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  • Appalachian’s 2017 TEA Fellows supported by grant administered through IREX
    Appalachian’s 2017 TEA Fellows supported by grant administered through IREX
    Feb. 6, 2018

    Appalachian hosted 21 Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Fellows in 2017 with funding provided by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

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

    Sustaining culture of place

    Feb. 6, 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 State houses one of stock car racing’s premier collections
    Appalachian State houses one of stock car racing’s premier collections
    Motorsport Network
    Feb. 6, 2018

    Appalachian State University’s Stock Car Racing Collection in Belk Library works to preserve the sport’s history while offering scholars, reporters, fans and others an opportunity to conduct research.

  • Beaver College of Health Sciences announces Healthy Heart Collaborative, sponsors community events
    Beaver College of Health Sciences announces Healthy Heart Collaborative, sponsors community events
    Feb. 5, 2018

    Appalachian’s Beaver College of Health Sciences joins the Omar Carter Foundation to form the Healthy Heart Collaborative.

  • Blowing Rock ONE on ONE With... Dr.Karl Campbell, Political Historian
    Blowing Rock ONE on ONE With... Dr.Karl Campbell, Political Historian
    Blowing Rock News
    Feb. 3, 2018

    Whether America is in a state of political turmoil or not largely depends upon from whom you are soliciting an opinion. To get a more objective answer, Blowing Rock News turned to a history professor at Appalachian State, Dr. Karl Campbell, who specializes in political history.

  • Breece Robertson ’00, the ‘GIS whiz’ at The Trust for Public Land
    Breece Robertson ’00, the ‘GIS whiz’ at The Trust for Public Land
    Feb. 2, 2018

    The Trust for Public Land is working to ensure every American can access a park. Breece Robertson ’00 uses her master’s in geography from Appalachian to help realize that vision.

  • Appalachian has highest number of alumni in nation certified by NBPTS
    Appalachian has highest number of alumni in nation certified by NBPTS
    Feb. 2, 2018

    The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) ranks Appalachian No. 1 in North Carolina for having the highest number of alumni who have earned the NBPTS certification.

  • Appalachian and Blue Ridge Elementary School collaborate for a night of science, art
    Appalachian and Blue Ridge Elementary School collaborate for a night of science, art
    Feb. 1, 2018

    From Paleolithic caves to Co2 — faculty and students within Appalachian’s STEM departments take part in “Creative Leaders Night” at Blue Ridge Elementary School in Ashe County.

  • N.C.’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services funds NEXUS project
    N.C.’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services funds NEXUS project
    Feb. 1, 2018

    The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services funds Appalachian’s NEXUS research project that demonstrates the production of synthetic natural gas from bioenergy crops.

  • Parent to Parent FSN-HC awarded $45,778 in support
    Parent to Parent FSN-HC awarded $45,778 in support
    Jan. 30, 2018

    Parent to Parent FSN-HC has received $45,778 in funding to provide continued support to families and children with special needs in the High Country.

  • Blue Ridge Partnership of Children supports Parent to Parent FSN-HC
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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/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
    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.

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