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Jessica Stetter and Amaya Wren Pack pick peppers from the vine at Simply Growing Farm.

A new farm brings educational opportunities to the high country
Sep 21, 2021

Jessica Stetter graduated in 2001 with her M.A. in special education.Okra grows as tall as an oak tree on a farm deep in the Triplett Valley of Banner...

Jasmine Garcia

Scholarship recipient credits App State for teaching flexibility in a year of change
Sep 21, 2021

Senior Spanish Education major Jasmine Garcia is no stranger to change. As a high school student in Roaring River, N.C, she excelled in the sciences a...

campus scene with accolades

App State ranks among ‘Best’ schools in US, Southeast for 2021 and 2022
Sep 21, 2021

U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review and Forbes magazine have all confirmed what many Mountaineers hold to be true — Appalachian State...

Carla May with award

Alumni Update: Carla May ’98
Aug 17, 2021

Carla May (née Sain), originally from Vale, North Carolina, graduated in 1998 with a M.A. in middle grades mathematics education. She completed a B.A...

North Carolina Principal Fellows Program logo

Future education leaders at App State receive boosted support from about $3 million in state grants
Aug 6, 2021

Millions in awarded grant funding will boost the development of and support for North Carolina educators in leadership programs — among them, studen...

The logo of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges (ARRC), which is housed in Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education. Image courtesy of ARRC

Researchers support rural-serving colleges and universities from new center at App State
Aug 4, 2021

A research collaborative and resource hub dedicated to advancing research and providing insight into the role of regional and rural-serving colleges a...

Eliza Jane Harris and Megan Shea

Harris and Shea Selected for National Counseling Fellowship
Jul 28, 2021

The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), recently selected Appalachian State University’s Eliza Jane...

Active Learning Classroom in the Reich College of Education

What is Next for Active Learning Classrooms?
Jul 28, 2021

Active Learning Classrooms (ALC) were first introduced to Appalachian State University ten years ago. In the time since, they have become a growing tr...

Jenny Darcy accepts an award from PEO International Chapter president, Jan Noffsinger.

App State alum receives teaching grant
Jul 27, 2021

Congratulations to alumna Jenny Darcy '16 on her $2000 grant through Philanthropic Educational Organization's Program for Continuing Education....

Carl Blankenship/Salisbury Post - Todd Parker in the Salisbury High School gym.

Back in the classroom: Teacher of the year takes unusual journey
Jul 16, 2021

Congratulations to alum Todd Parker '95 on being named Rowan-Salisbury Schools Teacher of the Year!...