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  • A closer look at why NC’s nursing homes still face staffing shortages [faculty featured]
    A closer look at why NC’s nursing homes still face staffing shortages [faculty featured]
    WNCN-TV
    Oct. 7, 2020

    App State’s Dr. Sandi Lane, who teaches health care management in the Beaver College of Health Sciences, discusses staffing shortages in nursing homes before and after COVID-19.

  • High Country families benefit from $73K-plus in grant funding awarded to App State Parent to Parent FSN-HC
    High Country families benefit from $73K-plus in grant funding awarded to App State Parent to Parent FSN-HC
    Oct. 7, 2020

    For more than 30 years, App State’s Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country has supported High Country families with special needs children — work made possible by donations and external grant funding. Read on to learn about the organization’s $73,000-plus in grant support for 2019–20.

  • ‘The mission doesn’t stop’: App State holds Operation Agile Leader training exercises locally for senior ROTC cadets
    ‘The mission doesn’t stop’: App State holds Operation Agile Leader training exercises locally for senior ROTC cadets
    Oct. 2, 2020

    To help keep students safe during COVID-19, App State held Operation Agile Leader (OAL) training exercises locally for senior ROTC cadets. The cadets’ leadership skills were assessed as part of OAL, which took place at the university’s Teaching and Research Farm in Ashe County.

  • App State Staff Shout Out program announces August drawing winner
    App State Staff Shout Out program announces August drawing winner
    Oct. 1, 2020

    Ward, who serves as an administrative support associate in App State’s Disco Student Learning Center, is one of more than 1,300 individual App State staff members who have been recognized as of August for their Shout Out-worthy service to the university.

  • App State professor receives international recognition for diversity and inclusion advocacy
    App State professor receives international recognition for diversity and inclusion advocacy
    Oct. 1, 2020

    App State’s Dr. Jennifer Burris, professor in and chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has received international recognition from The Optical Society (OSA) for her diversity and inclusion advocacy. She is one of two individuals and one organization to receive the 2020 honor.

  • App State college advisers prepare rural Western NC students for college success
    App State college advisers prepare rural Western NC students for college success
    Oct. 1, 2020

    Regional high school seniors are learning how to prepare for and succeed in college — and beyond — thanks to support provided by App State’s College Advising Corps (CAC). Read on to learn more about CAC program and the impact it has made to date.

  • René A. Salinas, Appalachian State University [faculty featured]
    René A. Salinas, Appalachian State University [faculty featured]
    Lathisms
    Oct. 1, 2020

    Dr. René Salinas of App State’s Department of Mathematical Sciences was among mathematicians featured daily on the Lathisms (Latinxs and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences) website as part of its celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15 - Oct. 15. This website is made possible with support of the American Mathematical Society and other organizations.

  • Ancient Footprints Help Appalachian State Researcher Walk Back in Time [faculty featured]
    Ancient Footprints Help Appalachian State Researcher Walk Back in Time [faculty featured]
    UNC-TV
    Sept. 28, 2020

    Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, professor of geology and director of the environmental science program at App State, is featured in this article on the largest human fossil footprint site ever discovered in Africa – 400 or so prints near the volcano called Ol Doinyo Lengai, which means “mountain of God.”

  • App State encourages campus community to use new COVID-19 contact tracing mobile app
    App State encourages campus community to use new COVID-19 contact tracing mobile app
    Sept. 24, 2020

    App State and AppHealthCare are joining the statewide rollout of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ (NCDHHS) COVID-19 contact tracing mobile application.

  • App State hosts virtual celebration of research and creative activity, honors two faculty members
    App State hosts virtual celebration of research and creative activity, honors two faculty members
    Sept. 23, 2020

    At the culmination of App State’s weeklong celebration of research and creativity activity, the university honored Drs. Curtis Ryan and Alecia Jackson with the Chancellor’s and Provost’s Awards, respectively. They were recognized for superior achievement in their fields and sustained productivity.

  • App State furniture design program awarded $12K grant to support student scholarships
    App State furniture design program awarded $12K grant to support student scholarships
    Sept. 23, 2020

    The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) Furniture Foundation has awarded $12,000 in grant funding to App State’s furniture design program to support student scholarship opportunities. This is the 17th AHFA grant awarded to the university since 2002.

  • Appalachian Police Department hosts training to certify area officers to teach implicit bias training locally
    Appalachian Police Department hosts training to certify area officers to teach implicit bias training locally
    Sept. 23, 2020

    The Appalachian Police Department is sponsoring 15 Watauga County officers, including App State officers, to become Fair and Impartial Policing (FIP) LLC trainers through FIP’s nationally recognized curriculum. The class will also include officers from elsewhere in the Western North Carolina region.

  • Collaboration during COVID and beyond — local law enforcement share efforts to ensure safety
    Collaboration during COVID and beyond — local law enforcement share efforts to ensure safety
    Sept. 18, 2020

    The App State and Boone Police departments, along with the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office, are increasing collaboration and communication to work together to support safety measures during COVID-19.

  • App State participates in questionnaire to support UNC System Racial Equity Task Force
    App State participates in questionnaire to support UNC System Racial Equity Task Force
    Sept. 18, 2020

    The University of North Carolina (UNC) System has released a questionnaire to support the work of its Racial Equity Task Force. The survey — sent to faculty, staff and students of all 17 UNC System institutions, including App State — will be open for submissions until Sept. 30.

  • App State awarded nearly $1M grant to ADVANCE APPALACHIAN women in STEM academic careers
    App State awarded nearly $1M grant to ADVANCE APPALACHIAN women in STEM academic careers
    Sept. 18, 2020

    The National Science Foundation has awarded Appalachian $995,509 in grant funding to implement ADVANCE APPALACHIAN — a program designed to support and advance the careers of Appalachian faculty who are women in STEM disciplines. The program will be implemented over the next three academic years.

  • Oldest footprints in Saudi Arabia reveal intriguing step in early human migration [faculty quoted]
    Oldest footprints in Saudi Arabia reveal intriguing step in early human migration [faculty quoted]
    National Geographic
    Sept. 17, 2020

    Fossil tracks provide a window into the past in a way other ancient remnants cannot, Dr. Cynthia Liukus-Pierce explains in the article. A professor in Appalachian’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, she led research on ancient footprints in Tanzania as the recipient of a National Geographic grant.

  • Allen Mendenhall Interviews Joseph Bathanti, Author of “Coventry” [faculty featured]
    Allen Mendenhall Interviews Joseph Bathanti, Author of “Coventry” [faculty featured]
    Southern Literary Review
    Sept. 16, 2020

    Appalachian State University English professor Joseph Bathanti is interviewed about his novel “Coventry,” which is set in a prison camp, and his experiences leading writing programs in North Carolina prisons.

  • 4 lauded authors to appear in App State’s first virtual Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
    4 lauded authors to appear in App State’s first virtual Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
    Sept. 11, 2020

    The author lineup for Appalachian’s fall 2020 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series, to be held virtually due to COVID-19, includes novelist Jacinda Townsend, creative nonfiction author Graham Hoppe and poets Jacinta White and Nickole Brown.

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