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Lane Bailey ’87 ’89 stands just outside Kilosa Township, which is located in the Kilosa District in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. Bailey, who is city manager of Salisbury, traveled to Tanzania as part of the International City/County Management Association’s ENGINE Program. Photo submitted

Locally and globally, Lane Bailey ’87 ’89 works to improve communities
Jan 30, 2019

Salisbury City Manager Lane Bailey ’87 ’89 says he gets up each day to go to work to make his community a better place — whether that’s in North Carolina or across the globe.

College News, Alumni, Global Learning
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Dr. Rich Cober '98, Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management (IOHRM), ringing the NASDAQ bell to open the NY Stock Exchange. Photo Submitted.

IOHRM Alumnus rings the NASDAQ bell to open the NY Stock Exchange
Jan 24, 2019

On Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management (IOHRM) Alumni, Dr. Rich Cober, had the honor of ringing the NASDAQ bell alongside his team to open the Stock Exchange.

College News, Alumni, Awards & Honors
Alana Patterson '18, Biology, Secondary Education. Photo submitted

Three TEAMS: Noyce Scholars are the first to complete a year of teaching
Jan 18, 2019

After graduating last May, Alana Paterson, Biology, Secondary Education; Chris McCollum, Physics, Secondary Education and Chris Kolischak, Middle Grades Education with a concentration in Science, became the first graduates of the TEAMS: Noyce Scholars...

College News, Students, Alumni, Grants & Research, Outreach & Community Engagement
Demetrius McCray, center, poses with members of the Jacksonville, Florida, Sheriff’s Office during his fall 2018 internship. McCray is graduating from Appalachian in December with a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice. Photo submitted

Appalachian student-athlete returns to graduate after four years in the NFL
Dec 19, 2018

When he first enrolled at Appalachian State University in fall 2009, Demetrius McCray made a promise to his mother he would earn a degree. McCray, from Long Beach, California, was recruited and awarded an athletic scholarship to attend and play football at Appalachian.

College News, Students, Alumni
After the morning ceremony, graduating Appalachian State University senior Razan Farhan Alaqil embraces Traci Royster, director of staff development and strategic initiatives for Appalachian’s Division of Student Affairs, outside of the Holmes Convocation Center. Photo by Chase Reynolds

‘Honoring, praising and congratulating’ Appalachian’s graduates at Fall 2018 Commencement
Dec 18, 2018

About 1,600 students crossed the platform during the university’s Fall 2018 Commencement ceremonies held Saturday in Holmes Convocation Center.

University News, College News, Students, Alumni
Appstate Graduation Cap Photo by Marie Freeman

Where can an Appalachian degree take you?
Dec 11, 2018

Anywhere you want to go! Appalachian State University generates passionate and engaged alumni, who become leaders in their communities and chosen professions. They exemplify how an Appalachian education can and does make the world a better place.

University News, Alumni
Susan Ballard ’79, Appalachian alumna and the first female chief of police of both Honolulu and the state of Hawaii. Photo submitted

Appalachian alumna is Honolulu’s first female police chief
Dec 7, 2018

In 1982, Susan Ballard ’79 shelled out $89 for a one-way ticket to Honolulu, Hawaii, with no firm career plans or living arrangements.

University News, Alumni
This slide from Bill Pfleger’s Sustainable Energy Speaker Series presentation displays Schneider Electric’s definition of a microgrid: “An integrated energy system consisting of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources (DER), which as an integrated system can be controlled as a single entity and operate in parallel with the grid or in an intentional islanded mode.” Image courtesy of Schneider Electric

Appalachian alumnus Bill Pfleger explores ‘The New Energy Landscape’ through microgrid technology
Dec 5, 2018

During the kick-off talk in Appalachian State University’s fall 2018 Sustainable Energy Speaker Series: Alumni Edition, Bill Pfleger ’04 ’06 ’13 said the U.S.

College News, Alumni, Sustainability
Armstrong at the Honors College Graduation Ceremony in December of 2017. Photo and story by: Garrett Alexandrea McDowell, Ph.D.

Madison Armstrong (’17) Pursues Ph.D. in Top 25 Program
Nov 19, 2018

This fall semester, Honors Alumna Madie Armstrong (‘17) began work towards her doctorate in sociology at the University of Arizona (UA).

College News, Alumni