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  • App State Police officers recognized for valor, lifesaving acts
    App State Police officers recognized for valor, lifesaving acts
    Nov. 29, 2022

    Three App State Police officers recently received awards of distinction for outstanding service, valor and lifesaving efforts from the App State Police Department and the University of North Carolina System.

  • 2 App State degree programs among 17 recognized by U.S. Department of Energy
    2 App State degree programs among 17 recognized by U.S. Department of Energy

    Building sciences, technology programs earn new Zero Energy Design Designation

    Nov. 22, 2022

    2 App State degree programs in the Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment — an undergraduate building sciences program and the master’s program in technology — have earned the new Zero Energy Design Designation by the U.S. Department of Energy.

  • 165 graves marked in Boone's historic black cemetery [faculty featured]
    165 graves marked in Boone's historic black cemetery [faculty featured]
    Watauga Democrat
    Nov. 3, 2022

    Led by Dr. Alice Wright, associate professor in App State's Department of Anthropology, and in collaboration with the Junaluska Heritage Association, students, faculty and community volunteers worked to place stones on 165 previously unmarked graves at the Historic Black Cemetery near App State's campus.

  • 2 App State faculty recognized for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
    2 App State faculty recognized for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
    Oct. 31, 2022

    App State’s chancellor and provost honored two faculty members with 2022 Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity awards at the Oct. 21 Research and Creativity Activity at Appalachian event.

  • App State researchers co-author study unearthing decades of coal ash deposits in NC lakes
    App State researchers co-author study unearthing decades of coal ash deposits in NC lakes
    Oct. 24, 2022

    A recently published study co-authored by App State scientists details coal ash deposits in the sediment of five North Carolina lakes located near coal-fired power plants. The study appeared online Oct. 3 in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

  • 4 NC Space Grants awarded to App State students, professor for aerospace and aviation research
    4 NC Space Grants awarded to App State students, professor for aerospace and aviation research
    Oct. 24, 2022

    Three Appalachian State University students and a faculty member received 2022–23 NASA-funded North Carolina Space Grants to conduct research relating to aerospace and aviation fields.

  • How to Boost Your Immune System During Cold and Flu Season
    How to Boost Your Immune System During Cold and Flu Season
    The New York Times
    Oct. 14, 2022

    Dr. David Nieman, App State biology professor and director of the Human Performance Lab at the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis, offers expert advice for maintaining a strong immune system during flu season.

  • On the roof of the world, water is life. Or a sign of it, thanks to eDNA
    On the roof of the world, water is life. Or a sign of it, thanks to eDNA
    Mongabay
    Oct. 14, 2022

    Research by several partners, including Dr. Anton Seimon, research assistant professor in App State's Department of Geography and Planning, employed environmental DNA (eDNA) in mapping the biodiversity of the top 14,700 feet of Mount Everest. The team identified DNA from organisms belonging to 187 taxonomic orders, which constitutes 16.3% of the total known orders.

  • App State’s Dr. Timothy J. Smith selected for UNC System Executive Leadership Institute
    App State’s Dr. Timothy J. Smith selected for UNC System Executive Leadership Institute
    Oct. 13, 2022

    App State’s Dr. Timothy J. Smith is among 24 University of North Carolina System members participating in the System’s third annual Executive Leadership Institute. The program is designed to prepare and develop the next generation of leaders in the UNC System.

  • 6 College Police Chiefs, Security Directors Share Tips to Enhance Campus Safety
    6 College Police Chiefs, Security Directors Share Tips to Enhance Campus Safety
    Campus Safety
    Oct. 12, 2022

    Campus Safety magazine interviews App State Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police Andy Stephenson — a finalist for the 2022 Campus Safety Director of the Year Award — about endeavors that have led to improved student, staff, and visitor safety.

  • What Goes Into a 4-Year Vet Tech Degree, with Dr. Virginia Corrigan [faculty featured]
    What Goes Into a 4-Year Vet Tech Degree, with Dr. Virginia Corrigan [faculty featured]
    VetX International
    Oct. 5, 2022

    In this episode of the Veterinary Business Success Show podcast, VetX International interviews Dr. Virginia Corrigan, director of App State's new four-year online veterinary technology program. Corrigan discusses the general outline for the new bachelor’s degree program and its importance for students, employers and veterinary organizations.

  • Federal funding supports App State programs to prevent falls among older adults
    Federal funding supports App State programs to prevent falls among older adults

    $552,322 awarded to Interprofessional Clinic for falls prevention programs in 7 High Country counties

    Oct. 3, 2022

    Thanks to more than a half-million dollars in federal funding, App State is partnering with the High Country Area Agency on Aging to safeguard the independence of older adults in North Carolina’s High Country — by expanding and implementing falls prevention programs in the seven-county region.

  • App State celebrates Founders Day with ‘Year of the Woman’ theme
    App State celebrates Founders Day with ‘Year of the Woman’ theme

    Statue of D.D. Dougherty dedicated at Founders Plaza

    Sept. 30, 2022

    App State celebrated its fifth annual Founders Day on Sept. 6 in honor of the first day of classes held at Watauga Academy in 1899. Events included a poster exhibition, panel discussion, statue dedication, ceremony and cemetery tour.

  • 4 acclaimed authors to visit App State’s campus, share their work this fall
    4 acclaimed authors to visit App State’s campus, share their work this fall

    The authors’ visits are part of App State’s fall 2022 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series

    Sept. 21, 2022

    Four acclaimed authors — Savannah Sipple, Neema Avashia, Leigh Ann Henion and Scott Blackburn — will visit App State’s campus this fall as part of the 2022–23 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. The authors will read from their work and deliver talks on the craft of writing.

  • App State Mountaineers experience real-world climate science in Peru
    App State Mountaineers experience real-world climate science in Peru

    Dr. Baker Perry leads National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition, study abroad program in Andes Mountains

    Sept. 16, 2022

    National Geographic Explorer and App State geography professor Baker Perry led App State students on their study abroad program in Peru — then spearheaded the effort to install the highest weather station in the Tropical Andes as part of the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition

  • 3 honorees awarded App State’s 2021–22 Plemmons Leadership Medallions
    3 honorees awarded App State’s 2021–22 Plemmons Leadership Medallions
    Sept. 15, 2022

    App State’s Board of Trustees honored three leaders — two students and a former member of Student Affairs — with 2022 Plemmons Leadership Medallions for enriching the quality of life of students at App State.

  • App State opens Academy at Elkin, its second lab school
    App State opens Academy at Elkin, its second lab school
    Sept. 2, 2022

    Elected officials and local dignitaries joined App State and Elkin City Schools educators and staff on Aug. 23 to celebrate the opening of App State’s second laboratory school — one of nine operating as part of the University of North Carolina System Laboratory School initiative.

  • Local youth snack their way to improved language, literacy skills through App State summer program
    Local youth snack their way to improved language, literacy skills through App State summer program
    Aug. 24, 2022

    A summer program developed by App State’s Beaver College of Health Sciences provides young students the opportunity to improve their language and literacy skills — while learning healthy eating habits. The program pairs snack preparation and sampling with a speech-language pathology curriculum.

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