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School counselors discuss the importance of youth mental health, provide tips for parents
Sep 12, 2023

Meredith Draughn, 2023 School Counselor of the Year, and Brian Coleman, 2019 School Counselor of the Year and Board Chair, Illinois School Counselors ...

Richmond County Schools honors Ismael Gomez as Assistant Principal of the Year
Sep 12, 2023

Richmond County Schools takes immense pride in recognizing Ismael Gomez as the Assistant Principal of the Year. In various capacities, Gomez has demon...

Concord High School teacher selected to join deep ocean exploration aboard Nautilus
Sep 12, 2023

Tori Hunt, a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and science teacher at Concord High School, has been selected as a 2023 Science Communicatio...

New Staff

Welcome New Staff Members: Fall 2023
Aug 29, 2023

Welcome new staff members to Appalachian State University's Reich College of Education (RCOE). Read on to learn about everyone and why they joined the...

New Leadership

New People in Leadership Roles in the RCOE
Aug 29, 2023

As part of the re-envisioning of the academic departments in the college and new hires this summer, there are new folks in leadership roles in the Rei...

Andrew Koricich

What a decline in rural colleges means for rural communities
Aug 11, 2023

Dr. Andrew Koricich, executive director of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges and associate professor of higher education, was interviewed...

Trail Days Collage

Take a Hike: Academy at Elkin Recognized as North Carolina Year of the Trail School
Aug 1, 2023

Students at the Appalachian State University’s Academy at Elkin are used to hiking — it’s part of their motto of Honesty, Integrity,&n...

Collage of photos from the Innovation Expo

Public School Partnership Hosts Innovation Expo
Aug 1, 2023

On Thursday, June 15, 2023, the Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education’s (RCOE) Public School Partnership hosted the second ann...