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  • Campus emergency siren test to be conducted July 2
    Appalachian State University will test its Boone campus siren warning system at 11:55 a.m., Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Examples of the tones that are used in an emergency or during tests can be heard online by visiting the Siren Warning System webpage on App State’s Emergency Preparedness website. Learn more

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  • Appalachian’s Beaver Scholars program aims to improve health care in region and beyond
    Appalachian’s Beaver Scholars program aims to improve health care in region and beyond
    Feb. 1, 2019

    Beginning fall 2019, the program will provide support to 20 North Carolina students in Appalachian’s Beaver College of Health Sciences who have made a commitment to health care careers.

  • Film by Appalachian dance studies professor wins for Best Southern States documentary
    Film by Appalachian dance studies professor wins for Best Southern States documentary
    Jan. 31, 2019

    Cara Hagan, assistant professor in Appalachian’s Department of Theatre and Dance, spent nearly 18 months creating “Sound and Sole,” a short film that “shines a light on the rich African-American culture here in Appalachia.”

  • Appalachian music professor’s music may air during Super Bowl LIII
    Appalachian music professor’s music may air during Super Bowl LIII
    Jan. 29, 2019

    Appalachian music professor Dr. Greg McCandless will be listening closely during Super Bowl LIII — two of his songs may air during CBS’ broadcast of the game Sunday.

  • LIFE Village funds collaboration with Appalachian to design homes for adults with autism
    LIFE Village funds collaboration with Appalachian to design homes for adults with autism
    Jan. 29, 2019

    During fall 2018, students and faculty in the Building Science Architectural Design Studio III at Appalachian worked with the LIFE Village board to design living spaces that meet the needs of adults with autism.

  • Locally and globally, Lane Bailey ’87 ’89 works to improve communities
    Locally and globally, Lane Bailey ’87 ’89 works to improve communities
    Jan. 28, 2019

    Bailey, city manager of Salisbury, recently traveled to Tanzania to work with district governments on a range of issues. His international involvement represents Appalachian’s emphasis on global learning.

  • MLK Challenge: 20 years of service at Appalachian
    MLK Challenge: 20 years of service at Appalachian
    Jan. 25, 2019

    Take a look back at the many projects students, faculty and staff have completed alongside community partners through the years as part of the annual challenge honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  • 20th anniversary of Appalachian’s MLK Challenge draws more than 200 participants
    20th anniversary of Appalachian’s MLK Challenge draws more than 200 participants

    Appalachian’s program has become a model for other campuses across the state and nation

    Jan. 25, 2019

    The annual event honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, as students accomplish challenging projects alongside community partners.

  • Anna Ulery ’04 captures fun moments in her career as a professional photographer
    Anna Ulery ’04 captures fun moments in her career as a professional photographer
    Jan. 24, 2019

    Appalachian professors mentored and encouraged her. Now, Anna Ulery ’04 owns and operates her own photo booth business in the High Country.

  • Watauga County Schools funds continued support of Appalachian ASC Center
    Watauga County Schools funds continued support of Appalachian ASC Center
    Jan. 18, 2019

    This funding ensures that, for the 13th consecutive year, students in Watauga High School have access to the high-quality mental health services provided by Appalachian’s Assessment, Support, and Counseling Center.

  • Pritzker Fellow to collaborate with community on development of early childhood programs
    Pritzker Fellow to collaborate with community on development of early childhood programs
    Jan. 18, 2019

    Crystal Kelly ’00 ’09, Pritzker Fellow and Appalachian alumna, will direct efforts to build a coordinated, early childhood system and local financing stream for early childhood initiatives in Watauga County.

  • Lauren Boop ’12 joins 2018–19 National Humanities Center Teacher Advisory Council
    Lauren Boop ’12 joins 2018–19 National Humanities Center Teacher Advisory Council
    Jan. 18, 2019

    Boop, who graduated as a Teaching Fellow from Appalachian in 2012, is one of 15 members appointed to the 2018–19 National Humanities Center Teacher Advisory Council.

  • Trustees approve resolution for energy contract with savings implications
    Trustees approve resolution for energy contract with savings implications
    Jan. 17, 2019

    Appalachian State University’s Board of Trustees signed a resolution that will save New River Power and Light (NRLP) customers and the university hundreds of thousands annually in energy costs.

  • Expansion plans for Appalachian’s Child Development Center underway
    Expansion plans for Appalachian’s Child Development Center underway
    Jan. 14, 2019

    The expansion of Appalachian’s Child Development Center will increase capacity and enhance programs.

  • New initiative, staff position aim to reduce jail recidivism
    New initiative, staff position aim to reduce jail recidivism
    Watauga Democrat
    Jan. 14, 2019

    A new initiative to reduce recidivism at the Watauga County jail is already receiving positive feedback, with one inmate calling it an “inspiration” and a “blessing” in a handwritten letter to Sheriff Len Hagaman. The letter was written to Hagaman in spring 2018 after an intern, Appalachian social work graduate student Mollie Mellishrencken, studied inmate recidivism — the cycle of coming in and out of incarceration on multiple occasions.

  • Students initiate peace and justice through Global Peacebuilding Project
    Students initiate peace and justice through Global Peacebuilding Project
    Jan. 11, 2019

    Appalachian students contribute to world peace by working locally to improve interpersonal communication, access to education, and understanding of homophobia and transphobia.

  • Advance planning to aftermath analysis: How Appalachian’s campus units tackled Winter Storm Diego
    Advance planning to aftermath analysis: How Appalachian’s campus units tackled Winter Storm Diego
    Jan. 11, 2019

    Appalachian releases statistics and other information associated with the preparation and response to December 2018’s big snowstorm.

  • Appalachian ranks No. 1 in nation for highest number of NBPTS-certified alumni
    Appalachian ranks No. 1 in nation for highest number of NBPTS-certified alumni
    Jan. 9, 2019

    Appalachian has topped the National Board for Professional Teaching Standard’s list of schools with the highest number of National Board Certified Teachers for the third consecutive year.

  • How The Black And White Dula Family Reconciled Their Past
    How The Black And White Dula Family Reconciled Their Past
    WUNC 91.5
    Jan. 8, 2019

    Dula family reunions in western North Carolina include members of the black and white sides of the family. But for decades these two sides did not communicate or even acknowledge their relation. Filmmaker Beth Davison, a faculty member at Appalachian State University, explored this story in her recent documentary “Dulatown.”

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