Awards & Honors

Pictured left to right: Mark Noble, Vice President of Development, ECRS; Dr. Randy Edwards, Vice Chancellor of University Advancement, ASU; Dr. Neva J. Specht, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, ASU; Dr. Rahman Tashakkori, Chair of Computer Science, ASU and Pete Catoe, Founder, CEO and President, ECRS. Photo by Ellen Gwin Burnette

Local business ECRS establishes new scholarship program for Computer Science students
Feb 21, 2019

ECR Software Corporation (ECRS), a locally owned business in Boone, N.C. has announced the establishment of a Computer Science High Achievers Scholars...

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4 Appalachian faculty and staff receive Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange Awards
Feb 12, 2019

Four faculty and staff members at Appalachian State University have been selected to receive Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange Awards....

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Appalachian Alumni Association seeking nominations for Alumni Awards and Alumni Council membership
Jan 28, 2019

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARDSEach year, the Appalachian Alumni Association recognizes exemplary alumni for service to the university as well as notable pr...

Dr. Rich Cober '98, Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management (IOHRM), ringing the NASDAQ bell to open the NY Stock Exchange. Photo Submitted.

IOHRM Alumnus rings the NASDAQ bell to open the NY Stock Exchange
Jan 24, 2019

On Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management (IOHRM) Alumni, Dr. Rich Cober, had the honor of ring...

Charlcy Carpenter Named Recipient of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics Western Region Outstanding Mathematics Education Student Award

Charlcy Carpenter Named Recipient of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics Western Region Outstanding Mathematics Education Student Award
Jan 8, 2019

Middle grades major Charlcy Carpenter, from Lawndale, North Carolina, received the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM)...

Appalachian is one of 61 Bee Campuses across the nation providing safe, sustainable habitats for pollinators. Appalachian received the designation from the The Xerces Society. Illustration courtesy of The Xerces Society Inc.

‘Beefriending’ pollinators
Jan 6, 2019

The Xerces Society has recognized Appalachian State University for providing a safe campus with sustainable habitats for some of its smallest, and one...

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School of Graduate Studies announces inductees into the Cratis D. Williams Society
Dec 20, 2018

The Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies is pleased to announce the fall 2018 graduate student inductees into the Cratis D. Williams Society....

The Department of Computer Science graduate and undergraduate students honored at the departmental graduation celebration fall 2018. Front row left to right: Kevin Hu, Eric Cambel, Courtney Dixon, Erin Stein, and Dean Specht Second row left to right: Dr. Tashakkori, Francis Boadu, Braxton Coats, Cristian Gulisano, Chase Costner, Evangeline Luciano, and Owen Dowell Last Row left to right: Sebastian Collins and Jarod Moore.

Accomplishments and Reflections: Department of Computer Science December Graduates
Dec 20, 2018

The Department of Computer Science, in the College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University, held a graduation celebration on Friday, Dece...

The team receiving the Expedition of the Year award in Atlanta, G.A..  From left: Olivia Paschall, a senior geology major from Grand Rapids, Michigan; Dr. Sarah Carmichael (associate professor of geology, PI, expedition leader); Dr. Johnny Waters (professor emeritus in Geology, co-PI, expedition co-leader) and Allison Dombrowski, a junio geology major from Raleigh. Photo submitted.

The Explorers Club of Atlanta grants Appalachian Undergraduate Students and Faculty “Expedition of the Year” Award
Dec 10, 2018

“Looking for mass extinctions in all the ‘wrong’ places: the Late Devonian of Mongolia,” a research expedition featuring Appalachian State Uni...

Jenny Reilly receiving the practitioner of the year award, and Dr. Jim Deni who received the liftetime achievement award.

Psychology students and faculty receive top awards from the North Carolina School Psychology Association
Dec 4, 2018

At the North Carolina School Psychology Association (NCSPA) fall conference in October, three Appalachian State University Master of Arts students and...