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Andrea Bueno-Acosta

Bueno-Acosta Inducted into the Cratis D. Williams Society of Outstanding Graduates
Dec 11, 2020

Andrea Bueno-Acosta, originally from Hialeah, Florida, has been inducted into the Cratis D. Williams Society of Outstanding Graduates. She graduated t...

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More than 1,700 Mountaineer graduates to be recognized during App State’s virtual Fall Commencement
Dec 9, 2020

As 2020 comes to a close — a year marked by the global pandemic — Mountaineers near and far will celebrate more than 1,700 Class of 2020 graduates...

Allyson Murphy

Allyson Murphy Wins First Place at the NCSCA Graduate Student Poster Session
Nov 30, 2020

Allyson Murphy, from Houghton, New York, was selected as the first-place winner of the North Carolina School Counselor Association (NCSCA) Graduate St...

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SDAP Best Buddies Program Offers Opportunity for Students to Engage in Unique Friendships
Nov 30, 2020

Three years ago, Appalachian State University’s Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program (SDAP) added a Best Buddies program, which a non-profit orga...

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Cleary Uses Class Project to Advocate to End Food Insecurity in Schools in Home County
Nov 30, 2020

As part of Jamie Brown’s course, Leadership in Advocacy, Administration, and Collaboration, students learn about advocacy by completing a project th...

Walker Ballard

Alumni Update: Walker Ballard ’19
Nov 24, 2020

Walker Ballard, originally from Wilmington, North Carolina, graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and a Bachelor of the Arts i...

Six RCOE Students Participate in 3MT Competition
Nov 23, 2020

Six Reich College of Education graduate students - Tamela Queen Carter, Enoch Robbins, Heath Robertson, Timothy P. Scapin, Audra Vaz, and Rebekkah Wat...

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Henries and Reese mark end of School Board service
Nov 18, 2020

Henries and Reese are both alumni of Appalachian and have been adjunct instructors for the Reich College of Education. The Watauga County Board o...

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Students With Cognitive Differences Say COVID-19 Derailed Their Routines
Nov 18, 2020

The pandemic has presented huge social and academic challenges for neurodiverse students. María Hofman Hernandez, assistant director of the Scholars ...

Dylan Russell

App State alumnus’s fellowship program puts college grads to work in NC communities
Nov 18, 2020

Appalachian State University alumnus Dylan Russell ’14 nurtured his passion for civic engagement during his time as president of App State’s ...