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  • 4 App State alumni awarded 2022–23 Fulbrights to teach or research abroad
    4 App State alumni awarded 2022–23 Fulbrights to teach or research abroad
    May 13, 2022

    App State alumni Payton Blaney ’22, Andrew Williard ’22, Henry Campbell ’21 and Ilya Wang ’20 have been awarded 2022–23 Fulbright grants. Beginning in fall 2022, they will travel abroad to fulfill English language teaching assistantships or engage in research.

  • Mandela Washington Fellowship returns to App State in summer 2022
    Mandela Washington Fellowship returns to App State in summer 2022

    25 African leaders will visit App State for a 6-week Leadership Institute — the first held in person since summer 2019

    May 10, 2022

    App State has been selected as an Institute Partner for the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. As part of the Fellowship, App State will host 25 emerging Civic Engagement leaders from Africa for a six-week, on-campus Leadership Institute this summer.

  • ‘Cold Mountain Shadow’ — App State music therapy student wins scholarship for original song
    ‘Cold Mountain Shadow’ — App State music therapy student wins scholarship for original song

    Renee Yong was one of 5 international student winners worldwide in the Make Your Mark International Scholarship Contest

    May 5, 2022

    App State music therapy student Renee Yong was one of five students worldwide to win a scholarship in the fall 2021 Make Your Mark International Scholarship Contest, for her song “Cold Mountain Shadow.” Post-graduation, she aims to research music therapy treatments for depression.

  • App State MBA ranks among world’s top tier programs for 2022 — CEO Magazine
    App State MBA ranks among world’s top tier programs for 2022 — CEO Magazine
    March 31, 2022

    App State’s full-time, on-campus Master of Business Administration (MBA) has been named a Tier One program by CEO Magazine — part of the publication’s “2022 Global MBA Rankings.” App State has held the Tier One distinction for six consecutive years, and its online MBA was ranked alongside 98 internationally recognized programs.

  • Cubans who joined July protests now face stiff sentences [faculty interviewed]
    Cubans who joined July protests now face stiff sentences [faculty interviewed]
    The Washington Post
    Jan. 19, 2022

    Dr. Joseph Gonzalez, associate professor in App State's Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, is interviewed by The Washington Post for an article about the summer 2021 protests in Cuba.

  • Find Your Sustain Ability: Nicole Hagerman Miller
    Find Your Sustain Ability: Nicole Hagerman Miller
    Dec. 21, 2021

    Nicole Hagerman Miller is the Managing Director at Biomimicry 3.8, a Missoula, Montana based company that draws it's design inspiration and functional instruction from nature and natural systems and tailors those ancient and refined principals to modern day businesses and organizations the world over.

  • A black and gold world — 6 Mountaineers share how App State prepared them for life, career success
    A black and gold world — 6 Mountaineers share how App State prepared them for life, career success
    Dec. 16, 2021

    Preparing students to become engaged global citizens is at the heart of App State’s mission. Meet six international Mountaineers who have found career success through their App State Experience.

  • SoundAffect: Baker Perry and Panuru Sherpa on installing the highest weather station in the world
    SoundAffect: Baker Perry and Panuru Sherpa on installing the highest weather station in the world
    Dec. 15, 2021

    Host Megan Hayes welcomes Dr. Baker Perry, a high altitude climber and higher education professional who along with a team sponsored by Rolex and National Geographic installed the world's highest weather station on top of Mount Everest. On this SoundAffect he is joined my Panuru Sherpa who helped lead the team.

  • Fossils offer App State Fulbright Scholar clues on ancient animal evolution
    Fossils offer App State Fulbright Scholar clues on ancient animal evolution
    Dec. 10, 2021

    App State paleontologist Dr. Andy Heckert has embarked on a Fulbright journey that will take him to Earth’s Northern and Southern hemispheres, where he will study and compare two fossil collections from the Triassic period. His research may yield new insights into how the evolution of ancient vertebrates set the stage for today’s ecosystems.

  • Three App State leaders attend climate summit in Scotland
    Three App State leaders attend climate summit in Scotland
    Watauga Democrat
    Nov. 11, 2021

    App State Chief Sustainability Officer Lee Ball, Dr. Dave McEvoy, chair of the Department of Economics, and Dr. Martin Meznar, associate dean for global and civic engagement in the Walker College of Business, represented App State at the 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

  • Cuba protests: 4 essential reads on dissent in the post-Castro era
    Cuba protests: 4 essential reads on dissent in the post-Castro era
    The Conversation
    July 13, 2021

    Dr. Joseph Gonzalez, an associate professor in Appalachian's Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, is interviewed for this article about Cuba's recent history.

  • 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.

  • Expedición científica instala estación meteorológica para medir el impacto de cambio climático en glaciares [faculty featured]
    Expedición científica instala estación meteorológica para medir el impacto de cambio climático en glaciares [faculty featured]
    NTN 24
    May 20, 2021

    This 13-minute program in Spanish begins with a video introduction of the National Geographic expedition co-led by Dr. Baker Perry to install a weather station on Chile’s Trupangato Volcano, followed by a live interview with Perry. He teaches in App State’s Department of Geography and Planning.

  • 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.

  • App State climate ‘superhero’ Dr. Baker Perry inspires young Brazilian scientist
    App State climate ‘superhero’ Dr. Baker Perry inspires young Brazilian scientist
    April 16, 2021

    The climate science research of App State’s Dr. Baker Perry has inspired a 4-year-old science enthusiast in Brazil. In an email to Perry, the child’s father shared his son has become fascinated with Perry after watching a documentary on the 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Expedition to Mount Everest, in which Perry participated.

  • 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 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.

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