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361 RCOE Students Named to Fall 2025 Chancellor's List

Congratulations to the 361 Reich College of Education students named to the Fall 2025 Chancellor's List. Chancellor's List EligibilityAwarde...

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158 RCOE Students Named to Fall 2025 Dean's List

Congratulations to the 158 Reich College of Education students named to the Fall 2025 Dean's List. Dean's List EligibilityAn undergraduate s...

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Three Reich College of Education Students Inducted into the Cratis D. Williams Society of Outstanding Graduates

Three Reich College of Education (RCOE) students have been inducted into the Cratis D. Williams Society of Outstanding Graduates:Christian ClackVictor...

Events

2025 Community FEaST

AppalFRESH, the Appalachian Food Research for Equity, Sustainability, and Health Collaborative, invites students, faculty, staff, and community member...

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University Forum Speaker Series Presents Joe Waters on Thursday, April 3

Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education presents “Flourishing Futures? Children, Families, and Communities in the Polycrisis”,...

Doctoral Program Offers Series of Workshops for Students

The Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership is offering a series of five workshops for the spring 2025 semester. The workshops are geared for curre...

At Appalachian

1,500 App State graduates begin their next chapter

At its three Fall 2025 Commencement ceremonies, held Dec. 12, App State conferred degrees upon more than 1,500 Mountaineer graduates. University suppo...

11 new Chancellor’s Scholars join App State’s academic community for 2025–26

Congratulations to education majors Emily Kookier (middle grades education), Derek Hoeung (theatre education), and Griffin Duncan (mathematics, second...

App State and regional artists channel Helene’s impact into creative works of hope and healing

After Hurricane Helene, artists at App State and in the surrounding communities of Western North Carolina turned to creative expression for healing, h...

In the Media

Byars chosen to lead Polk County Schools preschool program

Polk County Schools has named Lori Byars as the district’s preschool director, bringing 25 years of educational experience and deep community roots ...

Asheville City Schools names 2025 beginning teacher of the year

Asheville City Schools is proud to announce that Lyndsi Devito, a 5th Grade Teacher at Isaac Dickson Elementary School, has been selected as the distr...

New Leadership for Enrollment, Veterans and Student Support

Scarlet Edwards has been named the new associate vice president for Enrollment Services, which oversees Admissions and Outreach, Financial Aid, Regist...

Lab School News

During a recent visit to the Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork, Reich College of Education Dean Melba Spooner, left, works with kindergarten and first grade students on a small-group writing assignment.

App State lab school pilots innovative teaching model to support teacher retention and student success

At the App State Academy at Middle Fork, instead of a single teacher handling all responsibilities for one classroom for one grade, a collaborative te...

Education Policy Fellowship Program 2024-2025 Cohort

Five faculty and staff in the Reich College of Education (RCOE) including one CAP staff member, and five educators from GEAR UP districts will be part...

Lab schools for UNC System demonstrate significant gains

Several lab schools established by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to improve academic performance have demonstrated significant g...