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  • ‘After Coal’ documentary produced by Appalachian’s Thomas Hansell adapted as book
    ‘After Coal’ documentary produced by Appalachian’s Thomas Hansell adapted as book
    Sep. 28, 2018

    How do coal-mining communities and their cultures survive once the coal industry moves on? Hansell’s book “After Coal: Stories of Survival in Appalachia and Wales,” forthcoming from WVU Press, explores this issue.

  • Cara Hagan visits Gonzaga to teach in-screen dance
    Cara Hagan visits Gonzaga to teach in-screen dance
    The Gonzaga Bulletin
    Sep. 26, 2018

    Cara Hagan, assistant professor of dance studies at Appalachian, visited Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. for a week to work with the dance program. Hagan has had guest residencies teaching dance everywhere from Thirak, India to James Madison University.

  • Appalachian’s Holly Thornton authors ‘The It Factor: What Makes a Teacher Great’
    Appalachian’s Holly Thornton authors ‘The It Factor: What Makes a Teacher Great’
    Sep. 26, 2018

    Thornton’s book explores the ‘It Factor’ behind the makings of great teachers and “blends voices of teachers and students as well as their stories and experiences in a dynamic way.”

  • Dr. Nickolas Jordan receives Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance Award from Appalachian’s AAUP chapter
    Dr. Nickolas Jordan receives Academic Freedom and Faculty Governance Award from Appalachian’s AAUP chapter
    Sep. 26, 2018

    The chapter praised Jordan, associate dean of student affairs and program services in Appalachian’s Reich College of Education, for his work as an advocate for Appalachian’s students, faculty and administrators.

  • Did Hurricane Florence affect NC's leaf season?
    Did Hurricane Florence affect NC's leaf season?
    ABC11 WTVD
    Sep. 25, 2018

    “If this storm had come through two weeks later, it would have had a bigger impact. So, my forecast is that we're still in pretty good shape,” said Howard Neufeld in an Asheville Citizen-Times story. Neufeld is known as the “Fall Color Guy” and is a professor of biology at Appalachian State University in Boone.

  • CTE — integrating teaching with real-world experience
    CTE — integrating teaching with real-world experience

    Q&A with Dr. Jerianne Taylor

    Sep. 24, 2018

    Dr. Jerianne Taylor talks about why Appalachian State University is a great school choice for career and technical education (CTE).

  • What Baby Stars and Meteorites Can Tell Us About Our Solar System’s Past
    What Baby Stars and Meteorites Can Tell Us About Our Solar System’s Past
    Motherboard
    Sep. 20, 2018

    Dr. Rachel L. Smith, associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian, studies the birth of stars to better understand the origins of life on Earth, and perhaps elsewhere in the universe.

  • A hurricane in the mountains? Natural disasters await far from the coastal storms, and almost no one there is talking about it
    A hurricane in the mountains? Natural disasters await far from the coastal storms, and almost no one there is talking about it
    The Washington Post
    Sep. 19, 2018

    Hurricane Florence threatened areas far inland — including Appalachia — with landslides and other perilous effects. But people keep building in the mountains, apparently unfazed. “Early people, they were living away from streams and up on flat lands,” according to Dr. Ellen Cowen. “They weren’t the best views, but they were the safest to be. But now there’s nowhere to go, so the slopes have been cut.”

  • Amy Huffman McNeill wins August drawing of Appalachian’s Staff Shout Out program
    Amy Huffman McNeill wins August drawing of Appalachian’s Staff Shout Out program
    Sep. 14, 2018

    McNeill, a business and technology applications technician in Appalachian’s Physical Plant, received her Shout Out from an anonymous nominator for having a “positive and helpful attitude.”

  • Creating a more diverse and inclusive campus
    Creating a more diverse and inclusive campus

    Organizational change expert Dr. Damon A. Williams offers three-day residency at Appalachian

    Sep. 11, 2018

    Organizational change expert Dr. Damon A. Williams met with Appalachian’s leaders, faculty and staff Aug. 27-29, 2018, to explore pathways to diversity, equity, inclusion.

  • Two-time Appalachian Staff Shout Out recipient LuAnn Greene wins July drawing
    Two-time Appalachian Staff Shout Out recipient LuAnn Greene wins July drawing
    Sep. 11, 2018

    “Pleasantly surprised” — LuAnn Greene’s words upon learning she received not one, but two Shout Outs through Appalachian’s Staff Shout Out program.

  • Different Views
    Different Views
    Sep. 10, 2018

    Competitive ultimate frisbee, conservative values in African American communities and the unexpected similarities between Japan and Iowa.

  • Appalachian faculty and staff excellence 'singled out' at fall semester meeting
    Appalachian faculty and staff excellence 'singled out' at fall semester meeting
    Sep. 10, 2018

    Seven faculty and four staff members at Appalachian were honored for excellence at the Fall Semester Faculty and Staff Meeting held in the College of Education Building.

  • Appalachian Carbon Research Group awarded UNC System funding to develop accounting guidelines for forest carbon offset projects
    Appalachian Carbon Research Group awarded UNC System funding to develop accounting guidelines for forest carbon offset projects
    Aug. 28, 2018

    ACRG will partner with UNC System sister institutions UNC Asheville and North Carolina State University to “evaluate the cost and accuracy of forest inventory methodologies that could make forest carbon offset projects viable.”

  • UNC System funds Appalachian research on new drug storage and delivery method
    UNC System funds Appalachian research on new drug storage and delivery method
    Aug. 28, 2018

    Research by Appalachian’s Dr. Brooke Christian, professor in the Department of Chemistry, could “change the paradigm of drug delivery,” potentially reducing the cost of drug storage and transportation.

  • Appalachian’s Inclusive Excellence Team offers faculty professional development
    Appalachian’s Inclusive Excellence Team offers faculty professional development
    Aug. 28, 2018

    The faculty-driven initiative is helping bring greater elements of equity, diversity and inclusion into the classroom.

  • App State professor: August rain shouldn't fade fall leaves
    App State professor: August rain shouldn't fade fall leaves
    WSOC-TV
    Aug. 28, 2018

    Abundant August rains shouldn't have an impact on fall leaves showing their colors in western North Carolina, according to a university professor. Appalachian State University professor Howard Neufeld said it's an old wives' tale that if you get a lot of rainfall in the summer it dilutes the fall color, the Asheville Citizen Times reports.

  • Disappearing footprints in Tanzania
    Disappearing footprints in Tanzania

    Appalachian researchers use photogrammetry to quantify erosion at ancient footprint site

    Aug. 27, 2018

    Three faculty members in Appalachian’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences used point cloud comparison algorithms to find rates of erosion during the seven-year study.

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