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Topic: Diversity

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  • Future teachers travel the globe for international teaching experiences
    Future teachers travel the globe for international teaching experiences
    Jan. 5, 2015

    “Almost home, forever changed” is how Emily Johnson described her international student teaching experience in Costa Rica last spring.

  • Appalachian’s emphasis on study abroad gains continued recognition
    Appalachian’s emphasis on study abroad gains continued recognition
    Dec. 17, 2014

    More and more Appalachian students are studying abroad, bringing continued recognition from the International Institute of Education.

  • 4 and a Half Minutes
    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.

  • #otherappstate
    #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.

  • Appalachian’s American Cultural Center in China focuses on sustainability
    Appalachian’s American Cultural Center in China focuses on sustainability
    July 7, 2014

    Sustainability was the theme for recent activities at the American Cultural Center in Shenyang, China. The center, located at Northeastern University in Shenyang, is co-directed by Appalachian State University. It was launched in May 2013 with an initial $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State.

  • Appalachian receives $183,000 grant to train international science and English teachers
    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.

  • Success, Defined: featuring Soledad O’Brien and Ivan Penado '12
    Success, Defined: featuring Soledad O’Brien and Ivan Penado '12
    June 18, 2014

    Hear award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien and a first-generation student from Appalachian State University define success and what can bring more opportunity to young people.

  • Helping sustain and revitalize Guatemala’s indigenous culture
    Helping sustain and revitalize Guatemala’s indigenous culture
    March 24, 2014

    A professor’s longtime relationship with a Guatemalan town helps sustain and revitalize its indigenous culture.

  • Students serve others during winter break
    Students serve others during winter break
    Jan. 6, 2014

    Winter Alternative Service Experience (ASE) Programs at Appalachian State University allow students to use the long holiday to explore and serve a different community. Programs vary in length and cost, but provide the same components of service, learning and exploration found in Alternative Service Experience programs during fall and spring breaks.

  • Pakistani and American students discover their similarities during exchange program
    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.

  • Study abroad: Malawi 2012
    Study abroad: Malawi 2012
    Sep. 7, 2013

    A study abroad experience related to sustainability has developed into an ongoing community relationship between Appalachian State University and the African nation of Malawi.

  • Malawi: A transforming experience inspires an ongoing relationship
    Malawi: A transforming experience inspires an ongoing relationship
    Sep. 6, 2013

    Students learn and practice community solutions through a special relationship between Appalachian and Malawi.

  • Appalachian receives $297,529 grant to continue Pakistani schools exchange program
    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.

  • Veteran and Appalachian alumnus uses his love of farming as therapy
    Veteran and Appalachian alumnus uses his love of farming as therapy
    Aug. 1, 2013

    Local farmer and Appalachian alumnus Cory Bryk, a Marine veteran, finds healing in a new kind of mission: feeding the community.

  • Alumni Awards 2013: Dr. Harry L. Williams '86 '88 '95
    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.

  • Appalachian opens American Cultural Center at China’s Northeastern University
    Appalachian opens American Cultural Center at China’s Northeastern University
    July 15, 2013

    Appalachian State University is one of 19 U.S. universities to open an American Cultural Center at a Chinese university. The center at Northeastern University (NEU) in Shenyang, China, has been funded by a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State and is part of a program initiated by the state department in 2011.

  • AppState Roundtable: Malawi
    AppState Roundtable: Malawi
    July 7, 2013

    For decades, Appalachian State University has recognized the importance an international perspective has on undergraduate education. Appalachian's graduates are creative thinkers and problem-solvers -- thought leaders who are easily able to adapt to a changing world.

  • Dewey named director of Appalachian’s Quality Enhancement Plan
    Dewey named director of Appalachian’s Quality Enhancement Plan
    Feb. 15, 2013

    The QEP is a major part of the reaffirmation of accreditation process for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS). Appalachian’s QEP, developed through a three-year process, is titled “Global Learning: A World of Opportunities for Appalachian Students.”

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