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Topic: Students

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  • 21,798 Mountaineers enroll at App State for fall 2025
    21,798 Mountaineers enroll at App State for fall 2025

    Online and transfer enrollment records drive strategic growth across university, while Boone enrollment remains steady

    Sep. 5, 2025

    This fall, App State enrolls 21,798 Mountaineer students, a 1.1% increase over last fall and its largest undergraduate population to date. Fall 2025 enrollment at App State was boosted by a 28% rise in online students and the highest-ever number of transfer students.

  • 3 App State teams confront flood risks and teacher shortages with Chancellor's Innovation grants
    3 App State teams confront flood risks and teacher shortages with Chancellor's Innovation grants
    Aug. 26, 2025

    Three App State faculty teams have been awarded grants of up to $25,000 each as part of the 2025 Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program. Their winning projects aim to increase the number of special education teachers in NC’s public schools and better quantify flood–health risks by fusing data, AI and community input.

  • App State breaks ground on new, 85,000-square-foot indoor practice facility
    App State breaks ground on new, 85,000-square-foot indoor practice facility

    Multiuse complex provides public–private health care opportunities

    Aug. 20, 2025

    On Aug. 15, App State broke ground on a new, 85,000-square-foot multiuse facility that will replace its previous Sofield Family Indoor Practice Facility. The new facility will expand practice space for multiple athletic programs while serving multiple university areas and allowing for public–private health care collaborations.

  • App State awarded $1.4M grant to strengthen special education workforce in rural Appalachia
    App State awarded $1.4M grant to strengthen special education workforce in rural Appalachia

    Partners on the new initiative include school districts in Watauga, Caldwell and Catawba counties

    Aug. 19, 2025

    With more than $1.4 million in federal grant support, App State has developed a new career pathways initiative aimed at addressing the shortage of special education teachers in rural Appalachia. More than 100 regional teacher’s assistants, educators and school administrators will take part in the program this fall.

  • 6,200 App State students make Boone campus residence halls home for fall 2025
    6,200 App State students make Boone campus residence halls home for fall 2025
    Aug. 15, 2025

    On Aug. 12, new and returning Mountaineer students began moving into their Boone campus residence halls, in preparation for the first day of fall 2025 classes at App State on Monday, Aug. 18. More than 6,000 students will have settled into their App State homes by Monday.

  • First-generation college students move into App State
    First-generation college students move into App State
    WSOC-TV
    Aug. 13, 2025

    The Charlotte TV station visited App State’s Boone campus during fall 2025 move-in week to speak with students and families. The report highlights that nearly one-third of students at the Boone and Hickory campuses are first-generation college students.

  • App State archaeology team discovers ancient campsite at Blackburn Vannoy Estate and Farm in Ashe County
    App State archaeology team discovers ancient campsite at Blackburn Vannoy Estate and Farm in Ashe County

    Dozens of site artifacts offer insight into early life in the High Country

    July 25, 2025

    App State archaeologist Dr. Alice Wright and her team of student researchers have unearthed dozens of artifacts at App State’s Blackburn Vannoy Estate and Farm in Ashe County that date back to prehistory — evidence that, 8,000 to 1,000 years ago, Native American peoples used the area as a campsite.

  • App State’s Corinne Smith honored as 2025 national GEAR UP Professional Leader of the Year
    App State’s Corinne Smith honored as 2025 national GEAR UP Professional Leader of the Year
    July 21, 2025

    Corinne Smith, director of App State’s Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, was recognized with the 2025 GEAR UP Professional Leader of the Year award for her passion for and commitment to GEAR UP’s goal of ensuring college access and success for all students.

  • A podium finish and Teamwork Award are the latest wins for App State’s student-led solar vehicle team
    A podium finish and Teamwork Award are the latest wins for App State’s student-led solar vehicle team

    Team Sunergy shifts gears to building its most advanced solar vehicle yet

    July 14, 2025

    App State’s student-powered solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, has secured yet another podium finish to add to its consistent wins in the annual Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix. This year, the team earned second place in its class and the event’s Teamwork Award. Team Sunergy is working to launch its next-generation solar vehicle.

