Topic: Global

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‘The High Country Meets the Middle Kingdom’
Appalachian’s STARTALK Program immerses students in Chinese language, culture
May 7, 2019
Through the three-week program at Appalachian, 20 students from regional high schools will explore Chinese language and culture in and beyond a structured classroom setting.
Appalachian awarded funding for second STARTALK Program — an immersion in Chinese language, culture
May 7, 2019
The three-week program — to take place July 8–26 on Appalachian’s campus — is open to rising ninth through 12th grade students in the High Country area with limited or no previous exposure to Chinese.
Learn a language, expand your worldview
Q&A with Dr. Wendy Xie
May 7, 2019
Appalachian’s Dr. Wendy Xie teaches Chinese. She talks about the value and importance of learning another language.
Dr. Cameron Gokee awarded NSF grant to conduct archaeological research in Bandafassi — a West African ‘shatter zone’
May 6, 2019
Gokee will spend the next two academic years leading archaeological research in the Bandafassi region of eastern Senegal to study how the Atlantic slave trade impacted social life in this West African “shatter zone.”
Intertwining triple majors open the door to a doctorate for Appalachian graduating senior
May 6, 2019
A childhood passion for Pokémon led this graduating senior’s path toward Asian studies and comparative literature.
Appalachian sets new record with 4 Fulbright U.S. Student Program finalists
April 30, 2019
Appalachian alumni Megan Holt-Smith ’15 ’16, John Kennedy ’16 and Emma Labovitz ’18, along with senior psychology major Caroline Webb, will use their Fulbright awards to study, conduct research and teach abroad during the 2019–20 academic year.
Dr. Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand awarded Fulbright to teach interdisciplinary courses in Austria
April 23, 2019
Sterling-Hellenbrand, professor of German and global studies in Appalachian’s Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, will serve as the Fulbright Visiting Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Graz in Austria in spring 2020.
Hello, Привет, and New Collaborative Spaces
Symposium Highlights Innovative Uses of Teaching Technologies
The University of North Carolina System
April 10, 2019
Professors can have a difficult time planning to co-teach a course with a colleague in another department. Imagine the audacity of Dr. Barbara Howard’s vision to team teach with a faculty member in another country. Howard wanted to remain on campus at Appalachian State University, while Dr. Natalia Ilyashenko would stay planted at her home institution … Novgorod State University in Russia.
From the Appalachians to the Andes
A Peru study abroad becomes a metaphor for the Appalachian Experience
March 15, 2019
In summer 2018, two groups of students, led by Appalachian professors, trekked the highest peaks of Peru and explored the Amazon rainforest, sharing sustainability practices and conducting critical climate research along the way.
Climbing into thin air for climate research
A faculty-led study abroad in Peru supports NSF experiments and student learning
March 15, 2019
Appalachian students joined Dr. Baker Perry, one of the top experts in his field, to climb mountains and traverse glaciers in Peru, all while participating in climate research projects that may impact the world.
Appalachian’s international collaboration yields renewable solutions for Peru village
March 15, 2019
During summer 2018, Appalachian students traversed Peru — from the heights of Machu Picchu to Puerto Maldonado in the Amazon rainforest — with the focus of studying and implementing renewable energy solutions in remote areas of the country.
Dr. Baker Perry — 'cornerstone of research’ in Appalachia and the Andes
March 15, 2019
Dr. Baker Perry, professor in App State’s Department of Geography and Planning, has involvement and research interests in the tropical Andes and Appalachian Mountains. His work in studying precipitation, snow and ice, tropical glacier–climate interactions and climate change helps affected populations plan for the future.
A different point of view
Through her lens and personal narrative, University Photographer Marie Freeman '85 focuses on one Peruvian citizen scientist’s story of the impact of climate change
March 15, 2019
While trekking in Peru during a summer 2018 study abroad, Appalachian Photographer Marie Freeman took more than a photo — she captured a citizen scientist’s story of climate change impacts.
Peak to peak — Mountaineers study abroad in Peru
March 15, 2019
Learn about the Peruvian study abroad experience and climate change research of Appalachian State University students and faculty through nine brief videos.
Appalachian announces International Mountain Studies Symposium
Feb. 26, 2019
Drs. Dawn Hollis, Jon Mathieu and Gilles Rudaz — three international academics in mountain studies — are the keynote speakers for the symposium and will present their research alongside Appalachian students, faculty and staff.
Venezuela crisis: Trump threats to Maduro evoke bloody history of US intervention in Latin America
San Francisco Chronicle
Feb. 25, 2019
Dr. Joseph Gonzalez outlines the often-militaristic history of U.S.–Latin American relations and writes that the U.S. has an opportunity for stronger diplomatic relations — and a safer way to restore democracy — if it chooses this time to work with a coalition called the Lima Group.
Peru study abroad programs, summer 2018
Feb. 21, 2019
View photos from two Appalachian faculty-led study abroad programs in Peru that focused on climate research and sustainable energy practices.
Gilman Scholar Patrick Ross conducts independent study in Madagascar
Feb. 15, 2019
Ross, a senior sustainable development major, traveled to Madagascar’s Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Reserve in November 2018, where he installed cameras as part of his independent study of the rainforest’s small carnivore inhabitants.