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Justin Chandler

Justin Chandler: Alumnus, Teacher, Author
Jan 18, 2018

"Education has always been one of the foundations upon which a successful society is built, and I wanted to continue the tradition of fostering the mi...

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Appalachian is FIRST for National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs): Ranked #1 in 2017 for Top 50 Alma Maters by Total Number of NBCTs
Jan 12, 2018

North Carolina continues to lead the nation in numbers of teachers who have earned certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Sta...

Best online programs

US News & World Report Includes Appalachian in ‘Best Online Programs’
Jan 10, 2018

Appalachian State University made U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 Best Online Bachelor’s Programs and 2018 Best Online Graduate Education Prog...

UNC Board of Governors

Three UNC lab schools cleared by Board of Governors
Jan 9, 2018

EducationNCJanuary 9, 2018Three UNC lab schools were given the green light to open for the 2018-19 school year by the UNC Board of Governors ...

Miranda Lim

Miranda Lim, Educational Media Graduate, Inducted into the Cratis D. Williams Society of Outstanding Graduates
Dec 13, 2017

Miranda Lim, originally from Gibsonville, North Carolina, has been inducted into the Cratis D. Williams Society of Outstanding Graduates. The soc...

Hyde Named Dean of Students for Appalachian State University
Dec 1, 2017

Following a national search, Dr. Jonathon Hyde has been named associate vice chancellor and dean of students for Appalachian State University. Hyde mo...

Appalachian State University graduate student Judson MacDonald ’17 attends March for Equality, his first pride march, in Santiago, Chile in May 2016.

Appalachian Education Student Aspires to Teach Lessons in Individuality
Nov 27, 2017

Judson MacDonald ’17 wanted to be a teacher ever since he walked into his kindergarten career day in one of his father’s oversized business shirts...

Turbine

Appalachian Earns No. 1 Ranking from AASHE for Sustainability Among Master’s Institutions
Nov 15, 2017

BOONE, N.C.—In the 2017 Sustainable Campus Index compiled by the standard bearer for tracking sustainability in higher education, Appalachian State ...

Students and principal, Tasha Hall-Powell, at Middle Fork Elementary School.

Middle Fork to partner with App State for school conversion in 2018-19
Nov 9, 2017

Winston-Salem JournalNov 9, 2017In a year, Middle Fork Elementary School will have a new name and several new staff members as part of an effort to im...

Leslie Bradbury

Faculty Member of Distinction: Dr. Leslie Bradbury
Oct 24, 2017

When Appalachian State University professor Dr. Leslie Bradbury wants to excite student teachers about the possibilities in teaching science, she stan...