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During a recent visit to the Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork, Reich College of Education Dean Melba Spooner, left, works with kindergarten and first grade students on a small-group writing assignment.

App State lab school pilots innovative teaching model to support teacher retention and student success Mar 25, 2025

At the App State Academy at Middle Fork, instead of a single teacher handling all responsibilities for one classroom for one grade, a collaborative team of academy educators supports student... Features, Lab School News

Leigh Anna Marbert

RCOE Welcomes New Recruitment, Retention, and Scholarship Coordinator Mar 25, 2025

Leigh Anna Marbert ’10 has joined the Reich College of Education’s (RCOE) Office of the Dean as the Recruitment, Retention, and Scholarship Coordinator. 

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Open House

Meet the Spring 2025 Education Peer Ambassadors Feb 4, 2025

The Education Peer Ambassador Program is a unique leadership opportunity for students of undergraduate teacher education programs at Appalachian State University.

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Dustin Evatt-Young

Dustin Evatt-Young Awarded the Alice P. Naylor Outstanding Dissertation Award Oct 9, 2020

Dustin Evatt-Young, originally from Easley, South Carolina, and currently living in Cleveland, Ohio, was awarded the Alice P.

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Diamond Slone Couch

Diamond Slone Couch Receives Fellowship Oct 5, 2020

Diamond Slone Couch, a graduate student in the Reich College of Education’s (RCOE) Marriage and Family T... Features

Megan DePasquale

Megan DePasquale Awarded the Leslie Dunn Memorial Scholarship Oct 5, 2020

Megan DePasquale, of Albemarle, North Carolina, was awarded the Leslie Dunn Memorial Scholarship.

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Meg Kovacs teaching

Alumni Update: Meg Kovacs ’09 ’13 Sep 29, 2020

Margaret “Meg” Kovacs (née Sanford), originally from Hickory, North Carolina, graduated in 2009 with a B.S.

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LillyBess Rollins

LilyBess Rollins Opens Little Library for Service-Learning Project Sep 23, 2020

As part of her Children at Risk course last spring, LilyBess Rollins, a senior elementary education major, outlined a little lending library... Features

Elizabeth Fields

Elizabeth Fields Joins RCOE Staff Sep 15, 2020

Elizabeth Fields has joined the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership in the Reich College of... Features

Education Peer Ambassadors

Meet the 2020-21 Education Peer Ambassadors Sep 14, 2020

The Education Peer Ambassador Program is a unique leadership opportunity for students of undergraduate teacher education programs at Appalachian... Features

Dr. Adreian M. Pitts

Dr. Adreian Pitts Joins RCOE as New Instructional Coach Sep 11, 2020

Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education (RCOE) has a new team member for their North Carolina New Teacher Support Program.

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