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  • North Carolina's Fall Colors Are Delayed. But Here's When - And Where - To Find Them [faculty quoted]
    North Carolina's Fall Colors Are Delayed. But Here's When - And Where - To Find Them [faculty quoted]
    WFAE 90.7
    Oct. 11, 2019

    The onset of North Carolina's famously vibrant fall colors has been delayed by an unseasonably hot start to fall and drought conditions. But Howard Neufeld, a biologist at Appalachian State University known as the "Fall Color Guy," says there's still a good chance for rich color this year – especially since cooler weather has begun.

  • The Leaves, They Are a Changin'... But Why? [faculty quoted]
    The Leaves, They Are a Changin'... But Why? [faculty quoted]
    North Carolina Climate Office
    Oct. 11, 2019

    Few people in North Carolina know more about what makes trees tick than Dr. Howard Neufeld, a professor of biology at Appalachian State University. To his thousands of online followers, Neufeld is better known as the "Fall Color Guy" because of the weekly updates he shares this time of the year. According to Neufeld, North Carolina hasn't always had the same variety and vibrancy of fall color.

  • Faculty mentors help pave the way to success for App State transfer students
    Faculty mentors help pave the way to success for App State transfer students
    Oct. 9, 2019

    Faculty Transfer Mentors help Appalachian transfer students find the fast track to success — in the field and in the lab.

  • Behind the scenes: App State faculty, staff and students partner with community in Appalachian Theatre project
    Behind the scenes: App State faculty, staff and students partner with community in Appalachian Theatre project
    Oct. 9, 2019

    In and out of the classroom, Mountaineers across the university — from professors, staff and students, to a librarian and a retired administrator — have been involved in the Appalachian Theatre’s opening act.

  • 5 South African scholars take part in University Staff Doctoral Program at App State
    5 South African scholars take part in University Staff Doctoral Program at App State
    Oct. 8, 2019

    Appalachian’s University Staff Doctoral Program, a project jointly coordinated by the Office of International Education and Development and the Center for Appalachian Studies, aims to increase the number of university academics in South Africa who hold doctoral degrees.

  • 7 App State faculty members recognized for teaching excellence
    7 App State faculty members recognized for teaching excellence
    Oct. 7, 2019

    Appalachian honored the 2019–20 recipients of the UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Awards during its Fall 2019 Faculty and Staff Meeting. These awards are designed to recognize and reward exemplary teaching within the UNC System’s 17 institutions.

  • App State recognizes 4 staff members for excellence
    App State recognizes 4 staff members for excellence
    Oct. 7, 2019

    Appalachian announced the four recipients of its 2019 Staff Excellence Awards during the Fall 2019 Faculty and Staff Meeting held on the university’s campus. The awards recognize staff members’ exemplary service, commitment, collegiality and leadership to the university community.

  • Fall foliage delayed: As the hot, dry weather drags on in WNC, when will fall color peak? [faculty quoted]
    Fall foliage delayed: As the hot, dry weather drags on in WNC, when will fall color peak? [faculty quoted]
    Asheville Citizen-Times
    Oct. 2, 2019

    Dr. Howard Neufeld at Appalachian State University, who manages the “Fall Color Guy” Facebook page, said the high ridges are starting to show some color, but many trees are already dropping their leaves before turning color because of the drought conditions.

  • Stephanie Billings ’92 named Appalachian’s executive director of alumni affairs
    Stephanie Billings ’92 named Appalachian’s executive director of alumni affairs
    Oct. 2, 2019

    Appalachian alumna Stephanie Billings ’92 to assume role as the university’s executive director of alumni affairs Oct. 16. An active alumna, she has served on multiple university boards and was named among Triad Business Journal’s “40 Leaders Under 40.”

