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App State awarded $1.4M grant to strengthen special education workforce in rural Appalachia Aug 25, 2025

With more than $1.4 million in federal grant support, App State has developed a new career pathways initiative aimed at addressing the shortage of special education teachers in rural Appalachia... Features, At Appalachian, Department of Child Development, Literacy, and Special Education, Special Education, Teacher Education

Watauga County Schools supports Appalachian’s ASC Center for 12th year Apr 16, 2018

Students at Watauga High School will continue to have access to high-quality mental health services through Appalachian State University’s A

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A year of progress for 2017 Appalachian Innovation Scholars Mar 30, 2018

While five Appalachian State University faculty members were recently ann... At Appalachian

Appalachian interns to provide behavioral health services using US HRSA grant

Appalachian interns to provide behavioral health services using US HRSA grant Mar 27, 2018

Three faculty members in Appalachian State University’s Department of Human Development Psychological Counseling have been awarded $417,472

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US News & World Report includes Appalachian in ‘Best Graduate Schools’

US News & World Report Includes Appalachian in ‘Best Graduate Schools’ Mar 27, 2018

Appalachian State University ranks among U.S.

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N.C. Humanities Council awards planning funds for ‘Decolonizing Citizenship and Indigenous Lifeways’ project Mar 19, 2018

An interdisciplinary team at Appalachian State University has received a planning grant in the amount of $715 from the ... At Appalachian

Irwin “Ike” Belk mimics the gesture of the bronze boy in “Just Reach a Little Higher,” a sculpture he commissioned for the Reich College of Education in 2012.

Dedicated benefactor and philanthropist Irwin ‘Ike’ Belk remembered Mar 12, 2018

Many of the sculptures that adorn Appalachian State University’s campus were gifted by Irwin “Ike” Belk.

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Justin Chandler ’16, teaching at West Alexander Middle School in Taylorsville. Photo by Rebekah Saylors

Graduate Pens Young Adult Novel, Uses it in His Teaching Feb 27, 2018

Justin Chandler ’16 graduated from Appalachian State University with a bachelor’s degree in ... At Appalachian