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Topic: Gifts and Grants

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  • Young voices harmonize amid COVID-19 during grant-supported Appalachian Youth Chorale
    Young voices harmonize amid COVID-19 during grant-supported Appalachian Youth Chorale
    June 11, 2021

    During App State’s spring 2021 Appalachian Youth Chorale (AYC), young voices across the High Country — and as far away as Georgia — joined in harmony, virtually, amid the pandemic. Through the program, supported by Watauga Arts Council grant funding, students practiced healthy vocal technique, music reading and notation, and performance skills.

  • Covered Bridge Park to get bathrooms, electrical upgrades through $500,000 grant project [students mentioned]
    Covered Bridge Park to get bathrooms, electrical upgrades through $500,000 grant project [students mentioned]
    WCYB
    June 10, 2021

    As part of experiential learning in a 2018 course, App State students worked with city leaders to create drawings for early ideas to improve the historic park in Elizabethton, Tennessee. The city now has received a grant to make improvements.

  • App State one of 17 US schools named a top producer of Fulbright scholars and students for 2020–21
    App State one of 17 US schools named a top producer of Fulbright scholars and students for 2020–21
    June 9, 2021

    App State is one of 17 higher education institutions recognized nationally as a top producer of Fulbright scholars and students for 2020–21. Three App State faculty and five alumnae received the prestigious award during the 2020–21 award cycle.

  • App State's Dr. Maggie Sugg receives National Science Foundation award for mental health research
    App State's Dr. Maggie Sugg receives National Science Foundation award for mental health research
    June 4, 2021

    App State assistant professor Dr. Maggie Sugg has earned a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. These awards support early career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education, and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.

  • 11 App State students awarded MAKO Medical Scholarships for spring 2021
    11 App State students awarded MAKO Medical Scholarships for spring 2021
    May 14, 2021

    Raleigh-based MAKO Medical Laboratories has funded scholarships for 11 App State undergraduate students in spring 2021. The awardees include five student-athletes and three student veterans.

  • Main gallery at the Turchin Center named for Luther H. Hodges Jr.
    Main gallery at the Turchin Center named for Luther H. Hodges Jr.
    May 10, 2021

    The main gallery of App State’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts has been named The Luther H. Hodges Gallery in honor of arts patron Luther H. Hodges Jr., who has contributed $500,000 to support the center’s arts and educational programming.

  • Why one Fulbright ambassador chose Austria to study digital journalism [faculty featured]
    Why one Fulbright ambassador chose Austria to study digital journalism [faculty featured]
    Study International
    May 5, 2021

    App State journalism professor Dr. Greg Perreault discusses what he is studying and learning in Austria during his Fulbright appointment in digital journalism at The University of Vienna Journalism Studies Centre.

  • Dr. Caroline Smith named App State winner of 2021 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award
    Dr. Caroline Smith named App State winner of 2021 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award
    April 26, 2021

    Dr. Caroline Smith introduces real-world applications from her thermal physiology research to inspire her students to think critically and creatively. Smith is the 2021 recipient of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award for App State. Six other App State faculty were selected to receive campus-based awards.

  • App State’s CS4ALL Program expands access to computer science education for rural Appalachian students
    App State’s CS4ALL Program expands access to computer science education for rural Appalachian students
    April 23, 2021

    CS4ALL — a professional development program offered by App State — is designed to expand access to and diversify computer science education for students at rural high schools in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The two-year program is supported by a National Science Foundation grant awarded to App State’s Drs. Rahman Tashakkori, Cindy Norris and Jay Fenwick.

  • South Arts grant supports virtual App State residency for Appalachian, Latino artists
    South Arts grant supports virtual App State residency for Appalachian, Latino artists
    April 19, 2021

    App State is bringing a cultural blend of Appalachian and Latino music, dance and theater to campus and the local community through a three-day, virtual residency of Cornbread and Tortillas — a collective of artists hailing from Appalachia, the Andes, Guatemala, Mexico and Nicaragua.

  • App State Fulbright awardee Dr. Gregory Perreault engages in cross-national study on digital journalism
    App State Fulbright awardee Dr. Gregory Perreault engages in cross-national study on digital journalism
    April 12, 2021

    App State’s Dr. Gregory Perreault, assistant professor of multimedia journalism, has been awarded a 2020–21 Fulbright to teach and perform research at Austria’s University of Vienna this spring and summer. Through his research project, he is comparing the differences in journalistic values and practices between Austrian digital journalists and their American counterparts.

  • App State higher education professor helps create, co-directs Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges
    App State higher education professor helps create, co-directs Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges
    April 9, 2021

    App State’s Dr. Andrew Koricich is one of four co-founders and co-directors of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges — a grant-funded initiative aimed at increasing appreciation for and understanding of U.S. regional, or rural-serving, colleges and their contributions. To date, the project has received more than half-million dollars in support.

  • App Builds a Home is raising funds and building walls
    App Builds a Home is raising funds and building walls
    March 29, 2021

    With the foundation and fundraising nearly complete for App State’s second App Builds a Home (ABAH) project, a “Walls-Up Build Week” event is scheduled on the App State campus in April to construct walls for a home built in partnership with Watauga County Habitat for Humanity.

  • App State Fulbrighter Dr. Suzanna Bräuer explores microbes’ impact on climate change
    App State Fulbrighter Dr. Suzanna Bräuer explores microbes’ impact on climate change
    March 26, 2021

    App State’s Dr. Suzanna Bräuer, professor of biology, has been awarded a 2020–21 Fulbright to research how methane-producing microorganisms known as archaea impact global climate change. Her Fulbright assignment takes her to Finland, where she is also teaching graduate courses at the University of Eastern Finland.

  • App State Fulbright awardee Dr. Eric Karchmer researches adapting traditional Chinese medicine to treat emerging illnesses
    App State Fulbright awardee Dr. Eric Karchmer researches adapting traditional Chinese medicine to treat emerging illnesses
    March 26, 2021

    App State’s Dr. Eric Karchmer — a 2020–21 Fulbright awardee — has embarked on a Fulbright expedition to Taiwan, where, for the next 10 months, he will research how Taiwanese families are using traditional Chinese healing practices to manage the health of their children. He is joined by his wife, App State’s Dr. Dana Powell, and their children.

  • 2 App State seniors awarded Gilman Scholarships to study or intern abroad in 2021
    2 App State seniors awarded Gilman Scholarships to study or intern abroad in 2021
    March 8, 2021

    App State seniors Chris Zaman, of Cary, and Myia Spivey of Rocky Mount, have each received a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study or intern abroad — virtually or in person — in 2021. Spivey is planning to intern in Singapore this summer, and Zaman is slated to study abroad in Japan this fall.

  • App State professors form Cookvid-19 group to foster cooking community, raise money for local orgs [faculty featured]
    App State professors form Cookvid-19 group to foster cooking community, raise money for local orgs [faculty featured]
    Watauga Democrat
    Feb. 26, 2021

    A Facebook community started by App State faculty members to help people become more confident in their cooking has raised nearly $10,000 for local community organizations. Dr. Jack Kwong in the Department of Philosophy and Religion and Dr. Peter Fawson in the Department of Social Work are behind the “Cookvid-19” group.

  • US Department of Education continues funding for App State’s Student Support Services
    US Department of Education continues funding for App State’s Student Support Services
    Feb. 25, 2021

    Cathia Silver, director of App State’s Student Support Services (SSS) program, has received continued funding from the U.S. Department of Education in support of the SSS program’s provision of holistic services to first-generation and/or low-income students.

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