  • Fall Color Guy Gives Latest Update on Leaf Colors as Drought Continues But Conditions Improve
    Fall Color Guy Gives Latest Update on Leaf Colors as Drought Continues But Conditions Improve
    High Country Press
    Sept. 30, 2019

    Around this time of year when the color starts to change in the trees, we pay attention. Most of us watch the leaves turn in real time. Others work to skip ahead, to predict when exactly we’ll see our fall colors, how vividly, and how long. One such person is Dr. Howard Neufeld, a professor of biology at Appalachian State University. Better known by the public as the Fall Color Guy, he monitors the weather, temperature, and color activity here in the mountains, and makes predictions accordingly.

  • From foundation to roof — App Builds a Home takes shape during blitz build
    From foundation to roof — App Builds a Home takes shape during blitz build
    Sept. 26, 2019

    App Builds a Home takes shape as 200-plus volunteers turn out for two days of construction. The Habitat home, built in partnership with Watauga County Habitat for Humanity, is located in Boone’s GreenWood subdivision and will be inhabited by the Barker family.

  • New River Conservancy is “ReWilding” Elk Shoals
    New River Conservancy is “ReWilding” Elk Shoals
    Winston-Salem Journal
    Sept. 25, 2019

    The New River Conservancy and New River State Park are working to reopen Elk Shoals to the public through a plan they are calling ReWilding Elk Shoals. A team from Appalachian State University's Appalachian Studies program participated in planting native trees in the flood plain at Elk Shoals on Sept. 20.

  • Fidel’s Cuba is long gone [faculty opinion]
    Fidel’s Cuba is long gone [faculty opinion]
    The Conversation
    Sept. 24, 2019

    Cuba is no longer the Americas’ lonely outpost of communism. The Caribbean island has become a nation of entrepreneurship, democratic aspiration, even pro-Americanism, according to Dr. Joseph J. Gonzalez, associate professor in Appalachian’s Department of Interdisciplinary Studies.

  • ‘Middle of the herd’ no more: Amazon tackles climate change [faculty quote]
    ‘Middle of the herd’ no more: Amazon tackles climate change [faculty quote]
    ABC News
    Sept. 19, 2019

    Online shopping giant Amazon revealed a carbon footprint Thursday that rivals that of a small country and vowed to reduce the damage to the planet by cutting its use of fossil fuels. "Its greenhouse gas emissions are about 85% of the emissions of Switzerland or Denmark," said Gregg Marland, a professor at the Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics at Appalachian State University.

  • What You Need to Know about Fall Foliage This Year
    What You Need to Know about Fall Foliage This Year

    Prepare for a better leaf-peeping season than in 2018

    Garden & Gun
    Sept. 18, 2019

    Leaf lovers, rejoice: Fall will be colorful. This year, the South is on track to have a much more vibrant display of colors, says Howard S. Neufeld, professor of biology at Appalachian State University.

  • 10 Little Things Connected Couples Do
    10 Little Things Connected Couples Do

    It's the smallest things that make the biggest difference.

    Women’s Health
    Sept. 16, 2019

    You agreed to stick it out through sickness and health and for richer or poorer, but marital vows don't address the other big things that can untie your knot. In one Appalachian State University study, for example, experts asked 52 couples to reminisce about fun times they had experienced both alone and together; those who liked to recall shared laughs were most satisfied with their relationships.

  • ASU celebrates Founders Day to honor legacies of those who paved the way
    ASU celebrates Founders Day to honor legacies of those who paved the way
    Watauga Democrat
    Sept. 11, 2019

    Appalachian State University’s second annual Founders Day was celebrated on Sept. 5 with the dedication of the Lillie Shull Dougherty statue, the ringing of the Founder’s Bell and a panel discussion featuring a former chancellor and former interim chancellor of Appalachian State University.

  • High water, higher expectations — a STEM learning experience for all ages at App State
    High water, higher expectations — a STEM learning experience for all ages at App State
    Sept. 10, 2019

    Top-notch N.C. high schoolers take to the river for research, instructed by Appalachian State University faculty, staff and students. It’s a learning experience for all.

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