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Three Award-Winning Children’s Authors and Illustrators Visit with the Academy
Feb 18, 2021

Three award-winning children's authors, Raúl the Third, Lynda Mullaly Hunt, and Sara Varon, visited virtually with Appalachian State University’s A...

Transfer Hall

Reimagined App State residence hall to offer community for transfer students
Feb 18, 2021

Beginning this fall, students who are transferring into Appalachian State University will have the opportunity to live in the university’s first res...

Carmen Scoggins and Heather Tedder

Watauga High School Foreign Language Teachers Recognized for Awards
Feb 18, 2021

Congratulations to alumna Carmen Scoggins '94 '98! Two Watauga High School foreign language teachers were recognized at the January meeting of th...

Geri Miller

Small celebrations: How one professor spreads peace during pandemic
Feb 18, 2021

Walking through the College Street parking deck, Dr. Geri Miller, an App State psychological counseling professor, wears a balloon around her waist. W...

Sharon Sterken with Yosef

Alumni Update: Sharon Sterken ’97
Feb 17, 2021

Sharon Sterken, originally from Greensboro, North Carolina, graduated in 1997 with a B.S. in mathematics secondary education. Currently, Sterken ...

Anna Ward and Rebekah Cummings

SDAP Staff and Students Present at the UDL Digicon Conference
Feb 16, 2021

Appalachian State University’s Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program (SDAP) staff and students presented at the Universal Design for Learning (UDL...

Lisa Poling

Poling Recipient of 2020 C. Oswald George Prize
Feb 16, 2021

Dr. Lisa Poling, an associate professor and assistant chair in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Appalachian State University’s Reich ...

Olivia Boudwin and Ben Brown

Two Watauga teachers recognized as Beginning Teachers Excelling
Feb 9, 2021

The Alpha Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma recently recognized Olivia Boudwin and Ben Brown as Beginning Teachers Excelling with the BEE Award, an h...

Jodi Hearn

Alumni Update: Jodi Hearn ’95
Feb 4, 2021

Jodi Hearn (née Talley), originally from Bear Creek, North Carolina, graduated in 1995 with a B.S. in English, secondary education. Currently, she is...

Kaitlyn Helton

App State transfer student has a ‘Head Start’ on her career
Jan 28, 2021

Kaitlyn Helton is an instructional support associate in McDowell County’s Head Start program — and is pursuing her Bachelor of Science in chi...