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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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  • Walker College of Business hosts Business for Good, promotes responsible economic, social and natural resource management
    Walker College of Business hosts Business for Good, promotes responsible economic, social and natural resource management
    Aug. 26, 2016

    Do business for good. Speakers share sustainable business practice theories and applications in the High Country and the world.

  • 27th Annual Walk for Awareness slated for Aug. 30 at Appalachian State University
    27th Annual Walk for Awareness slated for Aug. 30 at Appalachian State University
    Aug. 26, 2016

    The annual Walk for Awareness is a silent walk through the Appalachian State University campus to commemorate lives lost to violence.

  • Podcast Preview: Jon Ronson on Public Shaming
    Podcast Preview: Jon Ronson on Public Shaming
    Aug. 26, 2016

    Hear Jon Ronson on the phenomenon of public shaming via social media. Have we come that far from the stocks in the public square? Is Twitter our new scarlet letter?

  • Oncology nurse Sheets ’14 returns to serve Boone
    Oncology nurse Sheets ’14 returns to serve Boone
    Running her own show
    Aug. 25, 2016

    ACCESS alumna Hannah Sheets Adams ’14 joins Watauga Medical Center’s radiation oncology department. “Giving my patients my all is a big deal to me.”

  • Jon Ronson on Public Shaming
    Jon Ronson on Public Shaming

    Is social media programming us to be intolerant?

    Aug. 24, 2016

    Hear Jon Ronson on the phenomenon of public shaming via social media. Have we come that far from the stocks in the public square? Is Twitter our new scarlet letter?

  • Registration underway for fall Craft Enrichment classes at Appalachian
    Registration underway for fall Craft Enrichment classes at Appalachian
    Aug. 18, 2016

    The Michael R. Patricelli Craft Enrichment Program offers a variety of classes for novices, advanced students or individuals who are ready to explore a new hobby. Some classes begin as soon as Aug. 25 and fill quickly, so early registration is encouraged.

  • Department of Theatre and Dance performance season announced
    Department of Theatre and Dance performance season announced
    Aug. 15, 2016

    The Department of Theatre and Dance is pleased to announce its upcoming 2016-17 season with an expanded slate of 10 offerings. The highlights include over a dozen world premiere dance works and an entire season of theatre by female playwrights.

  • Women’s Fund of the Blue Ridge awards Appalachian’s ACCESS program $5,000 for summer school opportunities
    Women’s Fund of the Blue Ridge awards Appalachian’s ACCESS program $5,000 for summer school opportunities
    July 28, 2016

    The Women’s Fund of the Blue Ridge (WFBR) has awarded a $5,000 grant to Appalachian State University’s ACCESS (Appalachian Commitment to a College Education for Student Success) program to help provide summer school opportunities for women enrolled in the program.

  • The Student Summit – inspiring knowledge, collaboration and action as part of the Appalachian Energy Summit
    The Student Summit – inspiring knowledge, collaboration and action as part of the Appalachian Energy Summit
    July 25, 2016

    The Student Summit of Appalachian State University’s Energy Summit provides students the opportunity to drive change in clean energy initiatives.

  • 5th Annual Energy Summit provides students platform for change
    5th Annual Energy Summit provides students platform for change
    July 25, 2016

    With the theme of “Knowledge. Collaboration. Action.”, Appalachian welcomes more than 450 leaders to its 5th Annual Appalachian Energy Summit.

  • What leadership is saying about the 5th Annual Appalachian Energy Summit
    What leadership is saying about the 5th Annual Appalachian Energy Summit
    July 25, 2016

    Sponsors and leaders share their thoughts on the 5th Annual Appalachian Energy Summit at Appalachian State University.

  • Peggy Eller recalls 28 years of training Mountaineer toddlers
    Peggy Eller recalls 28 years of training Mountaineer toddlers
    In honor of her retirement, a new endowment for the Child Development Center is created
    July 19, 2016

    When Peggy Eller graduated from Appalachian State University in 1977 with a degree in health physical education and recreation with a minor in business, she never dreamed of a career in child care.

  • Summer Symposium on Remembering the Holocaust held July 23-28 at Appalachian
    Summer Symposium on Remembering the Holocaust held July 23-28 at Appalachian
    July 18, 2016

    The 15th Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Summer Symposium on Remembering the Holocaust will be held July 23-28 in Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union. This year’s symposium puts a particular emphasis on the roles and struggles of women in the Holocaust and explores the significance of gender in this genocide.

  • Public history student revitalizes local Appalachia history
    Public history student revitalizes local Appalachia history
    July 13, 2016

    The outdoor theatre Horn in the West and the Hickory Ridge Living History Museum are undergoing revitalizations beginning this year thanks in part to Carson Sailor, a public history graduate student at Appalachian State University.

  • Appalachian State University hosts 25 Mandela Washington Fellows through July 31
    Appalachian State University hosts 25 Mandela Washington Fellows through July 31
    July 12, 2016

    Between June 17 and July 31, Appalachian State University is hosting 25 young leaders from 19 African countries for a series of workshops and networking sessions as part of the 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship Institute.

  • AppTV expands presence in North Carolina and Tennessee
    AppTV expands presence in North Carolina and Tennessee
    July 12, 2016

    In partnership with SkyBest Communications, Inc., Appalachian State University’s television station, AppTV, will expand its programming to Ashe, Alleghany and Johnson counties in Tennessee as well as increase coverage in Avery and Watauga counties.

  • Third student awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad
    Third student awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad
    July 5, 2016

    Three Appalachian State University students are among the recipients of the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE).

  • Economics professor awarded grant for socioeconomic study of Atlantic menhaden
    Economics professor awarded grant for socioeconomic study of Atlantic menhaden
    July 1, 2016

    Dr. John Whitehead, professor and chair of Appalachian State University’s Department of Economics, has been awarded $95,303 by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) to conduct a socioeconomic study of Atlantic menhaden commercial fisheries.

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