![Susan Ballard ’79, Appalachian alumna and the first female chief of police of both Honolulu and the state of Hawaii. Photo submitted](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/ballard-portrait-600.jpg?itok=T75hTr8X)
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. Today, this A...
![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](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/microgrids-what-1580.jpg?itok=V_y3gKT2)
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 ’...
![Armstrong at the Honors College Graduation Ceremony in December of 2017. Photo and story by: Garrett Alexandrea McDowell, Ph.D.](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/armstrong1.jpg?itok=cjVz9mVf)
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)....
![Nykesha Fyffe ’17, who graduated from Appalachian’s applied physics program, is now pursuing her master’s in industrial and systems engineering at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. Photo submitted](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/fyffe-portrait-600.jpg?itok=LpCxpFN5)
Nykesha Fyffe ’17 plans to help solve problems of the future
Nov 15, 2018
As an undergraduate in the applied physics program at Appalachian State University, Nykesha Fyffe ’17 got excited about the problem-solvin...
![Carole Wilson ’75 is the 2018 winner of Appalachian State University’s Outstanding Service Award. Photo by Marie Freeman](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/wilson-portrait-900.jpg?itok=jkTa-2DP)
Carole Wilson receives Appalachian Alumni Association’s Outstanding Service Award
Oct 18, 2018
“Making a difference is the only thing that matters,” said Carole Wilson ’75, Appalachian State University Board of Trustee member, on being rec...
![Brock Long ’97 ’99 is the 2018 winner of Appalachian State University’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Photo by Marie Freeman](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/long-portrait-900.jpg?itok=LdElzRmv)
Brock Long receives Appalachian Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award
Oct 16, 2018
During Homecoming Week 2018, Brock Long ’97 ’99, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), was recognized by the Appalachia...
![Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley ’84 is the 2018 winner of Appalachian State University’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Photo by Marie Freeman](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/ashley-portrait-900.jpg?itok=Ref3fSYl)
Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley receives Appalachian Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award
Oct 15, 2018
During Homecoming Week 2018, Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley ’84, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), was recognized by the Appalachian State ...
![Breece Robertson '00 on the Colorado Trail near Mount Shavano with her dogs Ellie and Maple.](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/me_and_mapes_ellie.jpg?itok=xq9lEKgZ)
Q and A with Breece Robertson, Trust for Public Land
Sep 24, 2018
Breece Robertson ’00M.A., Geography and PlanningJob Title: VP and Director of Planning and GIS, as well as a TPL (Trust Public Land) fellowCom...
![2018 Alumni Mentors IOHRM](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/collage_1.jpg?itok=9QEVwX0G)
2018 Alumni Mentors Announced in IOHRM
Sep 17, 2018
The IOHRM Program has always greatly valued their ability to maintain connections with alumni of the program....
![GJS Alumnus Jonathan Kappler](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/kappler_400x400.jpg?itok=_CUx5SGv)
Graduate School Launches Speaker Series with GJS Alumnus Jonathan Kappler
Sep 13, 2018
Wednesday, September 26, 20185:30 - 6:30 p.m.I.G. Greer TheatreThis event is free and open to the publicThe Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Stud...