Topic: Community Engagement

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Blue Ridge Partnership of Children supports Parent to Parent FSN-HC
Jan. 29, 2018
Funding from the Blue Ridge Partnership of Children will allow Appalachian’s Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country to provide support and information to families with special-needs children.
The powers of sun and soul
Appalachian alumnus’ solar project benefits regional homeless shelter
Jan. 29, 2018
With degrees in music, psychology and appropriate technology, Zach Sprau ’11 ’17 serves marginalized people around the world through solar energy projects.
The Clabough Foundation awards grant for OFFSET Workshop
Jan. 29, 2018
Appalachian's Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics (RIEEE) will use funding from The Clabough Foundation to organize an educational carbon offset workshop for forest landowners in the High Country.
IDEA Vietnam funds Vietnamese Summer Academy
Jan. 29, 2018
Middle and high school Vietnamese students in Appalachian’s Vietnamese Summer Academy — a four-week study abroad program funded by IDEA Vietnam — will learn about American and local Appalachian culture.
Appalachian’s 2018 MLK Challenge honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — more than 200 participate
Jan. 25, 2018
More than 200 students, faculty, staff and alumni devote a day of service to 17 local charitable organizations.
Appalachian seeks feedback on old Watauga High School property
Jan. 24, 2018
Appalachian State University is gathering feedback regarding the university’s recently acquired 74-acre property on the site of the former Watauga High School.
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools set new residential school designations ahead of partnership with Appalachian State
Winston-Salem Journal
Jan. 23, 2018
Middle Fork Elementary is one of nine schools in North Carolina selected to partner with a state university as part of a turnaround effort. The school will be in this partnership for the next five years, and will be known as Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork with a literary focus.
Trailblaze Challenge: Endurance hike helps provide mountaintop experiences for children with life-threatening illnesses
The Daily Reflector
Jan. 21, 2018
Ally Hart, a student at Appalachian State University, loves the mountains. Make-A-Wish was there for her when she was at her lowest point, during her senior year of high school as both she and her mother battled cancer. The promise of the wish that would come was enough to lift her spirits and give her hope.
Appalachian alumna Meghan LeFevers wins 2017-18 Milken Educator Award
Jan. 18, 2018
Appalachian alumna Meghan LeFevers is the only North Carolinian to receive the prestigious Milken Educator Award for 2017-18. The assistant principal of Bessemer City High School was recognized for her accomplishments as an educator and for the promise of accomplishments to come.
Appalachian’s SBTDC generates 14 new businesses, $10.57 million in capital
Jan. 17, 2018
Appalachian’s Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) generated $10.57 million in business capital and 14 new business starts in 2017.
MLK Challenge and civil rights speaker honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at events this week
Jan. 16, 2018
The 19th MLK Challenge at Appalachian State University on Saturday, Jan. 20, will engage students, faculty, staff and alumni in a day of service to local charitable organizations.
Team suggests detention center energy efficient changes after study
Watauga Democrat
Jan. 15, 2018
An energy study conducted by a team at Appalachian State University suggested ways the Watauga County Detention Center can do to cut down on energy costs.
Appalachian’s Dr. Zach Farris interviewed by BBC
Jan. 11, 2018
Recently, Appalachian’s Dr. Zach Farris was part of an interview conducted by the BBC about dogs and their special relationship with human beings. Farris and some of his colleagues founded the Mad Dog Initiative, a nonprofit that provides free veterinary services and facilitates veterinarian training.
Political scientist weighs in on North Carolina redistricting ruling
Jan. 10, 2018
Dr. William Hicks says the decision puts increasing pressure on the U.S. Supreme Court to make “a clearer ruling” about gerrymandering.
Three UNC lab schools cleared by Board of Governors
EducationNC
Jan. 9, 2018
Three UNC lab schools were given the green light to open for the 2018-19 school year by the UNC Board of Governors subcommittee on laboratory schools Monday. Appalachian State University will operate Academy at Middle Fork in the Winston Salem/Forsyth County School District.
Appalachian intern saves Ocean Isle Beach turtles
Jan. 8, 2018
Jordan Boles went to Ocean Isle Beach with a bicycle, a backpack and a dream to help save sea turtles as an intern with the Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization (OIBSTPO) in Brunswick County.
With biomass energy, weighing forest restoration and carbon emissions
Arizona Daily Sun
Jan. 5, 2018
Gregg Marland, a research professor with the Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics at Appalachian State University, weighs in on the subject of using forest biomass to produce power.
Mount Airy City Schools tap Howlett for STEAM post
The Mount Airy News
Jan. 2, 2018
Garrett Howlett was recently named to the teaching/administrative role, which will have Howlett teaching two courses at Mount Airy High School, working with STEAM teachers throughout the district, and leading related initiatives. Howlett earned three bachelor of science degrees from Appalachian.