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Faculty and Staff News

Dr. Marc Kissel

The story of the first human tool: the humble container [faculty featured]

In the prehistoric opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the first tool is a club: a long limb bone that proves handy for killing prey animals, murde...

Dr. Paul Worley

Monday Rockpile: Paul Worley gives Rockies prospects real-world English practice [faculty featured]

If you were a college student studying Spanish, you’d probably want to take a class with Dr. Paul Worley, who’s a Professor of Spanish and Wo...

Mary Beth Crass (top left), Lauren Gibbs’17 ’18 (top right), Michelle Holcombe (bottom left), and Sharon Huntley (bottom right)

CAS Dean's Office staff recognized with shout-outs in April

BOONE, N.C. — In April, four members of Appalachian State University's College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean's Office were recognized with staff s...

Kimberly Treadaway, left, and Oscar Smith, sit beside a stack of needle boxes at Holler Harm Reduction in Marshall, North Carolina. (Jesse Barber / Grist)

Helene frayed the safety net for people who use drugs. This community wove it back together. [faculty featured]

Kimberly Treadaway hoped she was prepared for the storm. Hurricane Helene was heading right for her home in Weaverville, North Carolina, and she worri...

App State Chancellor Heather Norris, third from right, and App State Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Neva J. Specht, third from left, with the 2026 Ronny L. Brooks Leadership Award recipients at App State’s 2026 Awards of Distinction ceremony, held April 28 on the Boone campus. Pictured with Norris and Specht, from left to right, are App State seniors Courtney Castellow and Daye Talley, Rhonda Bullock, daughter of Ronny L. Brooks, and her husband, John Bullock, and App State senior David Itson. Photo

29 Mountaineers honored with 2026 App State Awards of Distinction

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University honored 29 students, faculty and staff during its fourth annual Awards of Distinction ceremony,...