Higher Education

Mark Poarch named NC Community College President of the Year Feb 3, 2023 0
Feb 8, 2023

Caldwell County native Mark Poarch was recently announced as winner of the 2022-2023 North Carolina Community College System President of the Year awa...

Avery County Native Liz Silvers Promoted to Vice- President at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
Jan 18, 2023

Liz Silvers, a veteran educator who was raised in the Powdermill Community of Avery County, has been promoted to Vice-President for Instruction at Cal...

JuanEs Ramirez

Alumni Update: Dr. JuanEs Ramirez ’13 ’19
Oct 19, 2022

Dr. JuanEs Ramirez, an alumnus of the Reich College of Education’s Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, has been nominated as one of the 2022...

Ryan Huff with family

Ryan Huff Receives Wilks Postgraduate Scholarship
Aug 3, 2022

App State graduate Ryan Huff, who played for the Mountaineers' football team from 2017-21 and is currently a master's student in the Reich Colleg...

Annie Duncan

Success coaches personalize MTCC advising process
Jul 25, 2022

Annie Duncan is completing her Master of Arts in Higher Education this summer. Read how she helps students at McDowell Tech succeed.McDowell Tech is c...

Stacey Garrett

Garrett Earns Emerging Scholar Award
Mar 29, 2022

Dr. Stacey Garrett, program director and assistant professor of higher education in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies, was awarded ...

Stansberry's Slide on Neurodiversity

Graduate Student Amanda Stansberry Applies Her Experience with the 3MT Competition
Mar 22, 2022

Reich College of Education graduate student Amanda Stansberry participated in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition hosted by Appalachian State Un...

Charles E. Gibson, III

Lees-McRae College hires Charles E. Gibson, III as inaugural chief diversity officer
Feb 17, 2022

Congratulations to alum Charles E. Gibson, III on being named the Chief Diversity Officer at Lees-McRae College. He is a graduate of our M.A. and...

Graduate Students Honored

Four Reich College of Education Students Recognized by the Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies
May 3, 2021

Four Reich College of Education (RCOE) students were recognized by Appalachian State University’s Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies for ...