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Thwarting Human Traffickers
Alumni Matt and Laura Parker run a nonprofit that helps find and free slaves
July 18, 2017
Appalachian graduates’ non-profit has facilitated rescue of more than 800 slaves.
Summer Symposium Aug. 5-10 will focus on global history and complex connections in remembering the Holocaust and crises today
July 18, 2017
The 16th Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Summer Symposium on “Remembering the Holocaust” will put a particular emphasis on the Holocaust as an event in global history and explores the complex connections between the Jewish refugee crisis of the 1930s and early 1940s with the present refugee crises around the world.
Judy Asks: Is Italy Europe’s Achilles’ Heel?
Carnegie Europe
June 28, 2017
A selection of experts, including Appalachian's Federiga Bindi, answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Two Appalachian faculty members named Fulbright Scholars
June 13, 2017
Dr. Anatoli Ignatov, assistant professor in the Sustainable Development Department and Dr. Susan Lappan, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, both at Appalachian State University, were honored with prestigious Fulbright Scholar Awards this spring.
Appalachian’s 2017 Fulbright awards
June 5, 2017
Fulbright Scholar awards send Appalachian faculty to Ghana and Malaysia, while the Fulbright U.S. Student Program creates opportunities in Austria and Germany for one alumna and one graduating senior.
Dr. Anatoli Ignatov, land ownership and management in Ghana
Faculty Member of Distinction
College of Fine and Applied Arts – Assistant Professor, Department of Sustainable Development
June 1, 2017
Dr. Anatoli Ignatov receives a 2017 Fulbright Scholar Award to study land ownership and management in Ghana.
Dr. Susan Lappan, helping to save the siamang
Faculty Member of Distinction
College of Arts and Sciences – Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
May 31, 2017
Dr. Susan Lappan has been researching the siamang and their ecosystems since 2000. A Fulbright Scholar Award for the 2017-18 academic year will support a new research project in Malaysia.
Appalachian’s Shaina Katz has received a Critical Language Scholarship to study Arabic this summer in Morocco
May 11, 2017
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) program, part of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, enables Americans to study Arabic or one of 13 other “critical” languages in cultural immersion programs overseas.
One student and one alum from Appalachian named Fulbright Scholars
May 11, 2017
The Office of International Education and Development (OIED) has announced that student Ryan Hellenbrand and alumna Megan Holt-Smith have been chosen as recipients of Fulbright scholarship awards. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to study, conduct research and/or teach English abroad.
AppX: International Appalachian (INTAPP)
April 26, 2017
Ever wonder what it’s like to be an International student at App? Or what it’s really like venture to another country for a whole semester? Find out in the latest AppX!
Kaplan conveys immigration struggle through historic and modern imagery
April 21, 2017
Ann Pegelow Kaplan hopes to help others remember their family’s connection to immigration through her work, “Passage/s: Lost & Found Photography, Refugee Crises, and Privilege.”
Appalachian to present world premiere of play by Muthal Naidoo, noted South African author
April 21, 2017
By Muthal Naidoo. The play looks at the Mahabharata from a woman's point of view and the Epic becomes a metaphor for the patriarchal society in which women function mainly as adjuncts.
Appalachian to serve as Institute Partner for the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders; 25 African leaders will study, network on campus this summer
April 19, 2017
For the second time in two years, Appalachian State University will serve as an Institute Partner for the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.
‘One Amazing Thing’ selected for Appalachian’s 2017-18 Common Reading Program; author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni to speak on campus Aug. 21
April 13, 2017
All incoming first-year students at Appalachian State University will receive a copy of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel “One Amazing Thing” during summer orientation as part of the university’s Common Reading Program for the 2017-18 academic year.
Conservationists from the Sustainable Amazon Foundation in Brazil to speak at Global Opportunities Conference
April 4, 2017
This year’s conference will highlight the importance of sustainable practices in the Brazilian Amazon while raising the broader question of how business can balance the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit in environments throughout the globe. During the morning session, speakers Victor Salviati and Gabriel Ribenboim of the Sustainable Amazon Foundation (FAS) will share innovative entrepreneurial solutions that balance the needs of people and planet in this region of ecological importance.
Appalachian’s Department of Anthropology to host panel on Middle East; two guest professors will be featured April 5
March 31, 2017
The Department of Anthropology at Appalachian will host guest speakers Dr. Zainab Saleh and Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish for a panel discussion titled “Perspectives from the Middle East: Iraq and the Levant.”
Dan German Speaker Series April 4 and 12 to include Princeton professor, University of Warwick chancellor and journalist
March 23, 2017
The new Dan German Speaker Series at Appalachian State University has invited international experts to lead conversations in April on topics ranging from the current tensions in transatlantic relations to human rights in the 21st century.
International culture and customs come together at the 16th annual Diversity Celebration April 4
March 23, 2017
The event features performers and presenters from across the Southeast, including local artists who will share aspects of Appalachian culture and customs and traditions from around the world. International foods and crafts also will be available.