Topic: Scholarships

App State recognizes the 2022–23 recipients of the Fleming Scholarship, which is named in honor of Dr. Willie C. Fleming — a leader in diversity and inclusion at App State for nearly four decades.

For the 2022–23 academic year, 10 first-year App State students have received the Diversity Scholars Program Scholarship, which covers full in-state tuition and fees for up to four years and includes leadership workshops, service-learning, international experiences and mentorship opportunities.

Students in 18 Western North Carolina counties and the Qualla Boundary will have new opportunities to receive scholarship support for App State’s online RN to BSN program thanks to a recent $150,000 donation from Dogwood Health Trust.

In her time at App State, senior Karolyn Martin has discovered new interests, mentored and educated others and developed skills that will help her in building her career. She is a communication studies major with a marketing minor and aspires to become a lawyer.

Four first-year students have been awarded full in-state tuition to App State through the university’s Dr. Willie C. Fleming Scholarship — a merit-based scholarship designed to support students from underrepresented populations.

The 10 first-year students accepted into App State’s Diversity Scholars Program were recognized for their demonstrated leadership potential, academic achievement and willingness to create positive change, along with a commitment to the principles of diversity.

For Mountaineer alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends, App State Homecoming 2021 represented not only an annual return to Boone, but also a return to traditional in-person gatherings and activities.

App State’s Founders Hall has a new name: Watson-Brumit Hall. The building was dedicated on Sept. 18, in honor of Janice Watson Brumit ’75 — a distinguished alumna and benefactor who was born in the building when it was Watauga County Hospital.