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Appalachian State University alumnus Douglas Middleton Jr. ’15 ’18 is the recipient of App State’s 2022 Young Alumni Award, which honors individuals under 40 years of age for their exceptional service to the university and accomplishments in their career.

2022 Alumni Awards: Douglas Middleton Jr. ’15 ’18 — Young Alumni Award
Jul 27, 2022

Appalachian State University alumnus Douglas Middleton Jr. ’15 ’18 is the recipient of App State’s 2022 Young Alumni Award, which honors individ...

Appalachian State University alumnus Mark E. Ricks ’89 is the 2022 recipient of the university’s Distinguished Alumni Award, which recognizes individuals who have attained extraordinary distinction and success in their career field and have demonstrated exceptional and sustained leadership in their community.

2022 Alumni Awards: Mark E. Ricks ’84 — Distinguished Alumni Award
Jul 26, 2022

Appalachian State University alumnus Mark E. Ricks ’89 is the 2022 recipient of the university’s Distinguished Alumni Award, which recognizes indi...

Participants in the NSF CS4App program. Photo submitted.

NC high school teachers participate in Appalachian’s NSF CS4App program
Jul 15, 2022

BOONE, N.C. — The last cohort of high school teachers from North Carolina have been participating in the NSF CS4App program in the Department of Com...

Dr. Cameron Gokee, assistant professor, Department of Anthropology. Photo submitted.

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Cameron Gokee
Jul 14, 2022

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Cameron GokeeDr. Cameron Gokee, assistant professor, Department of AnthropologyProject: “Historical Landscapes through t...

A Central Visual Heritage of the Holocaust: The Wehrmacht and Anti-Jews Propaganda with Dr. Daniel Uziel
Jul 12, 2022

Date: Thursday, July 28, 2022Time: 12 - 1 p.m.Location: Turchin Center Lecture Hall; Virtually via ZoomDr. Daniel Uziel, an Israeli historian and head...

20th Summer Symposium on the Holocaust: A Child Survivor Rescued in Le Chambon Speaks
Jul 12, 2022

Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2022Time: 7 - 9 p.m.Location: Grandview Ballroom, North End Zone Building, Kidd Brewer Stadium; Virtually via ZoomPeter Feigl ...

20th Summer Symposium on the Holocaust: Screening of New Documentary on Polish-Jewish Village and Director Talk
Jul 12, 2022

Date: Monday, July 25, 2022Time: 7 - 9 p.mLocation: Grandview Ballroom, North End Zone Building, Kidd Brewer StadiumAppalachian State University’s C...

Center Marks 20th Summer Symposium with Re-Evaluation of the Threats of Antisemitism by Renowned Holocaust Scholar Michael Berenbaum
Jul 12, 2022

Date: Sunday, July 24, 2022Time: 7 - 9 p.m.Location: Lecture Hall 114, Belk Library and Information Commons; Virtually via ZoomDr. Michael Berenbaum, ...

Grace Waugh, a senior sustainable technology major from Chapel Hill, far left, and Summer Gee ’20, a graduate student from Wrightsville Beach, center, were part of a multidisciplinary team of App State undergraduate and graduate students that won second place in its division in the 2021–22 U.S. Department of Energy Solar District Cup. Waugh and Gee are pictured holding the trophy that the team received and with the team’s faculty adviser, Dr. Jaewon Oh, assistant professor in the Department of Sustainable T

App State students score 2nd-place divisional win in national solar competition
Jul 11, 2022

Fourteen students at Appalachian State University are part of the next generation of renewable energy innovators — according to the U.S. Department ...

Dr. Shea Tuberty, professor in App State’s Department of Biology, center, introduces electric current into Wilson Creek to stun, then capture, classify, measure and return fish specimens to the water.

App State biology interns spend summer in Wilson Creek’s ‘natural playground’
Jun 29, 2022

Catching fish, salamanders and an occasional water snake is all in a day’s work for Appalachian State University biology students Nick Campany and C...