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Perseverance pays off: Over 1,500 App State graduates achieve degrees this fall
Dec 17, 2024

Appalachian State University celebrated graduates’ achievements during Fall 2024 Commencement ceremonies on Dec.

Dr. Amber Welborn, assistant professor in App State’s Department of Nursing, led a group of students who volunteered to sort medical supplies to be delivered via aircraft at the Lincolnton-Lincoln County Regional Airport. Pictured from left to right in the back row are Welborn, senior nursing major Jesse Gargis, senior exercise science major Noah Foy, senior nursing major Caitlyn Moore, senior nursing major Ella Pyatt and senior nursing major Eli Dowler. Shown from left to right in the front row are senior

App State students, faculty and staff volunteered to help neighbors after Hurricane Helene
Dec 16, 2024

Hurricane Helene left a lasting impact on the High Country when it hit on Sept.

UNC System Board of Governors approves App State's new Doctor of Nursing Practice hybrid program
Dec 4, 2024

Beginning in fall 2026, Appalachian State University will welcome its first cohort of students to a hybrid Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree program, designed to educate family practice...

Brett Strader

Meet Brett Strader
Jul 1, 2021

By Audrey Gurkin

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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.

Whitney Hicks

Nurse Whitney Hicks ’15 studies, teaches and serves
Jun 7, 2021

While pursuing her Ph.D.
Jennifer Robinson

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.
Caroline Monroe

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 Ba
Jenny Corriher

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.
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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.

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.

Rosalind Barber

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...