Awards & Honors

Appalachian State University graduate student Jacob Meadows is the first recipient of a teaching fellowship with the Appalachian Regional Commission in Washington, D.C. Photo provided by Jacob Meadows

Appalachian student becomes first recipient of teaching fellowship with the Appalachian Regional Commission in Washington, D.C.
Jun 14, 2017

BOONE, N.C.—The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) through a partnership with Appalachian State University is launching its first Appalachian Tea...

Judson MacDonald, CAS Outstanding Teacher of the Year photo by Amanda Romjue

College of Arts and Sciences names Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year for 2016-17
Jun 13, 2017

Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences has named Judson MacDonald the Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year for the 2016-2017...

Susan Lappan, Fulbright

Appalachian’s 2017 Fulbright awards
Jun 8, 2017

Two faculty, one alumna and one graduating senior from Appalachian State University have received awards from the Fulbright Program, the flagship inte...

An interdisciplinary project scheduled for the 2017-18 academic year, “Blurred Boundaries: The Experience of War and Its Aftermath” was funded as part of the NEH’s Dialogues on the Experience of War.

$100K grant from National Endowment for the Humanities provides funds to explore war and its effects through art
May 30, 2017

Three Appalachian State University professors have been awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to bring togethe...

Student Ryan Hellenbrand and two-time alumna Megan Holt-Smith have each received a 2017 Fulbright award.

One student and one alum from Appalachian named Fulbright Scholars
May 23, 2017

The Office of International Education and Development (OIED) at Appalachian State University has announced that student Ryan Hellenbrand of Boone and ...

The research of four additional Innovation Scholars and their collaborators was funded by Appalachian State University’s Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics (RIEEE) and the College of Arts and Sciences. They are, from left: Dr. Nathan Mowa, Dr. Suzanna Brauer, Grace Plummer, Kevin Gamble, Hei-Young Kim and Dr. Steve Seagle. Photo by Marie Freeman

RIEEE and College of Arts and Sciences fund 4 additional Innovation Scholars projects
May 19, 2017

Appalachian State University leadership in the Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics and the College of Arts and Sciences announced...

Recipients of the first Appalachian Innovation Scholars grants are, standing from left, Dr. Kyle Thompson, Dr. Paul Wallace, Dr. Ok-Youn Yu; seated, Anna Ward and Dr. Anne Fanatico.

Appalachian Innovation Scholars Program
May 19, 2017

Five proposals selected as ‘stunning examples of original thinking and collaboration,’ receive $10,000 each ...

Dr. Sarah Carmichael, associate professor in the Department of Geology at Appalachian State University, is shown with her husband, Tom Hansell, documentary filmmaker in the Center for Appalachian Studies, in the Ellis Island Immigration Museum for the 113th Explorers Club Annual Dinner. Carmichael was recently received as a Fellow in The Explorers Club. Photo by Felix Kunze

Appalachian’s Sarah Carmichael joins John Glenn, Sally Ride, Jane Goodall and other well-known explorers in prestigious society
Apr 27, 2017

Sarah Carmichael, associate professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Geology, was received as a Fellow in The Explorers Club, headq...

Dr. Susan Lappan of the Department of Anthropology at Appalachian State University

Dr. Susan Lappan awarded Fulbright grant for primate research in Southeast Asia
Mar 13, 2017

Dr. Susan Lappan of the Department of Anthropology at Appalachian State University received a Fulbright award for her forthcoming research on primate ...

Hunter Stark, an Appalachian State University sophomore from Charlotte, along with James Howe of Southwestern Community College, won best undergraduate student paper from the North Carolina Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Photo by David Sitar

Cross-institutional research in physics and astronomy leads to best undergraduate student paper
Mar 8, 2017

Hunter Stark, an Appalachian State University sophomore communication major from Charlotte, and James Howe, a Southwestern Community College senior an...