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Can’t Find It at the Store? Try Bartering. Here’s How to Do It Right (and Fairly) [faculty featured]
New York Times
Aug. 3, 2020
The work of Dr. Brian Burke in Appalachian’s Department of Sustainable Development is featured in this story on the growing bartering economy in the U.S. Burke has found that bartering often is not about generating profit as much as it is being part of an economic community.
Continued federal funding supports App State interns in providing behavioral health services for rural populations
July 31, 2020
Thanks to continued federal funding, marriage and family therapy and mental health counseling interns at Appalachian are helping to increase the availability of culturally sensitive behavioral health services for residents of Northwestern North Carolina. The four-year project has received $1.75 million-plus in support.
‘Three rural school districts partner with Appalachian State University to prevent youth suicide [faculty featured]
EdNC
July 30, 2020
As part of a series on innovative approaches to health in schools, this article features Appalachian State University psychology professor Dr. Kurt Michael and is work partnering with three rural school districts to prevent teen suicide.
App State Staff Shout Out program announces Sandi Jones as June drawing winner
July 30, 2020
Jones, who serves as the senior budgeting and contracting supervisor in Appalachian’s Division of Academic Affairs, is one of more than 1,200 individual Appalachian staff members who have been recognized as of June 30 for their Shout Out-worthy service to the university.
Laura Padgett ’02 wins May drawing of App State Staff Shout Out program
July 29, 2020
Padgett, who is director of graduate enrolled student services and development in Appalachian’s Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies, is one more than 1,200 individual Appalachian staff members who have been recognized as of June 30 for their Shout Out-worthy service to the university.
2 App State professors earn undergraduate student recognition for mentorship
July 24, 2020
Appalachian professors Dr. Howard Neufeld and Dr. Megen Culpepper, recipients of the Office of Student Research’s 2020 Undergraduate Research Mentorship Excellence Award, share the rewards of student mentoring.
‘Leading in a Time of Transformation’: 4 App State faculty selected for women’s leadership development program
July 22, 2020
Appalachian’s Dr. Megen Culpepper, Dr. Leah Hamilton, Dr. Vicky Klima and Dr. Rachel Wilson have been accepted into the 2020 BRIDGES Academic Leadership for Women program. The theme of this year’s program is “Leading in a Time of Transformation.”
Interim director named for App State’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Appalachian studies academic program
July 21, 2020
Dr. Conrad E. “Ozzie” Ostwalt, professor of religious studies at Appalachian, has been appointed interim director of the university’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Appalachian studies academic program. Ostwalt assumed his new role July 1.
‘A history told by the people’: ‘Junaluska: Oral Histories’ features Boone’s historic Black community
Watauga Democrat
July 21, 2020
Appalachian’s Belk Library and Information Commons hosted an online book talk on “Junaluska: Oral Histories of a Black Appalachian Community,” a collection of narratives from Boone’s historically Black community edited by Dr. Susan Keefe. The retired Department of Anthropology professor worked closely with the community since the 1970s.
3-year-old finds his voice through App State’s Communication Disorders Clinic
July 17, 2020
By working with speech-language pathologists in Appalachian’s Communication Disorders Clinic, a 3-year-old child diagnosed with severe childhood apraxia of speech is learning to communicate. The speech therapy has given him the ability to call his mother “mama” for the first time.
App State’s NRLP awarded $1.1M-plus in grant funding for Payne Branch restoration project
July 16, 2020
Thanks to a second awarded grant, Appalachian’s New River Light and Power has received more than $1.1 million to complete an environmental restoration project at the site of the Payne Branch dam on New River. The work will begin the week of July 20.
Learning in the High Country — beyond the classroom
July 15, 2020
Western North Carolina’s High Country region is rich with economic and environmental ecosystems, and its peaks and valleys create a living laboratory for exploration, research and fun. Read on to learn about the abundant opportunities the university’s regional setting affords Mountaineers.
App State art professor awarded fellowship for book on spatial history of British colonial prisons in India
July 13, 2020
Appalachian art professor Dr. Mira Rai Waits has been named a 2020 American Council of Learned Societies Fellow for her book project “Colonial Carcerality: The Birth of the Modern Prison in India,” which explores the spatial history of British colonial prisons in India.
Former students, colleagues praise Dr. Randy Edwards in virtual retirement send-off
July 13, 2020
Appalachian State University hosts a virtual retirement send-off for Dr. Randy Edwards honoring his 37 years of service to the university and its students.
Sellers joins App State’s Intercultural Student Affairs
July 10, 2020
Lamont A. Sellers, the former senior diversity officer at the University of South Dakota, is the new director of intercultural student affairs at Appalachian State University as of July 1.
App State provides meals and masks to community partners amid COVID-19 pandemic
July 10, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, App State has provided meals, masks and an inventory of deployable resources to local community partners, including AppHealthCare and Watauga County Emergency Services.
App State announces appointment of senior director of admissions
July 10, 2020
Kimberly Holley, who comes to Appalachian from North Carolina State University, has 15 years of experience in college admissions. She has worked with students from marginalized populations while assisting organizations with improving their overall diversity enrollment.
What impact does weather have on COVID-19? Local scientists are searching for answers [faculty featured]
WLOS
July 8, 2020
Appalachian’s Dr. Maggie Sugg and Dr. Jennifer Runkle are interviewed about their collaborative research with the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies that found a significant association between low humidity and transmission of COVID-19 in some U.S. cities.