The Search for Vertical Grasslands [alumni featured]
Mar 5, 2026
In March of 2024, Alaina Krakowiak and Laura Boggess sat in a field in the town of Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and took turns looking through a high-powered scope. It was pointed at a broad, sheer limestone cliff that faced them.
Alumni
Wilmington’s Bread Whisperer [alumna featured]
Jan 8, 2026
“Sorry, Julia, but … Sue’s exploding.”
Alumni
App State alumnus Dan Blakeley ’15 ’18 helps veterans find their voice
Nov 17, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University held its annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11, to honor the men and women who have served in the United States armed forces. This year’s ceremony featured remarks from alumnus and former U.S.
University News, Alumni
126 years strong: Founders Day honors App State’s enduring legacy as a higher education leader
Oct 22, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — On Oct. 2, Appalachian State University held its eighth annual Founders Day, commemorating the university’s 126th year as a leader and innovator in higher education. The annual event honors the university’s founders — B.B., D.D.
Alumni, Events, University News
App State Police Officer Cashae Cook earns NC’s highest award for women in law enforcement
Oct 17, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University Police Officer Cashae Cook ’14 has been named Woman of the Year by the North Carolina Law Enforcement Women’s Association (NCLEWA).
Alumni, University News
Folk Revival After Helene [faculty, alumni featured]
Oct 7, 2025
On a warm Wednesday in August, the crowded patio of the Old Marshall Jail Hotel in Marshall, North Carolina, falls silent as seventh-generation ballad performer Sheila Kay Adams begins to sing. Her rich, practiced voice mingles with the flow of the French Broad River a few yards away.
Alumni, Arts & Cultural, Faculty & Staff
App State and regional artists channel Helene’s impact into creative works of hope and healing
Oct 1, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — Hurricane Helene is often remembered for scenes of destruction — but at Appalachian State University and in the surrounding community, artists have found beauty, hope and healing in the brokenness, channeling the storm’s impact into creative works.
Arts & Cultural, Alumni, Faculty & Staff, University News
Gold-covered hairballs may reveal why cats eat grass [alumni, student featured]
Sep 22, 2025
Of the many mysterious behaviors cats exhibit, one of the biggest is also one of the most disgusting: Why do they insist on eating grass, when it only seems to make them throw up? Scientists have proposed many theories over the years, but the latest may be the one that sticks—literally.
Alumni, Students, Grants & Research