Alumni

Dr. Beth Davison and Jesse Barber ’22 ’24

Dr. Beth Davison and Jesse Barber ’22 ’24 featured on Appalachian Excellence podcast
Mar 20, 2025

On this episode of Appalachian Excellence: Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Karen Fletcher, director of grants resources and services in the Office of Research and Innovation, interviews Dr.

Alumni, Arts & Cultural, Faculty & Staff, Outreach & Community Engagement
Sam J. Massey

Oh, the places you will go!: Sociology graduate success and advice
Feb 26, 2025

App State sociology offers a research-driven, impact-focused curriculum that prepares our students for success. Don't just take our word for it. Consider the success and advice our alumni students have provided below.

Departmental News, Alumni, CAS Corps
Jane Grimson Medal of Excellence awardee Savannah Devine

Savannah Devine '22 awarded Jane Grimson Medal of Excellence
Feb 16, 2025

Research Ireland has awarded the prestigious Jane Grimson Medal of Excellence to UCD PhD candidate Savannah Devine.

Alumni, CAS Corps
Sarah Ulrich '24 (left) and Dr. Maggie Sugg (right) are co-authors of a new paper published in the high-impact scientific journal The Lancet Regional Health - Americas.

Sarah Ulrich '24 and Dr. Maggie Sugg publish study in The Lancet
Feb 10, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Sarah Ulrich '24, an alumna of the graduate geography program, is the lead author of a new paper published in the high-impact scientific journal The Lancet Regional Health - Americas.

Alumni, College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
Jesse Barber '24, an alumnus of the Appalachian studies program, photographed in October 2024. Photo courtesy of Barber (jesse-barber.com)

Jesse Barber '24 documents Hurricane Helene
Jan 10, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Jesse Barber '24, an alumnus of the Appalachian studies program, has been a key documentarian in media efforts to cover the stories Western North Carolina mountain communities after the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene.

Alumni, Arts & Cultural, College News
App State senior Temitayo Olofintuyi, left, a Beemon research team member and computer science major from Greensboro, and Dr. Rahman Tashakkori, the Lowe’s Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in App State’s Department of Computer Science, inspect two Beemon Hive Monitoring Systems on App State’s Boone campus. Tashakkori and his research team received a grant for over $640,000 from NCInnovation to commercialize four parts of the Beemon Hive Monitoring System. Photo by Chase Reynolds

App State team’s beehive monitoring system buzzes toward market with NCInnovation support
Dec 9, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — At Appalachian State University, research by Dr. Rahman Tashakkori and his team is contributing to the development of an innovative tool for decreasing honeybee die-off and increasing hive production.

Alumni, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research, Students, University News
Jesse Barber, an Appalachian State University senior from Sawmills, is pursuing a self-designed B.A. in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in documentary studies in Appalachia and a minor in sustainable development. Photo by Mike Belleme

In the News: North Carolina Photographer Points His Lens Toward Hope Amidst The Devastation Of His Home State [alumni featured]
Oct 28, 2024

Jesse Barber focuses his camera with the quiet pensiveness of a mountain man—someone who appreciates the solace of a porch rocker, the depth of a Blue Ridge vista.

College News, Alumni
iBackAPP 2024 will be held on Wednesday, March 6.

Support the App State College of Arts and Sciences during iBackAPP 2024
Mar 4, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's 2024 iBackAPP giving celebration will be held for 24 hours on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. The App State College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is one of 18 priorities during this year's iBackAPP event.

Alumni, College News, SAFE Grant, Support
Tommy Guy '07

A Pathway to Perspective: Tommy Guy '07
Feb 19, 2024

Learning to approach problems from an interdisciplinary perspective has long been one of the defining characteristics of an App State education. Tommy Guy ’07 said the out-of-the-box thinking he learned as a Mountaineer has been fundamental to his success since graduation.

Alumni, University News