Awards & Honors

Fire Extinguishing and Reconnaissance Bot - FERB (state science fair winner)  FERB was designed and built by two of our students to be capable of being thrown into a burning building and be able to move around no matter how it landed, and it worked for the most part! Regardless of its orientation, it was able to move around somewhat reliably, though certain orientations were definitely preferable. They also built and programmed a hose attachment that could be used to direct the water stream in multiple dire

Summer Ventures: a state-funded program for academically talented N.C. students interested in STEM
Apr 30, 2018

Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics is a no-cost, state-funded program for academically talented North Carolina students who aspire to careers ...

Sope Kahn, winner of the 2017-18 Frances Holland Black scholarship

Sope Kahn, winner of the 2017-18 Frances Holland Black scholarship
Apr 24, 2018

Sope Kahn, winner of the 2017-18 Frances Holland Black scholarshipSope Kahn is a junior from Chapel Hill, N.C. majoring in Gender, Women's and Sexuali...

Appalachian State University junior Logan Cleary, an English major, will travel to Hikone, Japan, this summer to study abroad through the Critical Language Scholarship Japanese Program.

Appalachian junior awarded Critical Language Scholarship
Apr 23, 2018

Appalachian State University junior Logan Cleary, an English major, will travel to Hikone, Japan, this summer to study abroad through the Critical Lan...

Graduate School Faculty and Student Awards in the College of Arts and Sciences

Graduate School Faculty and Student Awards in CAS
Apr 17, 2018

Graduate School Faculty and Student Awards in the CollegeAppalachian State University is always proud to recognize the outstanding work of its faculty...

Joseph J. Gonzalez 2018 Award for Excellence in Teaching

Joseph J. Gonzalez Receives a UNC Board of Governors 2018 Award for Excellence in Teaching
Apr 16, 2018

Teaching is about learning—both for the students and for me. When I teach, I learn as much as my students; I just learn different things....

2017 Appalachian Innovation Scholars

A year of progress for 2017 Appalachian Innovation Scholars
Apr 12, 2018

While five Appalachian State University faculty members were recently announced as recipients of the 2018 Appalachian Innovation Scholars Pr...

Appalachian’s 2018 Innovation Scholars: back row, left to right: Nicholas Shaw, Tammy Kowalczyk and Beth Davison; front row, left to right: Richard Christiana and Kevin Gamble. Photo by Marie Freeman

Chancellor’s Appalachian Innovation Scholars Program announces 2018 winners
Apr 3, 2018

For the second year in a row, Chancellor Sheri Everts’ Appalachian Innovation Scholars Program awards five Appalachian faculty members up to $10,000...

Dr. Lauren Woods Lecturer, Department of Chemistry

American Chemical Society Outreach Volunteer of the Year Award
Mar 22, 2018

Dr. Lauren Gray Woods is a volunteer advisor for the Appalachian State University Appalachian Chemical Society, founded in 1977. Since 2016, the Appal...

Shannon Wells, Global studies major, Department of Cultural, Gender and Global Studies from Wilmington, North Carolina

Shannon Wells, Global studies major earns Critical Language Scholarship
Mar 16, 2018

Wells, a Wilmington native and global studies major at Appalachian, was recently awarded a Critical Language Scholarshipto continue her study of ...

 Alumni Awards

2018 University Alumni Awards: Nominations Open
Feb 19, 2018

Honoring the Best of Appalachian: Each year the Appalachian Alumni Association recognizes outstanding alumni and friends for their service to the univ...