
RCOE Re-Envisions Its Academic Departments
Aug 22, 2023
Over the past academic year, the Reich College of Education (RCOE) has been engaged in a re-envisioning of its academic programs. The essential questi...

What a decline in rural colleges means for rural communities
Aug 11, 2023
Dr. Andrew Koricich, executive director of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges and associate professor of higher education, was interviewed...

Take a Hike: Academy at Elkin Recognized as North Carolina Year of the Trail School
Aug 1, 2023
Students at the Appalachian State University’s Academy at Elkin are used to hiking — it’s part of their motto of Honesty, Integrity,&n...

App State Alumni Awards honor 3 Mountaineers for outstanding accomplishments
Jul 26, 2023
6 alumni awardees from university’s colleges also recognizedThree Appalachian State University graduates were honored by the university’s Alu...

Alumni Update: Dr. Rebecca Burry ’14 ’22 and Dr. Kimberly Nava Eggett ’12 ’22
Jun 26, 2023
In the spring semester of 2022, Dr. Rebecca Burry and Dr. Kimberly Nava Eggett became the first doctoral candidates to complete a co-dissertation enti...

Dr. Julie Hasson Publishes Second Book
Jun 26, 2023
Dr. Julie Hasson, assistant professor and school administration program director in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies, has authored...

2023 Children’s Literature Symposium Brings the Heart of Children’s Literature to the High Country
Jun 23, 2023
The sixth biennial Children’s Literature Symposium returned to Appalachian State University’s campus on April 1, 2023. Hosted by App State’s Uni...

Alumni Hardy ’98, Wilson ’68, and Witcher ’74 ’87 Inducted into the Reich College of Education Rhododendron Society
Jun 13, 2023
Appalachian State University alumni Nakia Hardy ’98, Tommy Wilson ’68, and William “Bill” Witcher ’74 ’87 were inducted into the Rhododend...

Alumni Update: Tori Hunt ’21
Jun 8, 2023
Tori Hunt, originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, and a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, graduated with her Bachelor of Science in chem...

Meyerson Receives NC TEACH Scholarship
Jun 8, 2023
Joe Meyerson, a first-year middle grades education student, has received a $10,000 NC TEACH scholarship. For Meyerson, this scholarship means “...