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Recreation Management Faculty Researches A Spooky Niche
Oct 22, 2025

By Amanda Mlekush Recreation Management faculty member Dr. Susan Weidmann’s research has a spooky niche–centered around Halloween, ghosts, ha...

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College Inducts Seven Leaders At 2025 Trillium Society Event
Oct 21, 2025

The App State Beaver College of Health Sciences inducted seven health and wellness leaders into the college’s fourth annual Trillium Society event h...

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App State’s Jennifer Schroeder Tyson named 2025 Sun Belt Conference Faculty Member of the Year
Oct 20, 2025

Jennifer Schroeder Tyson ’07, research assistant professor in the Department of Public Health at Appalachian State University, has been na...

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College Selects Leah Hamilton As Inaugural Beaver Endowed Professor
Oct 8, 2025

By Amanda Mlekush Social Work Professor Dr. Leah Hamilton, nationally recognized for her universal basic income research work, has been selected as th...

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App State To Present Free ALS Documentary Premiere “Stitching Strength” in Boone on Oct. 31
Oct 1, 2025

App State’s Beaver College of Health Sciences is sponsoring a special premiere of Stitching Strength, a 38-minute documentary featuring Duke Univers...

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Answering the call: How the Appalachian Medical Reserve Corps supported the Helene response
Sep 18, 2025

The day after Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, 911 operators in Watauga and surrounding counties received thousands of calls from i...

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Nursing Faculty Selected To Join P-POD Board
Sep 4, 2025

By Amanda Mlekush App State Nursing faculty member Melinda Bogardus, PhD, MSN, FNP-BC, RN, DipACLM, was recently selected to join the Board of Di...

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Kinesiology Faculty Travels To UK To Advance Performance Nutrition Research
Sep 4, 2025

By Amanda Mlekush To study how female athletes may enhance their performance using specific types of nutrients, Dr. Jennifer Kurtz from App State...

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Social Work Faculty Visits India To Share Research
Sep 3, 2025

By Amanda MlekushWith funding provided by App State’s Office of International Programs (OIP), Sunny Sinha, PhD, from the Department of Social Work t...

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App State Community FEaST Planned for Oct. 8
Sep 2, 2025

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