Announcing the 2024 Community Award Winners for Spirit of Boone: 75th Annual Membership Gathering
Sep 11, 2024
The Boone Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its 75th Annual Membership Gathering on Thursday, September 12, 2024, at Grandview Ballroom at Appalachia...
Asheville City Schools names Principal of the Year
Sep 11, 2024
Asheville City Schools has selected Carrie Buchanan as the district’s Principal of the Year. Buchanan serves as the principal at Hall Fletcher Eleme...
App State awarded $35 million grant to expand GEAR UP college access program
Sep 5, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a seven-year, $35 million GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Prog...
App State partners with 27 NC community colleges to expand Aspire Appalachian program
Aug 21, 2024
From the Appalachian Mountains to the Coastal Plains, transfer students across North Carolina stand to benefit from the expanded Aspire Appalachi...
App State celebrates alumni excellence — 3 Mountaineers honored at 2024 Alumni Awards Gala
Jul 22, 2024
Appalachian State University’s Alumni Association honored three Mountaineers at the 2024 Alumni Awards Gala, held July 13 in the Gran...
2024 Reich College of Education Award Recipients Named
Jun 11, 2024
Nine faculty and staff members of Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education (RCOE), along with the Academy at Elkin, were recently h...
Alumni Johnson ’59, Phipps ’92 ’97, and Telford ’89 Inducted into the Reich College of Education Rhododendron Society
Jun 10, 2024
Appalachian State University alumni Phillip Johnson ’59, Don Phipps ’92 ’97, and Betty Telford ’89 were inducted into the Rhododendron Society...
Beckie Spears named 2024 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year
May 28, 2024
Congratulations to Appalachian State University alumna, Beckie Spears '15 on being named the 2024 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Yea...
Student and Teacher Come 'Full Circle' as J.V. Washam Educators
May 28, 2024
Olivia Bartholomew-Schoch discovered her love of reading in fourth grade while attending J.V. Washam Elementary. She credits her teacher, Jessica Mize...
Dr. Melanie Honeycutt named 2024 NC Technology Director of the Year
May 22, 2024
Alumna Dr. Melanie Honeycutt '99 '13 was named the 2024 North Carolina Technology Director of the Year! She earned her Master of Library Science and D...