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Caitlyn Simmons, CAS Corps feature of the month portrait. Photo by Ellen Gwin Burnette

CAS Corps Feature of the Month: Senior Political Science Major Caitlyn Simmons
Jan 16, 2019

The CAS Corps are chosen to serve as representatives to all constituents of the College of Arts and Sciences and to create, promote and execute opportunities for academic and professional growth.

College News, Students, CAS Corps
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Study Abroad Opportunity: War in Europe
Jan 15, 2019

WAR IN EUROPE: Travel to Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg

College News, Students, Global Learning
Mountain Film Series Poster with images of the 3 films: Force Majeure, Snowpiercer and Goodbye Solo.

Mountain Film Series, part of the International Mountain Studies Symposium
Jan 14, 2019

Mountain Film Series, Spring 2019 Wednesday, Jan. 23
Tuesday, Feb. 5
Tuesday, Feb. 26

Screenings at 6 p.m.
Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 114

College News, Events, Sustainability, Global Learning
Mathematical Sciences graphic

Report on MPE & Sustainability in the Classroom
Jan 13, 2019

Tyrel Winebarger, 
Alana Baird, 
Department of Mathematics Sciences, Appalachian State University

Friday, Jan. 18, 2019
3-4 p.m.
Walker Hall, Room 103A 

This talk is free and open to the public

College News, Events, Sustainability
Book jacket to Dr. Suzanne Samples memoir “Frontal Matter: Glue Gone Wild.”

Reading with Dr. Suzanne Samples: An account of living, teaching and writing with terminal brain cancer
Jan 11, 2019

Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019
Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 421

5:30 p.m.

This reading is free and open to the public

College News, Events, Faculty & Staff
Dark Sky Observatory (DSO) Decal

Dark Sky Observatory next event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Jan 10, 2019

The next Dark Sky Observatory (DSO) event will be on Sunday, January 20, 2019 for the total lunar eclipse. This is a ticketed event open to anyone on campus or in the community, see below for ticket purchase options.

College News, Events
Charlcy Carpenter Named Recipient of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics Western Region Outstanding Mathematics Education Student Award

Charlcy Carpenter Named Recipient of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics Western Region Outstanding Mathematics Education Student Award
Jan 8, 2019

Middle grades major Charlcy Carpenter, from Lawndale, North Carolina, received the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM) Western Region Outstanding Mathematics Education Student Award at the NCCTM Annual Conference on November 1,

College News, Awards & Honors, Students
Poster image: Mark Bray and Eli Meyerhoff will discuss the historical context and enduring legacies of Francisco Ferrer’s Modern School, an anarchist living-learning cooperative founded in Manhattan in 1911.

Department of Anthropology presents: "Revolutionary Pedagogy: Anarchist Education and the Modern School"
Jan 7, 2019

CANCELLED

Thursday, January 24, 2019
6:15 p.m.
Parkway Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union

College News, Events, Sustainability
Appalachian is one of 61 Bee Campuses across the nation providing safe, sustainable habitats for pollinators. Appalachian received the designation from the The Xerces Society. Illustration courtesy of The Xerces Society Inc.

‘Beefriending’ pollinators
Jan 6, 2019

The Xerces Society has recognized Appalachian State University for providing a safe campus with sustainable habitats for some of its smallest, and one might say, most productive black and gold members — bees.

University News, College News, Awards & Honors, Sustainability
Collage of images from 2018 at Appalachian State University

Appalachian’s unforgettable 2018
Jan 3, 2019

What a year! Newly opened campus buildings and landmarks, a police academy, a winning solar car team, championship football and a record-breaking December snow. 2018 will be long remembered.

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