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Professor Alex Hooker playing “Cotton Eyed Joe” on the banjo for his Appalachian Strings class. Feb. 14, 2024. Hooker demonstrates how the song is supposed to sound before guiding his students along. Photo by Devon Richter

Strings of legacy: Alexander Hooker’s 25-year impact on App State
Apr 19, 2024

Alexander Hooker’s journey to old-time folk music started gradually, then suddenly. He has been a professor of Appalachian Strings here at...

Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities—with support from North Carolina Humanities—is pleased to present “Portraying Indigenous Peoples: Educator, Cast and Crew Workshop” on Sunday, June 2, 2024, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Camp Broadstone at 1431 Broadstone Road in Banner Elk.

June 2: Portraying Indigenous Peoples: Educator, Cast and Crew Workshop
Apr 18, 2024

Portraying Indigenous Peoples: Educator, Cast and Crew WorkshopSunday, June 2, 2024, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Camp Broadstone (1431 Broadstone Road, Banne...

The Williams School of Graduate Studies at Appalachian State University

CAS students receive research, teaching awards from the Williams School of Graduate Studies
Apr 17, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies has announced the recipients of their 2023-24 student awa...

Freedom Johnson '22

SAFE Student Spotlight: Freedom Johnson '22
Apr 16, 2024

Freedom Johnson '22Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Spring 2023Project: "Recognition of the ClbR Gene in Escherichia coli with Ha...

Josie Patch

SAFE Student Spotlight: Josie Patch
Apr 9, 2024

Josie PatchStudent and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Spring 2023Project: "Archiving Environmental Justice: Collaborative Ethnographic and ...

Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities—with support from North Carolina Humanities—will offer free guided tours of the Hickory Ridge Living History Museum for up to 75 people on Monday, July 29, 2024 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

July 29: Free Guided Tours of the Hickory Ridge Living History Museum
Apr 4, 2024

Free Guided Tours of the Hickory Ridge Living History MuseumMonday, July 29, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Hickory Ridge Living History Museum (501...

Dr. Britt Wray

April 25: "Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Anxiety" with Dr. Britt Wray
Apr 3, 2024

Our climate change anxieties have never been more overwhelming—but they’re also the key to saving the planet. Britt Wray shows us how to...

Maryam Sodeyi

SAFE Student Spotlight: Maryam Sodeyi
Apr 2, 2024

Maryam SodeyiStudent and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Spring 2023Project: "Contextual Factor Scale Development: Examining Factors Related...

Dr. Andrew Bellemer, associate professor of molecular neuroscience and assistant chair of faculty administration in Appalachian State University's Department of Biology

Dr. Andrew Bellemer receives NIH grant to connect students to cutting-edge brain mapping data
Apr 1, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Andrew Bellemer, associate professor of molecular neuroscience and assistant chair of faculty administration in Appalachian State ...

Lauri Miller serves as the Administrative Support Specialist in the Appalachian State University Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences.

March 2024 CAS Staff Spotlight: Lauri Miller
Mar 27, 2024

Each month of the academic year, the Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) randomly selects one staff member to be featured ...