College News

Suicide in the Age of 13 Reasons Why

Suicide in the Age of 13 Reasons Why
Mar 13, 2018

In March of 2017, Netflix released the series “13 Reasons Why (13RW).” It tells the story of teenager Hannah Baker and her tragic spiral of despai...

Junior philosophy major and religion minor, Jordan Venditelli, from Raleigh, N.C.

Student Highlight: Jordan Venditelli
Mar 13, 2018

Jordan Venditelli is putting theory into practice.Junior philosophy major and religion minor, Jordan Venditelli, from Raleigh, N.C. has been the presi...

2017 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships funded by NIST
Mar 12, 2018

Dr. Tonya Coffey, professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, received $18,522 in funding from the United State...

Pulitzer Prize-Winning New York Times Columnist, Nicholas Kristof

Why Students Should Care About the World & Change It
Mar 9, 2018

Pulitzer Prize-Winning New York Times Columnist, Nicholas Kristof...

Gifts and Grants, Research, Sustainability College of Arts and Sciences

NSF grant supports indexing programming project at Appalachian
Mar 9, 2018

Dr. Patricia Johann, professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Computer Science, was awarded $463,504 in funding from the National S...

Authors of “WAR: Contemporary Perspectives on Armed Conflicts around the World

Interdisciplinary Research leads to Comprehensive Book about Contemporary Perspectives on War around the World
Mar 8, 2018

War is ever present on the minds of people around the world. To date, 22 major conflicts rage on across the globe and most will continue into the near...

Armin Langer, activist and founder of Salaam-Shalom

Salaam-Shalom: Cross-Cultural Activism and Coalition Building in Europe Today
Mar 7, 2018

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 7 p.m.Armin Langer, activist and founder of Salaam-ShalomReich College of Education, Rooms 124 B&CThis event is free an...

Reclaiming Intersections: An Exhibit of Student Work, Co-sponsored by Appalachian's Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies program and the Belk Library and Information Commons

Reclaiming Intersections: An Exhibit of Student Work
Mar 6, 2018

Reclaiming Intersections: An Exhibit of Student WorkOpening Reception UPDATE - date change to Thursday, March 15, 20187:30-9 p.m. in the Belk Library ...

UNC Asheville grant supports research of native wildflower species

UNC Asheville grant supports research of native wildflower species
Mar 2, 2018

Dr. Matt C. Estep, assistant professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Biology, and Dr. Zack E. Murrell, professor in and chair of A...

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief (MADRelief)

"Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness"
Mar 1, 2018

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 from 6 – 8 p.m.Turchin Center Lecture Hall, 423 West King StreetTyler Norman, founding member of the Common Ground Collectiv...