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Allison Wright

Academy Hosts Social Work Intern
Apr 13, 2021

Allison Wright, a graduate student in Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Health Sciences’ social work program, has discovered h...

Andrew Koricich

App State higher education professor helps create, co-directs Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges
Apr 9, 2021

Exploring and explaining rural-serving higher education institutions and the roles they play regionally across the U.S. is the focus of the Allia...

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Reich College of Education makes five-peat in National Board rankings
Apr 6, 2021

App State’s Reich College of Education ranked first in the nation to produce National Board Certified teachers for the fifth consecutive year.Melba ...

Welcome Back

Academy at Middle Fork opens classrooms most days, continues connections with university virtually
Apr 6, 2021

With the option of in-person or virtual learning, most students at App State’s lab school have returned to classrooms four days a week.The Academy a...

Kwame Alexander

Poet Snaps and Author Claps: Award-winning Author and Poet, Kwame Alexander, Reads and Collaborates with the Anderson Reading Clinic Literacy-Cast
Apr 1, 2021

Derek Hernandez Evora, a fifth-grader at Appalachian State University’s Academy at Middle Fork began: “It’s time to get started!” Student...

Ann Grogan

Alumni Update: Ann Grogan ’19
Mar 29, 2021

Ann Grogan (née Furr), from Hudson, North Carolina, graduated in 2019 with a B.S. in career technical education with a workforce education and develo...

Bethany Jones

Alumni Update: Bethany Coelho Jones ’04
Mar 23, 2021

Bethany Jones (née Coelho), originally from Smithfield, North Carolina, graduated in 2004 with a B.S. in special education, with a concentration on l...

Mark Schwarze

Dr. Mark Schwarze Receives Ella Stephens Barrett Award for Excellence in Professional Leadership
Mar 15, 2021

Dr. Mark Schwarze, associate professor of clinical mental health counseling and program director in the Department of Human Development and Psychologi...

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Appalachian Remains First in Number of NBCT Teachers for Fifth Consecutive Year
Mar 12, 2021

Appalachian State University has topped the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards’ list of “Top 50 Alma Maters by Total Number of NBC...

Several of Appalachian State University’s online bachelor’s and master’s degree programs — offered through App State Online — have been recognized among the best in the nation for 2021, according to U.S. News & World Report.

US News & World Report names App State Online programs among nation’s best for 2021
Mar 12, 2021

National publication U.S. News & World Report has named Appalachian State University to its “Best Online Bachelor’s Programs” and “Best On...