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German internees built a Bavarian-style village called Old Heidelberg while detained. Photograph by Adolph Thierbach, Courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina

The Western Front [faculty featured]

As a child in the 1930s and ’40s, Jacqueline Burgin could look out the living room window of her family’s home in Hot Springs and see across the F...

Appalachian State University is bringing new hands-on STEM learning experiences to middle school students thousands of miles away through a partnership with the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program. Photo by Amber Johnson

App State partnership brings hands-on STEM learning to rural Alaska students [faculty featured]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Appalachian State University is bringing new hands-on STEM learning experiences to middle school students thousands of miles awa...

Damage inflicted by Helene to the Biltmore Village area of Asheville, pictured on Sept. 28. Credit: NCDOTcommunications

Helene exposed cracks in western NC’s health care safety net [faculty featured]

Tropical Storm Helene’s impact on western North Carolina was felt acutely in the days, weeks and months after the storm, including in the region’s...

A headshot of College of Arts and Sciences Advising and Support Services Hub (CASSH) Assistant Director Dusty Roberts ’20 ’22. The background is black and Roberts is wearing glasses and a dark shirt featuring white dots.

Dusty Roberts ’20 ’22 joins College Advising and Support Services Hub as Assistant Director in Hickory

BOONE, N.C. — Dusty Roberts ’20 ’22 has joined the College of Arts and Sciences Advising and Support Services Hub (CASSH) as Assistant Director....

Three individuals smile for a photo. The middle individual is holding a certificate.

CAS students, faculty receive 2025–26 awards from the Williams School of Graduate Studies

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies has announced the recipients of their 2025–26 awards. T...