In the Media

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New director for Public School Partnership branches out
Jan 25, 2019

Trisha Caviness-Bliss smiled ear-to-ear as she sat in her new office at her alma mater surrounded by photos of all the elementary school classes she h...

App State ranks first for the third year in a row of National Board Certified alumni
Jan 25, 2019

App State was founded as a teaching college in 1899. It’s still recognized as one of the top alma maters in the nation for education 120 years later...

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Is the Internet Data-Mining Into Our Privacy?
Jan 23, 2019

Four Appalachian students,  Lindsay Ficklin, Lexi Hargesheimer, Chloe Vann, and Dorothy Williams, co-authored a blog for the National A...

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ASU Ranks No. 1 For Highest Number of NBPTS-Certified Alumni
Jan 14, 2019

For the third consecutive year, Appalachian State University has topped the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards’ list of “Top 50 Al...

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The Melanie Childers Story: Hospital Chaplain Celebrates 20th Year of Service
Jan 14, 2019

We all have preconceptions in life. Predetermined ideas of what is right and wrong based on our own upbringing, faith or lack of it, and individual li...

Talk about hands-on learning! AMS students teaching ASU visitors how to chop wood on a dreary Saturday.

Collaborating Across Communities
Jan 7, 2019

At most schools, learning hits the brakes on the weekends. Not the case at the Arthur Morgan School. This past Saturday students from Appala...

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Geri Miller, Glenda S. Johnson and Clinical Mental Health Counseling Students Publish Article in Counseling Today
Dec 14, 2018

Drs. Geri Miller (HPC) and Glenda S. Johnson (HPC) have published a “Knowledge Share” article titled “The use of evidence-based practices with o...

Can Innovative Rural Schools Stem the Urban Bleed?

Can Innovative Rural Schools Stem the Urban Bleed?
Dec 6, 2018

Dr. Andrew Koricich (LES) featured in Chapter 1: Rural America is BleedingChapter 1: Rural America Is BleedingIn the 16 years between 1994 and 2010,&n...

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National Board Welcomes New Members of Board of Directors
Dec 6, 2018

National Board welcomes new directors from North Carolina, Alabama, Michigan, the NEA Executive Committee, Past President of the National School Board...

Chris Moody '99 Named Executive Director of American College Personnel Association

Chris Moody '99 Named Executive Director of American College Personnel Association
Dec 3, 2018

Chris Moody '99 has been named Executive Director of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA). He will serve a three-year term begi...