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Betsy Rosenbalm presents mini grant to recipient.

RCOE’s Public School Partnership Awards 10 Mini-Grants for Spring 2021 and 13 for Summer 2021
Jul 19, 2021

The Reich College of Education (RCOE) Public School Partnership Mini-Grants Committee awarded ten mini-grants for the spring 2021 semester along with ...

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!...

Rhododendron Inductees

Six Alumni Inducted into the Reich College of Education Rhododendron Society
Jul 15, 2021

Appalachian State University alumni Jack Hoke ’74 ’82 ’84, Dr. Susan Dianne Little ’71 ’96, and Dr. LaTonya M. Summers ’94 ’96 were indu...

Online student

App State One of Six Institutions Awarded the UNC System North Carolina Principal Fellow Program Grant
Jul 14, 2021

Appalachian State University is one of six institutions selected by the University of North Carolina System to be the recipients of recurring grants f...

Virtual Teacher Training

Green Continues Her Partnership in Burundi
Jul 14, 2021

In February 2020, Dr. Connie Green, professor emeritus in the Reich College of Education’s Department of Reading Education and Special Education, tr...

High school students learning Chinese dance movements during a cultural workshop.

STARTALK — an immersion in Chinese language and culture for high school students
Jun 28, 2021

High school students have the opportunity to embark on a virtual journey to Beijing and learn about Chinese language and culture through Appalachian S...

Maria Hofman Hernandez

Inaugural cohort of Latinx leaders selected for new Education Equity Fellowship
Jun 28, 2021

Congratulations to doctoral candidate María Hofman Hernandez on being selected for the first cohort of the LatinxEd Fellowship! With the support...

Audra and Chris Loftin own Sweet Grown Alabama Farms in Tanner. Audra Loftin is “Teacher of the Year” at Columbia Elementary School. CONTRIBUTED

As ‘Teacher of the Year,’ Audra Loftin lets students know music is their own
Jun 28, 2021

Congratulations to alumna Audra Loftin '98 on being named Teacher of the Year!...

Lori Dillard

Alumni Update: Lori Dillard ’06 ’14
Jun 23, 2021

Lori Dillard (née Waddell), originally from Laurel Springs, North Carolina, graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary educati...

Choir (re)-Imagined: Project Appalachian Youth Chorale

Young voices harmonize amid COVID-19 during grant-supported Appalachian Youth Chorale
Jun 21, 2021

Congratulations to education alumni and students Brandon Winbush ’17, Kaitlyn Moore ’20, Miranda Tedder '21, and Malcolm Vaughn on their collabora...