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Jill Ward

Old Fort’s Jill Ward is 2020-21 MCS Principal of the Year
Oct 19, 2020

Jill Ward, principal of Old Fort Elementary, has been selected by her colleagues as the 2020-2021 Principal of the Year for McDowell County Schools. "...

Amanda Crouse

CVCC honors excellence in teaching and staff
Oct 19, 2020

Catawba Valley Community College announced the recipients for its annual Staff Excellence Award (SEA) and the Excellence in Teaching Award (EIT).Amand...

Forsyth Technical Community College Announces New Vice President for Student Academic Success and Chief Academic Officer
Oct 19, 2020

Forsyth Tech is proud to announce the appointment of Jacob Surratt, who has a doctorate in education, as the new Vice President of Student Academic Su...

Matt Cooper

Alumni Update: Matthew Cooper ’03 ’08
Oct 15, 2020

Matthew Cooper, originally from Nashville, Tennessee, graduated in 2003 with a B.S. in Psychology and again in 2008 with a M.A. in Community Counselin...

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Author Matthew Thomas-Reid and the Difference Between ‘Queer’ and ‘Quar’ in Appalachia
Oct 12, 2020

Dr. Matthew Thomas-Reid, an assistant professor in the Department of Leadership & Educational Studies spoke with 100 Days in Appalachia about...

Five From the RCOE Participate in the Education Policy Fellowship Program
Oct 12, 2020

Five faculty and staff in the Reich College of Education (RCOE) will be participating in the Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP): Dr. David Pey...

Dustin Evatt-Young

Dustin Evatt-Young Awarded the Alice P. Naylor Outstanding Dissertation Award
Oct 9, 2020

Dustin Evatt-Young, originally from Easley, South Carolina, and currently living in Cleveland, Ohio, was awarded the Alice P. Naylor Outstanding Disse...

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Keep Boone Healthy Interviews Parent to Parent Family Support Network of the High Country on Podcast Series
Oct 6, 2020

Executive Director Kaaren Hayes and Outreach Coordinator Diane Coffey of Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country (FSN-HC) discu...

The 2019–20 members of Appalachian State University’s College Advising Corps (CAC) at the annual College Advising Corps Summit, held in Boston in December 2019.

App State college advisers prepare rural Western NC students for college success
Oct 6, 2020

RCOE alumni, Yesenia Martinez-Salazar ’19 and Zack Beasley ’19 help regional high school seniors learn how to prepare for and succeed in college â...

Hannah Griffin

App State alumna teaches next generation of students how to learn through inquiry
Oct 6, 2020

At Piedmont High School in Monroe, Appalachian State University alumna Hannah Griffin ’15 (née Godwin) makes earth and environmental science a hand...