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Call for CAS Faculty & Staff Awards
Jul 15, 2021

Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences recognizes several members of the faculty and staff for outstanding service, teaching or scholarly work. The College is now accepting nominations for the following awards.

College News, Faculty & Staff
SAFE faculty recipient, Megyn Culpepper, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Megen Culpepper
Jul 14, 2021

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Megen Culpepper Dr. Megen Culpepper, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences

Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) fund recipient

College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research, SAFE Grant
Poster for the “Unzere Kinder” screening. Graphic submitted.

Center Symposium hosts screening of “Unzere Kinder”
Jul 8, 2021

Center Symposium hosts screening of “Unzere Kinder”

Tuesday, July 20, 2021
12:30 - 2:30 p.m.

College News, Events, Global Learning
Poster for the “Children in the Nazi State and Party Organizations” event. Graphic submitted.

Center Symposium hosts Senior Holocaust Historian
Jul 8, 2021

Senior Historian of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to Speak on Gentile Children in the Nazi State

Monday, July 19, 2021
1- 2 p.m.

College News, Events, Global Learning
Appalachian State University alumna Julianna Roupas ’21, of Charlotte, earned a self-designed B.A. in interdisciplinary studies with a focus in studies of integrative health sciences, as well as a minor in Spanish. She graduated summa cum laude from App State in May. Photo submitted

App State’s Julianna Roupas ’21 designed her own path to medical school
Jul 6, 2021

Julianna Roupas ’21 wrote her own ticket for her journey to medical school with a self-designed major at Appalachian State University.

College News, Alumni, Outreach & Community Engagement, Students
Appalachian State University alumna and poet Dr. M. Soledad Caballero ’95, professor of English and chair of the women’s, gender and sexuality studies program at Allegheny College. Photo submitted

Alumna, professor and award-winning poet shares her Mountaineer journey
Jul 1, 2021

From her classes and poetry workshops at Appalachian State University, to campus green spaces and the many hours spent in Belk Library and Information Commons — every aspect of alumna Dr. M.

College News, Alumni, Awards & Honors
Dr. Matt Estep, a plant geneticist and associate professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Biology, performs fieldwork at Rich Mountain Bald — part of the Tater Hill Preserve located in northern Watauga County. The preserve is a plant conservation project owned and managed by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture’s Plant Conservation Program. Photo by Ellen Gwin Burnette

App State genetic diversity study to inform US Fish and Wildlife conservation efforts for endangered NC plant
Jun 30, 2021

Spreading avens, a rare plant that thrives in Western North Carolina — at elevations of more than 4,000 feet — is in danger of extinction.

College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research, Sustainability
Flyer for the “Escaping Nazi-Controlled Europe” event. Graphic submitted.

Center Symposium brings Kindertransport and Holocaust Child Survivor Margot Lobree to Appalachian Community
Jun 29, 2021

Center Symposium brings Kindertransport and Holocaust Child Survivor Margot Lobree to Appalachian Community 

Thursday, July 22, 2021 
9-11 a.m. 

College News, Events, Global Learning
Flyer for the “Kindertransporte During the Holocaust” event. Graphic submitted.

Center Symposium features renounced Holocaust Scholar
Jun 24, 2021

Center Symposium features renounced Holocaust Scholar 

Wednesday, July 21, 2021 
2-3 p.m. 

College News, Events, Global Learning
Dr. Martha McCaughey, professor in the Department of Sociology and member of the Heterodox Academy's Writers Group. Photo by Marie Freeman.

Sociology Professor joins Prestigious Writers Group
Jun 24, 2021

Dr. Martha McCaughey, professor in the Department of Sociology, has become a member of the Heterodox Academy's Writers Group, a nonprofit organization.

College News, Awards & Honors, Faculty & Staff