Department of Counseling, Family Therapy, and Higher Education

Sarah LaFrance

Alumni Update: Sarah LaFrance ’20
Apr 23, 2024

Sarah LaFrance, originally from Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, graduated from Appalachian State University with a Master of Arts in student affairs administ...

Ashley Carpenter

Dr. Ashley Carpenter Is App State’s First Spencer Foundation Grant Recipient
Apr 16, 2024

Dr. Ashley Carpenter, assistant professor of higher education in the Department of Counseling, Family Therapy, and Higher Education, is Appalachian St...

Orchesis Event

Orchesis Alliance New Expressive Arts Gallery Opens Friday, March 1
Feb 27, 2024

As part of the Town of Boone’s First Friday Art Crawl, the Orchesis Alliance club is hosting their first open house, which will showcase the new Exp...

Dena Kniess

Dr. Dena Kniess Receives Excellence in Teaching Award
Dec 5, 2023

Dr. Dena Kniess, an associate professor in the Department of Counseling, Family Therapy, and Higher Education and program director for the Student Aff...

Andrew Koricich

What a decline in rural colleges means for rural communities
Aug 11, 2023

Dr. Andrew Koricich, executive director of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges and associate professor of higher education, was interviewed...

Students visit the state capitol

Seeing Policy in Action: Field Trip to the State Capitol
May 30, 2023

Field trips to the capitol are not just for the K-12 students. As part of Dr. Jason Lynch’s HE 6340 Policy Analysis in Higher Education course this ...