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  • App State and Banfield Pet Hospital® announce new online vet tech program aimed at addressing veterinary shortage
    App State and Banfield Pet Hospital® announce new online vet tech program aimed at addressing veterinary shortage

    First-of-its-kind program will help meet surging demand for pet care

    Feb. 10, 2021

    Banfield Pet Hospital® has made a multimillion-dollar commitment to App State to support the development of a four-year online program for licensed veterinary technicians (LVTs) to address market demand for skilled veterinary professionals.

  • Reimagined App State residence hall to offer community for transfer students
    Reimagined App State residence hall to offer community for transfer students
    Feb. 5, 2021

    Beginning this fall, students who are transferring into Appalachian State University will have the opportunity to live in the university’s first residence hall designated for transfer students.

  • App State virtually hosts 4 acclaimed authors for spring 2021 Visiting Writers Series
    App State virtually hosts 4 acclaimed authors for spring 2021 Visiting Writers Series
    Feb. 3, 2021

    Four award-winning authors — Anna Deavere Smith, Charles Dodd White, Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle and Carter Sickels — will pay a virtual visit to App State this spring as part of the university’s Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. Novelists White, Clapsaddle and Sickels will read from their work and give talks on the craft of writing, and playwright Smith will give a storytelling presentation.

  • What’s new on the menu at App State?
    What’s new on the menu at App State?

    Campus Dining launches fresh options aimed at increasing variety and customization

    Feb. 2, 2021

    App State’s Campus Dining has launched new initiatives, including fresh menu items and made-to-order options.

  • Students return to App State’s residence halls for spring 2021
    Students return to App State’s residence halls for spring 2021
    Feb. 2, 2021

    Students who live in Appalachian State University’s residence halls move back in for spring semester Jan. 28–31, with continued COVID-19 health and safety policies in place.

  • Appalachian State senior part of National Guard sent to Washington, D.C. [student profiled]
    Appalachian State senior part of National Guard sent to Washington, D.C. [student profiled]
    Watauga Democrat
    Feb. 2, 2021

    Lauren Spangler, an App State senior majoring in psychology, was among National Guard members stationed in Washington, D.C., during Joe Biden's presidential inauguration. She is from Charlotte.

  • A virtual stage keeps App State arts patrons, students entertained — from a distance
    A virtual stage keeps App State arts patrons, students entertained — from a distance
    Feb. 1, 2021

    App State’s Department of Theatre and Dance will offer a variety of virtual performing arts events during the spring 2021 semester to help keep campus and local community members safe during the pandemic.

  • How New River got its flow back: App State’s NRLP completes Payne Branch environmental restoration project
    How New River got its flow back: App State’s NRLP completes Payne Branch environmental restoration project
    Jan. 25, 2021

    App State’s New River Light and Power has completed its grant-funded project to remove the historic Payne Branch dam from the New River’s Middle Fork, helping to restore this river corridor to a more natural state — which includes improved water quality and enhanced habitat for the area’s aquatic wildlife. Dive in to learn more.

  • Nearly $12 million in federal funding supports App State Empowering Teacher Learning program
    Nearly $12 million in federal funding supports App State Empowering Teacher Learning program
    Jan. 22, 2021

    App State has been awarded nearly $12 million in federal grant funding to implement Empowering Teacher Learning — a teacher-directed professional learning program designed to add flexibility to traditional recertification and state licensure renewals for Western North Carolina teachers.

  • App State transfer student has a ‘Head Start’ on her career
    App State transfer student has a ‘Head Start’ on her career
    Jan. 20, 2021

    Junior Kaitlyn Helton, an App State Online transfer student, works in McDowell County’s Head Start program while pursuing her B.S. in child development-birth through kindergarten (licensure) — applying techniques as she learns.

  • Ways to honor Martin Luther King Jr. — service during COVID-19
    Ways to honor Martin Luther King Jr. — service during COVID-19
    Jan. 15, 2021

    App State’s ACT Office suggests a variety of options for how to be service-focused this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

  • App State senior awarded spring 2021 Rogers and Janice Whitener Scholarship for creative writing
    App State senior awarded spring 2021 Rogers and Janice Whitener Scholarship for creative writing
    Jan. 15, 2021

    App State’s Zöe Benfield, a senior English–creative writing major, is the spring 2021 recipient of the Rogers and Janice Whitener Scholarship, which recognizes performance in creative writing for a majoring student, as well as active, positive citizenship in all courses, including those in creative writing.

  • First-generation App State student hammers out a new perspective
    First-generation App State student hammers out a new perspective
    Jan. 13, 2021

    A few years ago, Joe Graber ’20 was working in construction and unsure of what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. Now, he is building toward a master’s degree in computer science at App State.

  • Magical moments in hospitality brought Hedrick to App State
    Magical moments in hospitality brought Hedrick to App State
    Jan. 11, 2021

    Disney magic inspired Sam Hedrick to transfer to App State, where she is majoring in hospitality and tourism management and building skills and experience for her future career.

  • A return ‘home’ for The Appalachian News Adviser Allison Bennett Dyche
    A return ‘home’ for The Appalachian News Adviser Allison Bennett Dyche
    Jan. 11, 2021

    Allison Bennett Dyche, news adviser for App State’s student newspaper, The Appalachian, returned to App State a month prior to Election Day after serving four years as director of student media at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dyche previously worked as App State’s assistant director for student media.

  • App State alumni donate 2,000-plus face coverings to Academy at Middle Fork
    App State alumni donate 2,000-plus face coverings to Academy at Middle Fork

    ‘We have to take care of one another’

    Jan. 8, 2021

    Donated by App State alumni Robert Roach ’08 and Tom Webb ’73 ’75, along with Webb’s son, Ben Webb, and Brad Valentine, the face coverings are helping to make the return to in-person instruction safer for students and teachers at App State’s Academy at Middle Fork.

  • App State Mountaineer approaches physics with military discipline
    App State Mountaineer approaches physics with military discipline
    Jan. 8, 2021

    App State senior Steven Klingler applies discipline developed in his military career to excel as a student studying applied physics.

  • Reflections on a year defined by COVID-19
    Reflections on a year defined by COVID-19
    Dec. 22, 2020

    Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic Appalachian State University has enacted a coordinated, universitywide response — in concert with agencies across the town, region and state — while continuing to further its academic mission.

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