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  • Campus emergency siren test to be conducted July 2
    Appalachian State University will test its Boone campus siren warning system at 11:55 a.m., Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Examples of the tones that are used in an emergency or during tests can be heard online by visiting the Siren Warning System webpage on App State’s Emergency Preparedness website. Learn more

Topic: Sustainability

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  • Appalachian graduate assistant advances bike-friendly campus, is instrumental in earning Bike Friendly University Award℠
    Appalachian graduate assistant advances bike-friendly campus, is instrumental in earning Bike Friendly University Award℠
    Feb. 8, 2017

    Appalachian Outdoor Programs graduate assistant Chris Bartram's lifelong love and advocacy for cycling played a large part in Appalachian earning a bronze Bike Friendly University (BFU℠) award from the League of American Bicyclists in November 2016.

  • Dr. Ok-Youn Yu, extending the growing season with biomass
    Dr. Ok-Youn Yu, extending the growing season with biomass
    Jan. 27, 2017

    Dr. Ok-Youn Yu is using on-farm biomass resources to produce energy for greenhouses, increasing winter yields of fresh produce and farmers’ profits.

  • Dr. Dana Powell, activist researcher at the Dakota Access Pipeline
    Dr. Dana Powell, activist researcher at the Dakota Access Pipeline
    Jan. 27, 2017

    The Standing Rock pipeline protest led to on-the-ground activist research for Dr. Dana Powell, assistant professor of anthropology at Appalachian.

  • Appalachian students and faculty partner with UNC Asheville to research threatened plant species
    Appalachian students and faculty partner with UNC Asheville to research threatened plant species
    Jan. 3, 2017

    Appalachian’s student and faculty researchers partner with UNC Asheville to investigate a threatened plant species called Spiraea virginiana.

  • Appalachian State University recognized for reducing energy use
    Appalachian State University recognized for reducing energy use
    Dec. 22, 2016

    Appalachian State University has received a Utility Savings Initiative Achievement award from the N.C. Utility Savings Initiative and the N.C. Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service.

  • Appalachian named one of Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges: 2016 Edition
    Appalachian named one of Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges: 2016 Edition
    Dec. 21, 2016

    Appalachian State University is one of 361 colleges and universities across the nation included in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 361 Green Colleges: 2016 Edition. This is the seventh year the guide has been released, saluting the nation’s most environmentally responsible green colleges. Appalachian has been included each time.

  • Environmental science major Tara Early creates prize-winning research poster, is honored by SETAC
    Environmental science major Tara Early creates prize-winning research poster, is honored by SETAC
    Dec. 15, 2016

    Tara Early's poster is aimed at showing evidence of social injustice in Badin to scientists to policy makers.

  • John C. Welborn – Appalachian’s Food Services Supervisor
    John C. Welborn – Appalachian’s Food Services Supervisor
    Dec. 14, 2016

    Food Services Supervisor John Welborn extends a more than 60-year family legacy by working in Sanford Commons at Appalachian State University.

  • Food Services Director Pam Cline ’94 pays attention to sustainability and students’ tastes
    Food Services Director Pam Cline ’94 pays attention to sustainability and students’ tastes
    Dec. 14, 2016

    Director of Food Services Pam Cline shares her career path, industry trends and how Appalachian State University’s sustainability initiatives impact her work.

  • Ball named director of sustainability at Appalachian
    Ball named director of sustainability at Appalachian
    Dec. 9, 2016

    Following a national search, Dr. Lee F. Ball Jr. has been named director of sustainability at Appalachian State University. Ball has held the position on an interim basis since June 2015.

  • Standing Rock pipeline protest leads to enhanced anthropology teaching and activist research at Appalachian State University
    Standing Rock pipeline protest leads to enhanced anthropology teaching and activist research at Appalachian State University
    Dec. 8, 2016

    The Standing Rock pipeline protest led to on-the-ground activist research for an undergraduate student and her anthropology professor.

  • Photographs taken by Dr. Dana Powell during visits to Oceti Sakowin encampment at Standing Rock, North Dakota
    Photographs taken by Dr. Dana Powell during visits to Oceti Sakowin encampment at Standing Rock, North Dakota
    Dec. 8, 2016

    All photos by Dr. Dana Powell, professor of anthropology at Appalachian State University

  • Appalachian to participate in the Appalachian Teaching Project’s annual symposium near Washington, D.C.; 10 students will present research
    Appalachian to participate in the Appalachian Teaching Project’s annual symposium near Washington, D.C.; 10 students will present research
    Dec. 1, 2016

    The 2016 ATP symposium will be held Dec. 2-3 at the Crystal City Marriot in Arlington, Virginia. It will feature 150 students representing 14 schools from 11 Appalachian states.

  • Dr. Scott Marshall studies earthquakes from space
    Dr. Scott Marshall studies earthquakes from space
    Nov. 27, 2016

    Geophysicist Dr. Scott Marshall studies earthquakes from space, because satellite data can help map fault lines.

  • Appalachian included in Sierra magazine’s 2016 list of greenest colleges and universities
    Appalachian included in Sierra magazine’s 2016 list of greenest colleges and universities
    Nov. 21, 2016

    Sierra magazine has released its 2016 list of “Cool Schools” and once again Appalachian State University is included among the nation’s 201 “greenest” colleges and universities.

  • Experimental Archaeology class teaches how not to make assumptions in science
    Experimental Archaeology class teaches how not to make assumptions in science
    Nov. 21, 2016

    Archaeology students sharpen critical thinking skills with an experiment based on the scientific hazards of making assumptions.

  • Photos from Experimental Archaeology course taught by Dr. Tom Whyte
    Photos from Experimental Archaeology course taught by Dr. Tom Whyte
    Nov. 18, 2016

    More photos from Dr. Tom Whyte’s Experimental Archaeology course at Appalachian.

  • Appalachian State University earns highest overall sustainability ranking by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
    Appalachian State University earns highest overall sustainability ranking by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
    Nov. 16, 2016

    Appalachian earns the top-performer spot in AASHE’s 2016 Sustainable Campus Index.

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