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Sydney McKeaver, far left in foreground, is an App State senior majoring in elementary education with a secondary concentration in exceptional learners. She serves as a College Life Fellow for App State’s Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program (SDAP), helping the scholars with daily tasks. Pictured with McKeaver, from left to right, are SDAP scholars Anne Carol Sheely, Bridger Robinson and Web English.

App State’s Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program celebrates a decade of transforming lives
May 2, 2022

Ten years ago, Courtney Bell was a trailblazer in Appalachian State University’s Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program (SDAP) — an inc...

Kelly Clark

Dr. Clark Receives GRAM Award for 2022-24 to Support Research
Apr 29, 2022

Dr. Kelly Clark, an assistant professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education, has been selected to be the 2022-2024 Graduate R...

Book Group

RCOE and WCS Collaborate on Book Study
Apr 26, 2022

This academic year, the Reich College of Education (RCOE) invited faculty and staff members along with the Watauga County Schools (WCS) 2021-22 Educat...

Arai Greenwell-McAnsh

MLS Student Arai Greenwell-McAnsh Awarded Primary Sources Teaching Fellowship
Apr 26, 2022

Arai Greenwell-McAnsh, a student in the Reich College of Education’s Masters in Library Science program, has been awarded the Primary Sources Teachi...

Emma Hatfield-Sidden

Emma Hatfield-Sidden named principal of App State’s Academy at Elkin
Apr 22, 2022

Appalachian State University has appointed alumna Emma Hatfield-Sidden ’08 ’19 as principal of its newest lab school, the Academy at Elkin, s...

High Country migrant and refugee populations share ‘Stories of Migration’ — a grant-funded App State project
Apr 19, 2022

Through its grant-funded project “Roots and Routes: Stories of Migration in the High Country,” Appalachian State University is providing an avenue...

Shannon Richardson

Teaching from the heart
Apr 19, 2022

Congratulations to alumna Shannon Richardson '14 on being named Wilkes County Teacher of the Year! She received her Bachelor of Science in elementary ...

Lucy Brock Teachers Award

PBS NC and Children’s Council recognize local early care and education providers
Apr 12, 2022

On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, PBS NC and the Children’s Council of Watauga County recognized local early care and education programs that are going abo...

Students Create Adapted Books

RCOE Students Create Adapted Books
Apr 12, 2022

One of the major assignments in Dr. Aftynne Cheek’s “Individualized Assessment and Curriculum” course is creating adapted books, where students ...

Amy Milsom

5 App State faculty share takeaways from BRIDGES women’s leadership program
Apr 12, 2022

For nearly 30 years, the University of North Carolina System has supported the professional development of women in higher education by offering the&n...