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Ashley Carpenter

Dr. Ashley Carpenter Is App State’s First Spencer Foundation Grant Recipient
Apr 16, 2024

Dr. Ashley Carpenter, assistant professor of higher education in the Department of Counseling, Family Therapy, and Higher Education, is Appalachian St...

The ETL team pictured with school administrator and leaders who attended a summer convening session to learn more about supporting teachers in the self-directed learning process.

Grantee Spotlight
Apr 9, 2024

Empowering Teacher Learning (ETL) focuses on shifting the way teachers engage with professional learning to maintain licensure in rural, western ...

County partnerships hold key to teacher recruitment and retention, new report finds
Mar 25, 2024

North Carolina schools are working to build a more solid pipeline of teachers. From calling for more financial incentives to training people making ca...

Caroline McKaughan hooded by Dr. Jennifer McGee

Alumni Update: Dr. Caroline McKaughan ’23
Mar 19, 2024

Dr. Caroline McKaughan, from Kernersville, North Carolina, graduated from Appalachian State University with an Ed. D. in educational leadership with a...

Randolph Announces New Chief Diversity Officer
Mar 7, 2024

Randolph College has announced the appointment of Charles E. Gibson, III as the new chief diversity officer and director of the Office of Diversity, I...

Adapted Book Presentation

Students Learn How To Create Adapted Books
Mar 5, 2024

One of the major assignments in Dr. Aftynne Cheek’s course “SPE 4410: Instruction and Support for Students with Developmental Disabilities and Ext...

App State partners with Mebane Charitable Foundation to improve literacy in the High Country and Catawba Valley
Mar 4, 2024

The Mebane Charitable Foundation has donated $100,000 to Appalachian State University to fund the expansion of reading assistance services for K–3 s...