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The College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University

Announcing the 2024 College of Arts and Sciences Award Recipients
Dec 2, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Each year, Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) recognizes several members of the faculty and staff for...

Dr. William Brewer, professor in Appalachian State University's Department of English, will serve as macebearer for the Fall 2024 College of Arts and Sciences Commencement Ceremony. Photo by Chase Reynolds

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...

The App State Disaster Relief Hub opened in the Plemmons Student Union on Oct. 1, providing students, faculty and staff with resources and support after Hurricane Helene, including financial assistance through the App State Disaster Relief Fund. Alumnus Ryan Kennedy ’22, an administrative assistant in the Department of Psychology, volunteered at the hub for nearly three weeks. Photo by Kyla Willoughby

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...

Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities—in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy and Religion—is pleased to present “Philosophy and Religious Studies in the Contemporary World,” a series of four presentations by App State faculty members throughout the Spring 2025 semester.

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 ...

Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities—with support from North Carolina Humanities—is pleased to present “Pickin’ Apart Bartók: How to Hear Folk Sounds in Classical Music” on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Jones House Cultural Center, located at 604 West King Street in Boone.

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...

Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities—with support from North Carolina Humanities—is pleased to present “Bartók: From Opposing Ethnic Cleansing to Inventing Ethnomusicology” on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, from 5:30-7 p.m. in Room 1102 of Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, located at 423 West King Street in Boone.

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 at Appalachian State University has received another grant from North Carolina Humanities, a statewide nonprofit and the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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...

Luke Rose graduated from Appalachian in May with his bachelor's degree in geology with a concentration in paleontology. Photo submitted

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...

The 2025-26 Appalachian Scholarship Application Portal (ASAP) opens this Sunday, December 1, 2024, and closes Friday, February 7, 2025.

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...

The Appalachian

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...