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Educators Show Appreciation for Extra Yard Gift Connected to App State Football, University
Dec 4, 2018

The connection between Appalachian State Athletics, its record-setting FBS football program, the Sun Belt Conference and the College Football Playoff ...

Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education and Watauga County Schools Receive $10,000 Gift from the Sun Belt Conference. Photo by Marie Freeman

Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education and Watauga County Schools Receive $10,000 Gift from the Sun Belt Conference
Dec 3, 2018

Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education (RCOE) and Watauga County Schools (WCS) received a $10,000 gift from the Sun Belt Conferen...

Jennifer Lowe

Alumni Update: Jennifer Lowe ‘92
Nov 29, 2018

Jennifer Lowe (née Godwin), originally from Mount Airy, North Carolina, graduated in 1992 with a B.S. in English. She completed her M.A. in reading e...

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Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty Members Receive North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2018 Innovator Award
Nov 27, 2018

Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty Members Receive North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2018 Innovator AwardDr. Debbie Crocker a...

ROBERT C. REED/HICKORY DAILY RECORD: Ashley Bandy, 2011 valedictorian at Newton Conover High School, is now a mathematics teacher at her hometown high school as she holds her teacher identification card.

What would bring you back to Hickory?: We asked some of the best and brightest recent graduates to talk about where they are compared to where they grew up
Nov 26, 2018

The Hickory area has more jobs than qualified workers.There were 4,393 job openings in the county but only 2,797 unemployed people as of August, ...

Rachel Herrick '13

Alumni Update: Rachel Herrick '13
Nov 15, 2018

Rachel Herrick, originally from Shoreham, Vermont, graduated in 2013 with an M.A. in professional school counseling.When I visited and interviewed [at...

Portrait of Adrian

Appalachian First Year Seminar instructor Adrian Rice authors new poetry collection
Nov 9, 2018

The newest collection by poet and Appalachian State University First Year Seminarinstructor Adrian Rice — “The Strange Estate: New and Select...

Portrait of Carlton

Now a teacher, Ashley Carlton ’12 pays forward the care she was shown at Appalachian
Nov 9, 2018

Early in her studies, Ashley Carlton ’12 failed a critical course at Appalachian State University. Given a second chance, she graduated with honors ...

Portrait of Scoggins

Carmen Leigh Scoggins
Nov 7, 2018

The College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University has named Carmen Leigh Scoggins ’94 ’98 as the Outstanding Alumni Award winner fo...

Special Olympics Watauga County Expo — Appalachian State University students lend a hand
Nov 7, 2018

Mountaineer volunteers made an impact at the 2018 Special Olympics North Carolina (SONC) Watauga County Sports Expo last week. Appalachian S...