Dr. Christine Quattro receives 2025 JAPA Emerging Scholar Award
Apr 23, 2026
The 2025 Emerging Scholar Award goes to Christine Quattro, PhD, AICP, assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at Appalachian State University, for the paper, "Zoning for Infill Development: San...
Awards & Honors, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
Dr. Clarice Moran earns Baden-Württemberg Mobility Grant
Apr 17, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Two Appalachian State University faculty members have been awarded the Baden-Württemberg–North Carolina Faculty Mobility Grant, marking the first time Appalachian faculty have been selected to travel to Germany through the program.
Faculty & Staff, Global Learning, Grants & Research
The Western Front [faculty featured]
Apr 16, 2026
As a child in the 1930s and ’40s, Jacqueline Burgin could look out the living room window of her family’s home in Hot Springs and see across the French Broad River to the grassy lawn where a resort hotel had once stood.
Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
App State partnership brings hands-on STEM learning to rural Alaska students [faculty featured]
Apr 16, 2026
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Appalachian State University is bringing new hands-on STEM learning experiences to middle school students thousands of miles away through a partnership with the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program.
Faculty & Staff, Outreach & Community Engagement
Helene exposed cracks in western NC’s health care safety net [faculty featured]
Apr 16, 2026
Tropical Storm Helene’s impact on western North Carolina was felt acutely in the days, weeks and months after the storm, including in the region’s hospitals and clinics.
Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
Dusty Roberts ’20 ’22 joins College Advising and Support Services Hub as Assistant Director in Hickory
Apr 15, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Dusty Roberts ’20 ’22 has joined the College of Arts and Sciences Advising and Support Services Hub (CASSH) as Assistant Director.
College News, Faculty & Staff
CAS students, faculty receive 2025–26 awards from the Williams School of Graduate Studies
Apr 14, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies has announced the recipients of their 2025–26 awards.
Awards & Honors, College News, Faculty & Staff, Students
Dr. James Goff and Dr. Steven Hageman to serve as macebearers for Spring 2026 CAS Commencement
Apr 13, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Dr. James Goff, professor in the Department of History, and Dr.
Awards & Honors, College News, Faculty & Staff
Dr. Zackary Vernon discusses his new book, Eating on a Mountain at the End of the World [faculty featured]
Apr 9, 2026
Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts and Sciences faculty and alumni, published each month.
Arts & Cultural, Faculty & Staff
Nominations open for 2025-26 Richard N. Henson Outstanding Advisor Award
Apr 6, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is accepting nominations for the 2025-26 Richard N. Henson Outstanding Advisor Award.
Awards & Honors, College News, Faculty & Staff