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CAS Corps member Meredith Sánchez-Sánchez is a senior global studies major from Clayton, N.C. Photo submitted.

CAS Corps Feature: Meredith Sánchez-Sánchez
Mar 2, 2023

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

College News, Students, CAS Corps
Mindy Cook, administrative support associate for the Department of Physics and Astronomy

February 2023 CAS Staff Spotlight: Mindy Cook
Feb 28, 2023

Each month, the Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) randomly selects one staff member to be featured in a staff spotlight on our website and social media accounts and to receive a small gift in recognition of their service to the College. To view the past recipie

College News, Faculty & Staff, Staff Spotlights
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Appalachian State University

Call for Papers: Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Symposium
Feb 27, 2023

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures of Appalachian State University is pleased to announce its fourth annual symposium to be held on Thursday, March 23 and Friday, March 24, 2023.

College News, Events, Grants & Research
App State’s Andrew Jenkins ’12, senior lecturer in the Department of Biology, displays an oak leaf while guiding App State students and local community members on a May 2022 hike in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Blue Ridge Conservancy photo

Since 1958, App State's Southern Appalachian plant collection has aided research, teaching and conservation
Feb 27, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — With a High Country winter settled over Boone, thousands of plant specimens rest in perpetual bloom on Appalachian State University’s campus — ready to assist faculty and students in their research, teaching and conservation efforts, regardless of the season.

College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research, Outreach & Community Engagement, Students
CAS Corps member Jocelyn Pelcastre-Gonzalez is a junior mathematics major from Oxford, N.C. Photo submitted.

CAS Corps Feature: Jocelyn Pelcastre-Gonzalez
Feb 23, 2023

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

College News, Students, CAS Corps
Dr. Paul Worley, professor and department chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and Dr. Melissa Birkhofer, visiting assistant professor in the Department of English

Worley and Birkhofer receive North Carolina Literary Review honor
Feb 21, 2023

The 2023 Ehle Prize is awarded to Melissa D. Birkhofer and Paul M. Worley for their essay, “She Said That Saint Augustine Is Worth Nothing Compared to Her Homeland: Teresa Martín and the Méndez Cancio Account of La Tama (1600).” 

College News, Arts & Cultural, Awards & Honors, Faculty & Staff
Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences' Student and Faculty Excellence Grant

SAFE Student Spotlight: Mackenzie Doebler
Feb 21, 2023

Mackenzie Doebler, M.A. English
Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Spring 2022

Project: “Bluesman Jeffrey Scott Performing: African American Folk Artist at Appalachian State”

College News, Support, Students, SAFE Grant, Grants & Research
The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies

March 8: Roundtable Conversation on Antisemitism
Feb 20, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Join the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies (CJHPS); Hillel; AEPi; and Diversity and Inclusion for a roundtable discussion on the impact of antisemitism and how to respond.

College News, Events, Diversity & Inclusion
CAS Corps member Anna Orgnon is a junior psychology major from Winston-Salem, N.C. Photo submitted.

CAS Corps Feature: Anna Orgnon
Feb 16, 2023

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

College News, Students, CAS Corps