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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 ...

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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...

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Diamond Slone Couch Receives Fellowship
Oct 5, 2020

Diamond Slone Couch, a graduate student in the Reich College of Education’s (RCOE) Marriage and Family Therapy program (MFT), has been selected as a...

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Megan DePasquale Awarded the Leslie Dunn Memorial Scholarship
Oct 5, 2020

Megan DePasquale, of Albemarle, North Carolina, was awarded the Leslie Dunn Memorial Scholarship. She is currently a student in the Education Speciali...

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Alumni Update: Meg Kovacs ’09 ’13
Sep 29, 2020

Margaret “Meg” Kovacs (née Sanford), originally from Hickory, North Carolina, graduated in 2009 with a B.S. in elementary education and in 2013 w...

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App State hosts virtual celebration of research and creative activity, honors two faculty members
Sep 29, 2020

The Appalachian State University Community had a virtual front row seat to a wide-ranging selection of faculty research and creative activity through ...

Dr. Susan Hedges and María Hofman Hernandez Named as Director and Assistant Director for SDAP
Sep 28, 2020

Dr. Susan Hedges has been named the new director and principal investigator of Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program (SDAP), and María Hofman has b...

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LilyBess Rollins Opens Little Library for Service-Learning Project
Sep 23, 2020

As part of her Children at Risk course last spring, LilyBess Rollins, a senior elementary education major, outlined a little lending library service p...

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National Association for Media Literacy Education Spotlight: I AM not the MEdia, Inc.
Sep 22, 2020

Jimmeka Anderson graduated with her MA in educational media in 2017.At the age of 26, Jimmeka Anderson founded the nonprofit organization, I AM not th...