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Alumni Update: Natalie Mercer ‘15
Mar 21, 2019
Natalie Mercer (née Haakinson), from Wilson, North Carolina, graduated in 2015 with a M.A. in educational media with a concentration in instructional...
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Students and Faculty Present at the 2019 North Carolina Association for Research in Education Conference, Jennifer McGee Installed as 2019-20 NCARE President
Mar 15, 2019
Reich College of Education (RCOE) students and faculty members gave presentations at the 2019 North Carolina Association for Research in Education (NC...
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James Center for Student Success and Advising Coordinates Hospitality House Volunteer Opportunities for ACES Students
Mar 12, 2019
The Reich College of Education’s James Center for Student Success and Advising coordinates monthly volunteer opportunities for Appalachian Community...
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Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar on Friday, April 5
Mar 12, 2019
Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education (RCOE) will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Eric Carle's The Ver...
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Flippen named EC director
Mar 11, 2019
Alumna Amber Flippen '07 '09 has been named exceptional children director for Surry County schools. She earned an MA in special education an...
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Dr. Sonja Ardoin recognized for scholarship, teaching, service and more
Mar 11, 2019
Dr. Sonja Ardoin, assistant professor of student affairs administration in Appalachian State University’s Department of Human Development and Psycho...
![Since becoming University of North Georgia’s dean of Mike Cottrell College of Business in February, Marty Gowan has taken strides to better prepare students for their careers. (Photo/Peggy Cozart, University of North Georgia)](https://rcoe.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/mary_gowan.jpg?itok=wsVVfP4K)
How University of North Georgia’s new business college dean is paving a path for other first-generation college students
Mar 11, 2019
Alumna Mary Gowan '81 has been named Dean of the University of North Georgia’s Mike Cottrell College of Business. Gowan earned an MA in co...
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Breathing life into black history at the Academy
Mar 7, 2019
During the month of February, the Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork Elementary School celebrated Black History Month through song, d...
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One Reason Rural Students Don't Go To College: Colleges Don't Go To Them
Mar 7, 2019
Andrew Koricich, an assistant professor with the Higher Education Program (LES), was interviewed for the article.The sunrise in rural central Michigan...
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Common Reading Program announces ‘Just Mercy’ as its 2019–20 selection
Mar 7, 2019
The Common Reading Program at Appalachian State University announces its 2019–20 book selection — “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption...