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The Veterinary Technology Program at Appalachian State University

The College of Arts and Sciences celebrates National Vet Tech Week 2025
Oct 10, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Housed in the College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Rural Resilience and Innovation, Appalachian State's Veterinary Technology p...

App State Chancellor Heather Norris, left, with Dr. Rahman Tashakkori, the Lowe’s Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in App State’s Department of Computer Science, at the university’s 2025 Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian event, held Sept. 19 on the Boone campus. Tashakkori is the recipient of the 2025 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity. Photo by Chase Reynolds

App State spotlights achievements in research, scholarship and creative activities
Oct 10, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — This year’s Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian (RECAPP) event — Appalachian State University’s annual showcase of fac...

William Ritter, Sheila Kay Adams, and Donna Ray Norton. Photograph by Kara Leinfelder

Folk Revival After Helene [faculty, alumni featured]
Oct 7, 2025

On a warm Wednesday in August, the crowded patio of the Old Marshall Jail Hotel in Marshall, North Carolina, falls silent as seventh-generation ballad...

U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, Forbes magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Monthly magazine and Money.com have named App State among the nation’s top schools for 2025–26, recognizing the university for its academics, innovation, value, benefits for student veterans and more. This aerial image of App State’s Boone campus, taken Sept. 18, shows the beginnings of fall color dotting campus trees. Photo by Wes Craig and Chase Reynolds

High-quality academics, innovation and value secure App State’s spot among America’s top schools for 2025–26
Oct 6, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University has earned a national reputation as one of the top higher education institutions in the Southeast and the...

Joe Dancy and Jenna Shaw stand in front of their flooded and mud-filled home in Swannanoa after Hurricane Helene. Photo by Jesse Barber

App State and regional artists channel Helene’s impact into creative works of hope and healing
Oct 1, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Hurricane Helene is often remembered for scenes of destruction — but at Appalachian State University and in the surrounding communit...

The Veterinary Technology Program at Appalachian State University

App State Veterinary Technology program announces fall 2025 speaker series
Sep 30, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Veterinary Technology program, with support from the College of Arts and Sciences, is pleased to announ...

World-renowned physicist Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr., of the University of Maryland, will headline the 2025 Morgan Science Lecture at Appalachian State University. Photo submitted

Physicist Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr. to headline Appalachian's Morgan Science Lecture Series on October 21
Sep 25, 2025

2025 Morgan Science Lecture feat. Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr.Tuesday, October 21, 20257:00 - 8:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)I.G. Greer Hall Audi...

Dr. Howie Neufeld

Just in Time for Leaf-Peeping Season, the Blue Ridge Parkway Reopens [faculty featured]
Sep 24, 2025

Almost a year after Hurricane Helene carved a devastating path through Western North Carolina, toppling millions of trees and gutting a key tourism se...

The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX), or Parlamentarisches Patenschafts-Programm (PPP), logo.

2 CAS alumni selected for Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals
Sep 23, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals has selected two Appalachian State University College of Arts and...

CAS Corps member Seleen Al Horani is a senior chemistry major from Amman, Jordan. Photo submitted

Meet the CAS Corps: Seleen Al Horani
Sep 23, 2025

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Corps are chosen to serve as representatives to all constituents of CAS and to create, promote and execute oppo...