Topic: Community Engagement

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Appalachian receives NSF grant to address math and science teacher shortage in rural schools
Sep. 17, 2015
A four-year, $1,165,039 grant from the National Science Foundation awarded to Appalachian State University will help address the shortage of math and science teachers in rural schools.
Stone Soup Fall Conference Oct. 15
Sep. 16, 2015
The purpose of the conference is to create collaborative action that leads to collective impact on non-profits in the High Country.
Coffee with a Cop will be held Sept. 1
Sep. 1, 2015
University Police at Appalachian State University invite students, faculty and staff to meet officers and discuss community issues, build relationships and drink a free cup of coffee during Coffee with a Cop.
Business for Good event focuses on sustainable business practices
Aug. 31, 2015
Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business held its first Business for Good event at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum Aug. 21. The event provided a venue to train educators on sustainable business practices.
Noted law professor and anti-poverty advocate Gene Nichol to speak Sept. 10 at Appalachian
Aug. 31, 2015
Gene Nichol, the noted law professor and anti-poverty advocate, will speak at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts at Appalachian State University. His talk is titled “Poverty, Politics and Academic Freedom in North Carolina.”
K-12 teachers attend renewable energy workshop at Appalachian
Aug. 28, 2015
A total of 44 educators from across North Carolina attended renewable energy workshops for teachers held this summer at Appalachian State University.
Appalachian included in Sierra magazine’s 2015 list of greenest colleges and universities
Aug. 26, 2015
Sierra magazine has released its 2015 list of “Cool Schools” and once again Appalachian State University is included among the nation’s 153 “greenest” colleges and universities.
Appalachian’s Energy Center assists counties with landfill gas to energy projects
Activity supported with Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation funding
Aug. 25, 2015
The Appalachian Energy Center at Appalachian State University recently completed a project that began in 2005 to help eight North Carolina counties produce renewable energy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improve their economy.
‘The Denim Dynasty’ documentary to be shown Sept. 10 at Appalachian
Aug. 20, 2015
Appalachian faculty member and documentary filmmaker Beth Davison’s “The Denim Dynasty” is a documentary about the legacy of the Cone family that shaped prominent features of North Carolina’s landscape.
Appalachian offers physical education program for home schooled children
Aug. 17, 2015
Area home school students are eligible to participate in physical education activities being offered by the physical education program in Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Health Sciences.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on choosing to preserve our assets
Aug. 14, 2015
The keynote speaker for the 2015 Appalachian Energy Summit, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., dropped by our studio to talk about ways to measure value in economic systems, how to effect lasting change in order to preserve the assets of communities across the world, and offered some advice to students for building their skills for success.
Registration for Girls on the Run begins Aug. 10
Aug. 5, 2015
Local girls in grades 3 through 8 are invited to participate in Girls on the Run of the High Country (GOTR-HC). Registration for the fall semester will begin online Aug.10 at http://gotr.appstate.edu and the program will begin the week of Sept. 8.
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation awards $100,000 to Appalachian to support math education
Aug. 5, 2015
Trustees of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation have awarded a two-year $100,000 grant to Appalachian State University’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction to provide Math Recovery® training and coach approximately 35 elementary mathematics teacher leaders who will in turn support their colleagues in Alleghany, Avery, Burke and Wilkes counties.
Researchers use tree-ring science to study area log cabins
Aug. 3, 2015
Saskia van de Gevel looks closely at the ends of logs used to construct two cabins located in the Bear Paw State Natural Area in Watauga County.
Early registration draws near for the High Country Half Marathon
July 29, 2015
This is the second race in the High Country Triple Crown series and all proceeds benefit Girls on the Run of the High Country, a self-confidence building program for girls in the 3rd-8th grade. The presenting sponsor for The High Country Half Marathon is Mast General Store.
Rhododendron Society inducts Beasley, Rhinehart and Richards
July 28, 2015
Three leaders in public education and in their communities are the latest inductees into The Rhododendron Society at Appalachian State University.
Appalachian’s Community Music School opens online registration Aug. 3
July 28, 2015
The Community Music School provides non-credit music instruction for youth and adults in the local community as well as surrounding Western North Carolina counties.
Appalachian business professors help develop N.C.’s Foster Care Family Act
July 17, 2015
David C. Marlett has been a department chair, college professor and insurance industry professional, but it’s his recent work in foster care advocacy that he says has been most rewarding.