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Students gather around the table on Sanford Mall during the 2023 Community FEaST. Photo by Chase Reynolds

October 8: 2025 Community FEaST
Sep 2, 2025

2025 Community FEaST
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, from 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Sanford Mall, Appalachian State University

Events, Outreach & Community Engagement
The Fall 2025 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writer Series will feature DeAndra Davis (top left), Taylor Brown (top right), Maria Dahvana Headley (Bottom left), and Kathryn Kirkpatrick (bottom right). Photos submitted

Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series announces Fall 2025 lineup
Aug 26, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — This fall, four acclaimed authors will visit Appalachian State University’s Boone campus as part of the university’s 2025–26 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series.

Arts & Cultural, College News, Events
Dr. Jodi Magness is the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Photo courtesy of Magness

September 10: “Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus” with Dr. Jodi Magness
Aug 20, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies (CJHPS) invites the public to a free lecture by Dr.

Events
The Appalachian State University Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies (CJHPS) will host the 23rd Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Symposium from July 10–16, 2025, at Appalachian State's Boone campus.
Excited Mountaineer graduates turn their tassels, signifying their transition from students to graduates of Appalachian State University. App State honored more than 4,200 graduates during six Spring 2025 Commencement ceremonies, held May 9–10 in Holmes Convocation Center on the Boone campus. Photo by Kyla Willoughby

App State awards degrees to over 4,200 graduates ready to shape the future
May 13, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University celebrated the resilience and achievements of more than 4,200 graduates during its Spring 2025 Commencement, with six ceremonies held May 9–10 at Holmes Convocation Center.

University News, Events
Dr. Mac-Jane Crayton, assistant professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies and founder of Lab iMPACTLY, addresses Lab iMPACTLY Nonprofit Workshop attendees. Photo by Chase Reynolds
The Appalachian State University Department of Biology Presents Research Day on May 1, 2025.

May 1: Biology Research Day
Apr 24, 2025

2025 Biology Research Day
Thursday May 1, 2025, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Rankin Science Building (572 Rivers St, Boone, NC 28608)

Events, Grants & Research
Yom HaShoah

April 24: Yom HaShoah
Apr 14, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — On Thursday, April 24, Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), Appalachian State University's Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (CJHPS) will hold a public reading of the names of Jews murdered during the Holocaust. The reading will take place from 9 a.m.

Events
Our Movement Starts Here—directed by John Rash and Melanie Ho and produced by Rash, Ho, and the Southern Documentary Project—is an award-winning documentary that tells the story of a rural community in the American South that fought the state of North Carolina's toxic landfill.

April 15: Our Movement Starts Here Screening
Apr 11, 2025

The Center for Appalachian Studies invites you to a free screening of Our Movement Starts Here on Tuesday, April 15, at 6 p.m. at Appalachian Theatre.

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The Hickory Leadership Forum