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Media Literacy Week is November 5-9

Media Literacy Week is November 5-9
Oct 23, 2018

Since 1993, Appalachian State University's Reich College of Education (RCOE) has sustained a record of early implementation of media literacy practice...

Queer pedagogy talk sheds light on LGBTQ students in slideshow
Oct 23, 2018

Matthew Thomas-Reid gave a lecture in Belk Library and Information Commons about queering educational institutions and the importance of speaking to m...

Devery Ward Named Director of the Anderson Reading Clinic

Devery Ward Named Director of the Anderson Reading Clinic
Oct 22, 2018

Dr. Devery Mock Ward, an associate professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education (RESE) at Appalachian State University's Rei...

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The Appalachian Community tackles hunger in the High Country
Oct 22, 2018

 Almost two-thirds of Appalachian State University students experience food insecurity, according to a recent survey. In Watauga County, the ...

Welcome 2018-19 New Faculty Members

Welcome 2018-19 New Faculty Members
Oct 19, 2018

Welcome new faculty members to Appalachian State University's Reich College of Education. Read on to learn more about each, including research interes...

Amy White

Alumni Update: Amy White ‘04 '15
Oct 18, 2018

Amy White (née Buchanan), originally from Asheville, North Carolina, graduated in 2004 with a B.S. in family and consumer sciences, secondary educati...

Transfer Students

Transferring to Appalachian
Oct 16, 2018

One-third of undergraduate students at Appalachian State University enter the university as transfers from another institution. Whether they come from...

David English ’04 ’06 is the 2018 winner of Appalachian State University’s Young Alumni Award. Photo by Marie Freeman

David English receives Appalachian Alumni Association’s Young Alumni Award
Oct 15, 2018

David English ’04 ’06, the 2018 winner of the Young Alumni Award at Appalachian State University, said, “Appalachian … truly changed the traje...

Ashley Portrait

Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley receives Appalachian Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award
Oct 15, 2018

During Homecoming Week 2018, Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley ’84, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), was recognized by the Appalachian State ...

Alumna Michelle Baker '13 chosen as McDowell’s Principal of the Year

Alumna Michelle Baker '13 chosen as McDowell’s Principal of the Year
Oct 15, 2018

Michelle Baker, principal of Eastfield Global Magnet, has been selected by her fellow principals as the 2019 Principal of the Year for McDowell County...