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College Recognizes ‘Helene Helpers’ Who Volunteered After Hurricane
Oct 30, 2024

By Amanda Mlekush Finding individuals who work at the Beaver College of Health Sciences and sprang into action to volunteer after Hurricane Helen...

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College Inducts Seven Health and Wellness Leaders Into 2024 Trillium Society
Oct 28, 2024

By Amanda Mlekush The App State Beaver College of Health Sciences inducted seven health and wellness leaders into the college’s Trillium Societ...

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Employee Celebrates Her 11th ‘Breast Cancer-versary’
Oct 28, 2024

By Amanda Mlekush After her husband reminded her several times, Andrea Anderson scheduled her first mammogram with the mobile unit that comes to ...

Flu vaccines are available at the employee health and benefits fair

Annual Employee Health and Benefits Fairs Planned For Oct. 4, Oct. 17
Sep 18, 2024

The annual App State Employee Health and Benefits fair, sponsored by Health Promotion for Faculty and Staff (HPFS) and Human Resources,...

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Advocate Jordan LeVan To Present “Fighting for My Voice" Oct. 4 at App State
Sep 16, 2024

By Amanda Mlekush IEP Advocate Jordan LeVan will appear at App State’s Beaver College of Health Sciences Levine Hall on Friday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m. as ...

Registration is open for kids to participate in Home School PE

Registration opens for App State’s Home School PE program
Sep 12, 2024

Registration has opened for the 2024–2025 academic year for the Appalachian State University Home School Physical Education (PE) program. Spons...

App State marks its 125th year by enrolling 21,570 Mountaineer students in fall 2024, a 1.5% increase over last fall. The steady growth is supported by intentionally managed enrollment at the Boone campus and significant growth in both the Hickory campus and App State Online student populations. From left to right, students are pictured outside the App State Hickory campus, inside a Sanford Hall classroom in Boone, sharing a hammock during the Welcome to App Field Day on Sanford Mall and inside the new cybe

App State marks its 125th year with strong enrollment
Sep 9, 2024

Appalachian State University marks its 125th year by enrolling 21,570 Mountaineer students in fall 2024, a 1.5% increase over last fall....

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Levine Hall Faculty and Staff Dedicate New Outdoor Labyrinth
Sep 5, 2024

By Amanda MlekushA group of faculty and staff were some of the first to see and experience a new outdoor labyrinth located in a green space in front o...

2024 Camp Jean Rankin campers are pictured on the Kidd Brewer Stadium field with App State and community speech-language pathologists, App State speech-language pathology graduate students, camp donors and Mountaineer football players and coaches. Photo by Chase Reynolds

At App State’s Camp Jean Rankin, youth practice speech skills in fun, interactive settings
Aug 30, 2024

From chopping ingredients for a homemade Italian dinner to chopping words into syllables, the 10 campers who attended Appalachian State University’s...

Dr. Gail Donaldson, chair of App State’s Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, second from right, is the recipient of App State’s inaugural Distinguished Leadership Award — part of the university’s Departmental Leadership Awards Program. Pictured with Donaldson, from left to right, are App State Acting Provost Neva Specht, App State Acting Vice Provost of Faculty Policies, Development and Training Jamie Parson and App State Beaver College of Health Sciences Dean Marie Huff. Photo by Chase Reynolds

App State honors Dr. Gail Donaldson, Dr. Cathy Marcum with inaugural Departmental Leadership Awards
Aug 29, 2024

Appalachian State University’s Departmental Leadership Awards Program has honored two department chairs — Dr. Gail Donaldson and Dr. Cat...