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Hurricane Relief & Support
Nov 12, 2024

In light of the devastation and destruction that Hurricane Helene left in its path across Western North Carolina, there has been an overwhelming outpo...

App State alum donates $1 million to Disaster Relief Fund
Nov 12, 2024

When Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina, Appalachian State University alumnus Dr. Lee Barnes ’90 knew a number of students, faculty and sta...

NCInnovation selects App State as a support hub for applied research commercialization
Nov 12, 2024

Appalachian State University is among three University of North Carolina System institutions to become headquarter locations for NCInnovation’s appl...

Military Times ranks App State among the nation’s best schools for military service members, veterans for 2024
Nov 12, 2024

Military Times has named Appalachian State University to its 2024 “Best for Vets: Colleges” rankings list, which honors the nation’s top co...

Good News from Wilkes County Schools
Nov 12, 2024

Wilkes County Schools announced that the 2024-25 Beginning Teacher of the Year is Maria Limon-Jimenez. Limon is a 7th grade English and Language Arts ...

Top readers in Appalachian program
Nov 12, 2024

Top readers from the Wilkes County Schools in the annual Mountaineer Readers program were recognized at the Wilkes Board of Education meeting Monday n...

Avery County Schools taps Worrell as Interim Superintendent
Nov 12, 2024

Avery County Schools announced in a November 6 press release that Terry Worrell has agreed to serve as the interim superintendent for Avery County Sch...

Harvard Recognizes Innovators in Early Education
Nov 6, 2024

The Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education has announced the winners of its 2024 Zaentz Ear...

Employee Celebrates Her 11th ‘Breast Cancer-versary’
Nov 6, 2024

After her husband reminded her several times, Andrea Anderson scheduled her first mammogram with the mobile unit that comes to the Boone campus of App...

Lab schools for UNC System demonstrate significant gains
Nov 6, 2024

Several lab schools established by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to improve academic performance have demonstrated significant g...