Dr. William Brewer to serve as macebearer for Fall 2024 CAS Commencement
Dec 2, 2024
BOONE, N.C. — Dr. William Brewer, professor in Appalachian State University's Department of English, will serve as macebearer for the Fall 2024 Coll...
App State students, faculty and staff volunteered to help neighbors after Hurricane Helene
Dec 2, 2024
BOONE, N.C. — Hurricane Helene left a lasting impact on the High Country when it hit on Sept. 27, causing widespread and unprecedented flooding, lan...
High Country Humanities announces “Philosophy and Religious Studies in the Contemporary World” series
Nov 26, 2024
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities—in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy and Religion—is pleased ...
April 2: Pickin’ Apart Bartók: How to Hear Folk Sounds in Classical Music
Nov 25, 2024
“Pickin’ Apart Bartók: How to Hear Folk Sounds in Classical Music”Wednesday, April 2, 2025, from 5:30-7 p.m.Jones House Cultural Center (604 We...
March 4: Bartók: From Opposing Ethnic Cleansing to Inventing Ethnomusicology
Nov 25, 2024
“Bartók: From Opposing Ethnic Cleansing to Inventing Ethnomusicology”Tuesday, March 4, 2025, from 5:30-7 p.m.Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, ...
High Country Humanities awarded $5,000 North Carolina Humanities grant to support programming on Béla Bartók
Nov 25, 2024
High Country Humanities will design and deliver high-impact humanities programming on Béla Bartók (1881–1945), the Hungarian composer who helped b...
SAFE Student Spotlight: Luke Rose ’24
Nov 25, 2024
Luke Rose ’24Fall 2023 SAFE Fund RecipientProject: "Taxonomic Significance of Lungfish (Sarcopterygii:Dipnoi) Tooth Plates in the Lower Triassic (Ol...
2025-26 Appalachian Scholarship Application Portal (ASAP) open December 1 through February 7
Nov 25, 2024
BOONE, N.C. — The 2025-26 Appalachian Scholarship Application Portal (ASAP) opens this Sunday, December 1, 2024, and closes Friday, February 7, 2025...
Experts address infrastructure, economy, climate change in wake of Hurricane Helene [The Appalachian]
Nov 22, 2024
Three days before Hurricane Helene, a local weatherman wrote his daily headline: “Bring it in, nail it down, shore it up.” Two days before the hur...
Appalachian Journal (vol. 52, no. 1-2) now available
Nov 20, 2024
BOONE, N.C. — The new Appalachian Journal (vol. 51, no. 1-2) features a tribute to Marie Cirillo, an exploration of underrated bestselling writer Ag...