Topic: Health and Wellness

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Mental health — a key to academic and social success
Appalachian offers year-round programming on mental health awareness, self-care and suicide prevention
Feb. 27, 2019
A variety of opportunities help students keep mental health and self-care a priority, explains Coordinator for Student Mental Wellness Elizabeth Cavallaro.
Beaver College of Health Sciences announces new chair of its Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
Feb. 22, 2019
Dr. Melissa Weddell has accepted the position of chair after a national search. She has served as interim chair of the department for the past nine months.
OSEP funding supports Appalachian iSHINE scholars
Feb. 14, 2019
The Interdisciplinary Support for High-Intensity Needs in Education (iSHINE) grant helps prepare pre-professional speech-language pathologists, reading specialists and special educators to serve children with disabilities who have “high intensity” needs.
Flu season 2019: prevention, symptoms and treatments
Feb. 11, 2019
An ounce of prevention protects the health of Appalachian students during flu season.
Students Work To Design Homes For Adults With Autism
88.5 WFDD
Feb. 8, 2019
Professor Jason Miller speaks with WFDD’s Eddie Garcia about designing housing for adults with autism and about a collaboration between Appalachian State University’s Department of Sustainable Technology and LIFE Village, a nonprofit that provides services for exceptional individuals.
Appalachian’s Beaver Scholars program aims to improve health care in region and beyond
Feb. 1, 2019
Beginning fall 2019, the program will provide support to 20 North Carolina students in Appalachian’s Beaver College of Health Sciences who have made a commitment to health care careers.
Appalachian’s Collegiate Recovery Community: A space for recovery, support and success
Feb. 1, 2019
The new program at Appalachian aims to provide students a space and community that supports continued recovery — as well as opportunities and an environment for fun sober activities.
LIFE Village funds collaboration with Appalachian to design homes for adults with autism
Jan. 29, 2019
During fall 2018, students and faculty in the Building Science Architectural Design Studio III at Appalachian worked with the LIFE Village board to design living spaces that meet the needs of adults with autism.
Watauga County Schools funds continued support of Appalachian ASC Center
Jan. 18, 2019
This funding ensures that, for the 13th consecutive year, students in Watauga High School have access to the high-quality mental health services provided by Appalachian’s Assessment, Support, and Counseling Center.
Dr. Jordan Hazelwood prepares students in team collaboration for patient care
Jan. 7, 2019
The speech-language pathologist teaches teamwork, along with strong clinical skills, in treating the whole patient for increased health and quality of life.
Cafe Appalachia part of nonprofit founded by App State grad to fight opioid epidemic
Winston-Salem Journal
Jan. 4, 2019
As most visitors can quickly tell, the restaurant and cafe in South Charleston, West Virginia is located inside a former church building. But Cafe Appalachia is about more than food. It’s nourishment for the community and intended to serve as a support tool in helping fight the opioid epidemic by providing a safe learning and working environment for women in long-term recovery programs, says Cheryl Laws, the founder and chief executive of the nonprofit organization Pollen8.
Here's the Best Way to Boost Your Immune System
Time
Dec. 20, 2018
Eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly and taking the right vitamins—like vitamin D—are the best ways to improve your immune system. “If you look at all the lifestyle factors that decrease the number of days you suffer from common cold, being a physically active and fit person is the most important,” says David Nieman, a professor of public health and director of the Human Performance Lab at Appalachian State University.
Appalachian receives NRPA funding for survey on older adults’ participation in sports
Dec. 13, 2018
Using NRPA data from 1,200 adults over the age of 50, Appalachian’s Dr. Stephanie West and Jill Naar will identify how parks and recreation departments can best facilitate older adult participation in sports and physical activities.
New duck house built for Appalachian’s campus flock
Dec. 5, 2018
A floating house has been installed on Appalachian’s Duck Pond to provide a cozy shelter for campus ducks.
ASC Centers credited for improved teen mental health
Watauga Democrat
Dec. 4, 2018
Kurt Michael says he got “a front-seat view of human suffering” while volunteering for a crisis line for three years as a psychology major at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Teens and mental health
A school-based intervention program developed by Appalachian’s Dr. Kurt Michael lowers rural teens’ suicide attempts and boosts their well-being
Nov. 29, 2018
Appalachian’s Aeschleman Distinguished Professor of Psychology shows his passion for teens’ mental health through the ASC school-based treatment program he founded in 2006.
Fuel up for success with the new Rise Market + Bakery
Nov. 20, 2018
Rise Market + Bakery, located in Appalachian’s Leon Levine Hall of Health Sciences, offers quick, quality menu items that are intentionally crafted and sourced.
Appalachian’s Staff Shout Out program announces October drawing winner
Nov. 15, 2018
Staff Shout Out recipient Dr. Julie Keys, a staff psychologist in Appalachian’s Counseling and Psychological Services Center, won a gift from the University Bookstore valued at $25.