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  • Active nurses log on and in to App State for career advancement
    Active nurses log on and in to App State for career advancement
    May 26, 2021

    To advance their careers, expand their knowledge or to explore new opportunities in the nursing field, registered nurses (RNs) are enrolling in App State’s online RN to BSN program to pursue their Bachelor of Science in nursing.

  • App State joins Universities Studying Slavery consortium, continues its work to foster diversity and inclusion
    App State joins Universities Studying Slavery consortium, continues its work to foster diversity and inclusion
    May 20, 2021

    App State is among more than 70 national and international higher education institutions that have joined the Universities Studying Slavery consortium. Participating schools collaborate to address historical and contemporary issues around race and inequality in higher education and campus communities.

  • App State celebrates more than 3,600 Class of 2021 graduates
    App State celebrates more than 3,600 Class of 2021 graduates
    May 14, 2021

    Chancellor Sheri Everts conferred degrees upon more than 3,600 Mountaineer graduates as part of App State’s Spring 2021 Commencement. The university held 13 in-person commencement ceremonies May 7–12 and offered a virtual conferral of degrees by Everts to allow for the greatest possible participation and maximize health and safety of all participants.

  • 11 App State students awarded MAKO Medical Scholarships for spring 2021
    11 App State students awarded MAKO Medical Scholarships for spring 2021
    May 14, 2021

    Raleigh-based MAKO Medical Laboratories has funded scholarships for 11 App State undergraduate students in spring 2021. The awardees include five student-athletes and three student veterans.

  • Digital marketing concentration combines creativity and business skills
    Digital marketing concentration combines creativity and business skills

    Q&A with student Kayla Sessoms

    May 7, 2021

    App State’s Kayla Sessoms is graduating from one of App State’s newest degree concentrations: digital marketing.

  • App State’s Collegiate Recovery Community expands sober event offerings
    App State’s Collegiate Recovery Community expands sober event offerings
    May 6, 2021

    App State’s Collegiate Recovery Community has fostered new partnerships with campus departments and organizations to increase the variety of its sober events — which are open to all students.

  • First on scene: Clinical simulations prepare App State athletic training students
    First on scene: Clinical simulations prepare App State athletic training students
    April 26, 2021

    App State athletic training students put their studies into action during a series of simulated clinical scenarios, ranging from cardiac distress to a leg fracture.

  • App State’s CS4ALL Program expands access to computer science education for rural Appalachian students
    App State’s CS4ALL Program expands access to computer science education for rural Appalachian students
    April 23, 2021

    CS4ALL — a professional development program offered by App State — is designed to expand access to and diversify computer science education for students at rural high schools in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The two-year program is supported by a National Science Foundation grant awarded to App State’s Drs. Rahman Tashakkori, Cindy Norris and Jay Fenwick.

  • App State embraces Earth Day every day
    App State embraces Earth Day every day
    April 22, 2021

    App State’s Office of Sustainability offers programs and events to help the campus community learn ways to stay environmentally conscious year-round.

  • Service-learning and undergrad research make the grade for student Tatum Schwartz
    Service-learning and undergrad research make the grade for student Tatum Schwartz
    April 22, 2021

    App State student Tatum Schwartz found her major by taking an introductory course through the general education curriculum. Now she is excelling in sociology with plans for graduate school — she counts service-learning and undergraduate research among her most meaningful experiences.

  • Mountaineer photographer Jesse Barber focuses on storytelling
    Mountaineer photographer Jesse Barber focuses on storytelling
    April 20, 2021

    Jesse Barber, a senior from Sawmills, combines his passion for photography, the environment, people and culture in his self-designed interdisciplinary studies major, focusing on documentary studies in Appalachia.

  • App State honors 20th anniversary of Diversity Celebration
    App State honors 20th anniversary of Diversity Celebration
    April 16, 2021

    App State’s 2021 Diversity Celebration marked the 20th anniversary of this annual event and featured a full slate of virtual and in-person events designed to showcase diverse cultures through art, ideas and entertainment.

  • Tackling trauma — Mountaineer strives to bring compassion and care to Watauga County
    Tackling trauma — Mountaineer strives to bring compassion and care to Watauga County
    April 14, 2021

    Appalachian State University alumna and adjunct instructor Denise Presnell ’93 ’17 has made it her mission to educate and inform the High Country about trauma, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and resiliency. In the process, she has engaged a village.

  • An App State sustainable development major hopes to ‘save the world’
    An App State sustainable development major hopes to ‘save the world’
    April 12, 2021

    Justin Marks, a senior sustainable development major with a concentration in community, regional and global development, announced on national television he hopes to “save the world” — a plan playing out through his community engagement and service.

  • App State Common Reading Program announces ‘Belonging’ as 2021–22 book selection
    App State Common Reading Program announces ‘Belonging’ as 2021–22 book selection
    April 9, 2021

    As part of the 2021–22 App State Common Reading Program, all incoming first-year and transfer students will receive an e-book copy of Nora Krug’s award-winning graphic memoir “Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home” during their orientation sessions.

  • App State higher education professor helps create, co-directs Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges
    App State higher education professor helps create, co-directs Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges
    April 9, 2021

    App State’s Dr. Andrew Koricich is one of four co-founders and co-directors of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges — a grant-funded initiative aimed at increasing appreciation for and understanding of U.S. regional, or rural-serving, colleges and their contributions. To date, the project has received more than half-million dollars in support.

  • Lynn Patterson’s door at App State’s Belk Library is open
    Lynn Patterson’s door at App State’s Belk Library is open
    April 1, 2021

    Lynn Patterson ’89, university program specialist in App State's Belk Library and Information Commons, considers her relationships with students as an important part of her job. The alumna has mentored many students over her 30-year employment at the university.

  • App State earns 2nd consecutive Top 10 Military Friendly School designation
    App State earns 2nd consecutive Top 10 Military Friendly School designation
    March 30, 2021

    App State has earned the No. 6 spot among large public schools receiving the Top 10 Military Friendly® Schools honor for 2021–22. This designation, awarded by VIQTORY, recognizes U.S. higher education institutions for their support of and resources for student veterans and active-duty military members. App State has been named among the nation’s Military Friendly Schools for more than a decade.

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