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Carla Ramsdell

Hurricane Helene changed one survivor’s approach to preparedness [faculty featured]
Sep 22, 2026

Carla Ramsdell thought she was ready to face a weather disaster. But after surviving Hurricane Helene and seeing how many people in her state of North Carolina were left without food and water, she changed her mind.

Faculty & Staff, Outreach & Community Engagement
Dr. Jessica Cory

Appalachian floods force hard choices about home [faculty featured]
Sep 21, 2026

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The animals needed fire, but the water stood between them and the warmth that could change their world.

Faculty & Staff, Outreach & Community Engagement
A man with short hair and a beard, wearing bright yellow glasses and a collared shirt patterned with large orange flowers and green leaves, smiles against a solid black background.
Attendees at the 2025 Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian (RECAPP) event enjoyed connecting with researchers and learning about the many research and creative projects at App State. This year’s RECAPP event will be held Sept. 18 in the Broyhill Music Center on App State’s Boone campus. Photo by Chase Reynolds
Four smiling adults in a 2x2 portrait collage: one man and three women, dressed professionally against black, purple, and textured backgrounds.
A man wearing a blue shirt.

UNCP students unearth untold stories at the Library of Congress [faculty featured]
Sep 10, 2026

Throughout the summer, students examined Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) and Farm Security Administration photographs, manuscripts and oral histories documenting Robeson County and the Lumbee people

Faculty & Staff, Outreach & Community Engagement
Professional headshot of a smiling man with glasses and dark hair, wearing a black collared shirt against a black background.
Two people stand outdoors in front of a brick academic building. The man on the left wears glasses, a brown blazer, light blue shirt, tan pants, and a cream-colored scarf with fringe. The woman on the right wears glasses, a gray blazer, dark jeans, and a multicolored scarf in shades of red, purple, and orange. Both are smiling, and the background shows a tree, grass, and a walkway.

Edited collection by Drs. Melissa Birkhofer and Paul Worley receives ASAIL Honorable Mention
Sep 9, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Two Appalachian State University faculty members — Dr. Melissa Birkhofer, assistant professor in the Department of English, and Dr.

Awards & Honors, College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
Educational museum exhibit honoring paleoenviron­mental scientist Cynthia Liutikus, with fossil displays, an information panel, and interactive activities.

Dr. Cynthia Liutkus featured in regional Women in STEAM exhibit at AMOS
Sep 8, 2026

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Dr. Cynthia Liutkus is featured in the Asheville Museum of Science's (AMOS) WORK!

Departmental News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research, Outreach & Community Engagement
Mady Helt

Meet the English department’s secret soup-ciety
Sep 8, 2026

There’s a secret society here at App State. Instead of secret meetings, conspiracy theories and secretly controlling the world, they focus on one thing: Soup.

Faculty & Staff, Students