Topic: Gifts and Grants

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ASC Centers credited for improved teen mental health
Watauga Democrat
Dec. 4, 2018
Kurt Michael says he got “a front-seat view of human suffering” while volunteering for a crisis line for three years as a psychology major at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Teens and mental health
A school-based intervention program developed by Appalachian’s Dr. Kurt Michael lowers rural teens’ suicide attempts and boosts their well-being
Nov. 29, 2018
Appalachian’s Aeschleman Distinguished Professor of Psychology shows his passion for teens’ mental health through the ASC school-based treatment program he founded in 2006.
NSF funds Appalachian research of ‘Changing Glacier Dynamics at Athabasca Glacier’
Nov. 20, 2018
Appalachian’s Dr. William Armstrong, along with geology majors Hannah Field and Anthony Hengst, will travel to the Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park to study the glacier’s basal motion.
Appalachian’s Drs. Xiaofei Tu and Wendy Xie awarded STARTALK grant for 2018 Chinese immersion program
Nov. 19, 2018
Fifteen High Country high school students with limited or no previous exposure to Chinese language and culture participated in the three-week culturally rich and academically rigorous program held on Appalachian’s campus.
Spooky Duke 2018 scares up fun and funds for High Country families
Nov. 5, 2018
Monsters, superheroes and skeletons galore raced to support the work of Appalachian’s Parent Family Support Network-High Country during the eighth annual Spooky Duke Race and Costume Contest.
New River Light and Power’s Good Neighbor Program rounds up for those in need
Oct. 24, 2018
Through the program, NRLP customers can round up their electric bill to the next nearest dollar to assist with paying the electric bills of customers who need financial assistance.
NSF grant funds Appalachian research on the effects of too few zzz’s
Oct. 22, 2018
Drs. David Dickinson, Dave Bruner and Dave McEvoy, of Appalachian’s Department of Economics, will use their awarded funding to perform a weeklong study on the effects of sleep restriction in young adult participants.
Appalachian’s Kin-Yan Szeto awarded NYPL Fellowship to research Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Oct. 19, 2018
During Szeto’s 2018–19 residency, she will perform on-site research at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, focusing on the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan.
Appalachian faculty and student research examines how LGBTQ students navigate the campus hookup culture
Oct. 17, 2018
An article authored by senior gender, women’s and sexuality major Sope Kahn and Appalachian’s Drs. Ellen Lamont and Teresa Roach “demonstrates some of the ways LGBTQ people are challenging heterosexual hookup culture” on college campuses.
La-Z-Boy Foundation provides funding for student-designed lab at Appalachian
Oct. 16, 2018
The La-Z-Boy Foundation’s $75,000 gift will fund the creation of L.I.D.A. — the student-designed Lab for Innovating in Design. The lab will house laser and vinyl cutters, 3D printers, as well as space for a technician’s office.
Appalachian student teams up with staff to deliver bottled water for hurricane relief
Oct. 9, 2018
A collaboration between Appalachian’s Physical Plant, Mountaineer Athletics and the Marching Mountaineers helped sophomore Cam Hunter deliver bottled water to Wallace and Elizabethtown — areas hit hard by Hurricane Florence.
Appalachian Community celebrates NPHC Plots and Garden with ribbon-cutting and unveiling ceremony
Oct. 5, 2018
Recently opened on the Appalachian campus, the National Pan-Hellenic Council Plots and Garden give alumni and current members of African-American Greek organizations that compose “The Divine Nine” a location for reflection and celebration.
App State cuts ribbon on first Connect NC Bond-funded project
Sep. 21, 2018
Appalachian’s Leon Levine Hall leads to innovative and collaborative learning for thousands, and more graduates prepared for the health sciences workforce. It is the first completed project of the Connect NC Bond referendum.
4 Fleming Scholars join Appalachian’s newest students
Sep. 18, 2018
First-year students Bailey Gardin, Hudson Miller, Cece Ramseur and Ashelyn Stevens are the recipients of Appalachian’s Dr. Willie C. Fleming Scholarship, which covers the students’ full in-state tuition and fees.
Dr. Geraldine Richmond to speak on ‘Empowering Global Scientific Engagement’ as part of Morgan Science Lecture Series at Appalachian
Sep. 14, 2018
During her talks, Richmond will discuss the ‘components for a sustainable future’ and how innovative partnerships among developed and developing countries can yield solutions that are more productive.
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
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.
Diana Wilcox ’91 awards NRLP scholarship she received as a student at Appalachian
Aug. 23, 2018
A graduate of the computer science program at Appalachian, Wilcox is now the chair of the New River Light and Power scholarship committee.