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Outstanding Service Award 2016: D. Kenan Smith ’84 and E. Hayes Smith ’82
Oct. 28, 2016
The Outstanding Service Award recognizes individuals for their exceptional service to the university.
Distinguished Alumni Award 2016: James M. Deal Jr. ’71
Oct. 28, 2016
The Distinguished Alumni Award honors graduates who have attained extraordinary career distinction and success, and demonstrated exceptional and sustained leadership in the community.
Young Alumni Award 2016: Susan M. Branch ’99
Oct. 28, 2016
The Young Alumni Award honors individuals under age 40 for their exceptional service to the university and career accomplishments.
Through flu, sports injuries, homesickness and more
Oct. 3, 2016
Nurse Mary S. Shook talks about her 40-year career healing and nurturing Appalachian State University students.
Podcast Preview: Jon Ronson on Public Shaming
Aug. 26, 2016
Hear Jon Ronson on the phenomenon of public shaming via social media. Have we come that far from the stocks in the public square? Is Twitter our new scarlet letter?
See how App State makes tracks at Formula Sun Grand Prix
Meet the hearts and minds that lead Team Sunergy and learn how Appalachian State University’s solar team found a place on the podium at the Formula Sun Grand Prix.
Aug. 17, 2016
Why did we go? To build a better transportation solution. How did we place third? Sheer Mountaineer grit. Join the team, experience scrutineering, on-track qualifying and pit-stop drama. Watch the video here and think solar.
Welcome to the Mob Museum - Two Appalachian grads take you behind the scenes
July 4, 2016
Las Vegas Mob Museum is a repository of the extraordinary and unexpected. The actual wall that caught the bullets from the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day massacre is there. So is the hazmat suit Bryan Cranston wore in his role as Walter White in the hit AMC series “Breaking Bad.” A larger-than-life Dick Tracy cutout, complete with yellow hat and drawn Colt .45, stands guard over one of the exhibits, a pixelated reminder that crime does not pay. But the capper, the big surprise? Against all odds, even in a betting town, two public history majors from Appalachian State University – 2,500 miles to the east – discovered each other working just two cubicles apart.
May 2016 Commencement Video
May 19, 2016
Appalachian State University is known for close collaboration between faculty and students, and superb faculty mentorship. In this piece from May 2016 Commencement, students share their memories of their favorite professors, and faculty share why they are passionate about imparting knowledge.
Podcast Preview: Dr. Michael Eric Dyson on LGBTQ+, social activism, the millennial voice and President Obama
April 22, 2016
In a recent visit to Appalachian State University’s podcast studio, one of America’s foremost African American voices and renowned public intellectuals, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, shares advice on how to affect change, government and academic leadership, activism and speaking up.
Podcast Preview: Dr. Nina Jablonski explores skin color and the role it plays in self identity, racism and evolution
April 14, 2016
Visiting the Appalachian State University podcast studio, anthropologist and author Nina Jablonski posits that human evolution has taken off like the world’s fastest sprinter, dramatically changing the human face of the earth. In this far-ranging interview, she explores skin color and race and the roles they’ve played socially, biologically and from a health perspective over the last 200,000 years.
Dance Marathon 2015
Feb. 18, 2016
This is an annual event put on by The Act Office at Appalachian State University. The proceeds go to Western Youth Network and Parent to Parent, two local organizations in the High Country.
Podcast Preview: Faculty Discuss Sustainability’s 3E’s: economics, equity and environment
Nov. 24, 2015
In the first of four podcasts on sustainability at Appalachian State University, Drs. Shea Tuberty, Todd Cherry and Dinesh Paudel, each engaged in research and teaching around economics, equity or environmental issues, share opinions on what’s hopeful—and what’s not—for our university, the Boone community, our state and our world.
Masters' Matter — Appalachian State University Grad School ad 2015
Nov. 16, 2015
Go for it! On campus, online or distance.
Faces of Courage Award Recipient Dr. Willie Fleming
Oct. 8, 2015
This 2015 video tribute features Dr. Willie Fleming ’80 ’84, one of four recipients of Appalachian State University’s Faces of Courage Award.
Faces of Courage Award Recipient Dr. Zaphon Wilson
Oct. 8, 2015
This 2015 video tribute features Dr. Zaphon R. Wilson ’76 ’77, one of four recipients of Appalachian State University’s Faces of Courage Award.
Faces of Courage Award Recipient Barbara Hart
Oct. 8, 2015
This 2015 video tribute features Barbara Reeves Hart ’65, one of four recipients of Appalachian State University’s Faces of Courage Award.
Faces of Courage Award Recipient Dr. Carolyn Anderson
Oct. 8, 2015
This 2015 video tribute features Dr. Carolyn Anderson ’69, one of four recipients of Appalachian State University’s Faces of Courage Award.
Outstanding Service Award 2015: Reba Moretz ’52 ’53
Oct. 8, 2015
Appalachian State University alumna Reba Moretz ’52 ’53 is the recipient of the Appalachian Alumni Association’s 2015 Outstanding Service Award. In this video, she recalls growing up on Appalachian’s campus, her opportunities for service and adds, “It’s important to me to be a part of Appalachian and do what I can to help in any way that I can.”