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Chancellor’s Grant Funds Partnership To Create Local Food Network With County's Early Childhood Learning Centers Apr 17, 2024

Preschool children across Watauga County may soon be tasting vegetables like leafy swiss chard and bell peppers grown by local farmers thanks to a 2024 App State ... At Appalachian, Child Development, Lucy Brock Child Development Program, Department of Child Development, Literacy, and Special Education

App State partners with Mebane Charitable Foundation to improve literacy in the High Country and Catawba Valley Mar 4, 2024

The Mebane Charitable Foundation has donated $100,000 to Appalachian State University to fund the expansion of reading assistance services for K–3 students in Watauga and Catawba counties.

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App State selected to join North Carolina Teaching Fellows program Mar 4, 2024

Beginning next fall, Appalachian State University will be among 10 colleges and universities statewide that are partnered with the North Carolina Teaching Fellows program.

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Chancellors Scholars

11 first-year App State students earn Chancellor’s Scholarship for 2022–23 Nov 9, 2022

 Eleven first-year students have joined the Appalachian State University Community as Chancellor’s Scholars for the 2022–23 acade

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Grant to facilitate collaboration between Cherokee and Māori communities Nov 9, 2022

A grant secured by Appalachian State University will facilitate visits by Cherokee high school students and community leaders to New Zealand in... At Appalachian

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Ryan Huff Receives Wilks Postgraduate Scholarship Aug 3, 2022

App State graduate Ryan Huff, who played for the Mountaineers' football team

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Chancellor Innovation Scholars 22

5 faculty teams awarded 2022 Chancellor’s Innovation grants for projects at App State Jul 26, 2022

Congratulations to the RCOE faculty Dr. Kelly Clark, Dr. Chrystal Dean, and Dr. David Peyton, and congratulations to doctoral alumna, Dr.... At Appalachian, Special Education, Elementary Education, Mathematics Education

Dr. Betsy Rosenbalm ’01 ’05 ’08, pictured second from right, is App State’s director of the Public School Partnership, a collaborative program between the Reich College of Education (RCOE) and area public schools to improve education. She also serves as regional director of the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program (NC NTSP). Pictured with her, from left to right, are App State’s four new teacher support coaches: Ike Smith, Dr. Caroline Beam ’04 ’11 ’14, Maggie Murphy ’08 ’15 and Karen Walker ’94 ’98.

Reich College of Education staff coach Northwestern NC’s new teachers Jul 6, 2022

The first few years of teaching in K–12 schools can be tough — but extra support for the new educators makes a huge difference, said D

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50 years of giving: App State families change lives, build legacies Jul 6, 2022

Appalachian State University alumni have often said that once you become part of the Mountaineer community, you never truly leave.

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Sean Gaillard named principal of App State’s Academy at Middle Fork lab school May 27, 2022

Appalachian State University has named Sean Gaillard as the new principal of its Academy at Middle Fork lab school in Walkertown, effective July... At Appalachian, Lab School News

In January, Alex Edmisten ’03, second from right, visited Appalachian State University to deliver a check for $36,000 from the NC Scottish Rite Masonic Foundation that will support App State’s Anderson Reading Clinic and Charles and Geneva Scott Scottish Rite Communication Disorders Clinic. In April, Edmisten returned to the university to deliver a check for $22,000 from the Hillery H. Rink Jr. Fund, also in support of the two clinics. Edmisten is pictured with App State’s Dr. Marie Huff, dean of the Beaver

App State’s donations from Scottish Rite exceed $2 million May 20, 2022

For more than 60 years, Appalachian State University has benefited from sustained support from Scottish Rite organizations in North Carolina.

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Nearly 4,000 students earn degrees as App State's Class of 2022 May 10, 2022

Nearly 4,000 students attained Appalachian State University degrees this spring, which was celebrated at Spring Commencement ceremonies held May... At Appalachian