Topic: Gifts and Grants

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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.
US Department of State supports a world of teachers at Appalachian
8th annual TEA program brings educators from across the globe to Appalachian’s campus
Aug. 17, 2018
Teachers from four different continents will take part in Appalachian’s 2018 TEA program to enhance their skills in teaching science and English as a foreign language.
For Heather Guy ’18, Appalachian ‘ticked all of the boxes’
Aug. 16, 2018
As a graduate student studying geography at Appalachian, Heather Guy did fieldwork in the remote Andes in Peru and Bolivia — far removed from her prior days spent in front of a computer screen.
Shohei Tsutsumi ’18 experiences life-changing encounter with Appalachian music and culture
Aug. 7, 2018
Appalachian alum Shohei Tsutsumi, of Osaka, Japan, exceled in the university’s Appalachian studies graduate program — receiving scholarships for studies on local music traditions, winning prizes at old-time music contests and more.
Watauga and Ashe County scholars achieve academic and career success through continued Appalachian–Young Eisner Scholars partnership
July 31, 2018
Young Eisner Scholars (YES) provides second- and third-year funding for its partnership with Appalachian, which benefits regional middle school through ninth-grade scholars by giving them the resources, support and academic skills necessary for success.
Student employment at Appalachian aligns part-time work with career readiness
July 31, 2018
Students can boost their career readiness through part-time jobs that teach the professional skills employers want.
Levine Hall on schedule to open for fall semester
Watauga Democrat
July 30, 2018
After over two years of construction, the 203,000-square-foot Leon Levine Hall of Health Sciences is on schedule to open for the first day of Appalachian State’s classes Aug. 22.
Sywassink Awards conferred to 7 faculty and staff members in Appalachian’s Walker College of Business
The awards recognize excellence in teaching, research, service and more
July 26, 2018
Drs. Onur Ince, Pia Albinsson, Jamie Parson, and Dawn Medlin, along with Jesse Pipes, Jane Fitchlee and Greg Langdon, are the 2018 recipients of the Walker College of Business’ Sywassink Awards.
International Friendship Program promotes cultural exchanges and sense of family
July 24, 2018
By pairing local community members with international students and scholars, everyone benefits.
Reoxcyn Innovation Group funds Appalachian research into possible health benefits of flavonoid supplements after strenuous activity
July 18, 2018
Appalachian’s Drs. David Nieman and Jennifer McBride will pit mixed flavonoid against placebo supplementation to study the effects of each on the immune system, oxidative stress and inflammation of individuals following strenuous exercise.
Appalachian industrial design students craft furniture for Moses Cone Manor minitheater
July 18, 2018
Students in Cameron Van Dyke’s spring 2018 Preliminary Design Studio course designed and built the furniture from scratch. The minitheater, which seats 15 and is handicapped-accessible, will screen Appalachian video productions.
NC OSHERC funds Appalachian study on individual-level temperatures in cold work environments
July 17, 2018
Drs. Maggie Sugg and Jennifer Runkle, the grant recipients, said they plan to translate the study’s findings into new prevention strategies that would ensure optimal worker performance and protection in such environments.
The Paleontological Society funds Appalachian research into what role a lack of oxygen played in the Late Devonian mass extinction
July 17, 2018
Appalachian’s Dr. Cole Edwards and his team of researchers are testing rock samples collected from the western U.S. for anoxia — or the absence of oxygen — which may have contributed to the Late Devonian extinction.

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