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The Appalachian Veterans Arts & Humanities Collective to host Teresa Fazio
Mar 7, 2019

The Appalachian Veterans Arts & Humanities Collective is pleased to announce a residency by Teresa Fazio Thursday, April 4 and Friday, April ...

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CAS Corps Feature of the Month: Senior Psychology Major Amanda Bianco
Mar 7, 2019

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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“The Burden of Family History: When Pioneer Grandmothers Disappoint Us, and Other Fraught Tales” with Dr. Lynne Getz
Mar 6, 2019

Monday, March 18, 20195 - 6 p.m.Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 114 As a part of Women’s History month, the Gender, Women’s and Se...

LtoR, TtoB – Keynote Speakers: Historian Jon Mathieu, Switzerland; Dr. Dawn Hollis, Scotland and Geographer Gilles Rudaz, Switzerland. Alton C. Byers, Colorado and additional International participants Christian Quendler, Austria; Siân Williams, Wales and Frédérique Spill, France. And the regional Cole Mountain Cloggers. Photos submitted.

A Global study of Mountains at Appalachian: an International Mountain Studies Symposium
Mar 5, 2019

Appalachian State University will host an evening lecture and a one day symposium on comparative mountain studies between the Appalachian Mountains an...

A northern long-eared bat with visible symptoms of white-nose syndrome. Flickr/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters image

NPS funds Appalachian survey of WNS-affected bats in Blue Ridge Parkway area
Mar 4, 2019

Lurking among the many bat species that make the Blue Ridge Parkway area their home — the eastern red bat, the big brown bat and the silver-haired b...

Dr. Cameron Lippard, Chair, Department of Sociology. Photo by University Communications.

Dr. Cameron Lippard named Department Chair of Sociology
Mar 1, 2019

Dr. Cameron Lippard will assume the position of department chair for the Department of Sociology, in the College of Arts and Sciences as of March 1, 2...

Alton C. Byers, Ph.D. is a mountain geographer, conservationist and mountaineer specializing in applied research, high altitude ecosystems, climate change, glacier hazards and integrated conservation and development programs. Photo submitted.

Notes from the Field: Geologic and Climate Change Impacts on Nepal’s Glaciers
Mar 1, 2019

Monday, March 11, 20195 - 6 p.m.Turchin Center Lecture Hall, Room 1102Alton C. Byers, Ph.D. is a mountain geographer, conservationist and mountaineer ...

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Dr. Cameron Gokee receives 2016-18 Book Prize from the Society of Africanist Archaeologists
Feb 28, 2019

Dr. Cameron Gokee, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology has been awarded the 2016-18 Book Prize from the Committee of the Society of Africa...

Dr. Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Professor of Mathematics Education, College of Education, Michigan State University

Math Colloquim Series presents Dr. Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Professor of Mathematics Education from Michigan State University
Feb 27, 2019

Dr. Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Professor of Mathematics Education, College of Education, Michigan State University will give two presentations while on ca...

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Dr. Ted Thornhill Presents His Research on Race and College Admissions
Feb 27, 2019

Thornhill is an assistant professor of sociology at Florida Gulf Coast University. His research and writing examine color-blind ideology and new racis...