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Woman in sunglasses and a flowing white outfit stands on a cobblestone path before a grand building, with benches, flowers, and bright sun.

Meet CAS Corps member Lizzie Smith
Sep 15, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Corps members serve as representatives to all college constituents, creating, promoting, and executing opportunities for academic and professional growth.

College News, CAS Corps, Students
App State sophomores Kate Borkowski and River Savante pose together on the Blue Ridge Parkway Sept. 3.

The roommates who summited Mt. Kilimanjaro [student featured]
Sep 14, 2026

From Mexico to Egypt, two App State students traveled together across several countries and continents, and this summer they embarked on a trip that was more than a simple vacation.


Global Learning, Students
Close-up selfie of a person wearing glasses, a black beanie, and tan jacket outdoors near parked cars on a winter day.

Meet CAS Corps member Jose Barajas-Arias
Sep 10, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Corps members serve as representatives to all college constituents, creating, promoting, and executing opportunities for academic and professional growth.

College News, CAS Corps, Students
Close-up portrait of a person in a white beanie and winter jacket, standing in snowy stadium bleachers.

Meet CAS Corps member Shaun Appleman
Sep 8, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Corps members serve as representatives to all college constituents, creating, promoting, and executing opportunities for academic and professional growth.

College News, CAS Corps, Students
Mady Helt

Meet the English department’s secret soup-ciety
Sep 8, 2026

There’s a secret society here at App State. Instead of secret meetings, conspiracy theories and secretly controlling the world, they focus on one thing: Soup.

Faculty & Staff, Students
App State logo in white and gold on a black background.

App State marks fall 2026 with historic online, graduate, transfer and first-gen student enrollment
Sep 4, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University opened its 2026–27 academic year with 21,308 Mountaineer students enrolled at the university for fall 2026 — including the largest online, graduate transfer and first-generation student populations in the university’s history.

University News, Students
Five researchers pose in a laboratory beside a large microscope and computer monitors, smiling warmly in a collaborative, welcoming setting.

App State researchers secure NSF MRI award for microscope upgrades
Sep 1, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Faculty members in Appalachian State University's College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) have been awarded a two-year, $182,268 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to upgrade a key research instrument in the William C.

College News, Faculty & Staff, Grants & Research, Students
App State’s Team Sunergy and its solar racing vehicle, Autumn, cross the finish line on day eight of the 2026 Electrek American Solar Challenge in Amarillo, Texas, completing the cross-country road race. Photo by Kyla Willoughby
Weevils in a cup.

Weevils released to combat mile-a-minute weed on Boone Greenway [student featured]
Aug 3, 2026

BOONE — The town of Boone released more than 5,000 weevils onto the Boone Greenway trail on Friday to rid the trails of mile-a-minute weed, which is a “fast-growing invasive vine,” according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Outreach & Community Engagement, Students
A group of people standing in a desert setting beside a sign reading "Desert Ecology." The group is holding flags featuring the Appalachian State and UNC Asheville logos.

App State biology students explore desert ecology across the Southwest through immersive field course
Jul 27, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — In May, Appalachian State University biology students — joined by students from the University of North Carolina Asheville — traveled more than 5,000 miles across the American Southwest as part of an immersive Desert Ecology field course.

Faculty & Staff, Students, University News