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  • Transferring to a UNC System university is quicker with streamlined process
    Transferring to a UNC System university is quicker with streamlined process
    Feb. 25, 2025

    A new UNC System policy, to be implemented by spring 2026, will help create a streamlined process that shortens a transfer student’s wait period for transcript review — ensuring accelerated access for students seeking to transfer to UNC System schools.

  • myFutureNC’s 2025 Champions for Attainment: Recognizing Excellence in Adult Education
    myFutureNC’s 2025 Champions for Attainment: Recognizing Excellence in Adult Education
    EdNC
    Feb. 20, 2025

    myFutureNC honors the 2025 Champions for Attainment — a distinction awarded to individuals and organizations demonstrating outstanding dedication to expanding access, success and completion for adult learners across N.C. App State was recognized for its Aspire Appalachian program, which provides transfer students from 27 partner community colleges with a clear pathway to completing their associate and bachelor’s degrees.

  • App State earns R2 designation for high research activity and doctorate production
    App State earns R2 designation for high research activity and doctorate production

    University’s commitment to applied research benefits students, communities and industries

    Feb. 13, 2025

    App State has earned a Research 2 designation through the Carnegie Classification system for high research activity and doctorate production. App State’s research expenditures in fiscal year 2023 were more than $8.4 million and, in 2022–23, the university awarded 20 doctoral degrees.

  • App State reports record spring 2025 enrollment, strong retention rate despite Helene impacts
    App State reports record spring 2025 enrollment, strong retention rate despite Helene impacts
    Feb. 11, 2025

    Despite the impacts of Hurricane Helene in fall 2024, App State has experienced a 2.2% increase in spring 2025 enrollment numbers compared with spring 2024. The university’s retention of first-year students from the fall to spring semester is 94.4%, a five-year high.

  • App State New River Light and Power scholarship supports aspiring lineworkers in Watauga County
    App State New River Light and Power scholarship supports aspiring lineworkers in Watauga County

    2025 application deadline is April 10

    Feb. 10, 2025

    App State’s New River Light has partnered with Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute to establish the NRLP Lineworker Scholarship, which supports graduating seniors from Watauga High School and Watauga Innovation Academy who take part in the college’s Electrical Lineworker Institute.

  • Small notes, big impact through Letters of Love
    Small notes, big impact through Letters of Love
    The Appalachian
    Jan. 25, 2025

    The Appalachian features App State’s chapter of Letters of Love, a nonprofit organization directed toward sending handmade messages of support to children in hospitals around the world. Emily Pearl, a first-year psychology major from Raleigh, founded the App State chapter, which meets twice a month to create new letters.

  • App State Online degree programs earn high rankings from US News & World Report
    App State Online degree programs earn high rankings from US News & World Report

    The 2025 US News rankings recognized App State business, education and nursing programs

    Jan. 24, 2025

    App State ranks among the nation’s top schools for online education, with its App State Online bachelor’s and master’s programs recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s “2025 Best Online Programs” rankings. App State has experienced five consecutive years of online student enrollment growth.

  • App State honors former Chancellor Francis Thomas Borkowski
    App State honors former Chancellor Francis Thomas Borkowski

    Borkowski, who died Jan. 19, led the university from 1993 to 2003

    Jan. 23, 2025

    Dr. Francis T. Borkowski, App State’s chancellor from 1993 to 2003, died Jan. 19 at the age of 88. Under his leadership, the university strengthened academic and student success programs, expanded global education and helped establish the area as a cultural tourism destination.

  • 2024 — App State’s 125th year was marked by resilience, progress and opportunity
    2024 — App State’s 125th year was marked by resilience, progress and opportunity
    Dec. 20, 2024

    Milestones from App State’s 125th anniversary year include new pathways to expand education access, record support for research funding, the continued improvement of campus facilities and recovery from Hurricane Helene — a historic natural disaster.

