Topic: Gifts and Grants

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$500K grant funds mountain-to-mountain collaboration between App State and South Africa’s UFS
Oct. 27, 2020
App State and South Africa’s University of the Free State (UFS) will strengthen their existing partnership through a two-year mountain-to-mountain project that has received $500,000 in grant support. Read more about the project, which will engage faculty, staff and graduate students at both institutions.
App State’s premier signature scholarships — a lifetime of value
Oct. 9, 2020
Three of App State’s signature scholarships — the Chancellor’s Scholarship, the Dr. Willie C. Fleming Scholarship and the Diversity Scholars Program — provide full in-state tuition and fees, plus additional benefits to provide a lifetime of value.
App State announces 2020–21 class of Chancellor’s Scholars
Oct. 9, 2020
The Chancellor’s Scholarship — a four-year program of rigorous study that covers full institutional costs — is Appalachian’s oldest and most academically competitive merit-based scholarship. It is awarded to the highest achieving students who have earned entry into the university’s Honors College.
4 diversity advocates named 2020–21 App State Fleming Scholars
Oct. 9, 2020
Four incoming first-year students with the desire to promote cultural diversity have received Appalachian’s Dr. Willie C. Fleming Scholarship, which awards full in-state tuition and fees for up to four consecutive years.
App State welcomes 10 aspiring leaders into 2020–21 Diversity Scholars Program
Oct. 9, 2020
Appalachian’s Diversity Scholarship is awarded to students who have demonstrated leadership potential, academic achievement, a willingness to create positive change and a commitment to the principles of diversity.
Scholarship honors Dr. Willie C. Fleming, builds diversity legacy
Oct. 9, 2020
App State’s Dr. Willie C. Fleming Scholarship is a win-win for diversity, according to its initiator, Judge Gary Henderson ’92 ’94. Recipients, who are provided full in-state tuition and fees, mentorship and additional opportunities, benefit the Appalachian Community through their leadership efforts to promote cultural diversity.
Poised for postgraduate success — App State Fleming Scholars continue diversity advocacy
Oct. 9, 2020
The first four recipients of App State’s full-tuition Dr. Willie C. Fleming Scholarship — a rising business leader, a college adviser, a graduate student hopeful and a medical professional — have graduated from App State and are poised for postgraduate success. Learn about their next steps beyond App State.
High Country families benefit from $73K-plus in grant funding awarded to App State Parent to Parent FSN-HC
Oct. 7, 2020
For more than 30 years, App State’s Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country has supported High Country families with special needs children — work made possible by donations and external grant funding. Read on to learn about the organization’s $73,000-plus in grant support for 2019–20.
App State college advisers prepare rural Western NC students for college success
Oct. 1, 2020
Regional high school seniors are learning how to prepare for and succeed in college — and beyond — thanks to support provided by App State’s College Advising Corps (CAC). Read on to learn more about CAC program and the impact it has made to date.
App State furniture design program awarded $12K grant to support student scholarships
Sept. 23, 2020
The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) Furniture Foundation has awarded $12,000 in grant funding to App State’s furniture design program to support student scholarship opportunities. This is the 17th AHFA grant awarded to the university since 2002.
Sumner ’75 supports launch of AppTV mobile studio, shares his thoughts on looking — and giving — back
Sept. 18, 2020
Wayne Sumner ’75 was on-site with support and equipment at Appalachian State University’s mobile TV studio debut during Founders Day 2020. He reflected on his time at App State and shared his thoughts on giving back to the university.
App State awarded nearly $1M grant to ADVANCE APPALACHIAN women in STEM academic careers
Sept. 18, 2020
The National Science Foundation has awarded Appalachian $995,509 in grant funding to implement ADVANCE APPALACHIAN — a program designed to support and advance the careers of Appalachian faculty who are women in STEM disciplines. The program will be implemented over the next three academic years.
From Hollywood to the High Country — App State’s mobile TV studio to serve as a learning lab on wheels
Aug. 28, 2020
The studio, which got its start as a Hollywood movie prop, will serve as a mobile learning lab for Mountaineer students covering High Country news and events through AppTV. The truck’s first stop? Appalachian’s 2020 Founders Day celebration.
From the Triassic to Appalachian — Archie the aetosaur makes his bronze debut on campus
Aug. 28, 2020
A four-year collaboration of faculty and students in Appalachian’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences (GES) and Department of Art is now on display — Archie “is the largest and most accurate aetosaur sculpture in the northern hemisphere and one of the best in the world.”
US Geological Survey funds App State research on climate change impacts to Ozark salamander species
Aug. 27, 2020
With grant support from the U.S. Geological Survey, Appalachian biology professor Dr. Jon Davenport is undertaking a four-year project that will provide a clear understanding of how potential climate changes — including increased temperatures and changing precipitation — could affect salamander populations of Missouri’s Ozark Mountains.
Paying it forward: App State professor creates scholarship for STEM-focused first-generation students
Aug. 26, 2020
First-generation college students in Appalachian’s Reich College of Education (RCOE) are benefiting from the pay-it-forward efforts of professor Dr. Chrystal Dean and her late husband. The pair created the Dean Family First Generation Teacher Education Scholarship, which supports first-generation RCOE students focused on STEM education.
Former App State Dean of University Libraries Dane Ward leaves legacy of ALS advocacy
Aug. 25, 2020
ALS advocate Dr. Dane M. Ward, former dean of university libraries at Appalachian, served as an ALS Research Ambassador and authored editorials about ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) in higher education publications. He passed away from the disease July 5.
‘Poetry that slams the page’ — App State names 2020–21 winner, runner-up of Truman Capote Literary Trust Scholarship competition
Aug. 21, 2020
Appalachian English majors Jay Phillips and Victoria Goff have been named winner and runner-up, respectively, of the university’s Truman Capote Literary Trust Scholarship for Creative Writing in poetry for 2020–21. As the winner, Phillips was awarded a $3,649 scholarship.