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App State archaeology project partners with Junaluska to document Black history in Boone
Dec. 13, 2022
App State faculty and students are collaborating with the Junaluska Heritage Association on the Junaluska Community Archaeology Project to help document and preserve the material heritage of one of the oldest African American communities in Western North Carolina. Work has included the excavation of historic sites and the placement of stones over previously unmarked graves.
App State observes Veterans Day 2022 with ceremony on campus
Student veteran Morgan Gibbard ’22 featured as this year’s speaker
Nov. 11, 2022
App State observed Veterans Day 2022 on Friday, Nov. 11, with a ceremony in the B.B. Dougherty Administration Building. This year’s featured speaker was veteran Morgan Gibbard ’22, an App State graduate student with a bachelor’s degree in social work.
Homecoming hindsight — a look back at App State in 1972 and 2002
Students, alumni celebrate Homecoming 2022 with week of festivities
Nov. 10, 2022
App State celebrated Homecoming week with festivities for students, alumni and community members, and the classes of 1972 and 2002 were invited back to campus for special recognition. Step back in time to see what life on campus was like 50 and 20 years ago.
App State recognizes 2022–23 Fleming Scholarship recipients
Nov. 10, 2022
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.
11 first-year App State students earn Chancellor’s Scholarship for 2022–23
Nov. 2, 2022
App State named 11 first-year students as Chancellor’s Scholars for the 2022–23 academic year. The Chancellor’s Scholarship is App State’s oldest and most academically competitive merit-based scholarship — it has been awarded for 38 years.
10 first-year App State students awarded Diversity Scholars Program Scholarship for 2022–23
Nov. 2, 2022
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.
Grant to facilitate collaboration between Cherokee and Māori communities
App State secures funding for cross-cultural exchange in North Carolina and New Zealand
Nov. 1, 2022
High school students from the North Carolina Cherokee and New Zealand Māori nations will exchange best practices for preserving language and culture during visits funded by a $100,000 grant awarded to App State.
4 NC Space Grants awarded to App State students, professor for aerospace and aviation research
Oct. 24, 2022
Three Appalachian State University students and a faculty member received 2022–23 NASA-funded North Carolina Space Grants to conduct research relating to aerospace and aviation fields.
16 recruits graduate from Appalachian Police Academy’s 5th class
The graduates were sworn in and are already serving on App State’s campus
Oct. 20, 2022
Graduates of App State’s Appalachian Police Academy — a component of the Appalachian Police Officer Development Program — enter the criminal justice job market with a college degree, North Carolina law enforcement certification and a minimum of two years of policing experience.
App State enrolls 20,436 for fall 2022, most diverse student body in school history
App State Online enrollment grows for 3rd consecutive year
Oct. 12, 2022
This fall, App State welcomed 20,436 students, with 18.6% of the total population being underrepresented students — the university’s most diverse student body to date. Student enrollment in App State Online programs increased for the third consecutive year.
‘You got it, and I got you.’ A story of success from Western Piedmont Community College [student featured]
EducationNC
Oct. 10, 2022
Jenny Benton, a junior social work major at App State, is interviewed by EducationNC about her higher education journey as an adult learner at Western Piedmont Community College and now at App State.
4 App State students named inaugural recipients of new scholarship
Jerri Kent Heltzer and Harry Heltzer Endowed Scholarship Fund supports students with financial need
Oct. 4, 2022
Four App State students have been named the inaugural recipients of a new scholarship established in memory of Jerri Kent Heltzer and Harry Heltzer, longtime friends of the university. This renewable scholarship will cover approximately 75% of the students’ tuition.
App State Mountaineers experience real-world climate science in Peru
Dr. Baker Perry leads National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition, study abroad program in Andes Mountains
Sep. 16, 2022
National Geographic Explorer and App State geography professor Baker Perry led App State students on their study abroad program in Peru — then spearheaded the effort to install the highest weather station in the Tropical Andes as part of the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition
3 honorees awarded App State’s 2021–22 Plemmons Leadership Medallions
Sep. 15, 2022
App State’s Board of Trustees honored three leaders — two students and a former member of Student Affairs — with 2022 Plemmons Leadership Medallions for enriching the quality of life of students at App State.
App State opens Academy at Elkin, its second lab school
Sep. 2, 2022
Elected officials and local dignitaries joined App State and Elkin City Schools educators and staff on Aug. 23 to celebrate the opening of App State’s second laboratory school — one of nine operating as part of the University of North Carolina System Laboratory School initiative.
App State announces 3 new recipients of the Bill and Hughlene Frank Scholarship
Sep. 1, 2022
App State has awarded the Bill and Hughlene Frank Scholarship to three new Guilford County students for the 2022–23 academic year. The scholarship honors the legacy of the Frank family, longtime friends of the university.
Local youth snack their way to improved language, literacy skills through App State summer program
Aug. 24, 2022
A summer program developed by App State’s Beaver College of Health Sciences provides young students the opportunity to improve their language and literacy skills — while learning healthy eating habits. The program pairs snack preparation and sampling with a speech-language pathology curriculum.
New semester, new home
6,100 students move into App State residence halls
Aug. 19, 2022
Move-in for most App State students living on campus for the fall 2022 semester took place from Aug. 16 through 18, with approximately 6,100 students moving into 18 residence halls on campus.