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App State Chancellor Sheri Everts, center, and flag ceremony attendees applaud the unfurling of the flag of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina in the university’s Plemmons Student Union on Feb. 27. App State first-year student Cierra Bell, immediately to the left of the chancellor, and assistant professor Dr. Seth Grooms, pictured fourth from right, unfurled the flag. Photo by Chase Reynolds

Lumbee tribal flag now hangs in App State’s student union, honoring the Lumbee people and their history
Mar 3, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University recognized and honored the nearly 60,000 members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and their history on Feb. 27 with the hanging of the Lumbee tribal flag in Plemmons Student Union.

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CAS Corps member Meredith Sánchez-Sánchez is a senior global studies major from Clayton, N.C. Photo submitted.

CAS Corps Feature: Meredith Sánchez-Sánchez
Mar 2, 2023

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 opportunities for academic and professional growth.

College News, Students, CAS Corps
App State’s Andrew Jenkins ’12, senior lecturer in the Department of Biology, displays an oak leaf while guiding App State students and local community members on a May 2022 hike in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Blue Ridge Conservancy photo

Since 1958, App State's Southern Appalachian plant collection has aided research, teaching and conservation
Feb 27, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — With a High Country winter settled over Boone, thousands of plant specimens rest in perpetual bloom on Appalachian State University’s campus — ready to assist faculty and students in their research, teaching and conservation efforts, regardless of the season.

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CAS Corps member Jocelyn Pelcastre-Gonzalez is a junior mathematics major from Oxford, N.C. Photo submitted.

CAS Corps Feature: Jocelyn Pelcastre-Gonzalez
Feb 23, 2023

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 opportunities for academic and professional growth.

College News, Students, CAS Corps
Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences' Student and Faculty Excellence Grant

SAFE Student Spotlight: Mackenzie Doebler
Feb 21, 2023

Mackenzie Doebler, M.A. English
Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Spring 2022

Project: “Bluesman Jeffrey Scott Performing: African American Folk Artist at Appalachian State”

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CAS Corps member Anna Orgnon is a junior psychology major from Winston-Salem, N.C. Photo submitted.

CAS Corps Feature: Anna Orgnon
Feb 16, 2023

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 opportunities for academic and professional growth.

College News, Students, CAS Corps
James Auwn presenting his research on the role of translation initiation factors in the development of sensory neurons that transduce harmful stimuli at the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium in December, 2022. Photo submitted

Biology, Psychology major James Auwn receives competitive research scholarship
Feb 14, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — James Auwn, a junior molecular biology and psychology major from Cary, has been selected for the competitive Fulbright-MITACS Globalink Program.

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CAS Corps member Area Leslie is a junior geography major from Winston-Salem, N.C. Photo submitted.

CAS Corps Feature: Area Leslie
Feb 9, 2023

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 opportunities for academic and professional growth.

College News, CAS Corps, Students
SAFE Student Spotlight: Cara Cywinski

SAFE Student Spotlight: Cara Cywinski
Feb 7, 2023

Cara Cywinski, B.S. Environmental Science (Life Science)
Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Spring 2022

College News, SAFE Grant, Grants & Research, Students, Support
The Harris family celebrates their Mountaineer legacy: Two members are App State alumni and two are current students at App State. Pictured in front is Tony Harris II, a first-year student at App State with a major in risk management and insurance. Behind Harris, pictured from left to right, are his sisters Lundyn Harris ’16, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from App State, and Joy Harris, a student at North Carolina A&T University; his mother, Melissa Harris; his sister Jaeda Harris, an App Stat

‘It runs in the family’ — App State alumnus Tony Harris ’92 inspires next generation of Mountaineers
Feb 6, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — The Harris household in Charlotte wears a lot of black and gold. Tony Harris Sr. ’92 and his daughter Lundyn Harris ’16 are alumni of Appalachian State University — and his daughter Jaeda Harris and son Tony Harris II are current students.

University News, Students, Alumni