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Film Screening, followed by a Q&A with director of "Among Wolves," Shawn Convey

Film Screening, followed by a Q&A with director of "Among Wolves," Shawn Convey
Aug 31, 2018

Rescheduled for Thursday, September 27, 2018

5 p.m.
Greenbriar Theater (https://maps.appstate.edu/campus-map/29)

This event is free and open to the public.

College News, Events
A needle draws a vaccine from a vial. Dr. Brooke Christian, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at Appalachian, will use funding from a UNC System grant to research a novel strategy for drug stabilization during delivery and storage — one that would eliminate the need for refrigeration. Shutterstock/Numstocker image

UNC System funds Appalachian research on new drug storage and delivery method
Aug 31, 2018

At least one link in the “cold chain” supply of drugs could be broken thanks to research conducted by faculty at Appalachian State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
Dr. Anthony Fernandes, UNC Charlotte

Colloquium: Preparing Future Mathematics Teachers to Work with English Learners
Aug 30, 2018

Dr. Anthony Fernandes, UNC Charlotte
Friday, August 31, 2018
3 - 4 p.m.
Walker Hall, Room 103A

This talk is free and open to the public.

College News, Events
Geraldine Richmond, Presidential Chair of Science and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oregon

Empowering Scientific Engagement for a Global Solution and a Sustainable Future
Aug 30, 2018

Geraldine Richmond, Presidential Chair of Science and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oregon will be the 2018 Morgan Science Lecture Series speaker hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian...

College News, Sustainability, Events
Adolf Hitler and the United States: Views, Plans and Policies and the ‘Jewish Question’ with Dr. Gerhard L. Weinberg, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Adolf Hitler and the United States: Views, Plans and Policies and the ‘Jewish Question’
Aug 29, 2018

CANCELLED due to inclement weather - to be rescheduled Dr. Gerhard L. Weinberg, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018
7:30 p.m.
Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 114

College News, Events
Diana Wilcox ’91 is business and technology applications analyst and customer service supervisor at Appalachian’s New River Light and Power. Photo submitted

Diana Wilcox ’91 awards NRLP scholarship she received as a student at Appalachian
Aug 29, 2018

Thirty years ago, Diana Wilcox’s high school guidance counselor suggested seniors interested in attending Appalachian State University should apply for a new scholarship offered by New River Light and Power (NRLP) for Watauga County studen

College News, Alumni, Awards & Honors
Cratis Williams, professor of English, sitting at a desk beside another man looking at a newspaper at Appalachian State University (1967-current).
Recovery Boys: Screening and Director’s Talk with Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Academy Award Nominated Director, “Heroin(e)”

Recovery Boys: Screening and Director’s Talk
Aug 28, 2018

Recovery Boys: Screening and Director’s Talk
Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Academy Award Nominated Director, “Heroin(e)”
Monday, Sept. 10, 2018
6 p.m.
Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 114

College News, Events
The Engare Sero footprint site in Northern Tanzania, Africa. Photo by Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce

Disappearing footprints in Tanzania
Aug 27, 2018

Appalachian researchers use photogrammetry to quantify erosion at ancient footprint site

College News, Grants & Research, Sustainability
Heather Guy ’18, an international student who recently completed Appalachian’s Master of Arts in geography program. Photo by Marie Freeman

For Heather Guy ’18, Appalachian ‘ticked all of the boxes’
Aug 22, 2018

Prior to enrolling in Appalachian State University’s geography graduate program, Heather Guy’s work experience involved computer modelling, an activity that kept her in front of a computer screen all day.

College News, Alumni