  • Factors to Consider Before Joining Greek Life
    Factors to Consider Before Joining Greek Life
    U.S. News & World Report
    July 2, 2025

    Dr. Shaleeah Smith, associate director of campus activities at App State, and other experts discuss factors to consider before joining a college Greek life organization. Smith oversees fraternity and sorority life at the university — a community of more than 30 chapters and over 2,000 students.

  • Rock garden and lab expanded at App State after Helene cleanup
    Rock garden and lab expanded at App State after Helene cleanup

    Now featuring 4 new boulders, the garden remains a key teaching tool for students

    July 1, 2025

    App State’s Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Lab, also known as the “Rock Garden” — a resource for geology students, researchers and K–12 school groups — has been fully restored after the damage it sustained from Hurricane Helene. The garden now features more than 50 boulders, including several new specimens.

  • Appalachian Energy Summit exceeds 2025 goal with $2.37 billion in statewide avoided energy costs
    Appalachian Energy Summit exceeds 2025 goal with $2.37 billion in statewide avoided energy costs

    App State realizes over $90 million in avoided utility savings

    June 30, 2025

    At App State’s 14th annual Appalachian Energy Summit, N.C. State Energy Office representatives announced that, since 2002–03, the UNC System and its partners have collectively avoided $2.37 billion in energy costs, exceeding the 2025 goal of $2 billion.

  • App State researchers uncover hidden history at Fort Defiance
    App State researchers uncover hidden history at Fort Defiance
    June 23, 2025

    Ground-penetrating radar and App State interdisciplinary detective work have revealed 105 graves of enslaved people at Fort Defiance, adding new layers of history to the Lenoir-area landmark and confirming generations of family stories.

  • App State awarded $367,088 National Science Foundation grant for telescope upgrades at Dark Sky Observatory
    App State awarded $367,088 National Science Foundation grant for telescope upgrades at Dark Sky Observatory

    The research facility provides faculty, students with state-of-the-art tools

    June 6, 2025

    A $367,088 National Science Foundation grant is funding major upgrades to the 32-inch telescope at App State’s Dark Sky Observatory. The upgrades will provide faculty and student researchers with an enhanced view, and a deeper understanding, of the cosmos.

  • App State nutrition students empower Watauga’s young athletes to use food as fuel for athletic performance
    App State nutrition students empower Watauga’s young athletes to use food as fuel for athletic performance

    43 middle school student-athletes from 6 schools participated

    June 5, 2025

    Over 40 local middle school student-athletes took part in App State’s Fuel Your Game Watauga program this spring, learning how proper nutrition can boost athletic performance. App State nutrition graduate students engaged the students in discussions on food groups and shared nutritional facts.

  • App State’s New River Light and Power awards scholarships to 7 Watauga County students
    App State’s New River Light and Power awards scholarships to 7 Watauga County students
    June 4, 2025

    Appalachian State University’s New River Light and Power (NRLP) has named the 2025 recipients of two NRLP scholarship programs that support students pursuing higher education and careers in the energy industry. The seven awardees are all Watauga High School graduates.

  • 20 App State ROTC cadets commissioned to serve as Army second lieutenants
    20 App State ROTC cadets commissioned to serve as Army second lieutenants
    May 29, 2025

    App State honored 20 future military leaders during a commissioning ceremony held May 8 on the Boone campus, during which the Mountaineer Battalion members and App State graduates took the Oath of Office and received the gold bars signifying their rank as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army.

  • App State awarded $2.3M to advance innovation in NC agriculture
    App State awarded $2.3M to advance innovation in NC agriculture

    The AI-enhanced robotic microscope will streamline parasite analysis in livestock, poultry

    May 27, 2025

    App State researcher Dr. Zachary Russell and his team have received a $2.3 million NCInnovation grant to develop an AI-enhanced robotic microscope that will streamline parasite analysis in livestock and poultry — helping to strengthen NC’s billion-dollar agriculture industry.

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