Appalachian’s Drs. Xiaofei Tu and Wendy Xie awarded STARTALK grant for 2018 Chinese immersion program
Nov 20, 2018
Thanks to a grant from STARTALK, a project funded by the National Security Agencyand administered by the National Foreign Language Center, 15 High Country high sch
College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
Appalachian’s Dr. Jon Carter offers historical context for ‘migrant caravan,’ points to U.S. free-trade policies of 1990s
Nov 5, 2018
Why are thousands of Hondurans migrating en masse to the U.S. border? Appalachian State University sociocultural anthropologist Dr.
College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research
"Ecological and social constraints on ranging behavior in siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) in fire-damaged habitat"
Nov 1, 2018
Dr. Susan Lappan, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University
Monday, Nov. 5, 2018
12 p.m.
Anne Belk Hall, Room 342
This event is free of charge and open to the campus and community.
College News, Faculty & Staff, Events
Dr. Ellen Cowan is awarded Geological Society of America fellowship
Oct 30, 2018
Dr. Ellen Cowan, Professor, sedimentary record of climate change, geoarchaeology and geomorphology
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
College Faculty and Staff Awards 2017-18
Oct 25, 2018
Each year the College of Arts and Sciences hosts a luncheon to celebrate the many faculty and staff in the college and to recognize outstanding faculty and staff with the following awards:
College News, Faculty & Staff, Awards & Honors
Carmen Scoggins: A leader in the classroom through Spanish education in Watauga County and at Appalachian
Oct 25, 2018
The College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University has named Carmen Scoggins ’94 ’98 as the Outstanding Alumni Award winner for 2017–18.
College News, Faculty & Staff, Awards & Honors
'Fall Color Guy': Unprecedented warn weather is delaying fall leaf color
Oct 4, 2018
Biologist Dr. Howard Neufeld, Appalachian State University’s “Fall Color Guy,” says this year’s fall leaf color development is behind normal schedule due to warm weather, which is forecast to continue this week.
College News, Sustainability, Faculty & Staff
‘After Coal’ documentary produced by Appalachian’s Thomas Hansell adapted as book
Oct 1, 2018
“After Coal,” a feature-length documentary produced by Appalachian State University’s Thomas Hansell, explores how coal-mining communities in South Wales and Appalachia have survived long after the coal industry has moved on.
College News, Events, Faculty & Staff
Faculty and student research on Navigating Campus Hookup Culture
Sep 27, 2018
Current research examples of the college hookup scene consistently show it to be heavily gendered and heteronormative.
College News, Faculty & Staff, Students, Grants & Research
What Baby Stars and Meteorites Can Tell Us About Our Solar System’s Past
Sep 25, 2018
Rachel Smith studies the birth of stars to better understand the origins of life on Earth, and perhaps elsewhere in the universe.
College News, Faculty & Staff