Topic: Faculty and Staff

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Regulatory Uncertainty Throwing Indian Pharmacy Retail Sector in Turmoil [faculty opinion]
CEOWORLD Magazine
Jan. 12, 2020
Appalachian State University marketing professor Dr. Lubna Nafees co-authors a piece stating the offline and online players in pharmacy retail can co-exist for the benefit of consumers.
Archaeology | Hopewells’ culture touched other native peoples throughout North America [faculty featured]
The Columbus Dispatch
Jan. 12, 2020
In her new book, “Garden Creek: the Archaeology of Interaction in Middle Woodland Appalachia,” Appalachian State University archaeologist Dr. Alice Wright offers a look at the cultural exchange and interaction of American Indians in Ohio.
More Women Should Propose to Their Boyfriends [faculty quoted]
Slate
Jan. 11, 2020
In this How To! podcast, a Washington Post writer references her interview with Appalachian State University sociology professor Dr. Ellen Lamont on the topic of symbolic gendering — and how marriage proposals enact traditional gender roles that aren’t seen in other aspects of modern life.
How impeachment trials have put the spotlight on North Carolina senators [faculty quoted]
News & Record
Jan. 1, 2020
Republican U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis are about to join a small but elite group: North Carolina senators who have voted in a presidential impeachment trial. App State historian Karl Campbell, author of "Senator Sam Ervin: Last Of The Founding Fathers," comments on Ervin, who chaired the Watergate committee in the 1970s.
App State remains at No. 1 for certified teachers
Mountain Times
Dec. 26, 2019
Appalachian State University has been recognized — for the fourth consecutive year — as a national leader for the number of Reich College of Education alumni who are National Board Certified Teachers. The university topped the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards’ 2019 list of “Top 50 Alma Maters by Total Number of NBCTs,” with 2,057 alumni having earned the national credential to date.
A Christmas Tree Thrives On Farms, Struggles In The Wild [faculty quoted]
NPR
Dec. 24, 2019
North Carolina grows more Christmas trees than any other state except Oregon. It's an important, nearly $90 million industry for the state. Most of the trees are Fraser firs. But these prized Fraser firs, which millions of families put up in their homes for Christmas, have become more rare in the wild due to the balsam woolly adelgid. Appalachian’s Dr. Howard Neufeld discusses the insect’s impact.
2019: Key moments in App State’s 120th year
Dec. 23, 2019
Celebrate year’s end with a look back at Appalachian’s 2019 accomplishments in teaching, scholarship, service and athletics.
App State’s Marco Fonseca Rodriguez pulls from personal experience for his role in Multicultural Student Development
Dec. 20, 2019
As assistant director of Appalachian’s Multicultural Student Development, Marco Fonseca Rodriguez ’11 ’16 applies his own experiences to connect bridges between multicultural groups on campus.
App State named No. 1 nationally for certified teachers
Dec. 18, 2019
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards ranked Appalachian No. 1 in its “Top 50 Alma Maters by Total Number of NBCTs” list for the fourth consecutive year. Appalachian leads the nation for the number of National Board Certified Teachers — 2,057.
Shawn Clark named App State’s head football coach
Dec. 13, 2019
A champion as an Appalachian State player and coach, Shawn Clark has been chosen to lead App State's championship football program. Clark, 44, has agreed to become the 22nd head football coach in App State history. His five-year contract, which runs through the 2024 season, was approved Friday afternoon by Chancellor Sheri Everts and the Appalachian State University Board of Trustees and is subject to North Carolina Board of Governors approval.
Appalachian nursing professor offers ways to cultivate more gratitude in your life [faculty featured]
Watauga Democrat
Dec. 13, 2019
Gratitude — the ability to be thankful for what you have or experience — carries significant weight toward our general wellbeing, according to recent research. Sarah Martin, MSN, RN, of Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Health Sciences explains how.
Clint Nelson named winner of App State Staff Shout Out program’s November drawing
Dec. 12, 2019
Clint Nelson, technology support specialist in Appalachian’s Information Technology Services (ITS), is among more than 900 Appalachian staff members who have been recognized for their Shout Out-worthy service to the university since January.
Five-year grant aims to expand WHS mental health program to Ashe
Watauga Democrat
Dec. 11, 2019
Appalachian State University, Ashe County Schools and RTI International are collaborating as part of a five-year, rural mental health grant that has received $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education. Their grant proposal was titled “Rural School Mental Health Training and Service Provision in North Carolina.”
App Builds a Home receives match donation
Watauga Democrat
Dec. 11, 2019
Curt and Linda Gillespie of Blowing Rock and Naples, Fla., were so inspired by the hard work at the first High Country Blitz Build, which was completed within 48 hours on Sept. 21-22 in affiliation with Watauga Habitat for Humanity and the student-led organization App Builds a Home of Appalachian State University, that they made a matching gift to the project.
App State awards Appalachian Community members and alumna for global leadership and engagement
Dec. 9, 2019
Appalachian’s 2019 Global Leadership Awards and Global Engagement Award were bestowed during the university’s annual Appalachian Global Symposium. Seven were honored for their support and significant contributions to advance global learning at Appalachian.
The power of gratitude
Dec. 4, 2019
Appalachian nursing professor Sarah Martin offers four ways to cultivate more gratitude in your life — and ultimately more happiness.
$2.5M grant supports App State’s continued provision of mental health training and services in rural NC
Dec. 4, 2019
Dr. Kurt Michael, Appalachian’s Stanley R. Aeschleman Distinguished Professor of Psychology, is the university’s principal investigator for the federal grant that, over the next five years, will support the provision of mental health services and training in Western North Carolina’s rural K–12 schools.
Siblings in service: Brothers and sisters have combined 132 years at App State [staff featured]
Watauga Democrat
Nov. 29, 2019
Two sets of siblings who have served Appalachian State University and the state of North Carolina for a collective 132 years were among more than 120 staff members recognized at the university’s inaugural Chancellor’s Service Awards Luncheon held Nov. 19 on Appalachian’s campus.