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Fall 2017 Commencement

Appalachian Graduates 1,475 at December 2017 Commencement Ceremonies
Dec 18, 2017

A total of 1,475 students graduated from Appalachian State University Saturday, Dec. 16, during commencement in Holmes Convocation Center.Appalachian ...

The flag of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee was hung at a ceremony in Plemmons Student Union Wednesday, Dec 6.

Eastern Band of the Cherokee Flag Installed in Plemmons Student Union
Dec 11, 2017

The flag of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee now hangs in a place of prominence alongside the American, Chinese and Israeli national flags — and a v...

Masters Matter

Masters Matter: Dr. Kim Becnel & Debbie Whitehead, Library Science
Dec 7, 2017

Masters Matter PodcastConsidering graduate school? Masters really do matter at Appalachian State University! Get an inside peek into the graduate expe...

What's Your Truth: Stand in the Gap
Dec 6, 2017

What's Your Truth?What's Your Truth host Nickolas Jordan is on a journey to find truth in the universe and he needs your help.Episode 2: Jordan a...

Hyde Named Dean of Students for Appalachian State University
Dec 1, 2017

Following a national search, Dr. Jonathon Hyde has been named associate vice chancellor and dean of students for Appalachian State University. Hyde mo...

Appalachian State University graduate student Judson MacDonald ’17 attends March for Equality, his first pride march, in Santiago, Chile in May 2016.

Appalachian Education Student Aspires to Teach Lessons in Individuality
Nov 27, 2017

Judson MacDonald ’17 wanted to be a teacher ever since he walked into his kindergarten career day in one of his father’s oversized business shirts...

Turbine

Appalachian Earns No. 1 Ranking from AASHE for Sustainability Among Master’s Institutions
Nov 15, 2017

BOONE, N.C.—In the 2017 Sustainable Campus Index compiled by the standard bearer for tracking sustainability in higher education, Appalachian State ...

Appalachian student Meredith White volunteers at F.A.R.M. Cafe during the Martin Luther King Day of Service in January 2017. Photo by Marie Freeman

A Community of ‘Doers’
Nov 6, 2017

North Carolina has a higher-than-average food insecurity rate — 16 percent, ranking it eighth among the United States for the number of people who l...

Leslie Bradbury

Faculty Member of Distinction: Dr. Leslie Bradbury
Oct 24, 2017

When Appalachian State University professor Dr. Leslie Bradbury wants to excite student teachers about the possibilities in teaching science, she stan...

The new historic marker, with university buildings in the background.

Reclaiming a Community Treasure
Oct 9, 2017

Appalachian research, community support culminate in marker at African-American cemetery...About 50 people gathered for the unveiling of a historic ma...