  • App State student-athletes extend 3.0 GPA streak to 25 semesters
    App State student-athletes extend 3.0 GPA streak to 25 semesters
    Dec. 20, 2024

    App State student-athletes extended their 3.0 GPA streak to 25 consecutive semesters as of fall 2024. All 17 athletic programs finished the fall with both a semester GPA and cumulative GPA above 3.0. Combined, all student-athletes achieved the highest semester GPA since fall 2020 and the highest cumulative GPA since spring 2021.

  • Hellbender heroes: App State team continues nearly 20 years of research to help protect NC’s giant salamanders
    Hellbender heroes: App State team continues nearly 20 years of research to help protect NC’s giant salamanders
    Dec. 18, 2024

    Dr. Michael Gangloff and his team work to monitor the populations and habitats of the eastern hellbender, which was proposed for inclusion on the endangered species list in late 2024. The team’s efforts are part of nearly 20 years of research aimed at protecting N.C.’s giant salamanders.

  • Perseverance pays off: Over 1,500 App State graduates achieve degrees this fall
    Perseverance pays off: Over 1,500 App State graduates achieve degrees this fall

    John Blackburn awarded honorary doctorate for support of the university and High Country communities

    Dec. 17, 2024

    More than 1,500 Mountaineer students celebrated their graduation from Appalachian State University in Holmes Convocation Center on the Boone campus during the university’s Fall 2024 Commencement ceremonies, held Dec. 13.

  • App State earns national recognition as a top 10 Food Allergy-Friendly College
    App State earns national recognition as a top 10 Food Allergy-Friendly College

    The Spokin ranking honors App State’s efforts to provide a campus dining experience designed for all

    Dec. 10, 2024

    App State has been recognized on a national scale for its efforts to provide a safe and inclusive campus dining experience for all. The university is ranked among the nation’s top 10 Food Allergy-Friendly Colleges according to Spokin, a food allergy app and lifestyle platform.

  • App State team’s beehive monitoring system buzzes toward market with NCInnovation support
    App State team’s beehive monitoring system buzzes toward market with NCInnovation support

    The monitoring system could help decrease honeybee die-off, improve hive production

    Dec. 9, 2024

    A $641,951 NCInnovation grant awarded to App State’s Dr. Rahman Tashakkori and his research team will support the commercialization of four components of the team’s Beemon Hive Monitoring System — an innovative tool designed to decrease honeybee hive die-off and increase hive production.

  • App State’s College of Arts and Sciences recognizes faculty, staff with annual awards
    App State’s College of Arts and Sciences recognizes faculty, staff with annual awards
    Dec. 2, 2024

    App State’s College of Arts and Sciences recognized several faculty and staff members with its annual awards for outstanding service, teaching and scholarly work. The 2023–24 award nominees and recipients were honored during a celebratory luncheon on Nov. 21.

  • App State students, faculty and staff volunteered to help neighbors after Hurricane Helene
    App State students, faculty and staff volunteered to help neighbors after Hurricane Helene
    Nov. 27, 2024

    In the wake of Hurricane Helene, App State students, faculty and staff stepped up to help those in need — both on and off campus, and during and after the disaster. Read the stories of seven Mountaineers who share how they responded to and volunteered to help others during the historic storm.

  • Audio Education 2024, Pt. 4: Appalachian State University [faculty featured]
    Audio Education 2024, Pt. 4: Appalachian State University [faculty featured]
    Mix Magazine
    Nov. 27, 2024

    App State’s Hayes School of Music recently installed a Dolby Atmos control room in its Robert F. Gilley Recording Studio. Scott Wynne, professor of music industry studies at App State, speaks about the system installation and how it was a positive experience for students, as well as future projects that are in the works for the studio.

  • App State named a national and world leader in business education for 2024–25
    App State named a national and world leader in business education for 2024–25

    App State’s Walker College of Business, business degree programs have been recognized by US News, The Princeton Review, CEO Magazine, Fortune magazine and Forbes magazine

    Nov. 25, 2024

    App State has earned national and international acclaim for its Walker College of Business and business degree programs. The university was featured in the 2024–25 rankings of U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, Fortune magazine, Forbes magazine and CEO Magazine.

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