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Topic: Community Engagement

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  • Breece Robertson - Making a Positive Difference on Protected Lands
    Breece Robertson - Making a Positive Difference on Protected Lands
    Directions Magazine
    March 7, 2018

    Appalachian alumnus Breece Robertson ’00 discusses the journey that led her to The Trust for Public Land, where she serves as a vice president directing the Planning and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) team. “We help communities find consensus on what they want to protect or create,” says Robertson.

  • App State Academy accepts more than 200 Middle Fork Elementary students and is still taking applications
    App State Academy accepts more than 200 Middle Fork Elementary students and is still taking applications
    Winston-Salem Journal
    March 5, 2018

    The Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork, which will have a reading literacy focus, last week accepted its first round of students — more than 200, with space for 315 before moving to a waiting list. The academy will be one of nine laboratory schools across the state, each of which is also run by an education college in the UNC system.

  • Appalachian’s 2018 Dance Marathon raises over $42K for local nonprofits
    Appalachian’s 2018 Dance Marathon raises over $42K for local nonprofits
    March 2, 2018

    Participants in Appalachian’s 2018 Dance Marathon raised $42,696.46 for Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country and the Western Youth Network — organizations that support High Country children and their families.

  • Appalachian’s Dr. Amy Dellinger Page speaks about toxic masculinity on NPR’s 1A
    Appalachian’s Dr. Amy Dellinger Page speaks about toxic masculinity on NPR’s 1A
    March 1, 2018

    Dr. Amy Dellinger Page, department chair of Appalachian’s Department of Sociology, was recently interviewed on NPR show 1A about the definition of toxic masculinity.

  • Fostering a culture of inclusive excellence
    Fostering a culture of inclusive excellence
    March 1, 2018

    Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Willie C. Fleming outlines his goal of “inclusive excellence” at Appalachian State University.

  • Appalachian students design park plan for Tennessee city
    Appalachian students design park plan for Tennessee city
    Feb. 27, 2018

    Undergraduate students in Appalachian’s IDEXlab create a master plan to bring new life to Covered Bridge and Edwards Island parks in Elizabethton, Tennessee.

  • Black Mountain College Semester 2018 at Appalachian — March events
    Black Mountain College Semester 2018 at Appalachian — March events

    A stepping stone to a liberal arts education

    Feb. 23, 2018

    Black Mountain College Semester 2018 at Appalachian explores sustaining culture of place through various events offered on the university’s campus and at the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum.

  • Appalachian Energy Summit midyear event brings diverse perspectives
    Appalachian Energy Summit midyear event brings diverse perspectives
    Feb. 23, 2018

    During the 2018 Appalachian Energy Summit midyear meeting held in Winston-Salem this month, diverse perspectives and ideas were shared on best practices in support of a clean energy economy.

  • The Perils of Trashing the Value of College
    The Perils of Trashing the Value of College
    The Chronicle of Higher Education
    Feb. 22, 2018

    Former U.S. secretary of education Margaret Spellings says a new book doesn’t appreciate that yesterday’s useless knowledge becomes tomorrow’s practical necessity.

  • Black Mountain College Semester — exemplifying the value of a liberal arts education
    Black Mountain College Semester — exemplifying the value of a liberal arts education

    Q&A with Dr. Neva Specht, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

    Feb. 22, 2018

    Dr. Neva Specht, dean of Appalachian’s College of Arts and Sciences, addresses the value of a liberal arts education and how Black Mountain College Semester exemplifies this worth to society.

  • Appalachian’s IDEXlab develops master plan for city parks in Elizabethton, Tennessee
    Appalachian’s IDEXlab develops master plan for city parks in Elizabethton, Tennessee
    Feb. 20, 2018

    Faculty and students of Appalachian’s IDEXlab were awarded funding from the city of Elizabethton, Tennessee, to develop a conceptual master plan proposal and a feasibility study for two of the city’s parks.

  • Appalachian’s Common Reading Program announces 2018-19 selection
    Appalachian’s Common Reading Program announces 2018-19 selection
    Feb. 16, 2018

    “The Laramie Project,” a play about the community of Laramie, Wyoming, following the murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998, is Appalachian’s 2018-19 Common Reading Program selection for first-year students.

  • NEH funds Appalachian event to preserve the history of the Lincoln Heights Rosenwald School
    NEH funds Appalachian event to preserve the history of the Lincoln Heights Rosenwald School
    Feb. 16, 2018

    Using NEH funding, Appalachian faculty hosted an event last fall at the Lincoln Heights Rosenwald School in Wilkesboro for alumni of the school and community members to share their stories.

  • ECU funds research of the Village of Portsmouth by Appalachian professor, students
    ECU funds research of the Village of Portsmouth by Appalachian professor, students
    Feb. 16, 2018

    East Carolina University awards funding for ECU and Appalachian faculty and students to research the Village of Portsmouth on Portsmouth Island for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • Appalachian to add students to police force, create police academy
    Appalachian to add students to police force, create police academy
    Watauga Democrat
    Feb. 16, 2018

    The Appalachian State University Police Department is starting a police academy for students, known as the App State Police Department Police Development Program, this summer. The program, headed by University Police Chief Andy Stephenson, will be only the second of its kind in the nation.

  • Local interracial family's history chronicled in documentary
    Local interracial family's history chronicled in documentary

    “Dulatown” goes back in time more than 150 years

    The News Herald
    Feb. 13, 2018

    Dr. Beth Davison’s “Dulatown” goes back in time more than 150 years to examine the lives of Harriet and Alfred Dula, which first came to life in Dr. Leslie McKesson ’s book, “Black and White: The Story of Harriet Harshaw and Squire James Alfred Dula.”

  • “Blurred Boundaries: The Experience of War and Its Aftermath” supported by NEH
    “Blurred Boundaries: The Experience of War and Its Aftermath” supported by NEH
    Feb. 12, 2018

    The National Endowment for the Humanities funds Appalachian’s “Blurred Boundaries: The Experience of War and Its Aftermath” discussion series, which explores how the humanities affect our understanding of armed conflict.

  • Public film and discussion series “Blurred Boundaries: The Experience of War and Its Aftermath” announces spring 2018 offerings
    Public film and discussion series “Blurred Boundaries: The Experience of War and Its Aftermath” announces spring 2018 offerings
    Feb. 9, 2018

    Discussion series of “Blurred Boundaries: The Experience of War and Its Aftermath” announces spring 2018 offerings to take place on Appalachian State University’s campus during February, March and April 2018.

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