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Lane Bailey ’87 ’89 stands just outside Kilosa Township, which is located in the Kilosa District in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. Bailey, who is city manager of Salisbury, traveled to Tanzania as part of the International City/County Management Association’s ENGINE Program. Photo submitted

Locally and globally, Lane Bailey ’87 ’89 works to improve communities
Jan 30, 2019

Salisbury City Manager Lane Bailey ’87 ’89 says he gets up each day to go to work to make his community a better place — whether that’s in North Carolina or across the globe.

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Dr. Scott Weir, image from Queens University, Charlotte, N.C.

Biology Seminar Series hosts Dr. Scott Weir from Queens University
Jan 29, 2019

Biology Department Seminar Series
Comparative toxicity of pesticides to tropical and temperate anurans, implications for ecological risk assessment

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An Introduction to Electrical Impedance Tomography
Jan 28, 2019

Kasey Bray and Julianne Vega, Appalachian Initiative for Mathematics, Department of Mathematics at the University of Kentucky


Friday, Feb. 1, 2019
3 - 4 p.m.
Walker Hall, Room 103A 

This talk is free and open to the public.

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Watauga County Schools funds continued support of Appalachian ASC Center
Jan 25, 2019

A $30,000 grant awarded to Appalachian State University by Watauga County Schools has ensured students in the school district’s Watauga High School will continue to have access to high-quality mental health services offered through Appalachian’s Assessment, Support, and Counseling (A

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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 ringing the NASDAQ bell alongside his team to open the Stock Exchange.

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AFTER EQUALITY: Where Should the LGBTQ Movement Go From Here?
Jan 24, 2019

GWS presents a Faculty Panel titled "AFTER EQUALITY: Where Should the LGBTQ Movement Go From Here?"

RESCHEDULED for Tuesday, March 12, 2019
5 - 6:30 p.m.

Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 114

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DLLC Symposium 2019 - Open call for proposals
Jan 23, 2019

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures is pleased to announce its first Symposium to be held in Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 421 on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

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Social psychologist Dr. Andrew Monroe, leading a class at Appalachian State University. Photo by Marie Freeman

Certain moral values may lead to more prejudice and discrimination, study finds
Jan 22, 2019

Appalachian social psychologist Dr. Andrew Monroe studies relationship between moral values and prejudice

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Alana Patterson '18, Biology, Secondary Education. Photo submitted

Three TEAMS: Noyce Scholars are the first to complete a year of teaching
Jan 18, 2019

After graduating last May, Alana Paterson, Biology, Secondary Education; Chris McCollum, Physics, Secondary Education and Chris Kolischak, Middle Grades Education with a concentration in Science, became the first graduates of the TEAMS: Noyce Scholars...

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