Dr. Leonardo Flores shares digital writing expertise with IIT Jodhpur through Fulbright Specialist Program
Sep 17, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — In August, Dr.
Awards & Honors, Faculty & Staff, Grants & ResearchHoward Neufeld, 'The Fall Color Guy,' looks for a return of mountain visitors a year after Helene [faculty featured]
Sep 12, 2025
The fall foliage season is an important tourism draw for Blue Ridge Mountain communities. Helene struck just weeks before 2024’s peak, effectively putting it on hold.
Faculty & StaffVeterinary Technology program's Rebecca Newman interviewed on The Veterinary Roundtable podcast
Sep 11, 2025
In this episode, the ladies welcome Rebecca Newman, Appalachian State University's Assistant Program Director and Wellbeing Coordinator and Bright Minds Award Winner, to discuss coping mechanisms in veterinary medicine, the most common issues among veterinary students, if veterinary schools are...
Faculty & StaffTrees are looking 'very good' as return of fall colors nears [faculty featured]
Sep 10, 2025
HIGH COUNTRY — Starting in mid- to late-September, and ramping up in October, visitors from all over the United States flock to the High Country to see the colorful foliage that the Blue Ridge Mountains have to offer.
Faculty & StaffWhat made Hurricane Helene a historic storm?
Sep 9, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — In September 2024, Hurricane Helene brought record-breaking rain and wind to the High Country, leaving a lasting impact across the region. It marked Boone’s most devastating flood event since 1940 — and before that, 1916.
Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research, University NewsTwo Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth [faculty featured]
Sep 5, 2025
Cormac McCarthy, one of the greatest novelists America has ever produced and one of the most private, had been dead for 13 months when I arrived at his final residence outside Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Faculty & Staff, Grants & ResearchAugust 2025 College of Arts and Sciences Staff Shout Outs
Sep 2, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — Awarded by the Appalachian State University Staff Senate, Staff Shout Outs recognize staff members for their positive contributions to the University.
Awards & Honors, Faculty & Staff, University NewsDr. Katie Mawhinney appointed Cain Distinguished Professor in Science Education
Aug 28, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — The Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) has appointed Dr.
Awards & Honors, College News, Faculty & StaffFrom one mountain community to another: App State professor delivers warmth to Qwaqwa [faculty featured]
Aug 27, 2025
A spirit of international collaboration and heartwarming generosity filled the air on the Qwaqwa Campus as Prof Julie Shepherd-Powell, Graduate Pro
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