Topic: Gifts and Grants

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A dose of exercise: App State’s HOPE Lab partners with Park Rx to develop outdoor recreation database
June 4, 2019
Appalachian’s HOPE Lab provides resources for local physicians to prescribe a dose of exercise.
App State partners with Eastman Chemical Co. for NIOSH-funded study on data analytics and workplace safety
June 4, 2019
Appalachian professor Dr. Shawn Bergman has received continued funding from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for the study, which examines how data analytics could inform employers’ decisions regarding their employees’ health and safety.
App State engages with local community to build Habitat for Humanity home
May 31, 2019
The Appalachian Community has organized in partnership with Watauga County Habitat for Humanity to design, fund and build a home from the ground up for a local family in need.
Picture Yourself as an Earth Scientist
App State receives funding for K–12 geosciences outreach project
May 30, 2019
Appalachian’s Marta Toran has received grant funding from the American Geophysical Union to update the university’s PYES mobile photo booth — an outreach project designed to raise awareness for geoscience careers and the importance of earth science literacy.
Appalachian in the community
Solar barn installed at Horse Helpers of the High Country with energy grant from App State
May 28, 2019
The solar barn project at Horse Helpers of the High Country, which was partially funded by a 2018–19 Energy Efficient Grant through Appalachian and the Community Together (ACT), helps power the farm’s barn and fencing.
Couple, 72 and 77, known for their philanthropy work in NC, die in house fire
The News & Observer
May 22, 2019
Hughlene and William Frank were killed in a house fire in Greensboro on Sunday. The couple was known for their philanthropy work at Appalachian State University. She was an alumna and former trustee.
Double major, double awards — Appalachian student earns honors in math and physics
May 17, 2019
Appalachian’s Aeron McConnell, of Asheville, earned the Walter C. Connolly Endowed Award for Physics and the George Dewey Bingham D.D.S. Endowed Award for Math at the end of his first year at Appalachian.
Dr. Martha McCaughey wins 2019 Durham Award for her advocacy of first-year students
May 17, 2019
McCaughey, director of First Year Seminar in Appalachian’s University College and professor in the university’s Department of Sociology, was recognized for her contributions to improve the experience of Appalachian’s first-year students.
App Student-Athletes Shatter Community Service Hours Record
May 16, 2019
Appalachian State student-athletes pride themselves in giving back to the community of Boone since they are endlessly devoted to the success of the university and its athletic programs. This past year (May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019), the Mountaineers completed more than 10,474 hours of community service – the most community service hours ever recorded by App State Athletics.
Announcing the 2019-20 Undergrad and Graduate Researchers
North Carolina Space Grant
May 14, 2019
NC Space Grant is pleased to announce the award recipients of the 2019-20 Undergraduate Research Scholarships and Graduate Research Fellowships. Appalachian State University undergraduates Jordan Greene and Nathaniel Scott are among the award recipients.
Appalachian winner announced for 2019 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award
May 10, 2019
As part of the award, D. Jason Miller, associate professor in Appalachian’s Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, will receive a $12,500 cash prize and a commemorative bronze medallion.
Student authors’ ‘vivid,’ ‘insightful’ prose recognized in 2019–20 Truman Capote Literary Trust Scholarship for Creative Writing competition
May 10, 2019
Appalachian juniors Amerity Head and Franklin Bogle, both English majors, were named winner and runner-up, respectively of the competition. Novelist and former Appalachian professor Abigail DeWitt judged this year’s competition.
Registration opens for the High Country Triple Crown running series
May 10, 2019
Appalachian State University announces open registration for its High Country Triple Crown running series.
‘The High Country Meets the Middle Kingdom’
Appalachian’s STARTALK Program immerses students in Chinese language, culture
May 7, 2019
Through the three-week program at Appalachian, 20 students from regional high schools will explore Chinese language and culture in and beyond a structured classroom setting.
Appalachian awarded funding for second STARTALK Program — an immersion in Chinese language, culture
May 7, 2019
The three-week program — to take place July 8–26 on Appalachian’s campus — is open to rising ninth through 12th grade students in the High Country area with limited or no previous exposure to Chinese.
Dr. Cameron Gokee awarded NSF grant to conduct archaeological research in Bandafassi — a West African ‘shatter zone’
May 6, 2019
Gokee will spend the next two academic years leading archaeological research in the Bandafassi region of eastern Senegal to study how the Atlantic slave trade impacted social life in this West African “shatter zone.”
Appalachian sets new record with 4 Fulbright U.S. Student Program finalists
April 30, 2019
Appalachian alumni Megan Holt-Smith ’15 ’16, John Kennedy ’16 and Emma Labovitz ’18, along with senior psychology major Caroline Webb, will use their Fulbright awards to study, conduct research and teach abroad during the 2019–20 academic year.
Health care in a rural setting
Nursing students gain real-world experience through Appalachian–Ashe Memorial Hospital partnership
April 29, 2019
An NCAHEC-funded partnership with Ashe Memorial Hospital is providing Appalachian nursing students with on-site, clinical experience in providing basic health care services to patients from underserved, rural communities.