Adverse Weather Update: Jan. 11-12, 2025
For non-faculty employees on App State’s Boone and Hickory Campuses:

On Sat., Jan 11, Condition 2 (Suspended Operations) remains in effect until 5pm.

From 5pm on Jan. 11 until noon on Sun., Jan. 12 Condition 1 (Reduced Operations) is in effect.

Topic: Faculty and Staff

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C.D. Spangler Foundation’s $2M gift funds literacy professorship at App State
Spangler Distinguished Professor of Early Child Literacy is first named professorship in Reich College of Education
Feb. 16, 2022
A $2 million gift from the C.D. Spangler Foundation has established the Spangler Distinguished Professorship of Early Child Literacy at Appalachian State University, the first named professorship in App State’s Reich College of Education.
Cut from a different cloth: App State alumnus Mitch Purgason ’15 stitches his way to fashion’s forefront
Feb. 14, 2022
Mountaineer alumnus Mitch Purgason ’15 stitches his way to award-winning success, designing custom clothing for professional athletes, executives and fashion influencers.
Provost highlights App State’s shared governance at Spring 2022 Faculty and Staff Meeting
Feb. 11, 2022
At App State’s Spring 2022 Faculty and Staff Meeting, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Heather Hulburt Norris highlighted the university’s shared governance, which ensures the university meets, and continues to meet, the educational needs of the citizens of North Carolina — and beyond.
More than $275,000 awarded to App State projects in 5 years of Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program
Deadline for 2022–23 project applications is Feb. 21
Feb. 9, 2022
The Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program at App State marked its five-year anniversary in 2021, with more than $275,000 awarded to 30 project teams since its inception. Applications are now open to fund projects for the 2022–23 academic year.
Skip the Bag — take a wooden nickel and shop sustainably at App State
Feb. 4, 2022
App State’s Skip the Bag program supports sustainable shopping by providing Mountaineers with wooden nickels as an incentive to forgo single-use plastic bags for their purchases. The wooden tokens are converted to monetary contributions made to campus organizations.
Mt. Everest’s Highest Glacier Feels the Impacts of Human-Induced Climate Change
National Geographic
Feb. 3, 2022
National Geographic highlights findings from a paper for which App State geography and planning professor Dr. Baker Perry served as a co-author. The paper, published in the Nature Portfolio Journal Climate and Atmospheric Science, identifies that Mount Everest’s highest glacier is now losing several decades of ice accumulation annually, which is attributed to the earth's warmer climate.
App State honors champions of inclusive excellence, on campus and in the community
Jan. 31, 2022
During the 2022 Chancellor’s Awards for Inclusive Excellence Luncheon, App State honored champions of inclusive excellence, including several faculty, staff and students from the university and a member of the local community.
Announcing the Campus Safety 2022 Higher Education Director of the Year Finalists
Campus Safety Magazine
Jan. 31, 2022
Campus Safety Magazine announces its finalists for the 2022 Higher Education Director of the Year Award — including App State Police Chief Andy Stephenson.
New group looks to redefine rural higher education policy [faculty featured]
Politico
Jan. 31, 2022
The Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges, which formed in 2021 and is based at App State, unveils a new metric for identifying rural-serving institutions. Dr. Andrew Koricich, executive director of the ARRC and an associate professor in App State's Department of Leadership and Educational Studies, is interviewed about the alliance's work.
App State Online programs rank among nation’s best in 2022 — US News & World Report
Jan. 27, 2022
U.S. News & World Report has named App State to its “Best Online Bachelor’s Programs” and “Best Online Master’s in Education Programs” lists — both part of its 2022 “Best Online Programs” rankings.
Money management do’s and don’ts
Financial literacy director Bryan Bouboulis shares advice for students
Jan. 26, 2022
App State’s financial literacy director, Bryan Bouboulis, shares some helpful money do’s and don’ts for students.
App State to offer online veterinary technology degree beginning in August
Dr. Virginia Corrigan appointed as director of new 4-year program
Jan. 21, 2022
App State’s new Bachelor of Science in veterinary technology will prepare students for meaningful employment in the growing veterinary medical profession and lead to career advancement opportunities for those already working in the field.
App State’s ‘outstanding’ MBA program recognized by The Princeton Review
MBA human resources concentration named among nation’s top 10
Jan. 21, 2022
The Princeton Review has named App State’s Walker College of Business in its “The Best Business Schools 2022” list, which recognizes U.S. schools with the best on-campus MBA degree programs. App State also offers its nationally recognized MBA through App State Online.
App State University Libraries team recognized nationally for leadership in digital preservation
Jan. 19, 2022
App State’s Digital Scholarship and Initiatives team has received the 2021 National Digital Stewardship Alliance Organization Excellence Award — an honor recognizing organizations nationwide that provide significant support, guidance, advocacy or leadership for the digital preservation community.
Cubans who joined July protests now face stiff sentences [faculty interviewed]
The Washington Post
Jan. 19, 2022
Dr. Joseph Gonzalez, associate professor in App State's Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, is interviewed by The Washington Post for an article about the summer 2021 protests in Cuba.
App State’s Carbon Neutral Commuter program: Driving to reduce global warming
Q&A with Jim Dees
Jan. 13, 2022
Participating in the Carbon Neutral Commuter (CNC) program — administered by App State’s Office of Sustainability — is a step Mountaineers can take to reduce global warming and make a positive difference in climate change.
App State research team examines ancient evidence in mass extinctions
Jan. 7, 2022
Dr. Sarah Carmichael describes her job as similar to that of a crime scene investigator — and the evidence she examines is more than 350 million years old. Through her research, Carmichael and her team seek insight on the causes and outcomes of mass extinctions during the Devonian period.
Winter brings 1st snowfall of 2022 to App State campus
Jan. 4, 2022
Winter’s bluster blanketed the High Country Jan. 3, ushering in 2022 with several inches of heavy snow that turned App State’s Boone campus into a world of white. Check out this photo gallery for winter scenes at App State.