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The Center Online: A Jewish Child Survivor of the Holocaust Gives Testimony  Monday, July 27, 2020

The Center Online: A Jewish Child Survivor of the Holocaust Gives Testimony Monday, July 27, 2020
Jul 6, 2020

The Center Online: A Jewish Child Survivor of the Holocaust Gives Testimony Monday, July 27, 20207 p.m.Online Zoom-based eventThis talk is free a...

App State’s Fulbright scholars

App State’s Fulbright scholars foster international connections despite global pandemic
Jul 3, 2020

BOONE, N.C. — Many of Appalachian State University’s 2019–20 Fulbright scholars were overseas when the COVID-19 pandemic began, requir...

Winners of David Hodgin English Award Announced

Winners of David Hodgin English Award Announced
Jul 2, 2020

We are pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural David Hodgin English Award, which this year called for works that addressed the impact th...

SAFE Grant Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Ellen Lamont

SAFE Grant Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Ellen Lamont, Sociology
Jul 1, 2020

Dr. Ellen LamontAssistant Professor, Honors CoordinatorStudent and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) fund recipientProject:“The Mating Game: Courtship ...

A plume of dust coming from the Sahara Desert to the U.S.

App State researchers to study dust plume as it settles over Boone
Jun 29, 2020

A sweeping plume of dust — traveling 5,000 miles from the Sahara Desert to the U.S. — will offer an unexpected bright spot for the High Country, a...

Graduation cap graphic

List of Spring Graduates Now Available Online
Jun 25, 2020

Appalachian State University has released the list of 2,411 undergraduate students and 341 graduate students that received degrees ...

SAFE Grant Student Spotlight: Tyler Harris '20, Biochemistry and Cell/Molecular Biology

SAFE Grant Student Spotlight: Tyler Harris '20, Biochemistry and Cell/Molecular Biology
Jun 24, 2020

Tyler Harris was an undergraduate student from Raleigh, N.C.Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) fund recipient Project: “Oxidative Stress and...

Jane Barghothi named vice chancellor for university advancement at Appalachian State

Jane Barghothi named vice chancellor for university advancement at Appalachian State
Jun 23, 2020

BOONE, N.C. — Jane McIntyre Barghothi ’96 has been named Appalachian State University’s vice chancellor for university advancement. Barghothi ha...

Then and Now Alumna: Meaghan Hansen

Then and Now: Meaghan Hansen, Psychology
Jun 22, 2020

Meaghan Hansen '17M.A. Industrial- Organizational Psychology and Human Resource ManagementFrom Charlotte, N.C. THENAlumna, Meaghan Hansen, says s...

Political Science alum fundraises for DC research institution

Political Science alum fundraises for DC research institution
Jun 19, 2020

BOONE, N.C. — For the past six years, Appalachian State University alumnus Tommy Wrenn ’14 has worked as a development professional in Washington,...