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Bienenstock Furniture Library Announces 2019 Furniture Design Competition Winners
Furniture World
March 11, 2019
There were 32 entries from 7 different colleges. Colleges represented included: Weber State, Kendall, SCAD, Appalachian State University, University of Central Oklahoma, University of Idaho, and the University of Houston. John Lalevee of Appalachian State University won the first place award for Furniture Design.
Registering success: Appalachian’s SDAP partners with technology firm ECRS
March 6, 2019
Appalachian Scholars with Diverse Abilities learn real-life career skills through a partnership with Boone-based technology company ECRS.
Local business ECRS establishes new scholarship program for Appalachian computer science students
March 1, 2019
Over the next four years, ECR Software Corporation (ECRS) will award $176,000 in total scholarship support to eight undergraduate and two graduate students in Appalachian’s Department of Computer Science.
N.C. Arts Council supports Dance Theatre of Harlem residency at Appalachian
Feb. 27, 2019
As part of the residency, Dance Theatre of Harlem members performed at Appalachian in the 2018–19 “The Schafer Center Presents …” series and conducted workshops and master classes with theater and dance students.
NIOSH supports Appalachian research on how to keep workers safe on the job
Feb. 26, 2019
Appalachian psychology professors Drs. Shawn Bergman and Tim Ludwig will collaborate on a four-year pilot study funded by NIOSH to examine how using HSE data in analytics can help keep workers safe on the job.
NPS funds Appalachian survey of WNS-affected bats in Blue Ridge Parkway area
Feb. 22, 2019
The survey, conducted in fall 2018 by Dr. Mark Spond, Appalachian’s liaison to the National Park Service, investigated the distribution and extent of white-nose syndrome in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
JustPax Fund supports sustainability leadership development for educators, administrators at Appalachian Academy at Middle Fork
Feb. 15, 2019
Mel Falck ’14, an undergraduate teacher education adviser in Appalachian’s James Center for Student Success and Academic Advising, is the grant recipient.
Gilman Scholar Patrick Ross conducts independent study in Madagascar
Feb. 15, 2019
Ross, a senior sustainable development major, traveled to Madagascar’s Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Reserve in November 2018, where he installed cameras as part of his independent study of the rainforest’s small carnivore inhabitants.
Appalachian ties for top producer of Fulbright Scholars among master’s institutions
Feb. 15, 2019
With four Fulbright Scholars, Appalachian ties with College of Charleston for the highest number of people receiving the prestigious honor in 2018–19, among master’s institutions.
OSEP funding supports Appalachian iSHINE scholars
Feb. 14, 2019
The Interdisciplinary Support for High-Intensity Needs in Education (iSHINE) grant helps prepare pre-professional speech-language pathologists, reading specialists and special educators to serve children with disabilities who have “high intensity” needs.
4 Appalachian faculty and staff receive Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange Awards
Feb. 11, 2019
Reciprocal Exchange Award recipients Drs. Jesse Lutabingwa, Brian MacHarg, Suzi Mills and Chishimba Nathan Mowa will travel to sub-Saharan African countries this spring to implement four separate projects alongside Mandela Washington Fellowship alumni.
Tau Sigma awards 3 Appalachian transfer students $9K in scholarships
Feb. 8, 2019
Seniors Nolan McDaniel, Holly Parsons and Gretchen Synk — all of whom are officers in the Gamma Nu Chapter of Tau Sigma at Appalachian — will use their scholarship funding for graduate school, study abroad and more.
Students Work To Design Homes For Adults With Autism
88.5 WFDD
Feb. 8, 2019
Professor Jason Miller speaks with WFDD’s Eddie Garcia about designing housing for adults with autism and about a collaboration between Appalachian State University’s Department of Sustainable Technology and LIFE Village, a nonprofit that provides services for exceptional individuals.
12 Appalachian invitees to serve in Peace Corps in 2019
Feb. 7, 2019
Appalachian’s invitees will each serve in one of six different work sectors — agriculture, community economic development, education, environment, health, and youth in development — in 10 countries located on four continents around the globe.
Josh Gregory answers the call for needed high school physics teachers
Feb. 5, 2019
A story about a politician’s misunderstanding of physics led Josh Gregory on the path to Appalachian’s Physics (BS) – Secondary Education program.
Dr. Benjamin Powell named among UNC System’s 2019 Faculty Fellows
Feb. 1, 2019
Powell will spend one year researching academic affairs and assist in introducing new strategies to the teaching and learning environment as part of the UNC System’s 2019 Digital Learning Project.
Appalachian’s Beaver Scholars program aims to improve health care in region and beyond
Feb. 1, 2019
Beginning fall 2019, the program will provide support to 20 North Carolina students in Appalachian’s Beaver College of Health Sciences who have made a commitment to health care careers.
LIFE Village funds collaboration with Appalachian to design homes for adults with autism
Jan. 29, 2019
During fall 2018, students and faculty in the Building Science Architectural Design Studio III at Appalachian worked with the LIFE Village board to design living spaces that meet the needs of adults with autism.