Topic: Students

Displaying 595 - 612 of 1197

Campus Dining to operate coffee shops in student union and library
June 26, 2019
The move will further incorporate Wired Scholar and Crossroads into student life at Appalachian, while continuing to offer the coffee shops’ popular food and beverages.
App State senior and former market analyst awarded NC Space Grant
June 26, 2019
Jordan Greene, a former marketing analyst from Boone, returned to college to pursue a mathematics degree. While at Appalachian, he has earned a North Carolina Space Grant Scholarship to study scientific data.
App State student sets his research sights out of this world through NC Space Grant
June 26, 2019
A campus tour as a prospective student led Appalachian junior Nathaniel Scott — a physics major with a concentration in applied physics and a minor in mathematics — to research opportunities.
Appalachian State basketball star Bayley Plummer trains to be in law enforcement
WSOC-TV
June 25, 2019
Bayley Plummer wasn’t meant to sit behind a desk all day, so when the App State basketball star enrolled in Boone she quickly changed her major from accounting, her mother’s profession, to criminal justice, her grandfather’s passion.
AppX: Life in App State Residence Halls
June 25, 2019
Find out what you can and can't bring to your residence hall, as well as tips and tricks from res hall experts at Appalachian.
App State student and volunteer gains real-life interior design experience
June 21, 2019
Kayla McDougle, a junior interior design major, is getting a head start with real-life experience as she works on Habitat for Humanity design projects.
Appalachian produces new documentary on the history of Moses Cone’s Flat Top Manor
June 20, 2019
Appalachian partnered with the National Park Service to produce a new documentary about the history of Flat Top Manor at Moses H. Cone Memorial Park. The film is now showing in the manor’s minitheater.
App State music industry studies major lays down sound through NYC internship
June 20, 2019
Professional experiences from Boone to New York City — including working in Appalachian’s Robert F. Gilley Recording Studio and interning at audio postproduction studio Big Yellow Duck — prepare junior Ryan Dozer for success in the music industry.
App Academy lab results come back positive – for joy and engagement
EducationNC
June 20, 2019
The youngest student at Appalachian State University last year was 5 years old. She’s not a prodigy — at least, not as far as anyone knows so far. She’s not even working on her bachelor’s degree. She’s a kindergartner who became a Mountaineer by way of her lab school: Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork.
48 of App State’s youngest Mountaineers graduate from the Academy at Middle Fork
June 14, 2019
The 48 fifth grade students are the first graduating class of Appalachian’s Academy at Middle Fork, the university’s laboratory school in Walkertown.
App State survey: Respondents willing to pay for stormwater management and reduce negative effects from runoff
June 12, 2019
Research conducted by an interdisciplinary team at Appalachian explores how to mitigate impacts from stormwater runoff. The team has also conducted surveys throughout the Appalachian region to learn more about public perceptions of stormwater.
App Builds a Home — App State’s IDEXlab designs zero energy ready home
June 11, 2019
The IDEXlab’s design for an innovative, zero energy ready Habitat for Humanity home was recognized as a finalist in the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2019 Solar Decathlon Challenge.
For App State student, leadership award may pave the way for public service
June 6, 2019
Travian Smith is the first recipient of Appalachian’s newly established National Pan-Hellenic Council Leadership Award.
App State partners with Eastman Chemical Co. for NIOSH-funded study on data analytics and workplace safety
June 4, 2019
Appalachian professor Dr. Shawn Bergman has received continued funding from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for the study, which examines how data analytics could inform employers’ decisions regarding their employees’ health and safety.
App State engages with local community to build Habitat for Humanity home
May 31, 2019
The Appalachian Community has organized in partnership with Watauga County Habitat for Humanity to design, fund and build a home from the ground up for a local family in need.
Appalachian in the community
Solar barn installed at Horse Helpers of the High Country with energy grant from App State
May 28, 2019
The solar barn project at Horse Helpers of the High Country, which was partially funded by a 2018–19 Energy Efficient Grant through Appalachian and the Community Together (ACT), helps power the farm’s barn and fencing.
Double major, double awards — Appalachian student earns honors in math and physics
May 17, 2019
Appalachian’s Aeron McConnell, of Asheville, earned the Walter C. Connolly Endowed Award for Physics and the George Dewey Bingham D.D.S. Endowed Award for Math at the end of his first year at Appalachian.
App Student-Athletes Shatter Community Service Hours Record
May 16, 2019
Appalachian State student-athletes pride themselves in giving back to the community of Boone since they are endlessly devoted to the success of the university and its athletic programs. This past year (May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019), the Mountaineers completed more than 10,474 hours of community service – the most community service hours ever recorded by App State Athletics.