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Maxine Cooper McCall ’60, ’65. Photo submitted.
Mark Byrd ’92 ’94 ’15

Mark Byrd ’92 ’94 ’15 posthumously inducted into Reich College of Education Rhododendron Society
Jun 11, 2026

Appalachian State University alumni Mark Byrd ’92 ’94 ’15, Barbara Daye ’59 ’61 ’86, Dr.

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App State alumni Masa and Seleen Al Horani. Photo by Chase Reynolds
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
Taylor Dills, Liz Kunkel, and Ralph Lentz II

Former students turned professors: App State alums reflect on their return to the High Country [faculty featured]
May 1, 2026

During fall break of 1999, Ralph Lentz was a new professor at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute. One Saturday night, he received a call from Michael Wade, his former history professor at App State.

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The Department of Computer Science logo featuring the block A with two lines of text underneath it: The first line reads "College of Arts and Sciences," and the second line reads "Computer Science."
Savannah Devine ‘22
The "Appalachian State Giving Day" logo overlaying four images: one of two students conducting an archaeological survey, one of a faculty member examining a rock with two students, one of a faculty member teaching a lecture, and one of three students conducting a stream survey.

Support the College of Arts and Sciences during Appalachian State Giving Day 2026
Mar 12, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's biggest annual day of giving is back for its 13th year with a new look and name: Appalachian State Giving Day.

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Dr. Matt Estep (left) and Alex O'Neill ’19 ’21 (right)
Alaina Krakowiak and Laura Boggess, both longtime sport and trad climbers from the Southeast, are using their skills to search for rare grasslands. All photos courtesy of Krakowiak

The Search for Vertical Grasslands [alumni featured]
Mar 5, 2026

In March of 2024, Alaina Krakowiak and Laura Boggess sat in a field in the town of Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and took turns looking through a high-powered scope. It was pointed at a broad, sheer limestone cliff that faced them.

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