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Caroline McCrary

N-CCS names Teacher of the Year
Jun 7, 2017

Caroline McCrary, Science Teacher at Newton-Conover High School, was named the 2017 N-CCS Teacher of the Year at this year’s Staff of the Year Banqu...

Kaaren Hayes, director of Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country

Wake Forest-Appalachian Partnership Educates PAs, Benefits Children with Special Needs
Jun 7, 2017

On a recent Friday evening, Katherine Moss, a master’s student at Wake Forest School of Medicine’s physician assistant (PA) studies program at App...

Spring Commencement 2017

Commencement Remarks at Appalachian Focus on Possibilities, Overcoming Obstacles and Appreciation
May 18, 2017

Appalachian State University’s six commencement ceremonies began Friday, May 12, with Chancellor Sheri N. Everts praising the “achievements of our...

Sarah Beth Anderson

Appalachian’s Sarah Beth Anderson Receives Rural Scholarship from the NBCC Foundation
May 18, 2017

Sarah Beth Anderson of Boone, who is pursuing a Master of Arts degree in the clinical mental health counseling program at Appalachian State University...

Cassidy Milosh

Cassidy Milosh Inducted Into the Cratis D. Williams Society
May 16, 2017

Cassidy Milosh, originally from Morehead City, NC, has been inducted into the Cratis D. Williams Society. This society is designed to include eac...

Rose Matuszny

Rose Matuszny Honored by the North Carolina Council for Exceptional Children
May 15, 2017

Dr. Rose Matuszny, an associate professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education, was recognized at the North Carolina Council f...

Margaret Werts & Cate Smith

Margaret Werts and Cate Smith Named Recipients of a Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies 2017-2019 Graduate Research Associate Mentoring Program Award
May 15, 2017

Dr. Margaret Werts, a professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education, has been named a recipient of a Cratis D. Will...

David Stegall

Dr. David Stegall Named Northwest North Carolina Superintendent of the Year
May 15, 2017

In a unanimous vote of the Northwest Superintendent’s Council, Dr. David Stegall, Superintendent of the Newton-Conover City School district in Newto...

Kelly Walker, Scott Elliott, Patty Buckner

New Principals Named at Parkway, Cove Creek Schools
May 15, 2017

The Watauga County Board of Education voted unanimously on May 8 to appoint new principals at Cove Creek and Parkway schools.Kelly Walker, who current...

A National Award, Appalachian and F.A.R.M. Cafe: A Story of Hunger, Humanitarianism and Heart
May 10, 2017

One in six Americans – 50 million people – are food insecure, meaning families and individuals are accessing emergency food pantries, even scaveng...