In the Media

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...

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College of education participates in fourth-annual Media Literacy Week
Nov 26, 2018

App State’s Reich College of Education continued its legacy for early implementation of media literacy practices in its Teacher Education program. A...

ROBERT C. REED/HICKORY DAILY RECORD: Ashley Bandy, 2011 valedictorian at Newton Conover High School, is now a mathematics teacher at her hometown high school as she holds her teacher identification card.

What would bring you back to Hickory?: We asked some of the best and brightest recent graduates to talk about where they are compared to where they grew up
Nov 26, 2018

The Hickory area has more jobs than qualified workers.There were 4,393 job openings in the county but only 2,797 unemployed people as of August, ...

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Cherokee students learn about their roots during visit to Chieftains
Nov 9, 2018

Students from the Eastern Band of the Cherokee high school on the Qualla Boundary in North Carolina are learning about their tribal roots this weekend...

Chieftains Museum

Free day at Chieftains Museum features members of Eastern band of Cherokee Indians
Nov 5, 2018

Surviving members of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, will be visiting the home of their people as a part of the ...

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App state English professor publishes new book of poetry
Nov 2, 2018

App State’s University Bookstore celebrated the release of a new book by Adrian Rice, App State adjunct professor, titled, “The Strange Estate: Ne...

Food Drive

Three academic colleges celebrate 50th anniversary with goods drive
Oct 29, 2018

App State’s College of Arts and Science, the College of Fine and Applied Arts and Reich College of Education celebrate their 50th anniversaries by g...

Queer pedagogy talk sheds light on LGBTQ students in slideshow
Oct 23, 2018

Matthew Thomas-Reid gave a lecture in Belk Library and Information Commons about queering educational institutions and the importance of speaking to m...