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The Spring 2026 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writer Series will feature five performances of a production by playwright Kira Rockwell (top left) and presentations by authors Tim Earley (top right), Lillian-Yvonne Bertram (bottom left), and Gary Wheeler (bottom right). Photos submitted

Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series presents Spring 2026 lineup
Jan 20, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Spring 2026 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series will kick off with five theatrical performances, followed by visits from three acclaimed authors.

Arts & Cultural, College News, Events
Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review (vol. 53, no. 2)

Appalachian Journal (vol. 53, no. 2) now available
Jan 9, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — The latest issue of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review (volume 53, number 2), will arrive in subscribers’ mailboxes shortly.

Arts & Cultural, College News
The second edition of As the Crow Flies, the new open-access expansion of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, goes live on Dec. 15.

Winter 2025 edition of As the Crow Flies now available
Dec 15, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — The second edition of As the Crow Flies, the new open-access expansion of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, goes live on Dec. 15.

Arts & Cultural, College News
Dr. Cuong Mai (top left), Dr. Matt Ruble (top right), Dr. Ozzie Ostwalt (bottom left), and Dr. Kirstin Waldkoenig (bottom right) will present as part of the second “Philosophy and Religious Studies in the Contemporary World” series, scheduled for the Spring 2026 semester.

High Country Humanities announces Spring 2026 “Philosophy and Religious Studies in the Contemporary World” series
Dec 5, 2025

Note: “Mindfulness and Mental Health" with Dr. Cuong Mai and Dr. Matt Ruble was rescheduled from Jan. 28 to March 4 due to inclement weather.

Arts & Cultural, College News, Events
Dr. Darci Gardner (top left), Dr. Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand (top right), Dr. Paul Worley (bottom left), and Dr. Wendy Xie (bottom right)
An ofrenda (altar) created by instructors and students in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Photo submitted by Dr. Karola Rico García

Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures honors Día de los Muertos
Nov 7, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — The Appalachian State University Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures honored the Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) tradition by creating a beautiful ofrenda (altar) in L.S. Dougherty Hall.

Arts & Cultural, Departmental News, Faculty & Staff, Students
Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review (vol. 53, no. 1)
William Ritter, Sheila Kay Adams, and Donna Ray Norton. Photograph by Kara Leinfelder

Folk Revival After Helene [faculty, alumni featured]
Oct 7, 2025

On a warm Wednesday in August, the crowded patio of the Old Marshall Jail Hotel in Marshall, North Carolina, falls silent as seventh-generation ballad performer Sheila Kay Adams begins to sing. Her rich, practiced voice mingles with the flow of the French Broad River a few yards away.

Alumni, Arts & Cultural, Faculty & Staff
Joe Dancy and Jenna Shaw stand in front of their flooded and mud-filled home in Swannanoa after Hurricane Helene. Photo by Jesse Barber

App State and regional artists channel Helene’s impact into creative works of hope and healing
Oct 1, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Hurricane Helene is often remembered for scenes of destruction — but at Appalachian State University and in the surrounding community, artists have found beauty, hope and healing in the brokenness, channeling the storm’s impact into creative works.

Arts & Cultural, Alumni, Faculty & Staff, University News
As the Crow Flies, the new open-access expansion of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review