PRESERVING A REGION
Oct 3, 2017
There are those who would say that the Southern Appalachian region is the most beautiful area in the country. In order to preserve that beauty, the delicate ecosystem and plant-life of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee must be studied and catalogued.
College News, Grants & Research
Craft Talk: Issues of Voice
Oct 2, 2017
The Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series resumes Oct. 5 with Susan Ludvigson at Appalachian State University with readings and craft talks. The event will begin at 6p.m. with a prereading, followed by the full reading at 7:30p.m.
College News, Events
Appalachian’s Truman Capote scholarship winner and runner-up announced
Sep 28, 2017
Madelyn Marie Kittle, a senior majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing and film studies, has been awarded Appalachian State University’s 2017-18 Truman Capote Literary Trust Award for Creative Writing.
College News, Awards & Honors
Appalachian’s NSF-funded scanning electron microscope supports undergraduate research
Sep 25, 2017
The National Science Foundation, through a major research instrumentation program grant, awarded the College of Arts and Sciences’ Dewel Microscopy Facility at Appalachian State University $562,842 for a new scanning electron microscope (SEM).
College News, Awards & Honors
Four book discussions centered around Timothy Snyder’s, ‘On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century’
Sep 20, 2017
In conjunction with the Fall Humanities Council Symposium on Sept. 29, the Council will host a four-part series of book discussions on Timothy Snyder’s most recent work, “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.”
College News, Events
Appalachian’s Humanities Council Symposium ‘Sustaining Democracy: Existence, Persistence, Resistance’ Sept. 29
Sep 20, 2017
The Humanities Council under the College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University will present a symposium titled “Sustaining Democracy: Existence, Persistence, Resistance” from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Friday, Sept.
College News, Events
Judson MacDonald named Appalachian’s 2016-17 Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year
Sep 20, 2017
Judson MacDonald has been named the Appalachian State University Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year for the 2016-17 school year.
College News, Students, Awards & Honors
Visiting Writers Series resumes Sept. 21 with readings and craft talks
Sep 19, 2017
The Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series resumes Sept. 21 at Appalachian State University with readings and craft talks. All series events are free and open to the public. Book sales and signing will follow each event.
College News, Events
History in the House of the Hangman: How Postwar Germany Became a Key Site for the Study of Jewish History
Sep 19, 2017
Appalachian State University will host a public lecture with Prof. Till van Rahden, a renowned specialist in the history of German Jewry on Monday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Ballroom (201 AB) in the Plemmons Student Union. Prof.
College News, Events
RIEEE offers free offsets workshop Oct. 6
Sep 18, 2017
Appalachian State University’s Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics (RIEEE) is hosting a daylong workshop Friday, Oct. 6, on the future of carbon offsets and carbon markets in the southeastern United States.
College News, Sustainability, Events