![Joseph Bathanti, professor of creative writing and the McFarlane Family Distinguished Professor in Interdisciplinary Education at Appalachian. Photo submitted](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/bathanti-2-portrait-900.jpg?itok=WRbsS6zi)
Joseph Bathanti wins Lee Smith Award for his literary contributions to Appalachian culture
Jul 17, 2019
Appalachian State University’s Joseph Bathanti — North Carolina’s seventh poet laureate (2012–14) — was recently honored with the Lee Smith ...
![Appalachian senior Jordan Greene, a senior mathematics major with a concentration in statistics. Greene returned to college after more than a decade in retail management and marketing analytics. Photo by Marie Freeman](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/greene-portrait-900.jpg?itok=LExGn55_)
App State senior and former market analyst awarded NC Space Grant
Jul 16, 2019
After more than a decade in retail management and marketing analytics, Jordan Greene returned to college and shifted his focus to the skies. He enroll...
![Appalachian Journal, vol. 46. 1-2 cover image](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/appalachian_journal_46-1-2_cover.jpg?itok=zSfIdNRP)
Appalachian State’s Appalachian Journal, an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed quarterly, releases volume 46
Jul 15, 2019
The new edition of Appalachian Journal, vol. 46. 1-2, features articles on foodways in Appalachia, the literature of Ron Rash, LGBTQ topics and a live...
![Appalachian is partnering with Watauga County Habitat for Humanity to build a home from the ground up, with groundbreaking scheduled for September. This is the first time the university has taken ownership of a project with Habitat. A build such as the one pictured here will be a reality soon. Photo submitted](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/home-builds-2-2000.jpg?itok=lF0MsyDw)
App State engages with local community to build Habitat for Humanity home
Jul 12, 2019
Appalachian State University is partnering with Watauga County Habitat for Humanity (WCHH) to build a home from the ground up. While Appalac...
![The horse and carriage pictured here, which appear in the documentary, were provided by Mimosa Hills Farm in Morganton. The carriage is driven by farm owner Crosby Reed. Students from Dr. Derek Davidson’s theater class volunteered as actors for the film, including Appalachian alumna Elizabeth Mason Moore ’19, who graduated with a B.A. in theatre education in May and is pictured right of Reed. Dalton Forster, a junior theatre arts major from Garner, pictured center in background, holds a boom microphone. Pho](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/moses-cone-carriage-900.jpg?itok=AyBUU8f3)
Appalachian produces new documentary on the history of Moses Cone’s Flat Top Manor
Jul 11, 2019
Thanks to a team from Appalachian State University, visitors at Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, located off the Blue Ridge Parkway, will have the op...
![Emily Sedlacek ’19, of King, is a recent graduate of Appalachian. She holds a B.A. in English and a B.A. in languages, literatures and cultures with a concentration in French and Francophone studies. She will pursue her M.A. in English at Appalachian this fall. Photo submitted](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/sedlacek-portrait-900.jpg?itok=-LZ5g55B)
New languages, new stories — Appalachian student combines her passion for travel and literature
Jul 10, 2019
Emily Sedlacek ’19 combined her two passions — travel and literature — and graduated summa cum laude from Appalachian State University with a&nb...
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International Summer Symposium Centers on Education During and After the Holocaust
Jul 8, 2019
The 18th Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Summer Symposium on "Remembering the Holocaust" will be held July 20-25, 2019, at Appalachian State U...
![The HR Science Research Team visits Eastman Chemical Co.’s facility in Kingsport, Tennessee, in September 2018 to meet with their project collaborators. The team also toured the facility, hard hats and all, allowing them to meet the people who carry out and are affected by safety protocol and gain a better understanding of the conditions in which they work. Pictured, from left to right in the front row, are IOHRM graduate students Lauren Ferber ’16 and Matthew Laske; Dr. Yalçin Açikgöz, assistant professor](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/workplace-safety-team-900.jpg?itok=XT7DTvdd)
App State partners with Eastman Chemical Co. for NIOSH-funded study on data analytics and workplace safety
Jul 3, 2019
At Appalachian State University, the Human Resources (HR) Science Research Team — a group comprising faculty members and graduate students in Appala...
![Rachel Gaines, a senior environmental science major from Dayton, Ohio. Gaines will graduate this summer and begin Appalachian’s graduate program in sustainable technology in the fall. Photo by Marie Freeman](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/gaines-portrait-2000.jpg?itok=_vKDTHEu)
App State’s Rachel Gaines is a goalkeeper in sports — and in life
Jul 2, 2019
Field hockey brought Rachel Gaines to Appalachian State University, but academics — and the “family atmosphere” — made her want to stay.Gaines...
![A student at the Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork tries on a survival suit worn during Antarctic research expeditions through Appalachian’s Picture Yourself as a Geologist (PYES) outreach program. Photo submitted](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/pyes-survival-600.jpg?itok=qc-AVq4t)
Picture Yourself as an Earth Scientist
Jul 1, 2019
Students, faculty and staff in Appalachian State University’s Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences are giving regional K–...