Awards & Honors

Dr. Maryam Ahmed, professor in App State’s Department of Biology, has received the 2023 University of North Carolina Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award. Photo by Chase Reynolds

App State’s Dr. Maryam Ahmed wins 2023 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award
Apr 27, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Maryam Ahmed, a professor in App State’s Department of Biology, has received the 2023 University of North Carolina Board of...

Matthew Mair

Honors College student and Chancellor’s Scholar Accepted into the Resilience and Adaptation to Coastal Change Across Communities (C2C) REU Program
Apr 26, 2023

Honors College junior and Chancellor’s Scholar Matthew Mair has been selected to participate in the Resilience and Adaptation to Coas...

Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies

CAS students receive research, teaching awards from the Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies
Apr 26, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies has announced the recipients of their 2022-23 student awa...

Congratulations to Caroline Fehlman, senior mathematics major from Williamsburg, Virginia, and Eliza Merritt, senior geography graduate student from Chapel Hill, for receiving the G. Herbert Stout Award for Innovative Student Papers at the 2023 North Carolina Geographic Information Systems Conference!

CAS students receive state geospatial research awards
Apr 17, 2023

BOONE, N.C. - Congratulations to Caroline Fehlman, senior mathematics major from Williamsburg, Virginia, and Eliza Merritt, senior geography graduate ...

Dr. Derek Martin, Dr. Maggie Sugg, Dr. Jeff Colby and Dr. Katherine Ledford

4 CAS faculty receive research, mentorship awards from the Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies
Apr 13, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies has announced the recipients of their 2022-23 faculty awa...

Mindy Cook, Anthony Love, Lauri Miller and Elise Weaver received Staff Shout Outs in February and March 2023.

February and March 2023 Staff Shout Outs
Apr 10, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Awarded by the Appalachian State University Staff Senate, Staff Shout Outs recognize staff members for their positive contributions to...

Dr. Maggie Sugg, associate professor in the Appalachian State University Department of Geography and Planning

Geography and Planning's Dr. Maggie Sugg awarded prestigious medical geography award
Mar 31, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Maggie Sugg, associate professor in the Appalachian State University Department of Geography and Planning, is the recipient of the...

Carmen Scoggins '94 '98, adjunct Spanish and foreign language methodology instructor in the Appalachian State University Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LLC) and Spanish teacher at Watauga High School, is the recipient of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT)'s 2023 Founders Award.

Language, Literatures and Cultures' Carmen Scoggins '94 '98 receives language teaching award
Mar 29, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Carmen Scoggins '94 '98, adjunct Spanish and foreign language methodology instructor in the Appalachian State University Department of...

Olivia Adams, a senior applied physics and english major from Raleigh, at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ. Photo submitted.

Physics, English major Olivia Adams selected for prestigious internship in Switzerland
Mar 8, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Olivia Adams, a senior applied physics and English major from Raleigh, has been selected for the University of Michigan - CERN Summer ...

Dr. Paul Worley, professor and department chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and Dr. Melissa Birkhofer, visiting assistant professor in the Department of English

Worley and Birkhofer receive North Carolina Literary Review honor
Feb 21, 2023

The 2023 Ehle Prize is awarded to Melissa D. Birkhofer and Paul M. Worley for their essay, “She Said That Saint Augustine Is Worth Nothing Compared ...