Appalachian’s Physics (BS) – Secondary Education program.

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