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Meet four App State ‘Emerging Filmmakers’ to be featured in upcoming Boone Docs Film Festival [student featured]
Feb 26, 2026

On Feb. 28, the Boone Docs film festival will showcase the documentaries of “Emerging Filmmakers” from 2-4 p.m. at The Appalachian Theat...

This badge signifies App State’s status as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright scholars and students for the 2025–26 academic year. The university is the only master’s institution nationwide to receive the honor this year. Image courtesy of the Fulbright Program

App State honored as a Top Producer of Fulbright scholars, students for 2025–26
Feb 23, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University is one of seven colleges and universities nationwide named a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright schol...

Dr. Daniel Caton

‘Remembered for the lights:’ Professor Caton’s life amongst the stars [faculty and student featured]
Feb 19, 2026

In the heart of Pisgah National Forest rests Wiseman’s View, a panoramic setting overlooking the scenic sights of the Linville Gorge Wilderness. Acc...

Greenbriar Theatre

February 24: Inaugural Emerging Filmmakers Showcase
Feb 17, 2026

Inaugural Emerging Filmmakers ShowcaseTuesday, February 24, 2026, from 6:30–8:30 p.m.Greenbriar Theatre, Plemmons Student UnionAdmission is free and...

James Luke Barber ’18 is a graduate student in the political science program in Appalachian State University's Department of Government and Justice Studies. Photo submitted

Luke Barber documents Holocaust histories for App State’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
Jan 29, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — James Luke Barber ’18, graduate student in the political science program in Appalachian State University's Department of Government ...

Hellbender researcher and Appalachian State University graduate student Hutch Whitman holds a hellbender. Photograph courtesy Hutch Whitman

From Hell and Bent on Returning [student featured]
Jan 23, 2026

Imagine a slimy, speckled tube with four legs that appear to have been attached with spare parts. The toes — four on the front legs, five on the rea...

Three students enrolled in GHY 1012 conduct fieldwork in a stream at Durham Park.

Fall 2025 Dean's and Chancellor's Lists Released
Jan 5, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University has released the Dean’s and Chancellor’s lists for the fall 2025 semester.836 students in the College...

Alli Ozboz

Boone student seeks volunteers for fee-free English teaching program abroad [student featured]
Jan 5, 2026

BOONE — Appalachian State University junior Alli Ozboz is helping lead an international nonprofit program that sends young adults abroad to teach En...

Appalachian Police Department Master Police Officer Cashae Cook ’14 ’25 — who is now a two-time alumna of App State — crosses the commencement stage to earn her Master of Public Administration during the university’s Fall 2025 Commencement, held Dec. 12 in Holmes Convocation Center on the Boone campus. Cook holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a graduate certificate in nonprofit administration, both from App State. Photo by Chase Reynolds

1,500 App State graduates begin their next chapter
Dec 18, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University celebrated the achievements of more than 1,500 graduates during its Fall 2025 Commencement, with three ce...

Ava Ridings, of Winston-Salem, will graduate tomorrow with a bachelor's degree in biology with a concentration in cellular and molecular biology and a minor in chemistry.

CAS Senior Spotlight: Ava Ridings
Dec 11, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Throughout her time at App State, Ava Ridings combined her love of science with a passion for helping others — experiences that prop...

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