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Hands-on learning and real-world impact: How App State students are transforming early literacy Apr 28, 2026

Since its launch in fall 2023, App State’s early literacy field experience program has served nearly 500 K–3 students with reading support across Watauga and Catawba counties.

At Appalachian, Department of Child Development, Literacy, and Special Education, Literacy Education

‘If you want to make human words, real words, use a manual typewriter’ Apr 28, 2026

The constant clicking of typewriters lured students to room 414 in the Reich College of Education for the annual ... At Appalachian, Department of Leadership and Educational Studies, Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership

Planning for good: Dr. Elizabeth Shay on teaching as public service Mar 17, 2026

Congratulations to Dr. Jason Lynch on being named a recipient of the 2026 Appalachian State University School/College Awards!

At Appalachian, Department of Counseling, Family Therapy, and Higher Education, Higher Education
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Take a Hike: Academy at Elkin Recognized as North Carolina Year of the Trail School Aug 1, 2023

Students at the Appalachian State University’s Academy at Elkin are used to hiking — it’s part of their motto of Honesty,&n

At Appalachian, Lab School News
Mary Moretz and Dean Spooner at the Alumni Gala

App State Alumni Awards honor 3 Mountaineers for outstanding accomplishments Jul 26, 2023

6 alumni awardees from university’s colleges also recognized

At Appalachian, Alumni Update, History Education
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App State earns designation as a Top 10 Military Friendly School for 2023–24 May 26, 2023

Appalachian State University has been designated by VIQTORY as a Military Friendly® School for the 14th year in a row, ranking among the top 1

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App State honors 14 students, faculty and staff at inaugural Awards of Distinction ceremony May 24, 2023

Congratulations to RCOE faculty - Dave Koppenhaver, Bill Gummerson, and Matthew Thomas-Reid - and RCOE middle grades alum, Christian Martin '... At Appalachian, Literacy Education, School Administration, Middle Grades Education

Dean Spooner hands graduate diploma at commencement

Over 3,600 App State graduates earn degrees at Spring 2023 Commencement May 18, 2023

More than 3,600 students graduated at the Holmes Convocation Center on the Boone campus of Appalachian State University during Spring... At Appalachian

Scotty Huger, on a visit with his class, tries out a typewriter for the first time.

Typewriter Fest sparks heightened creativity May 2, 2023

Vanessa Barlow, a sophomore English secondary education major, decided a few weeks ago to write a “sappy love letter,” to her boyfrien

At Appalachian, Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership
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Seniors ahead of the curve: Accelerated Master’s Program May 2, 2023

At 16 years old, before even touring campus, Erin Barnette attended an open house at App State where she met with Reich College of Education... At Appalachian, Department of Child Development, Literacy, and Special Education, Special Education

Bill Gummerson and Matthew Thomas-Reid
App State Chief Diversity Officer, Jamie Parson, left in background, and App State alumnus Hudson Miller ’21, right in background, read “First Rain” to students at the App State Academy at Elkin in December 2022. The reading was a celebration of Jewish heritage. Miller was the former president of App State’s Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi. Photo submitted