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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...

Miss North Carolina practices taping with junior Athletic Training major Maurice McAlister.

National Athletic Training Month brings awareness about athletic trainers and student-athlete safety
Mar 21, 2016

BOONE- March is National Athletic Training Month, an annual event held for the past fifteen years to spread awareness about what athletic...

Autism camp offered April 17-19, registration ends April 1
Mar 14, 2016

BOONE – Camp Crinkleroot, a free day camp to be held April 15-17, is recruiting campers ages 8 – 14 with Autism Spectrum Disorders.&nb

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College receives funding to train students to screen for substance abuse disorders
Mar 8, 2016

The Beaver College of Health Sciences recently received over $300,000 in funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services...

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Appalachian well represented at recent American College of Sports Medicine conference
Feb 26, 2016

The Southeast Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (SEACSM) held its annual conference in Greenville, SC on February 18 through 20...

Winners of the three-minute thesis competition

Graduate student in exercise science wins three-minute thesis competition
Feb 11, 2016

Could you explain your master's level thesis or research in just three minutes?

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Beaver College of Health Sciences at Appalachian to offer Master of Health Administration
Dec 14, 2015

BOONE – The University of North Carolina Board of Governors approved a new Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree at Appalachian State

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Phi Psi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International recognized at convention
Nov 19, 2015

BOONE- The Appalachian Phi Psi Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Honor Society of Nursing received a Chapter Key Award and...

Recreation Management professor receives outstanding faculty member award

Recreation Management professor receives outstanding faculty member award
Nov 16, 2015

BOONE- Appalachian State University Associate Professor of Recreation Management Melissa Weddell received the 2015 Outstanding Professor Award...

Beaver College of Health Sciences holds first Interprofessional Education Case Study Event

Beaver College of Health Sciences holds first Interprofessional Education Case Study Event
Oct 30, 2015

BOONE- Over 230 undergraduate seniors, graduate students, and faculty and staff from the Beaver College of Health Sciences (BCHS) gathered in...

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Recreation Management faculty helps secure grant funding for local park
Oct 8, 2015

Recreation Management senior lecturer Kristian Jackson and Boone Area Cyclists were awarded a $10,000 grant from the KEEN Effect Grant Program to...