Meet Brett Strader
Jul 1, 2021
By Audrey GurkinBoone, N.C. — Brett Strader is a senior Health and Physical Education K-12 major from Annapolis, Maryland. Although he grew up livin...
App State one of 17 US schools named a top producer of Fulbright scholars and students for 2020–21
Jun 11, 2021
Nancy Patterson ’16, of Auburn, Alabama, received a Fulbright ETA to Mexico. She earned a Bachelor of Social Work with a minor in Spanish....
Nurse Whitney Hicks ’15 studies, teaches and serves
Jun 7, 2021
While pursuing her Ph.D. in nursing education, Whitney Hicks ’15 works as a nurse at Duke Regional Hospital and serves as a clinical instructor in A...
Tele-learning while telecommuting: Jennifer Robinson pursues a bachelor’s degree in nursing at App State
Jun 4, 2021
Jennifer Robinson works — and studies — from the comfort of her home office in Marion. She is a utilization review nurse with Catawba Va...
App State’s Caroline Monroe: Providing critical care and compassion to patients
Jun 3, 2021
Caroline Monroe has spent most of the past year with COVID-19 patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) in Charlotte — while pursuing her Bachelor of...
App State alumna Jenny Corriher ’18: Labor, delivery and ‘rocking babies’
Jun 2, 2021
When she was growing up, Jennifer Corriher ’18 dreamed of “rocking babies.” Now she holds a B.S. in nursing from App State and serves as a labor...
North Carolina's Heroes of Healing
Jun 1, 2021
Editor's Note: Dr. Phoebe Pollitt retired as an associate professor of nursing at Appalachian State University in 2019. As a nurse, an educator and a ...
App State celebrates more than 3,600 Class of 2021 graduates
May 17, 2021
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s black and gold pride was on full display during its Spring 2021 Commencement. For the first time sinc...
BCHS Graduate Speaker Rosalind Barber
May 11, 2021
Rosalind Barber obtained her BSN nursing degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1995 and a graduate degree (MSN) in Nurse Publ...
BCHS Undergraduate Speaker Jenny Blackburn
May 11, 2021
Jenny Blackburn, a senior Appalachian State University student majoring in Athletic Training, is from Oak Ridge, North Carolina. Blackburn w...