Awards & Honors

Aaron Ballance is a lecturer in English at Appalachian State University.

2017 Linda Flowers Literary Award Recipient: Aaron Ballance
Dec 7, 2017

On November 4, 2017 the North Carolina Humanities Council announced Mr. Aaron Ballance as the recipient of its 2017 Linda Flowers Literary Award for h...

Paige Anderholm

2017 Global Leadership Undergraduate Student Award
Dec 4, 2017

“I am deeply impressed with Paige Anderholm. She is a global citizen, to be sure, but she is much more: she is a global citizen who helps others bec...

College of Arts and Sciences Faculty and Staff Awards 2016-2017, Appstate

College Faculty & Staff Awards 2016-17
Oct 25, 2017

Congratulations to all the CAS faculty and staff members nominated this year and to these winners:Richard N. Henson Outstanding Advisor AwardMatt C. E...

Recipient of the 2016-17 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Alumni Award is Rod (R. T.) Smith

College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Alumni Award 2016-17
Oct 25, 2017

The recipient of the 2016-17 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Alumni Award is Rod (R. T.) Smith. Smith graduated from Appalachian State Univer...

A physics and astronomy class at Appalachian State University

AIP Survey Results put Appalachian Physics & Astronomy on Top
Oct 24, 2017

The American Institute for Physics (AIP) has released their survey of enrollments and degrees among physics and astronomy departments across the Unite...

Madelyn Marie Kittle, an Appalachian State University senior from Franklin County, has been awarded the university’s 2017-18 Truman Capote Literary Trust Award for Creative Writing.

Appalachian’s Truman Capote scholarship winner and runner-up announced
Sep 28, 2017

Madelyn Marie Kittle, a senior majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing and film studies, has been awarded Appalachian State Unive...

Scanning electron microscope (SEM) at Appalachian State

Appalachian’s NSF-funded scanning electron microscope supports undergraduate research
Sep 25, 2017

The National Science Foundation, through a major research instrumentation program grant, awarded the College of Arts and Sciences’ Dewel Microscopy ...

Judson MacDonald

Judson MacDonald named Appalachian’s 2016-17 Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year
Sep 20, 2017

Judson MacDonald has been named the Appalachian State University Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year for the 2016-17 school year. Reich College of...

Appstate Faculty and staff honored for excellence

Faculty and staff honored for excellence
Aug 31, 2017

Seven faculty and four staff members at Appalachian State University were honored for excellence at the Fall Semester Faculty and Staff Meeting on Aug...

Meet the 2017 Chancellor’s Scholars

Meet the 2017 Chancellor’s Scholars
Aug 15, 2017

The Chancellor’s Scholarship is Appalachian State University’s oldest and most academically competitive merit-based scholarship. It is designed fo...