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Bristol Bay Alaska, Sockeye Salmon's Last Frontier
Oct 8, 2018

Dr. Todd RadenbaughTuesday, Oct. 9, 201812:30 p.m.Rankin Science West, Room 158This talk is free and open to the campus and community.Appalachian Stat...

An aerial view of Appalachian State University’s campus in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Photo by Marie Freeman

Appalachian named among nation’s top colleges and universities by 4 recognized national publications
Oct 8, 2018

The value of an Appalachian State University education, along with Appalachian’s academics, innovation and benefits for student veterans, has consis...

Senior Computer Science Major Preston Wilson. Photo by Ellen Gwin Burnette

CAS Corps Feature of the Month: Senior Computer Science Major Preston Wilson
Oct 5, 2018

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

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Frankenstein’s 200th at Appalachian
Oct 4, 2018

Throughout 2018, fans from across the globe will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” (1818), a seminal literar...

Yellow birch leaves on Grandfather Mountain, photographed Sept. 23 — part of the 5–10 percent of local landscape Neufeld said was showing color that weekend. Photo by Howard Neufeld

'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 s...

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Oct 3, 2018

Thursday, October 47 p.m. I.G. Greer Hall, Room 119Open to the campus and community.The Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies has partne...

Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies Lecture Series Fall 2018

Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies Lecture Series Fall 2018
Oct 2, 2018

The Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies program invites students, faculty and the general public to the Fall 2018 Lecture Series. All events are fre...

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‘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 So...

Sharareh Nikbahkt, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Appalachian Math Walk: Promoting STEM using creative activities
Oct 1, 2018

Sharareh Nikbahkt, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematical SciencesFriday, Oct. 5, 20183-4 p.m.103A Walker HallThis talk is free and open to ...

In honor of their 50th anniversaries, the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Fine and Applied Arts and Reich College of Education at Appalachian State University will host a goods drive focused on the “3 P’s” — personal care items, pasta, and peanut butter and jelly/jams — for Appalachian’s campus food pantry and free store, located in the Office of Sustainability.

500 for the 50th Goods Drive
Sep 28, 2018

Appalachian's Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Fine and Applied Arts and Education honor their 50th anniversaries by giving back to the Appalachian Comm...