Topic: Diversity

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Appalachian’s Inclusive Excellence Team offers faculty professional development
Aug. 28, 2018
The faculty-driven initiative is helping bring greater elements of equity, diversity and inclusion into the classroom.
Mother of hate crime victim addresses Appalachian's class of 2022
Watauga Democrat
Aug. 21, 2018
Appalachian State University’s freshman class welcomed the mother of a 1998 hate crime victim with a standing ovation at the Aug. 20 Black and Gold Convocation. The new freshman class gathered at the George M. Holmes Convocation Center before the start of the 2018-19 school year — where Judy Shepard served as the event’s keynote speaker.
US Department of State supports a world of teachers at Appalachian
8th annual TEA program brings educators from across the globe to Appalachian’s campus
Aug. 17, 2018
Teachers from four different continents will take part in Appalachian’s 2018 TEA program to enhance their skills in teaching science and English as a foreign language.
The graduate experience: conferences, collaboration and scaling the Andes
Aug. 16, 2018
As a graduate student studying geography at Appalachian, Heather Guy did fieldwork in the remote Andes in Peru and Bolivia — far removed from her prior days spent in front of a computer screen.
Mother of hate crime victim to speak at Appalachian convocation on diversity and erasing hate
Aug. 13, 2018
Judy Shepard is president of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, which works to champion those causes her late son Matthew espoused during his life, including social justice, diversity awareness and education, and equality for LGBTQ individuals.
Shohei Tsutsumi ’18 experiences life-changing encounter with Appalachian music and culture
Aug. 7, 2018
Appalachian alum Shohei Tsutsumi, of Osaka, Japan, exceled in the university’s Appalachian studies graduate program — receiving scholarships for studies on local music traditions, winning prizes at old-time music contests and more.
Surviving genocide: Holocaust, Rwanda survivors share experiences
Watauga Democrat
July 30, 2018
While Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and Eugenie Mukeshimana are from different parts of the world, both women share a commonality — of being a survivor of a genocide. Both women served as speakers on July 25 during the 17th Annual weeklong Martin and Doris Rosen Summer Symposium, presented by Appalachian State University’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies.
International Friendship Program promotes cultural exchanges and sense of family
July 24, 2018
By pairing local community members with international students and scholars, everyone benefits.
Cafe Appalachia: Locally sourced menu bringing hope to formerly addicted
WOWK-TV
July 23, 2018
Cafe Appalachia, in South Charleston, W.Va., is just as innovative, as the menu is delicious. With a pay what you can, farm to table, format, the open kitchen is staffed with folks who are recovering from addiction. Cheryl Laws modeled the cafe after one that she spent much of her time in while she was getting her master’s degree from Appalachian State University.
Appalachian’s Vietnamese Summer Academy kicks off at 5,280 feet
July 12, 2018
Middle and high school students in Appalachian’s Vietnamese Summer Academy are learning about American and Appalachian culture and improving their English language skills as they explore the region and interact with the community.
IDEA funds second annual Vietnamese Summer Academy at Appalachian
July 12, 2018
The academy allows visiting middle and high school Vietnamese students to learn about American and Appalachian culture and improve their English language skills as they explore the region and interact with the community.
Appalachian hosts 25 young African leaders for six-week institute
July 10, 2018
The Mandela Washington Fellows joined Appalachian campus and local community members at the opening reception of a six-week institute focused on civic leadership.
Appalachian students build tiny house for local nonprofit KAMPN
July 9, 2018
Students in Appalachian’s Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment have been working to construct a tiny house for LIFE Village — a new initiative of Kids with Autism Making Progress in Nature (KAMPN).
Equine assisted therapy course at Appalachian prepares future counselors through a ‘multisensory approach to learning’
June 26, 2018
For the second consecutive summer, students in the Equine Assisted Learning and Psychotherapy course had the opportunity to learn therapeutic techniques by working with full-sized and miniature horses at Lazy Acres Farm.
Appalachian’s Dr. Scott Relyea receives Fulbright and Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS awards to further his studies in China’s Sichuan province
June 26, 2018
Dr. Scott Relyea, assistant professor of history at Appalachian, will travel to China in September 2018 to continue his research on early 20th-century Sino-Tibetan relations in the Kham borderland of eastern Tibet.
Sociologist weighs in on immigrant family separations — including social, economic impact
June 20, 2018
Dr. Cameron Lippard says families are hiding from persecution, even if they’re in the U.S. legally, as a result of recent immigration family separations.
AppX: International Roommates
June 14, 2018
An Australian in the High Country sings songs at Mabel School, teaches kids to play cricket and learns what Southerners mean when they say “buggy.”
Appalachian offers updated and renamed graduate certificate in aging, health and society
June 14, 2018
The former gerontology program at Appalachian — the first such graduate program in North Carolina — has been re-designed “to incorporate and address direct health issues … and to meet professional development and educational needs.”