"Love Hurts" Story Slam with Ray Christian hosting
Feb 9, 2017
Join the Creative Writing Program and ASU Adjunct Professor Ray Christian at Crossroads on Thursday, February 16, at 7 p.m. for a Story Slam!
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Anthropology alumna Caroline Federal ’12 recognized by London School of Economics; internships with former presidents’ non-profits boost her career
Feb 6, 2017
Appalachian State University anthropology alumna Caroline Federal ’12 has been busy over the past four years. Most recently, she was recognized by the London School of Economics for the quality of her Masters of Science dissertation.
College News, Alumni, Awards & Honors
Appalachian to host qualifying event for NCCTM State Mathematics Contest
Feb 2, 2017
Awards for individuals and top schools will be earned during qualifying competitions for the NCCTM State Mathematics Contest to be held in Plemmons Student Union at Appalachian State University Wednesday, March 8.
College News, Awards & Honors
Dana Powell, activist researcher
Feb 1, 2017
Faculty Member of Distinction
College of Arts and Sciences – Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Dr. Michael Brown infamous spark in the Pluto debates and researcher of Planet 9 to speak at Morgan Lecture Series
Feb 1, 2017
The annual Morgan Lecture Series will host Dr. Michael Brown, a solar-system astronomer and professor of Planetary Astronomy at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) this spring. Dr.
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Appalachian students and faculty partner with UNC Asheville to research threatened plant species
Jan 27, 2017
Professors and student researchers from Appalachian State University’s and UNC Asheville’s Departments of Biology have partnered in a federally funded project to assess several aspects of an imperiled plant in western parts of North Carolina and Virginia.
College News, Faculty & Staff, Students
The Closest Tangible Opportunity to Connect with Space
Jan 26, 2017
From geology and more specifically to meteorites, there is a tactile connection to space and the universe that’s tangible even with one’s feet planted on Earth -- or to be more exact, in the Rankin Science Building.
College News, Faculty & Staff
Appalachian secures funding for community-wide suicide prevention training
Jan 24, 2017
The North Carolina Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) has awarded $19,150 for training in an innovative suicide prevention program to the Counseling and Psychological Services Center and the Assessment, Support, and Counseling (ASC) Center at Appalachian State...
College News, Grants & Research
Appalachian leads writing projects at Chinese universities
Jan 24, 2017
BOONE, N.C.—At several Chinese universities, instruction in writing English has taken on a distinctly American character, and Appalachian State University deserves much of the credit.
College News, Faculty & Staff
Philosophy and Religion in the Contemporary World Colloquium Series: Spring 2017
Jan 19, 2017
Fall 2017 Colloquium Series held at Belk Library, Room 114 at 5:30pm
February 7: The History of Illusion: Classical German Philosophy Today
Dr. Joe Weiss
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