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Announcing the 2025-26 App State CAS Senior Award Recipients
Apr 29, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — The Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) hosted the 2025-26 CAS Senior Awards Ceremony on Friday, April 24,...

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Tammy Taylor recognized for 30 years of service to Appalachian Senior Programs
Apr 29, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University is recognizing Tammy Taylor, director of the Foster Grandparent Program, as she marks 30 years of service...

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AppELS Institute offers free professional English classes to the community this summer and fall
Apr 27, 2026

Free Professional English Classes Offered to the Community This Summer and FallBOONE, N.C. — Dr. Donna Bonner, director of the Appalachian State Uni...

App State students and Mountaineer Medics Owen Troxell, far left, and Emily Bjerregaard, second from left, are pictured with members of the London Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust at an ambulance station in London. Photo submitted

App State Mountaineer Medics gain international perspective on emergency care
Apr 27, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — This spring, student and staff members of Appalachian State University’s Mountaineer Medics gained an international perspe...

Dr. Karl Campbell, professor in the Department of History, holds his Professor of the Year Goldie Award.

History's Karl Campbell named Professor of the Year by Student Government Association
Apr 24, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Karl Campbell, professor in the Department of History, has been named Professor of the Year by Appalachian State University’s St...

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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 S...

Dr. Clarice Moran earns Baden-Württemberg Mobility Grant

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, mar...

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CAS students earn 2025-26 Black and Gold Leadership Awards
Apr 17, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Club Council and Campus Activities, the governing and advocacy body for student clubs and organizations...

German internees built a Bavarian-style village called Old Heidelberg while detained. Photograph by Adolph Thierbach, Courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina

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 F...

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. Photo by Amber Johnson

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 awa...