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Frankenstein’s 200th at Appalachian
Oct 4, 2018

Throughout 2018, fans from across the globe will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” (1818), a seminal literar...

Yellow birch leaves on Grandfather Mountain, photographed Sept. 23 — part of the 5–10 percent of local landscape Neufeld said was showing color that weekend. Photo by Howard Neufeld

'Fall Color Guy': Unprecedented warn weather is delaying fall leaf color
Oct 4, 2018

Biologist Dr. Howard Neufeld, Appalachian State University’s “Fall Color Guy,” says this year’s fall leaf color development is behind normal s...

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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Oct 3, 2018

Thursday, October 47 p.m. I.G. Greer Hall, Room 119Open to the campus and community.The Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies has partne...

Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies Lecture Series Fall 2018

Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies Lecture Series Fall 2018
Oct 2, 2018

The Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies program invites students, faculty and the general public to the Fall 2018 Lecture Series. All events are fre...

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‘After Coal’ documentary produced by Appalachian’s Thomas Hansell adapted as book
Oct 1, 2018

“After Coal,” a feature-length documentary produced by Appalachian State University’s Thomas Hansell, explores how coal-mining communities in So...

Sharareh Nikbahkt, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Appalachian Math Walk: Promoting STEM using creative activities
Oct 1, 2018

Sharareh Nikbahkt, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematical SciencesFriday, Oct. 5, 20183-4 p.m.103A Walker HallThis talk is free and open to ...

In honor of their 50th anniversaries, the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Fine and Applied Arts and Reich College of Education at Appalachian State University will host a goods drive focused on the “3 P’s” — personal care items, pasta, and peanut butter and jelly/jams — for Appalachian’s campus food pantry and free store, located in the Office of Sustainability.

500 for the 50th Goods Drive
Sep 28, 2018

Appalachian's Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Fine and Applied Arts and Education honor their 50th anniversaries by giving back to the Appalachian Comm...

Dr. Ellen Lamont, Department of Sociology and senior Cultural, Gender and Global Studies major, Sope Kahn - photo submitted and photo by Ellen Gwin Burnette

Faculty and student research on Navigating Campus Hookup Culture
Sep 27, 2018

Current research examples of the college hookup scene consistently show it to be heavily gendered and heteronormative. In spite of the extensive resea...

 2018 Transatlantic Exhibition of Art in the Southeast (TEASE) at HOW Space (located at 182 Howard Street, Downtown Boone).

German and American Artists on Wunderbar Together
Sep 26, 2018

Friday, Oct. 5, 20186 - 8 p.m.182 Howard Street (HOW Space)This event is free of charge and open to the campus and community.Appalachian's Center...

Sloan E. Despeaux Mathematics and Computer Science Department Professor, WCU

Augustus De Morgan’s Budget of Paradoxes
Sep 26, 2018

Dr. Sloan Despeaux Professor, Western Carolina UniversityWednesday, Sept. 26, 20183-4 p.m.103A Walker HallThis talk is free and open to the publicDe M...