
2022 Alumni Awards: Mark E. Ricks ’84 — Distinguished Alumni Award
Jul 26, 2022
Appalachian State University alumnus Mark E. Ricks ’89 is the 2022 recipient of the university’s Distinguished Alumni Award, which recognizes indi...

50 years of giving: App State families change lives, build legacies
Jul 6, 2022
Appalachian State University alumni have often said that once you become part of the Mountaineer community, you never truly leave. While many share th...

App State’s Dr. Reeves Shulstad receives 2022 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award
Mar 31, 2022
Dr. Reeves Shulstad, professor of musicology in Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music, has received the 2022 University of North...

Faith Dearman ’13, ’21 works to improve learning opportunities and facilitate positivity
Mar 2, 2022
Faith Dearman is a member of the North Carolina School Psychology Association (NCPSA), and a school psychologist within the Wake County Public School ...

Honors alumna Maddie Gaillard ‘21 teaches English in Spain
Feb 25, 2022
Honors alumna and Chancellor’s Scholar Maddie Gaillard ‘21 has been serving as an English Language Assistant (ELA) through the North Ame...

Then and Now: Kate Bloom, Public History
Feb 7, 2022
Kate Bloom ’18 M.A. Public History From Aliquippa, P.A. THEN As a student at Appalachian State University, Kate Bloom tailored h...

252 million years ago, four alumni, one road trip and a cause
Jan 14, 2022
How a field experience created a lasting bond for App State alumsAt Appalachian State University our faculty support students to be successful in thei...

A black and gold world — 6 Mountaineers share how App State prepared them for life, career success
Dec 17, 2021
Whether Mountaineers come to App State as domestic or international students, they leave with an App State Experience that has prepared them for life ...

More than 1,600 degrees conferred at App State’s Fall 2021 Commencement
Dec 15, 2021
Mountaineer graduates waved to their families and friends, pumped fists into the air and even shed a few happy tears at Appalachian State Universityâ€...

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Twilia Wingrove
Nov 10, 2021
Dr. Twilia Wingrove, experimental psychology program director and associate professor, Department of PsychologyStudent and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) f...