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Topic: Health and Wellness

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  • App State and Banfield Pet Hospital® announce new online vet tech program aimed at addressing veterinary shortage
    App State and Banfield Pet Hospital® announce new online vet tech program aimed at addressing veterinary shortage

    First-of-its-kind program will help meet surging demand for pet care

    Feb. 10, 2021

    Banfield Pet Hospital® has made a multimillion-dollar commitment to App State to support the development of a four-year online program for licensed veterinary technicians (LVTs) to address market demand for skilled veterinary professionals.

  • Should I Be Double-Masking When I Run? [faculty quoted]
    Should I Be Double-Masking When I Run? [faculty quoted]
    Runners World
    Feb. 10, 2021

    App State’s Dr. David Nieman is quoted on the value of athletes double- masking while exercising indoors. The type of mask depends on the type of exercise, the director of the university’s Human Performance Lab said.

  • App State awarded SECU funds for pilot program to benefit nonprofits in rural Northwest NC
    App State awarded SECU funds for pilot program to benefit nonprofits in rural Northwest NC
    Feb. 8, 2021

    App State is one of three state universities selected to implement the Rural Opportunity Grant program — a pilot initiative of the North Carolina State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Foundation designed to support public nonprofits in the state’s Northwest, Northeast and Sandhills regions. The project is supported through SECU Foundation grant funding.

  • Students return to App State’s residence halls for spring 2021
    Students return to App State’s residence halls for spring 2021
    Feb. 2, 2021

    Students who live in Appalachian State University’s residence halls move back in for spring semester Jan. 28–31, with continued COVID-19 health and safety policies in place.

  • Why Exercising Is So Tricky After Covid-19 [faculty quoted]
    Why Exercising Is So Tricky After Covid-19 [faculty quoted]
    Elemental
    Feb. 2, 2021

    App State’s Dr. David Nieman shares his research and anecdotal experience with athletes whose strength changed after other viral infections when discussing when people can begin exercising after having had COVID-19. Nieman is director of the university’s Human Performance Lab.

  • To boost immunity, forget ‘magic pills.’ Focus on sleep, exercise, diet and cutting stress. [faculty quoted]
    To boost immunity, forget ‘magic pills.’ Focus on sleep, exercise, diet and cutting stress. [faculty quoted]
    The Washington Post
    Jan. 30, 2021

    App State’s Dr. David Nieman, director of the Human Performance Lab, shares how to keep your immune system strong this winter.

  • App State using wastewater testing to mitigate residence hall COVID-19 outbreaks [faculty quoted]
    App State using wastewater testing to mitigate residence hall COVID-19 outbreaks [faculty quoted]
    Watauga Democrat
    Jan. 28, 2021

    App State’s Dr. Ece Karatan, biologist and vice provost for research, is quoted regarding the university’s wastewater surveillance project being used to identify possible clusters of COVID-19 infection in residence halls.

  • Perspective | NC COVID-19 Student Response Corps: Strengthening the talent pipeline to public service [staff quoted]
    Perspective | NC COVID-19 Student Response Corps: Strengthening the talent pipeline to public service [staff quoted]
    EdNC
    Jan. 11, 2021

    This article about the NC COVID-19 Student Response Corps shares comments from App State’s Dr. Susan McCracken, director of career development and economic engagement, about an Appalachian student's internship related to public service in Burke County.

  • App State alumni donate 2,000-plus face coverings to Academy at Middle Fork
    App State alumni donate 2,000-plus face coverings to Academy at Middle Fork

    ‘We have to take care of one another’

    Jan. 8, 2021

    Donated by App State alumni Robert Roach ’08 and Tom Webb ’73 ’75, along with Webb’s son, Ben Webb, and Brad Valentine, the face coverings are helping to make the return to in-person instruction safer for students and teachers at App State’s Academy at Middle Fork.

  • Reflections on a year defined by COVID-19
    Reflections on a year defined by COVID-19
    Dec. 22, 2020

    Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic Appalachian State University has enacted a coordinated, universitywide response — in concert with agencies across the town, region and state — while continuing to further its academic mission.

  • Pandemic testing paramount at App State
    Pandemic testing paramount at App State
    Dec. 22, 2020

    A total of 31,293 COVID-19 tests were administered by Appalachian State University during the fall 2020 semester — at no cost to students, faculty or staff.

  • One for the history books: Top App State moments of 2020
    One for the history books: Top App State moments of 2020
    Dec. 21, 2020

    Revisit key moments, from a landmark fall enrollment of more than 20,000 students to a public health campaign to help slow the spread of COVID-19, that show App State resilience during a year of historic challenges.

  • App State to receive new cold storage units designated for a COVID-19 vaccine
    App State to receive new cold storage units designated for a COVID-19 vaccine
    Dec. 21, 2020

    Appalachian State University will be among 15 University of North Carolina System institutions to receive new cold storage units designated for doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. App State will have the capacity to store 116,200 doses in its new units.

  • 10 tips for staying healthy through winter — advice from App State’s student health medical director
    10 tips for staying healthy through winter — advice from App State’s student health medical director
    Dec. 21, 2020

    Washing hands, wearing face covering and getting a flu shot top the list. Read on to learn what else App State’s Taylor Rushing, M.D., medical director of the M.S. Shook Student Health Service, recommends.

  • Staying Active In Winter [faculty featured]
    Staying Active In Winter [faculty featured]
    QC Life
    Dec. 7, 2020

    When the weather is warmer outside it’s easier to get out and be active, but when the temps drop down in the 40s, finding that motivation is a little tougher. Dr. Rebecca Battista is with the Department of Health and Exercise Science at Appalachian State University. She joined us on QC Morning to talk about how you can still stay active in the winter.

  • WinterFest provides connection, engagement for App State students in the midst of pandemic
    WinterFest provides connection, engagement for App State students in the midst of pandemic
    Nov. 25, 2020

    Wearing face coverings and safely distanced during WinterFest, students gathered on App State’s Sanford Mall to snack on free food, sip hot cocoa and participate in a variety of games, as well as karaoke and a scavenger hunt.

  • Cooking Evangelist Carla Ramsdell: Taking Back the Kitchen One Meal at a Time [faculty featured]
    Cooking Evangelist Carla Ramsdell: Taking Back the Kitchen One Meal at a Time [faculty featured]
    All About Women
    Nov. 25, 2020

    An environmentalist, food physicist and cooking evangelist, Carla Ramsdell shares her passion and offers tips for learning how to cook with health and energy efficiency in mind. She teaches in App State’s Department of Physics and Astronomy.

  • App State alumnus credits Mountaineer experience for his research success
    App State alumnus credits Mountaineer experience for his research success
    Nov. 24, 2020

    Harrison Esterly ’19 said his undergraduate experience at App State prepared him for success in the field of chemistry. Now a research technician at UNC-Chapel Hill, he is continuing a project he began at App State — one that could yield cost savings for storing and transporting life-saving medications.

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