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4th Annual Appalachian Safety Summit Announced for 2018

4th Annual Appalachian Safety Summit Announced for 2018
Nov 1, 2017

The 4th Annual Appalachian Safety Summit will be occurring in Boone, N.C. on May 1-2, 2018. Previously, the summit has educated and informed safety employees, teams and managers about the latest research in behavioral safety approaches to safety culture change.

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Appalachian’s Visiting Writers Series

Poet Vivian Shipley to conclude Appalachian’s Visiting Writers Series
Oct 31, 2017

The Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series at Appalachian State University will conclude with two presentations by Vivian Shipley, a poet, critic and award-winning teacher. Shipley will present a craft talk on “The Poetry of Witness” and will read from her work.

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Archie - Gorgetosuchus pekinensus - Aetosaur: a collaborative sculpture project between the Art and Geological and Environmental Sciences departments of Appalachian State University

Workshop and Exhibition Opening for Archie
Oct 27, 2017

Archie - Gorgetosuchus pekinensus - Aetosaur Two upcoming events in the process of bringing Archie to life!
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Appalachian State 2017 food summit, www.foodsumit.brwia.org

Appalachian State University & Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture to host The 2017 Food Summit
Oct 25, 2017

The 2017 Food Summit, a gathering of scholars, farmers and food lovers, is organized around the theme “Dynamic Traditions, Resourceful Communities.” The Summit will take place on Saturday, October 28 at Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union in the Parkway Ballro

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Antebellum Periodicals and the Origins of White Nationalism with LSU Boyd Professor J. Gerald Kennedy at Appalachian State

Antebellum Periodicals and the Origins of White Nationalism with LSU Boyd Professor J. Gerald Kennedy
Oct 25, 2017

Dr. J. Gerald Kennedy, Boyd Professor of English at Louisiana State University, will give a free public lecture on antebellum periodicals and the origins of white nationalism on Thursday, November 16 at 6 p.m.

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BMCS events

Black Mountain College Semester Events
Oct 19, 2017

BOONE, N.C.—For Appalachian State University’s Black Mountain College (BMC) Semester in spring 2018, multiple departments across the university are collaborating with area museums and other venues to host exhibits, lectures and workshops that will highlight the importance of BMC&rsqu

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Crafting Stories with Poetry and Prose, Children’s Literature Symposium

Children’s Literature Symposium
Oct 16, 2017

Belk Library and the Reich College of Education will host the 4th biennial Children’s Literature Symposium October 26-28, 2017 with authors Allan Wolf, Alan Gratz, Heather Bouwman, and storyteller Donna Washington. 

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Professor Dan Michman of Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Israel at Appalachian State

Eminent Israeli Holocaust historian and Yad Vashem Institute director to speak at Appalachian
Oct 13, 2017

The Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences has hosted many distinguished scholars and historians at Appalachian State University in recent years, but few – if any – have been as eminent as professor Dan Michman of Yad Vashem, The

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Matt Gallagher, a Wake Forest University graduate, Iraq war combat veteran and former U.S. Army captain

Matt Gallagher, Veteran on campus as part of "Blurred Boundaries: The Experience of War and Its Aftermath" series
Oct 11, 2017

Matt Gallagher, a Wake Forest University graduate, Iraq war combat veteran and former U.S. Army captain, will be returning to Appalachian State University on Thursday, October 19 & Friday, October 20.

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The Teaching Excellence and Achievement program (TEA), now in its seventh year, brings teachers from other countries to Appalachian State University to enhance their skills in teaching science and English as a foreign language.

Teaching Excellence and Achievement program (TEA)
Oct 10, 2017

For the last five years, grad assistants from the Department of Languages, literatures and Cultures have worked with this grant and gained expertise in international education.  Fellows who speak the languages taught in our

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