College News

Dr. Allen Shelton

"The Heart and Other Organs of Darkness"
Feb 7, 2018

The Department of Anthropology, housed in the College of Arts & Sciences will present, "The Heart and Other Organs of Darkness," a lecture from&nb...

Senior Biology major Alyssa Phillips: CAS Corps Feature of the Month

Senior Biology major Alyssa Phillips: CAS Corps Feature of the Month
Feb 6, 2018

The CAS Corps are chosen to  serve as representatives to all constituents of the College of Arts and Sciences and to create, promote and exe...

Philosophy and Religion Spring 2018 Colloquium Series

"Should We Judge Other Cultures"
Feb 5, 2018

"Should We Judge Other Cultures"Philosophy and Religion Spring 2018 Colloquium SeriesWednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.Dr. Kevin Schilbrack...

Elect Her

Elect Her: A Training Program for Student Government
Feb 1, 2018

The Department of Government and Justice Studies, housed in the College of Arts & Sciences will present Elect Her, a program offered through Runni...

Holly Bellebuono

Healing With Herbs, a Natural Conclusion
Jan 31, 2018

Holly Bellebuono has earned a bachelor’s degree in creative writing and a master’s in public administration. But it was a job on a landscaping cre...

Anti-Semitism in the Chartist Movement: Rife or Rare?

Anti-Semitism in the Chartist Movement: Rife or Rare?
Jan 30, 2018

The 6th Annual Appalachian Lecture in British History with Dr. Denis Paz from the University of North Texas will be held Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 7...

Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, new Director of the Environmental Science Program

Welcome to the new Environmental Sciences Director, Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce
Jan 29, 2018

The Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences is pleased to announce that after an internal search Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce has accepted t...

 forest restoration and carbon emissions

With biomass energy, weighing forest restoration and carbon emissions
Jan 29, 2018

When state utility regulators held a workshop last month about increasing the use of forest biomass for power, one topic did not make it into the disc...

The Murderers Are Among Us: Images of and Inquiries into Holocaust Perpetrators Since the Third Reich

“The Murderers Are Among Us” with Professor Thomas Kuhne, Director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Jan 25, 2018

Monday, Feb. 12, Professor Thomas Kühne, the Strassler Chair in the Study of Holocaust History and the Director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust...

 Dana Powell, author of Landscapes of Power

Q&A with Dana Powell, author of Landscapes of Power
Jan 24, 2018

Dana Powell, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Appalachian State University, examines the rise and fall of the controversial Desert Rock Power Pl...