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Dr. Jeff Cox

Dr. Jeff Cox, Wilkes Community College president, named new leader of North Carolina Community College System
May 2, 2023

Congratulations to English secondary education and school administration alum, Dr. Cox '92 '98!Dr. Jeff Cox, president of Wilkes Community College, wa...

Scotty Huger, on a visit with his class, tries out a typewriter for the first time.

Typewriter Fest sparks heightened creativity
May 2, 2023

Vanessa Barlow, a sophomore English secondary education major, decided a few weeks ago to write a “sappy love letter,” to her boyfriend, but was u...

Elizabeth Bellows

App State professor Elizabeth Bellows awarded a 2023–24 Fulbright to Romania
May 2, 2023

Dr. Elizabeth Bellows, professor of social studies education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, will spend nine months in Cluj-Napo...

Seniors ahead of the curve: Accelerated Master’s Program
May 2, 2023

At 16 years old, before even touring campus, Erin Barnette attended an open house at App State where she met with Reich College of Education staff. Th...

Bill Gummerson and Matthew Thomas-Reid

App State’s Dr. Maryam Ahmed wins 2023 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award
Apr 27, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. William Gummerson and Dr. Matthew Thomas-Reid, both associate professors in the Department of Leadership and Educational S...

Baylee Hale

PFE's Baylee Hale named county's Teacher of the Year
Apr 25, 2023

Congratulations to elementary education and Spanish alumna Baylee Hale '14 on being named the Transylvania County Schools' Teacher of the Year!...

Photos from the science lesson

Teaming Up for Lessons Under the Sea
Apr 25, 2023

“I love when I can bring in App State folks for my students to learn from,” said alumna Amy Atkins ’16, a middle grades science teacher at Hardi...

Rhneea Riddle

Alumni Update: Rhneea Riddle ’20
Apr 25, 2023

Rhneea Riddle graduated with a B.S. in middle grades education with a concentration in mathematics and social studies in 2020. They are an eighth-grad...

App State grad appointed to National Ambassador for Education Program
Apr 20, 2023

Hannah Harvey, 5th Grade Teacher at W.D. Williams Elementary School in Buncombe County, NC, and an App State graduate, was named the first National Am...

For CTE Teacher of the Year, teaching runs in the family
Apr 20, 2023

Love, 33, was recently notified that she was the 2022-2023 Stanly County CTE Teacher of the Year....