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Exercise Science Students Place Fifth In Regional Jeopardy-Style Competition
Mar 5, 2025

A team of five Beaver College of Health Sciences undergraduate students recently attended the Southeast American College of Sports Medicine Conference (S...

App State Hosts 3rd Annual Nutrition Summit Featuring Panel Discussion With Nutrition Experts on April 4 in Boone
Mar 3, 2025

The Appalachian State University’s Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management will host its third annual Nutrition Summit on Friday, April 4,

Dr. Joy James from App State recently worked with the park service in Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico.

App State renews partnership with National Park Service 21st Century Conservation Service Corps
Feb 25, 2025

Appalachian State University is pleased to announce its recent selection as a member of the National Park Service (NPS) ...

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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.
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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
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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.

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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...

Jennifer Blackburn

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.

Beth Fiske

Dr. Beth Fiske is the Beaver College of Health Sciences Mace Bearer
May 10, 2021

Dr.Beth Fiske has been a faculty member in the Department of Nursing at Appalachian State since 2014 and most recently served as an Associate...