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Two people stand in front of a green wall with a white graphic; one is wearing a lanyard and a name badge

Future Healthcare Executives Club Tours Cone Health Greensboro
Nov 13, 2025

A group of students from the Future Healthcare Executives club and Dr.

Appalachian student and Gilman Award recipient conducts independent study in Madagascar
Feb 6, 2019

During fall 2018, senior sustainable development major Patrick Ross embarked on the journey of a lifetime to the remote forest of Anjana

Mollie Mellishrencken

New initiative, staff position aim to reduce jail recidivism
Jan 15, 2019

BOONE — A new initiative to reduce recidivism at the Watauga County jail is already receiving positive feedback, with one inmate calling it

Dr. Jordan Hazelwood
Communication Sciences and Disorders students wrapping presents

Communication Sciences and Disorders students show generous holiday spirit
Jan 4, 2019

In the spirit of giving, Communication Sciences and Disorders graduate students, Margaret Carpenter and Elizabeth Nolen, coordinated the Seco

ASC Centers operate through an interdisciplinary team of school personnel, Appalachian graduate students and Appalachian faculty who, together, discuss each student referral’s issues and needs. Here, Dr. Kurt Michael, second from right, and Jennifer Wandler, Watauga High School social worker and ASC coordinator, look at a computer file as other ASC Center team members look on. Photo by Marie Freeman

Teens and mental health
Dec 3, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — Dr.