At Appalachian

App State’s 2023 Spooky Duke breaks fundraising record, scares up $31,600 to support regional children with special needs
Feb 9, 2024

Runners and walkers costumed as ghouls, superheroes, cartoon characters and more gathered on the Boone campus of Appalachian State University — and ...

Next NC Scholarship offers a minimum $5,000 annually to attend any UNC System university
Feb 2, 2024

North Carolinians from households earning $80,000 or less will receive a minimum scholarship of $5,000 per year to attend any University of North Caro...

App State Hickory Campus Hosts First Professional Development Workshop for Teachers
Jan 24, 2024

December 7, 2023 marked not only the first Reading Day at Appalachian State University’s Hickory campus, but also the first professional development...

National Board Teachers Reception

Reflections on App State’s 124th year of continued innovation and excellence
Jan 4, 2024

Throughout its 124th year, Appalachian State University reaffirmed its status as an innovator and leader in higher education, setting historic milesto...

Doctoral student graduates for Fall 2023

App State’s Fall 2023 Commencement honors more than 1,500 Mountaineer graduates
Jan 4, 2024

Appalachian State University recognized more than 1,500 Mountaineer graduates during its Fall Commencement ceremonies, held Dec. 15 at the Holmes Conv...

Agee Awarded Scholarship in Go Teach Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway
Dec 12, 2023

App State graduate student Celia Agee, a pole vaulter on the Mountaineers' track and field team, has been awarded a $12,500 tuition award through...

Physics Secondary Education Major Michaela Moon Awarded NASA Pre-Service Teacher Education Scholarship
Dec 12, 2023

Michaela Moon, senior physics secondary education major from Pfafftown, is the recipient of a 2023-24 STEM Pre-Service Teacher Education Scholars...

App State announces newest recipients of the Bill and Hughlene Frank Scholarship
Nov 28, 2023

 Appalachian State University has selected three first-year students as the newest recipients of the Bill and Hughlene Frank Scholarship. Es...

Father Duck: Meet App State’s duck caretaker
Nov 28, 2023

It’s less than 20 degrees outside, there’s snow on the ground and campus is still. Passing Stadium Drive, one can hear the waddles and small quack...

App State’s annual economic impacts: $2.2 billion statewide, $573 million locally
Nov 28, 2023

In fiscal year 2021–22, Appalachian State University generated an estimated $573 million in added income for the five-county regional econ...