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  • Anastasiou appointed executive director of Appalachian’s Office of International Education and Development
    Anastasiou appointed executive director of Appalachian’s Office of International Education and Development
    May 11, 2015

    Dr. Maria Anastasiou has been named executive director of the Office of International Education and Development (OIED) at Appalachian State University.

  • Appalachian’s ROTC program commissions 19 new officers
    Appalachian’s ROTC program commissions 19 new officers
    May 11, 2015

    Nineteen Appalachian State University graduates were commissioned as second lieutenants during a ceremony held May 8 in Valborg Theatre on campus.

  • Forum on business opportunities in Cuba held at Appalachian
    Forum on business opportunities in Cuba held at Appalachian
    May 4, 2015

    Doing business in Cuba won’t be as simple as some people think, but that isn’t stopping governors, state legislators, U.S. business owners and others from exploring economic opportunities that might be available to them in the near future.

  • Appalachian’s INTERSECT Social Justice Retreat enhances understanding
    Appalachian’s INTERSECT Social Justice Retreat enhances understanding
    May 1, 2015

    Everyone has a story. If we each knew these stories, would we have more understanding and compassion toward others?

  • Appalachian announces its summer common reading selection
    Appalachian announces its summer common reading selection
    May 1, 2015

    Ishmael Beah’s book “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier” has been selected as the common reading selection for 2015-16.

  • Appalachian to help people of Nepal
    Appalachian to help people of Nepal
    April 30, 2015

    Offices and programs at Appalachian State University are partnering with the local non-profit agency Wine to Water to help provide clean water and additional emergency supplies to earthquake victims in Nepal.

  • ‘Aquí y Allá’ shown April 22 at Appalachian
    ‘Aquí y Allá’ shown April 22 at Appalachian
    April 16, 2015

    The film is about a Mexican immigrant who returns home to a small mountain village in Guerrero, Mexico, after years of working in the U.S. He struggles to rebuild his family and follow his dream of starting a band: the Copa Kings.

  • ROTC Cadet team wins the 8th Annual Mountain Man Memorial March
    ROTC Cadet team wins the 8th Annual Mountain Man Memorial March
    April 16, 2015

    Cadets and officers from Appalachian’s ROTC program participated in this year’s Mountain Man Memorial March held April 11 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

  • “The Diary of Anne Frank” presented April 22–26 at Appalachian
    “The Diary of Anne Frank” presented April 22–26 at Appalachian
    April 13, 2015

    Appalachian’s Department of Theatre and Dance performs the moving full-length play “The Diary of Anne Frank,” based on a young girl’s diary entries during a two-year span of time during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

  • As-U-R helps challenged students succeed
    As-U-R helps challenged students succeed
    April 10, 2015

    A new program at Appalachian State University called As-U-R is helping college students with special challenges adjust to a new learning environment.

  • Appalachian Studies Distinguished Alumni Lecture held April 16
    Appalachian Studies Distinguished Alumni Lecture held April 16
    April 8, 2015

    The lecture will feature Dr. Deborah Thompson of Berea College. Her talk, titled “Who Gets to be an Appalachian Musician? Insights from Social Theory and Geography,” will utilize concepts from social theory and geography to discuss the place of race and gender in the production of traditional Appalachian music.

  • Conference to focus on travel, business and investment opportunities in Cuba
    Conference to focus on travel, business and investment opportunities in Cuba
    April 8, 2015

    What opportunities will the thawing of US/Cuba relations bring for tourists, businesses and investors?

  • Appalachian joins N.C. Alliance for Health Professions Diversity
    Appalachian joins N.C. Alliance for Health Professions Diversity
    April 3, 2015

    Officials from 20 North Carolina colleges, universities, statewide organizations, as well as state and local health agencies met recently to formally create a state-wide alliance to increase minority representation in the health professions.

  • LUNAFEST: short films by, for and about women comes to Boone April 23-24
    LUNAFEST: short films by, for and about women comes to Boone April 23-24
    April 3, 2015

    LUNAFEST, the fundraising film festival dedicated to promoting awareness about women’s issues, highlighting women filmmakers, and bringing women together in their communities, will be presented in two local screenings this month.

  • Roxane Gay to speak at Appalachian April 16
    Roxane Gay to speak at Appalachian April 16
    April 1, 2015

    “Bad Feminist” author Roxane Gay is an associate professor of English at Purdue University, where she teaches creative writing, fiction and creative nonfiction at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

  • Third annual Festa do Brasil held April 15-17 at Appalachian
    Third annual Festa do Brasil held April 15-17 at Appalachian
    March 30, 2015

    Now in its third year, the festival includes a Brazilian film night, dance workshop, capoeira performance and free Brazilian food.

  • Social entrepreneurs Doc Hendley and Hannah Davis to speak at Global Opportunities Conference
    Social entrepreneurs Doc Hendley and Hannah Davis to speak at Global Opportunities Conference
    March 30, 2015

    The Global Opportunities conference will explore the potential for innovative businesses to solve global social and environmental problems.

  • Affrilachian Poets to share a different perspective of Appalachia and its culture on Earth Day
    Affrilachian Poets to share a different perspective of Appalachia and its culture on Earth Day
    March 27, 2015

    If we don’t treat each other right, how can we do right by the earth? The idea of sustainability broadens as Earth Day celebration April 22 includes Affrilachian Poets.

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