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500 for the 50th Goods Drive: 766 Items Collected
Nov 5, 2018

500 for the 50th Goods Drive UpdateThanks to everyone who participated in the 500 for the 50th Goods Drive. Together with the Coll...

Cody Weavil plays a Chinese Erhu. Photo submitted

Alumni Update: Cody Weavil ‘13
Nov 1, 2018

Cody Weavil, originally from High Point, North Carolina, graduated in 2013 with a dual bachelor’s in instrumental music education and saxophone perf...

Amy White

Alumni Update: Amy White ‘04 '15
Oct 18, 2018

Amy White (née Buchanan), originally from Asheville, North Carolina, graduated in 2004 with a B.S. in family and consumer sciences, secondary educati...

Meet the 2018-19 Patterson Scholars

Meet the 2018-19 Patterson Scholars
Oct 9, 2018

The Patterson Family Foundation funds James Patterson Teacher Education Scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students that are studying educatio...

Marie (far left) with her family at her daughter’s MPA hooding ceremony.

Alumni Update: Marie Larson ‘91
Oct 4, 2018

Marie Larson (née Arrington), originally from Pfafftown, North Carolina, graduated in 1991 with a B.S. in elementary education."I chose Appalachian f...

Brian Bettis outside the Reich College of Education

Alumni Update: Brian Bettis ‘05 ‘08 ‘16
Sep 20, 2018

Brian Bettis, originally from Shelby, North Carolina, graduated in 2005 with a B.S. in elementary education. He completed his M.A. in elementary educa...

Holly Thornton Publishes “The It Factor: What Makes a Teacher Great.

Holly Thornton Publishes “The It Factor: What Makes a Teacher Great”
Aug 31, 2018

Dr. Holly Thornton, a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education (RCOE),...

Cameron Ammann '06 with her husband, Ryan, and daughter, Haddie. Photo submitted

Alumni Update: Cameron Ammann ‘06
Aug 16, 2018

Cameron Ammann (née Savage), originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, graduated in 2006 with a B.S. in elementary education. She is currently worki...

Kennedy-Herterich Family Foundation representative, Karyn Herterich, an active supporter of the Blowing Rock community, learned about LBCDLS through a friend and visited to learn more.

Lucy Brock Child Development Lab School Receives $25,000 Gift from the Kennedy-Herterich Family Foundation
Aug 9, 2018

Earlier this year, the Lucy Brock Child Development Lab School (LBCDLS) received a $25,000 gift from the Kennedy-Herterich Family Foundation to suppor...

Appalachian State University alumni Diana Beasley ‘11, Daron “Chip” Buckwell ‘82, ‘83, Mary Hazel Farthing Mast ‘80 and John Bost ‘70, ‘85, ‘89 were inducted into the Rhododendron Society on June 22.

Alumni Beasley, Bost, Buckwell and Mast Inducted into the Reich College of Education Rhododendron Society
Jul 11, 2018

Appalachian State University alumni Diana Beasley ‘11, John Bost ‘70, ‘85, ‘89, Daron “Chip” Buckwell ‘82, ‘83 and Mary Hazel Farthing...