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Topic: Faculty and Staff

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  • 2017 Staff Excellence Award winners
    2017 Staff Excellence Award winners
    Aug. 31, 2017

    Appalachian’s 2017 Staff Excellence Awards were presented to James Burniston, Daniel Bryan, Haley Childers and Mary Beth McKee.

  • Appalachian professor directs season four of ‘A Craftsman’s Legacy,’ premiering Sept. 9
    Appalachian professor directs season four of ‘A Craftsman’s Legacy,’ premiering Sept. 9
    Aug. 30, 2017

    Dr. Kelly Davis, assistant professor of electronic media/broadcasting in the Department of Communication, returns to “A Craftsman’s Legacy” to direct his second season.

  • Faculty and staff honored for excellence
    Faculty and staff honored for excellence
    Aug. 30, 2017

    Seven faculty and four staff members at Appalachian State University were honored for excellence at the Fall Semester Faculty and Staff Meeting on Aug. 25 in Plemmons Student Union.

  • Professor: 'Average' season for fall leaves in NC
    Professor: 'Average' season for fall leaves in NC
    Winston-Salem Journal
    Aug. 30, 2017

    Forecasters say North Carolina can expect an "average" season for fall leaves, but Appalachian State University biology professor Howard Neufeld suggests it may not be so bad.

  • Descendant Of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee Denounces Racism At VMA’s
    Descendant Of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee Denounces Racism At VMA’s
    Ebony
    Aug. 28, 2017

    “We have made my ancestor an idol of white supremacy, racism and hate,” Reverend Robert W. Lee said.

  • Innovative Leadership at Appalachian
    Innovative Leadership at Appalachian

    Colleges’ and schools’ deans committed to demonstrating sustainability-focused innovation

    Aug. 28, 2017

    Appalachian has new leadership at the helm of nearly every academic unit. Reach out and welcome these individuals to campus.

  • Historic solar eclipse to occur Aug. 21
    Historic solar eclipse to occur Aug. 21

    High Country to see near-total eclipse

    Watauga Democrat
    Aug. 17, 2017

    ”Solar eclipses aren’t that rare,” said Michael Briley, head of the Appalachian State Department of Physics and Astronomy. “What’s rare about them is that they only affect such a small part of the Earth. You look at the moon’s shadow passing over the Earth and the odds of being in the right place at the right time to be in that shadow is the exciting part.

  • What To Expect From The Solar Eclipse In The Triad
    What To Expect From The Solar Eclipse In The Triad

    The first total solar eclipse since 1918 is happening on Monday, August 21, and people across the country are gearing up to view the astronomical event.

    88.5 WFDD
    Aug. 15, 2017

    The first total solar eclipse since 1918 is happening on Monday, August 21, and people across the country are gearing up to view the astronomical event. But how much you see depends greatly on where you are. The best place to be? Along the path of totality. That’s where for a period of time the complete light of the sun will be blocked out, and the sky will go dark.

  • History of total solar eclipses in North Carolina
    History of total solar eclipses in North Carolina
    Aug. 15, 2017

    Since 1869 there have been three total solar eclipses in North Carolina: Aug. 7, 1869, May 28, 1900, and March 7, 1970. There will be three more before the end of the century: Aug. 21, 2017, May 11, 2078 and Sept. 14, 2099.

  • Hankins’ first book garners Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise
    Hankins’ first book garners Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise
    Aug. 14, 2017

    Dr. Davis Hankins of Appalachian State University is one of 10 winners of the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise this year. He received this award for his work “The Book of Job and the Immanent Genesis of Transcendence” (Northwestern University Press, 2015).

  • Gelber named AppTV general manager
    Gelber named AppTV general manager
    Aug. 7, 2017

    In this role, Robert Gelber will oversee all aspects of AppTV, including programming, expansion and new initiatives while also mentoring students in the university’s electronic media/broadcasting program.

  • Living like you mean it
    Living like you mean it

    Meet some Mountaineers who are living intentional lives, and making a difference for others

    Aug. 4, 2017

    Meet some Mountaineers who are living intentional lives, and making a difference for others.

  • Communication faculty member receives Wade H. Hargrove Community Leadership Award
    Communication faculty member receives Wade H. Hargrove Community Leadership Award
    July 31, 2017

    Dan “Vallie” Hill, practitioner-in-residence in the Department of Communication at Appalachian and WASU-FM manager, was awarded the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters (NCAB) 2017 Wade H. Hargrove Community Leadership Award in June. The award is given to North Carolina broadcasters who have demonstrated a commitment to public service in their communities.

  • Action plans in action
    Action plans in action

    2016 Mandela Fellows share their successes and strategies

    July 20, 2017

    Here are two examples of the influence Appalachian State University has had on the young and promising African leaders who spend six weeks on campus as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. Faith Tanui of Kenya and Dr. Issoufa Bachir Bounou of Niger participated in 2016.

  • Great American Total Solar Eclipse To Travel Through Western NC on Aug. 21
    Great American Total Solar Eclipse To Travel Through Western NC on Aug. 21
    High Country Press
    July 13, 2017

    Dan Caton, professor and director of observatories at Appalachian State University in the Department of Astronomy and Physics, encourages everyone to try to venture into that 70-mile wide path on the afternoon of Aug. 21.

  • 'Mountain of God' Volcano Preparing to Erupt
    'Mountain of God' Volcano Preparing to Erupt

    The East African peak looms over a modern city as well as three major sites featuring signs of early humans.

    National Geographic
    July 13, 2017

    An active volcano in northeastern Tanzania, known as Ol Doinyo Lengai, could threaten Engare Sero, a site of ancient Homo sapiens footprints recently studied by Appalachian State University geologist Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce.

  • Saving the bees
    Saving the bees

    Appalachian student and faculty researchers seek to recover declining honeybee population

    July 13, 2017

    There’s hope for declining honeybee populations thanks to Appalachian student and faculty research and special projects.

  • Appalachian professors practice what they teach, operate their home at net positive energy use with solar panels
    Appalachian professors practice what they teach, operate their home at net positive energy use with solar panels
    July 11, 2017

    Drs. Jim and Jennifer Westerman, both professors at Appalachian State University, made a decision that has saved the equivalent of 276 trees and avoided 10,624 pounds of CO2 emissions so far this calendar year: having 50 solar panels installed on their 1972 home.

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