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Topic: Community Engagement

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Appalachian Chorale accepting new members
Jan. 20, 2015
The chorale is an 80- to 90-voice choir comprised of community members and students. It is open to all who would like to sing choral masterworks and feel that they can hold their own on a part.
Carnegie Foundation renews Appalachian’s community engagement classification
Jan. 12, 2015
Community engagement is defined as the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.
Hughes appointed to service academy nomination board
Jan. 5, 2015
Dr. Vickie Hughes, an associate professor in the Department of Nursing in the College of Health Sciences at Appalachian State University, has been appointed to serve on Rep. Virginia Foxx’s Service Academy Nomination Board. Foxx represents North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District.
4 and a Half Minutes
Dec. 8, 2014
A documentation of a student-organized #BlackLivesMatter solidarity demonstration held on Appalachian State University’s campus December 8, 2014.
Dave by the Bell: Take Care of Yourself and Help Others - Part Two
Dec. 2, 2014
This time on part two of the two-part series we follow up with this question, “What’s one thing you’re going to do this week to help someone else?”
Dave by the Bell: Take Care of Yourself and Help Others - Part One
Nov. 21, 2014
In part one of a two part Dave on the Mall we find out what Appalachian students are doing to take care of themselves.
Dave by the Bell: What does community mean to you?
Nov. 17, 2014
We use the word community a lot on the Appalachian State University campus, so we thought we’d ask what it means to our students.
Service-learning project benefits Daniel Boone Native Gardens
Nov. 7, 2014
Students in a First Year Seminar course research, create and install plant signage at Daniel Boone Native Gardens.
#otherappstate
Oct. 29, 2014
This is a compilation of Instagram posts by and about participants in a silent #otherappstate demonstration on Appalachian State University’s campus on October 29, 2014. The demonstration was organized by Appalachian’s Minority Men’s Leadership Circle to raise awareness about and create support for the “other” part of the Appalachian community.
Learning garden teaches children where food comes from
July 27, 2014
A campus learning garden teaches children how plants grow and where food comes.
Third Appalachian Energy Summit guides UNC system’s energy future
July 24, 2014
Appalachian State University leads the way in transforming the University of North Carolina’s energy future by hosting the third annual Appalachian Energy Summit July 28-30.
Appalachian receives $183,000 grant to train international science and English teachers
June 25, 2014
Appalachian State University has received a $183,000 Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Program grant to implement a training program designed to enhance the capacity of 20 teachers representing 17 countries to teach science and English. The TEA Fellows will come from Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, India, Jordan, Mali, Nicaragua, Niger, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Zambia.
Pakistani and American students discover their similarities during exchange program
Dec. 8, 2013
Young Pakistani students, Appalachian State University students and Watauga County public school students spent some time together recently and found they were more similar than dissimilar despite living worlds apart.
Generation on a Slackline
Discussing a diverse, global, digital information economy in motion - and Appalachian's role in it
Dec. 5, 2013
In their book “Generation on a Tightrope” (Jossey-Bass 2012), Dr. Arthur Levine and Dr. Diane Dean present challenges that educational institutions face in preparing this current generation of undergraduate students to understand and thrive in describe a diverse, global, digital information economy in motion. They join Provost Lori Gonzalez and Dean of Students JJ Brown to discuss Appalachian’s role in this challenge.
New Initiative Addresses Physician Assistant Shortage in Underserved Areas throughout the State
Aug. 28, 2013
Appalachian State University and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center announced plans to expand the physician assistant (PA) program at the Wake Forest School of Medicine to Appalachian State University’s campus.
Appalachian receives $297,529 grant to continue Pakistani schools exchange program
Aug. 23, 2013
Appalachian State University has received a second grant totaling $297,529 from the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, to continue an exchange project between public schools in Watauga County and Taxila, Pakistan.
Alumni Awards 2013: Dr. Harry L. Williams '86 '88 '95
July 23, 2013
Dr. Harry L. Williams '86 '88 '95 of Dover, Del., a first generation college student, attended Appalachian on a track scholarship. Instead of leaving after graduation, he stayed to take his first job in the university's Admissions office.
Building Bridges: International language teachers study at Appalachian
Nov. 12, 2012
Twenty-one teachers from 17 countries come to Appalachian to boost their skills in teaching English as a second language.

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