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  • Best Cities for Jobs (2025) [faculty featured]
    Best Cities for Jobs (2025) [faculty featured]
    WalletHub
    Jan. 7, 2025

    In this WalletHub feature, Dr. Yalçın Açıkgöz, associate professor in App State’s Department of Psychology, offers his expert predictions for the job market in 2025. Açıkgöz is a faculty member in App State’s Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management (IOHRM) program.

  • What does 2025 hold for interest rates, inflation and the American consumer? [faculty featured]
    What does 2025 hold for interest rates, inflation and the American consumer? [faculty featured]
    The Conversation
    Dec. 26, 2024

    Dr. Brandy Hadley, associate professor in App State’s Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance, and Dr. Brian Bank, associate professor of finance at Mississippi State University, discuss what to expect in 2025 for interest rates, inflation and the American consumer.

  • 2024 — App State’s 125th year was marked by resilience, progress and opportunity
    2024 — App State’s 125th year was marked by resilience, progress and opportunity
    Dec. 20, 2024

    Milestones from App State’s 125th anniversary year include new pathways to expand education access, record support for research funding, the continued improvement of campus facilities and recovery from Hurricane Helene — a historic natural disaster.

  • Hellbender heroes: App State team continues nearly 20 years of research to help protect NC’s giant salamanders
    Hellbender heroes: App State team continues nearly 20 years of research to help protect NC’s giant salamanders
    Dec. 18, 2024

    Dr. Michael Gangloff and his team work to monitor the populations and habitats of the eastern hellbender, which was proposed for inclusion on the endangered species list in late 2024. The team’s efforts are part of nearly 20 years of research aimed at protecting N.C.’s giant salamanders.

  • Perseverance pays off: Over 1,500 App State graduates achieve degrees this fall
    Perseverance pays off: Over 1,500 App State graduates achieve degrees this fall

    John Blackburn awarded honorary doctorate for support of the university and High Country communities

    Dec. 17, 2024

    More than 1,500 Mountaineer students celebrated their graduation from Appalachian State University in Holmes Convocation Center on the Boone campus during the university’s Fall 2024 Commencement ceremonies, held Dec. 13.

  • App State researchers create new tool for honeybees
    App State researchers create new tool for honeybees
    WXII-TV
    Dec. 12, 2024

    This feature from WXII-TV highlights ongoing research by Dr. Rahman Tashakkori, App State’s Lowe’s Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, who has spent years leading the development of the Beemon Hive Monitoring System.

  • App State earns national recognition as a top 10 Food Allergy-Friendly College
    App State earns national recognition as a top 10 Food Allergy-Friendly College

    The Spokin ranking honors App State’s efforts to provide a campus dining experience designed for all

    Dec. 10, 2024

    App State has been recognized on a national scale for its efforts to provide a safe and inclusive campus dining experience for all. The university is ranked among the nation’s top 10 Food Allergy-Friendly Colleges according to Spokin, a food allergy app and lifestyle platform.

  • App State team’s beehive monitoring system buzzes toward market with NCInnovation support
    App State team’s beehive monitoring system buzzes toward market with NCInnovation support

    The monitoring system could help decrease honeybee die-off, improve hive production

    Dec. 9, 2024

    A $641,951 NCInnovation grant awarded to App State’s Dr. Rahman Tashakkori and his research team will support the commercialization of four components of the team’s Beemon Hive Monitoring System — an innovative tool designed to decrease honeybee hive die-off and increase hive production.

  • “Nobody wants a nervous pilot:” Education leaders discuss leading with compassion [faculty featured]
    “Nobody wants a nervous pilot:” Education leaders discuss leading with compassion [faculty featured]
    Hickory Daily Record
    Dec. 5, 2024

    The Hickory Daily Record covers the second installment of App State’s Hickory Leadership Forum series, moderated by Dr. Melba Spooner, dean of the Reich College of Education. At the event, Spooner and other local education leaders discussed leading with compassion.

