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Support the College of Arts and Sciences during Appalachian State Giving Day 2026
Mar 12, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's biggest annual day of giving is back for its 13th year with a new look and name: Appalachian State Givi...

Dr. Matt Estep (left) and Alex O'Neill ’19 ’21 (right)

App State researchers study genetic diversity of Western North Carolina’s Timber Rattlesnakes
Mar 6, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — A group of researchers from Appalachian State University's Department of Biology and Department of Geography and Planning recently aut...

Alaina Krakowiak and Laura Boggess, both longtime sport and trad climbers from the Southeast, are using their skills to search for rare grasslands. All photos courtesy of Krakowiak

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-powere...

Among Julia Castellano’s sourdough starters is Dough-P Jr., created from the one used by her mentor in France. Customers can purchase portions of Dough-P Jr. weekly, Thursday to Sunday.

Wilmington’s Bread Whisperer [alumna featured]
Jan 8, 2026

“Sorry, Julia, but … Sue’s exploding.”Julia Castellano, owner of Little Loaf Bakery & Schoolhouse in Wilmington, smiles at her f...

Two-time App State alumnus and former U.S. Army Special Operations Ranger Dan Blakeley ’15 ’18, who served in the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, speaks at the university’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony, held Nov. 11 in the B.B. Dougherty Administration Building on App State’s Boone campus. Photo by Chase Reynolds

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 ...

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 a...

Appalachian State University Police Officer Cashae Cook ’14. Cook has been named Woman of the Year for 2025 by the North Carolina Law Enforcement Women’s Association. Photo by Chase Reynolds

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 Enforcem...

William Ritter, Sheila Kay Adams, and Donna Ray Norton. Photograph by Kara Leinfelder

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...

Joe Dancy and Jenna Shaw stand in front of their flooded and mud-filled home in Swannanoa after Hurricane Helene. Photo by Jesse Barber

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 communit...

The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX), or Parlamentarisches Patenschafts-Programm (PPP), logo.

2 CAS alumni selected for Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals
Sep 23, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals has selected two Appalachian State University College of Arts and...

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