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Topic: Students

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  • App State enrolls 20,436 for fall 2022, most diverse student body in school history
    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]
    ‘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
    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
    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

    Sept. 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
    3 honorees awarded App State’s 2021–22 Plemmons Leadership Medallions
    Sept. 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
    App State opens Academy at Elkin, its second lab school
    Sept. 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
    App State announces 3 new recipients of the Bill and Hughlene Frank Scholarship
    Sept. 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
    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
    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.

  • With expansion almost complete, App State’s Child Development Center nearly doubles in capacity
    With expansion almost complete, App State’s Child Development Center nearly doubles in capacity

    Child care program earns prestigious accreditation

    Aug. 5, 2022

    App State’s Child Development Center expansion is nearing completion, allowing the center to serve 54 additional students. The center is also celebrating achievement of accreditation through the Pathways to Accreditation program, offered by the Children’s Council of Watauga County.

  • A bright finish for Team Sunergy: App State solar vehicle team takes 2nd place in 2022 American Solar Challenge
    A bright finish for Team Sunergy: App State solar vehicle team takes 2nd place in 2022 American Solar Challenge

    The team also earned the competition’s Electrical Design Award

    Aug. 5, 2022

    App State’s student-run solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, secured a second-place finish in the multi-occupant vehicle category of the 2022 American Solar Challenge. The team completed 1,549 miles over the eight-day road race and took home the competition’s Electrical Design Award for the second consecutive year.

  • Greene, Brown join App State Board of Trustees
    Greene, Brown join App State Board of Trustees
    July 29, 2022

    Anita Greene and Quson Brown were sworn in to terms on the App State Board of Trustees on June 17. Greene, who was appointed to the board by the UNC System Board of Governors, will serve until 2023, and Brown, App State’s student body president for 2022–23, will serve a one-year term.

  • App State’s Team Sunergy qualifies for American Solar Challenge with solid performance at Formula Sun Grand Prix
    App State’s Team Sunergy qualifies for American Solar Challenge with solid performance at Formula Sun Grand Prix
    July 12, 2022

    The team completed 475 laps totaling 950 miles over the three-day road course at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, Kansas, qualifying for the 1,470-mile American Solar Challenge.

  • Freiman family donates more than $2 million to App State
    Freiman family donates more than $2 million to App State

    Gifts benefit An Appalachian Summer Festival and University Libraries

    July 5, 2022

    The Freiman family has donated more than $2 million to App State in support of An Appalachian Summer Festival and University Libraries. The gifts were given in memory of Larry Freiman — who passed away in 2021 — by his wife, Barbara, and their children and grandchildren.

  • App State students score 2nd-place divisional win in national solar competition
    App State students score 2nd-place divisional win in national solar competition

    The student team was recognized for its solar power system, designed to meet the renewable energy needs of a campus community

    June 29, 2022

    A multidisciplinary team of App State students captured a second-place win in the 2021–22 Solar District Cup, recognized for their solar power system design. This national competition challenges students to develop renewable energy solutions for college campuses or urban districts.

  • App State biology interns spend summer in Wilson Creek’s ‘natural playground’
    App State biology interns spend summer in Wilson Creek’s ‘natural playground’

    Cleanup, conservation and outreach for a National Wild and Scenic River

    June 29, 2022

    App State biology majors Nick Campany and Carson Scott serve as interns for ACleanWilsonCreek.org, a conservation effort encompassing research, education and hands-on cleanup.

  • App State alum donates $1.3 million in support of App State Athletics and Walker College of Business
    App State alum donates $1.3 million in support of App State Athletics and Walker College of Business
    June 22, 2022

    Dennis Covington ’92 and his wife, Katherine, have made a $1.3 million gift in support of academic resources and facilities for App State Athletics and the Walker College of Business.

  • App State announces new master’s degree in occupational therapy
    App State announces new master’s degree in occupational therapy

    Program to help address OT shortage in rural NC, welcomes first cohort in fall 2024

    June 10, 2022

    Beginning in fall 2024, Appalachian State University’s new Master of Science in occupational therapy program will help address a critical lack of occupational therapists in Western North Carolina.

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