Topic: Gifts and Grants

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$5,000 ORAU grant supports continued research
Jan. 29, 2018
Research project “Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Sustainable Development: Interventions with Native American-Owned Small Businesses” is funded by $5,000 Oak Ridge Associated Universities grant.
UEA funds research on competition for resources
Jan. 29, 2018
Research examining the emergence of self-governance in teams faced with implicit market competition for the resources of individuals receives funding from the University of East Anglia.
Research of molds, bacteria in winemaking funded
Jan. 29, 2018
The North Carolina Wine and Grape Council awards Appalachian State University with grant to research biogenic amine and off-flavor producing molds and bacteria in winemaking.
Team Sunergy leads in the race to carbon neutrality
Jan. 26, 2018
Team Sunergy, Appalachian State University’s lauded solar vehicle team, is offsetting its carbon footprint thanks to a donation of 58 metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions by Sterling Planet, a sustainable energy solutions provider, and General Motors.
Appalachian’s SBTDC generates 14 new businesses, $10.57 million in capital
Jan. 17, 2018
Appalachian’s Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) generated $10.57 million in business capital and 14 new business starts in 2017.
Appalachian names newest facility Leon Levine Hall of Health Sciences
Jan. 16, 2018
Appalachian State University has received a $5 million grant from The Leon Levine Foundation of Charlotte. In recognition of their generosity, Appalachian’s Board of Trustees in December approved naming the university’s newest facility — currently under construction — the Leon Levine Hall of Health Sciences. The building will house Appalachian’s Beaver College of Health Sciences (BCHS).
Sonsight Wind funds prototype testing of their new three-kilowatt small wind turbine at Appalachian’s Beech Mountain Small Wind Research and Demonstration Site
Nov. 29, 2017
Appalachian State University received funding from Sonsight Wind to prototype test a new three-kilowatt small wind turbine at Appalachian’s Beech Mountain Small Wind Research and Demonstration Site in Banner Elk.
Appalachian’s ACCESS program receives additional funding from Women’s Fund of the Blue Ridge for women’s summer school scholarships
Nov. 29, 2017
Continued funding from Women’s Fund of the Blue Ridge will provide five summer school scholarships for women in Appalachian’s ACCESS program in 2018.
Research examining the contemporary contestations over land ownership in the Northern Region of Ghana funded by Fulbright Scholar Program
Nov. 29, 2017
Funding provided by the Fulbright Scholar Program will allow Appalachian’s Dr. Anatoli Ignatov to travel to Ghana to research contemporary contestations over land ownership in the country’s Northern Region for his second project, “Who Owns the Land? Power, Belonging, and the Remaking of History in Ghana”
UNC-GA continues funding for collaborative project supporting students with learning differences
Nov. 29, 2017
Funding from the University of North Carolina General Administration will support the third phase of College STAR, a program that supports students with learning differences.
UNC-Greensboro funds Learning Through Implementation: Investigating Mathematics Learning Across Communities project
Nov. 29, 2017
Funding from the University of North Carolina Greensboro will support the work of Appalachian and UNC-G professors to advise upon and implement new secondary mathematics standards.
Continued funding for marriage and family therapy interns providing services for rural Appalachian youth
Nov. 29, 2017
Funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration will continue a program for marriage and family therapy interns to provide services for children, adolescents and transitional age youth in rural Appalachian communities.
Solar-powered shelter: Hospitality House of Boone reveals 54 solar panels
Watauga Democrat
Nov. 28, 2017
The Hospitality House of Boone cut the ribbon Nov. 28 on its new solar panel system with 54 photovoltaic panels, becoming what it says is the first homeless services facility in the United States with solar power. Appalachian State University’s Appalachian in the Community Together service group committed to $5,000 for the project.
Carbon cutback
County, ASU partners in landfill gas contract
Wilkes Journal-Patriot
Nov. 21, 2017
Appalachian State University has agreed to buy carbon credits resulting from an old Wilkes County landfill project that prevents the release of methane gas into the atmosphere.
Ricks did not make big donation to be in spotlight
Watauga Democrat
Nov. 10, 2017
Mark Ricks does not seek the spotlight. Ricks, who donated a $10 million gift to his alma mater Appalachian State on Nov. 9 at the Holmes Center, would rather just stay in the background instead of be the center of attention.
Appalachian alumnus Mark Ricks ’89 commits $10 million to support Mountaineer Athletics
Nov. 9, 2017
At a ceremony in Holmes Convocation Center, Appalachian State University announced a commitment of $10 million to support the university’s A Mountaineer Impact initiative. Chancellor Sheri Everts and Director of Athletics Doug Gillin announced the commitment from Mark Ricks, a 1989 alumnus of the university. The commitment represents the university's largest outright gift to date.
Alumnus’ new endowment fund and named space in Peacock Hall honor information systems professor
Oct. 17, 2017
A new endowment fund and meeting and networking space at Appalachian State University have been established to honor Dr. Albert L. Harris, a longtime professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management in the Walker College of Business (WCOB).
Appalachian’s Fleming Scholars honored at pinning ceremony Oct. 6
Oct. 10, 2017
Three of the four newest 2017-18 Fleming Scholars were recognized in a traditional pinning ceremony Friday, Oct. 6, on the Appalachian State University campus.

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