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UCalgary paleontologist Darla Zelenitsky and PhD candidate Jared Voris, left, helped identify the dinosaur species using fossils found in Mongolia. Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary

Jared Voris '16 identifies second new dinosaur species
Jun 18, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University alumnus Jared Voris '16 is the lead author of a new Nature study identifying a new species of dinosaur.

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Nominations open for Richard N. Henson Outstanding Academic Advisor Award
Jun 18, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is accepting nominations for the 2024-25 Richard N. Henson Outstanding Advisor Award.

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Dr. Darci Gardner is an associate professor of French in the Appalachian State University Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the director of High Country Humanities, a collaboration between App State's College of Arts and Sciences and community partners in Watauga County.
Dr. Catherine Marcum is a professor of criminal justice in the Department of Government and Justice Studies and the interim associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University.

Dr. Catherine Marcum appointed interim associate dean of the App State College of Arts and Sciences
Jun 10, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Appalachian State University is pleased to announce that Dr. Cathy Marcum has been appointed interim associate dean of CAS, effective June 16, 2025.

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Sebastian Flores, eighth grader from Wilmington (left), and Statton Solak, ninth grader from Camden (right), received White Rose Student Research Contest awards. Photos submitted

CJHPS announces recipients of 2024-25 White Rose Student Research Contest
Jun 6, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (CJHPS) has announced the recipients of their inaugural White Rose Student Research Contest.

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Abigail Branco (top left), Roland Kummer (top right), Kate Starr (bottom left) and Rylee Strassner (bottom right) were inducted into the Spring 2025 Cratis D. Williams Society. Photos submitted

CAS graduates inducted into Spring 2025 Cratis D. Williams Society
May 20, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — In the Spring and Fall, Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies seeks nominations for the Cratis D. Williams Society.

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The cover of the Spring and Summer 2025 issue of Cold Mountain Review (vol. 52, no. 2) features “Grapes,” a polaroid photograph captured by cultural icon Andy Warhol in 1981. The photograph was donated by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. to the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts and is included in the center's permanent collection.

Cold Mountain Review (vol. 52, no. 2) now available
May 14, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — The Spring and Summer 2025 issue of Cold Mountain Review (vol. 52, no. 2) is now available. The issue is the second under new editorial leadership:

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Announcing the 2024-25 App State CAS Senior Award Recipients
May 9, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — The Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) hosted the 2024-25 CAS Senior Awards Ceremony on Friday, April 11, 2025, in the Grandview Ballroom in the North End Zone Facility at Kidd Brewer Stadium.

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Matt Marston (top left), Elliott Sheehan (top right), Gabriella Paonessa (bottom left), and Audrey Wall (bottom right)

4 CAS students named App State Student Teacher of the Year finalists
May 8, 2025

Students are nominated by their clinical educators, University Field Supervisors, and faculty members based on their teaching, professionalism, and overall effectiveness in the classroom.

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Jackson Adams (left) and Sydney Hudson (right)

CJHPS announces recipients of 2024-25 Academic Honors Awards
May 6, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (CJHPS) has announced the recipients of their 2024-25 Academic Honors Awards.

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