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Mentoring youth in Benin
App State alumna shares mentoring program with Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumnus in West Africa
Feb. 20, 2020
A relationship fostered during Appalachian’s Mandela Washington Fellowship Leadership Institute led to a new youth mentorship program in the Republic of Benin.
Climate City: WNC Researchers Delve Into Climate Change & Health [faculty featured]
Blue Ridge Public Radio
Feb. 17, 2020
A medical geographer, Appalachian State University’s Dr. Maggie Sugg discusses climate change’s impact on human health. She is joined by Jennifer Runkle, an environmental epidemiologist with the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies.
App State ranked the nation’s top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars in 2019–20
Feb. 13, 2020
Appalachian is the nation’s top producer of Fulbright scholars among master’s institutions in 2019–20, according to the U.S. Department of State and Institute of International Education (IIE).
Dr. Heather Hulburt Norris named Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
Feb. 10, 2020
Dr. Heather Hulburt Norris has been named interim provost and executive vice chancellor for Appalachian State University.
Dr. Sandra Vannoy named acting dean of Walker College of Business
Feb. 10, 2020
Dr. Sandra Vannoy has been named acting dean of Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business effective Feb. 10, 2020.
App State awarded AT&T grant to examine climate change resiliency, community impact
Feb. 7, 2020
Appalachian is one of five universities selected nationally to conduct rural climate resiliency research in partnership with AT&T.
5 Ways Pilates Changes Your Brain & Body [faculty featured]
Bustle
Feb. 5, 2020
Appalachian State University’s Marianne Adams, co-founder of the Department of Theatre and Dance’s Pilates Teacher Training Program, explains the benefits of this core-strengthening practice.
An ACL Tear Can Affect Your Brain in Addition to Your Knee [faculty quoted]
Healthline
Feb. 4, 2020
Dr. Alan Needle in Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Health Sciences explains how researchers are trying to better understand the relationship between injuries and brain function.
White House hopefuls storm Iowa in last efforts to win support [faculty quoted]
The Gazette
Feb. 1, 2020
Dr. William Hicks, a political-science professor at Appalachian State University, explains how seeing presidential candidates in person, rather than just on TV, can inform both voters and young people studying the U.S. political system.
‘Things are getting worse’: Trump plan met with disgust across Jordan [faculty quoted]
The Guardian
Jan. 30, 2020
Dr. Curtis Ryan of the Department of Government and Justice Studies is quoted on Jordan's response to President Trump’s Middle East peace plan announced in January.
‘An affirmation of their love’: Keepsakes memorialize people’s loved ones in new UC Irvine exhibit [faculty featured]
LA Times
Jan. 29, 2020
An exhibit titled “Saved: Objects of the Dead” — a collaboration between Appalachian State University artist Jody Servon and University of California - Irvine poet and English lecturer Lorene Delany-Ullman — explores how ordinary things can become conduits of memories of the dead.
End zone facility to be rented for community events [staff quoted]
Watauga Democrat
Jan. 29, 2020
Nick Katers, Appalachian State University’s associate vice chancellor for facilities management, updates the Boone Town Council on campus construction projects, including the $50 million, mixed-use end zone facility at Kidd Brewer Stadium.
This ASU professor combines technology and design to create 3D works of art [faculty featured]
Charlotte Observer
Jan. 27, 2020
In preparation for his solo exhibit “Structure and Void” at Central Piedmont Community College’s Overcash Gallery, App State design professor Richard Elaver explains how he got into making jewelry and functional art pieces, beginning with the Grateful Dead.
Climate scientists go above and beyond
Cape Cod Times
Jan. 18, 2020
It was the end of an 11-day trek from Lukla, Nepal, mainly following river valleys with a team of scientists, a film crew and their porters and guides. The snow fell hard on the final leg into Base Camp at Mount Everest, and Heather Clifford had a bad headache.
App State presents inaugural awards for inclusive excellence, welcomes poet Nikki Giovanni
Jan. 17, 2020
Appalachian honored Dr. Claudia Cartaya-Marin, Rabbi Stephen Roberts and the Watauga County Schools Coffee Talk program with the inaugural Chancellor’s Awards for Inclusive Excellence during a luncheon held Jan. 13 on the university’s campus.
Taking Students to the Iowa Caucus: An Experiential Approach to American Politics [faculty contributor]
Political Science Now
Jan. 16, 2020
Dr. Phillip Ardoin, professor of political science and chair of the Department of Government and Justice Studies at Appalachian State University, describes the valueof taking Appalachian political science students to experience the presidential campaign process and to observe the Iowa Caucus as part of a course titled #App2Iowa 2020.
NATO chief lauds anti-terror partnership with Jordan [faculty quoted]
The National
Jan. 14, 2020
As Jordan’s King Abdullah visited NATO headquarters for talks on situations in the Middle East, Appalachian State University’s Dr. Curtis Ryan was quoted as saying Jordan remains a key moderate NATO partner in a tumultuous region.
First Comes Love Then Comes The Epic Marriage Proposal. When Did Engagements Become So Elaborate?
89.3 KPCC
Jan. 14, 2020
In this 89.3 KPCC “AirTalk” interview, Appalachian State University’s Dr. Ellen Lamont is one of two expert guests discussing the current trends in marriage proposals and gender equality. Lamont, an assistant professor of sociology, is author of “The Mating Game: How Gender Still Shapes How We Date,” which is being released in 2020 from University of California Press.