  • App State’s College of Arts and Sciences recognizes faculty, staff with annual awards
    App State’s College of Arts and Sciences recognizes faculty, staff with annual awards
    Dec. 2, 2024

    App State’s College of Arts and Sciences recognized several faculty and staff members with its annual awards for outstanding service, teaching and scholarly work. The 2023–24 award nominees and recipients were honored during a celebratory luncheon on Nov. 21.

  • App State students, faculty and staff volunteered to help neighbors after Hurricane Helene
    App State students, faculty and staff volunteered to help neighbors after Hurricane Helene
    Nov. 27, 2024

    In the wake of Hurricane Helene, App State students, faculty and staff stepped up to help those in need — both on and off campus, and during and after the disaster. Read the stories of seven Mountaineers who share how they responded to and volunteered to help others during the historic storm.

  • Audio Education 2024, Pt. 4: Appalachian State University [faculty featured]
    Audio Education 2024, Pt. 4: Appalachian State University [faculty featured]
    Mix Magazine
    Nov. 27, 2024

    App State’s Hayes School of Music recently installed a Dolby Atmos control room in its Robert F. Gilley Recording Studio. Scott Wynne, professor of music industry studies at App State, speaks about the system installation and how it was a positive experience for students, as well as future projects that are in the works for the studio.

  • App State named a national and world leader in business education for 2024–25
    App State named a national and world leader in business education for 2024–25

    App State’s Walker College of Business, business degree programs have been recognized by US News, The Princeton Review, CEO Magazine, Fortune magazine and Forbes magazine

    Nov. 25, 2024

    App State has earned national and international acclaim for its Walker College of Business and business degree programs. The university was featured in the 2024–25 rankings of U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, Fortune magazine, Forbes magazine and CEO Magazine.

  • Appalachian State to add nursing doctorate in 2026 [faculty featured]
    Appalachian State to add nursing doctorate in 2026 [faculty featured]
    WFDD
    Nov. 25, 2024

    App State is set to launch a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree program in fall 2026 — the university’s first doctoral program in the field of health sciences. WFDD speaks with Dr. Tammy Haley, professor in and chair of App State’s Department of Nursing, who explains how the new program will help address the nursing shortage in rural North Carolina.

  • 125 years: App State Founders Day commemorates university’s legacy of education access, innovation and excellence
    125 years: App State Founders Day commemorates university’s legacy of education access, innovation and excellence

    With the Founders Bell ringing, 9 new members were inducted into App State’s Bell Ringers Society

    Nov. 22, 2024

    App State celebrated its seventh annual Founders Day on Nov. 21 to commemorate its founders, B.B., D.D. and Lillie Shull Dougherty, and the first day of classes held at Watauga Academy in 1899. Nine new members were inducted into the university’s Bell Ringers Society as part of the day’s events.

  • UNC System Board of Governors approves App State's new Doctor of Nursing Practice hybrid program
    UNC System Board of Governors approves App State's new Doctor of Nursing Practice hybrid program

    The program, launching in fall 2026, will develop the next generation of rural health care leaders

    Nov. 20, 2024

    In fall 2026, App State will launch a new Doctor of Nursing Practice program, designed to educate family practice nurse practitioners and respond to health care provider shortages, especially in rural areas. The program has been approved by the UNC System Board of Governors.

  • App State receives gift from La-Z-Boy Foundation to establish endowed professorship in applied design
    App State receives gift from La-Z-Boy Foundation to establish endowed professorship in applied design
    Nov. 19, 2024

    App State has received a $333,000 gift from La-Z-Boy Foundation to establish a new endowed professorship in the Department of Applied Design in the College of Fine and Applied Arts. The professorship will support a department faculty member, with a focus on furniture design or interior design.

  • App State Oral History Program preserves the past and present through storytelling
    App State Oral History Program preserves the past and present through storytelling

    Special Collections Research Center houses oral histories, university archives, historical exhibits and more

    Nov. 18, 2024

    App State’s Oral History Program conducts and curates oral history interviews, which are housed in the university’s Special Collections Research Center. The interviews range in date from the mid-1960s to the present day, with a focus on university and regional history.

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