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Topic: Community Engagement

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  • Appalachian’s Walk to Defeat ALS nearly doubles fundraising goal
    Appalachian’s Walk to Defeat ALS nearly doubles fundraising goal
    April 4, 2019

    More than 500 participants took part in the inaugural event organized to honor Dr. Dane Ward, dean of libraries at Appalachian, who was diagnosed with ALS in October 2017.

  • Don’t be an April Fool for ‘fake news’
    Don’t be an April Fool for ‘fake news’

    Appalachian communication professor Dr. Andrew Davis shares tips on how to discern fact from fiction in a world of increasing misinformation

    April 2, 2019

    Appalachian’s Dr. Andrew Davis shares tips on how to distinguish fake news from credible news media communications.

  • Kristian Jackson connects humans and the environment — by building trails and a legacy
    Kristian Jackson connects humans and the environment — by building trails and a legacy
    April 2, 2019

    The senior lecturer in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education taps into his passion for mountain biking to teach students while enriching the community.

  • Dancing with words at Appalachian
    Dancing with words at Appalachian

    Alumna and author Dr. Meredith McCarroll shares her interdisciplinary Appalachian Experience — on the page and the stage

    March 29, 2019

    McCarroll, director of writing and rhetoric at Bowdoin College and author of “Appalachian Reckoning,” said the balance between dance and English kept her “healthy and happy” while learning to be an educator at Appalachian.

  • ‘Every day is Earth Day at Appalachian’
    ‘Every day is Earth Day at Appalachian’

    The university celebrates with sustainable practices and strengthened resiliency

    March 27, 2019

    Learn how Appalachian celebrates Earth Day year-round. Plus, see the slate of Earth Month events on campus in April.

  • NC AHEC funds Appalachian–Ashe Memorial Hospital partnership to develop nursing clinic
    NC AHEC funds Appalachian–Ashe Memorial Hospital partnership to develop nursing clinic
    March 26, 2019

    The clinical site at Ashe Memorial allows undergraduate nursing students at Appalachian to strengthen their skills of therapeutic communication, basic nursing care, and safety and health promotion for underserved, rural populations.

  • Appalachian’s Upward Bound receives over $700K in ED funding for 2018–19
    Appalachian’s Upward Bound receives over $700K in ED funding for 2018–19
    March 26, 2019

    The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has awarded Upward Bound Director Aaron Gersonde with over $700,000 in funding for the program, which supports regional high schools students’ transition to and success in postsecondary education.

  • Shauna Caldwell '18 captures women of Appalachia
    Shauna Caldwell '18 captures women of Appalachia
    All About Women
    March 25, 2019

    When people speak about Shauna Caldwell, they use words like “intentional,” “caring,” “wise” and “creative.” A High Country native born in Boone and raised in Banner Elk, Shauna is an artist, herbalist and graduate student in the Appalachian Studies program at Appalachian State University.

  • Author visits Middle Fork Academy, talks to kids about new book
    Author visits Middle Fork Academy, talks to kids about new book
    Winston-Salem Journal
    March 22, 2019

    Award-winning children’s author Derrick Barnes stopped by the Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork this week to read to the students and encourage them to continue to read and write.

  • Winners announced for 2019 Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program
    Winners announced for 2019 Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program
    March 21, 2019

    The winning teams earned awards up to $10,000 each from the Office of the Chancellor and Division of Academic Affairs.

  • The case for resiliency
    The case for resiliency

    Appalachian biology professor Dr. Shea Tuberty and former FEMA Administrator Brock Long discuss how developing a culture of preparedness fosters resiliency

    March 19, 2019

    From the national level to the borders of Appalachian’s campus, prioritizing resilience measures is critical, say former FEMA Administrator Brock Long ’97 ’99 and Appalachian biology professor Dr. Shea Tuberty.

  • ASU student, employee IDs approved as photo IDs for elections
    ASU student, employee IDs approved as photo IDs for elections
    Watauga Democrat
    March 19, 2019

    Appalachian State University students and employees can use their university-issued identification cards as a valid photo ID card to vote in the 2020 elections, the North Carolina State Board of Elections announced Friday.

  • With 60 Floats and Over 4,000 Spectators, Boone’s St. Patrick’s Parade a Huge Success on Saturday
    With 60 Floats and Over 4,000 Spectators, Boone’s St. Patrick’s Parade a Huge Success on Saturday
    High Country Press
    March 18, 2019

    Floats during the parade were judged by a panel of four judges that included Boone Mayor Rennie Brantz, Appalachian State University Chancellor Sheri Everts, Appalachian State football head coach Eli Drinkwitz and U.S. Olympic snowboarder Louie Vito.

  • From volunteer to director — Appalachian alumna forges a career and makes a difference
    From volunteer to director — Appalachian alumna forges a career and makes a difference
    March 18, 2019

    Appalachian alumna Heather Canipe uses her degree in social work to serve youth in the High Country.

  • Dr. Mark Spond assesses condition of agricultural parcels along Blue Ridge Parkway using NPS funding
    Dr. Mark Spond assesses condition of agricultural parcels along Blue Ridge Parkway using NPS funding
    March 15, 2019

    Spond — Appalachian’s liaison to the National Park Service — completed the assessment in fall 2018, evaluating the current conditions of the parcels to identify corrective actions and/or best management practices needed.

  • Research by Appalachian economics professor suggests lack of sleep reduces voter turnout
    Research by Appalachian economics professor suggests lack of sleep reduces voter turnout
    March 15, 2019

    The research of Dr. David Dickinson, professor of economics at Appalachian, along with political scientists Drs. John Holbein and Jerome Schäfer, has found that insufficient sleep predicts lower voter turnout.

  • New director named for Appalachian’s Interprofessional Clinic
    New director named for Appalachian’s Interprofessional Clinic
    March 12, 2019

    Appalachian alumnus Bryan Belcher ’97 has been appointed director of the Beaver College of Health Sciences Interprofessional Clinic. The clinic enables students to learn important skills while providing needed services to the community.

  • Breathing life into black history at the Academy
    Breathing life into black history at the Academy
    The Chronicle
    March 7, 2019

    Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork Elementary School celebrated Black History Month through song, dramatic play, daily trivia, door decorations, a historically black college and university research presentation, a local radio personality visit, and a living wax museum.

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