Awards & Honors

Truman Capote Scholarship Flyer

Department of English annual Truman Capote Literary Trust Award Competition open until March 21, 2019
Mar 8, 2019

The Truman Capote Literary Trust Award is an annual scholarship competition that alternates between prose and poetry each year.

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Appalachian ties for top producer of Fulbright Scholars among master’s institutions
Feb 26, 2019

Appalachian State University is a top producer of Fulbright Scholars, tying for first place with College of Charleston for the highest number of faculty and staff selected for the prestigious award during 2018–19 among master’s institutions.

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Pictured left to right: Mark Noble, Vice President of Development, ECRS; Dr. Randy Edwards, Vice Chancellor of University Advancement, ASU; Dr. Neva J. Specht, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, ASU; Dr. Rahman Tashakkori, Chair of Computer Science, ASU and Pete Catoe, Founder, CEO and President, ECRS. Photo by Ellen Gwin Burnette

Local business ECRS establishes new scholarship program for Computer Science students
Feb 21, 2019

ECR Software Corporation (ECRS), a locally owned business in Boone, N.C. has announced the establishment of a Computer Science High Achievers Scholarship for students in the Department of Computer Science at Appalachian State University.

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4 Appalachian faculty and staff receive Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange Awards
Feb 12, 2019

Four faculty and staff members at Appalachian State University have been selected to receive Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange Awards.

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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
Charlcy Carpenter Named Recipient of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics Western Region Outstanding Mathematics Education Student Award

Charlcy Carpenter Named Recipient of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics Western Region Outstanding Mathematics Education Student Award
Jan 8, 2019

Middle grades major Charlcy Carpenter, from Lawndale, North Carolina, received the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM) Western Region Outstanding Mathematics Education Student Award at the NCCTM Annual Conference on November 1,

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Appalachian is one of 61 Bee Campuses across the nation providing safe, sustainable habitats for pollinators. Appalachian received the designation from the The Xerces Society. Illustration courtesy of The Xerces Society Inc.

‘Beefriending’ pollinators
Jan 6, 2019

The Xerces Society has recognized Appalachian State University for providing a safe campus with sustainable habitats for some of its smallest, and one might say, most productive black and gold members — bees.

University News, College News, Awards & Honors, Sustainability
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School of Graduate Studies announces inductees into the Cratis D. Williams Society
Dec 20, 2018

The Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies is pleased to announce the fall 2018 graduate student inductees into the Cratis D. Williams Society. Each year, the Graduate School seeks nominations for students to induct into the Cratis D.

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