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  • 4 award-winning authors to visit App State for fall 2023 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
    4 award-winning authors to visit App State for fall 2023 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series

    The novelists, fiction writer and poet will share their work, give talks on the craft of writing

    Sep. 12, 2023

    This fall, App State will host five esteemed authors as part of its 2023–24 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. The authors will read from their work and deliver talks on the craft of writing.

  • Health, Wellness and Safety Week connects App State students with campus, community resources
    Health, Wellness and Safety Week connects App State students with campus, community resources

    Annual Health, Wellness and Safety Festival takes place Sept. 13 on Sanford Mall

    Sep. 7, 2023

    App State’s Health, Wellness and Safety Week provides students with opportunities to connect with health, wellness and safety resources — on and off campus. The annual Health, Wellness and Safety Festival will take place on Sanford Mall on Wednesday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m..

  • Recover Smarter. Run Stronger [faculty featured]
    Recover Smarter. Run Stronger [faculty featured]
    Runner’s World
    Sep. 6, 2023

    In this Runner's World article, health experts offer advice on how to become a stronger runner and speak to the importance of recovery after exercise. Dr. David Nieman, professor of biology and director of App State's Human Performance Laboratory, talks about his study of competitive runners who took ibuprofen during a race, and about his findings showing that it did not aid in their recovery, but instead may have hampered it.

  • Campus Safety Awareness Month: App State spotlights AppState-ALERT
    Campus Safety Awareness Month: App State spotlights AppState-ALERT

    The 24/7 emergency management system provides students, faculty and staff with real-time updates during campus emergencies

    Sep. 1, 2023

    September is National Campus Safety Awareness Month. App State’s 24/7 emergency messaging system, AppState-ALERT, provides timely information to students, faculty and staff in the event of a campus emergency. Anyone, including the public, can monitor emergency information at appstatealert.com.

  • Full Circle Moments
    Full Circle Moments
    NASPA
    Aug. 31, 2023

    In this blog post, App State Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs J.J. Brown writes about his full circle moment of starting work with university orientation programs in 1995, and how his children are experiencing college orientation nearly 30 years later. Brown, who serves on the board of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), also speaks to the importance of student affairs professionals and offers encouragement to others in the field.

  • Meet Officer Greene and Officer Mitzi: The second K-9 team to join App State Police
    Meet Officer Greene and Officer Mitzi: The second K-9 team to join App State Police
    Aug. 25, 2023

    The police department at App State has welcomed a second team to its K-9 unit: Officer Tylor Greene, who joined App State Police in 2016, and Officer Mitzi, a chocolate Labrador retriever with a specialization in explosives detection and tracking.

  • App State opens Hickory campus, expanding educational access in Western North Carolina
    App State opens Hickory campus, expanding educational access in Western North Carolina

    Hickory metro area was formerly the largest in NC without a public university campus

    Aug. 21, 2023

    Appalachian State University marked a significant milestone in its 124-year history by opening the new Hickory campus on Aug. 21 — expanding higher education access in what was previously the largest metropolitan area in the state without a public university campus.

  • App State’s Dr. Zachary Farris named 2023 Faculty Member of the Year by Sun Belt Conference
    App State’s Dr. Zachary Farris named 2023 Faculty Member of the Year by Sun Belt Conference
    Aug. 16, 2023

    App State associate professor Dr. Zachary Farris has been named the 2023 Faculty Member of the Year by the Sun Belt Conference. The award recognizes Farris for his ability to inspire, promote and sustain the academic and athletic development of Mountaineer student-athletes.

  • Tiny brains, big data: App State-led project aims to prepare the neuroscientists of tomorrow
    Tiny brains, big data: App State-led project aims to prepare the neuroscientists of tomorrow
    Aug. 14, 2023

    Undergraduate students across the U.S., including those at App State, have greater access to enriched neuroscience education — and are engaging in real-world research — as part of an App State-led project funded by nearly $500,000 from the National Science Foundation.

  • What a decline in rural colleges means for rural communities [faculty featured]
    What a decline in rural colleges means for rural communities [faculty featured]
    WBUR
    Aug. 10, 2023

    App State professor of higher education Dr. Andrew Koricich, who is executive director of the App State-based Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges, is the featured guest on NPR's nationally syndicated program "On Point." Koricich shares insights about why rural students have historically had fewer choices in higher education than suburban students and about the benefits of rural colleges to their communities, including increased economic opportunities and stability.

  • This is how college professors know you’re cheating with AI [faculty featured]
    This is how college professors know you’re cheating with AI [faculty featured]
    CNN
    Aug. 9, 2023

    College professors from across the country, including Dr. Christopher Bartel, professor in App State’s Department of Philosophy and Religion, explain how they can tell if students are using AI-generated text in their assignments.

  • On Everest, App State faculty fine-tune tools for sky-high scholarship
    On Everest, App State faculty fine-tune tools for sky-high scholarship

    Dr. Brian Raichle joins Dr. Baker Perry and Sherpa team for weather station maintenance in Nepal

    July 27, 2023

    App State professors Dr. Baker Perry and Dr. Brian Raichle conducted weather station maintenance with a group of elite climbing Sherpas on Mount Everest as part of a National Geographic Society expedition, supported by Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative.

  • 25 young African leaders take part in App State’s 2023 Mandela Washington Fellowship Leadership Institute
    25 young African leaders take part in App State’s 2023 Mandela Washington Fellowship Leadership Institute

    The 6-week Institute develops Fellows’ leadership, civic engagement skills

    July 26, 2023

    This summer, 25 young leaders from across Sub-Saharan Africa are visiting App State’s Boone campus to develop their leadership and civic engagement skills as part of the university’s 2023 Mandela Washington Fellowship Leadership Institute.

  • App State Police welcomes Ericka Heath to Hickory campus — and back to her alma mater
    App State Police welcomes Ericka Heath to Hickory campus — and back to her alma mater
    July 24, 2023

    An App State alumna and a 20-year policing veteran, Lt. Ericka Heath has returned to her alma mater to lead App State’s police division at the university’s Hickory campus. The appointment makes Heath the university’s highest ranking female police officer.

  • How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown [faculty featured]
    How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown [faculty featured]
    NPR
    July 22, 2023

    Over the past few years, insurance companies in states such as California, Colorado, Louisiana and Florida have scaled back or discontinued new policies and renewals in the wake of costly weather disasters. As a result, millions of homeowners nationwide are having to accept coverage at higher prices and with less protection. Dr. David Marlett, managing director of App State’s Brantley Risk & Insurance Center, comments on how this impacts the insurance market, real estate, construction, lending and more.

  • Where are they now? App State solar vehicle team alumni say the experience helped accelerate their careers
    Where are they now? App State solar vehicle team alumni say the experience helped accelerate their careers
    July 20, 2023

    App State’s Team Sunergy has left its mark on the solar vehicle racing world. More importantly, the team members learned valuable skills that have led them to career success. Five Team Sunergy alumni share what they are doing now.

  • App State’s Team Sunergy places 2nd at 2023 Formula Sun Grand Prix
    App State’s Team Sunergy places 2nd at 2023 Formula Sun Grand Prix

    Solar vehicle team clocks fastest lap time, completes most laps in multi-occupant category — and wins competition's Teamwork Award

    July 10, 2023

    Team Sunergy, App State’s solar vehicle team, placed second in the multi-occupant vehicle category of the 2023 Formula Sun Grand Prix in Topeka, Kansas. Over the course of three days, the team completed 275 laps for a total of 687.5 miles.

  • App State recognized nationally for support of transfer students
    App State recognized nationally for support of transfer students

    The university is one of 208 U.S. higher education institutions named to 2023 Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Honor Roll

    July 7, 2023

    For the seventh consecutive year, App State has been named to Phi Theta Kappa’s Transfer Honor Roll — a list recognizing four-year colleges and universities nationwide for developing dynamic and innovative pathways to support community college transfer students.

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