(TEC), professors Dennis Grady (PS/CJ) and Dennis Scanlin (TEC), associate professor Jeff Ramsdell (TEC), research staff members Laurel Elam, Brent Summerville and Jason Hoyle, and graduate and undergraduate students including Micah Shristi and Jacob Clarke held working group meetings over the summer on energy supply, buildings and industry, and transportation and Alternative fuels for input [...]
(TEC) participated in several meetings of the Duke Energy Collaborative on “Energy Efficiency and Renewables,” held in Greensboro during the past several months. Other members of the collaborative include Duke Energy officials, as well as representatives of Lowe’s Home Improvement, Food Lion, UNC Chapel Hill, N.C. State University, Duke Energy, N.C. State Energy Office, Public [...]
(TEC) and numerous students completed a comprehensive energy assessment of Grandfather Mountain. The project identified and described current energy usage and identified opportunities for reducing energy usage by utilizing contemporary energy efficiency measures and technology. The group also identified and described a variety of ways Grandfather Mountain could utilize renewable energy resources. The Grandfather Mountain [...]
(TEC) has work exhibited in “SPOT,” a juried exhibit of photography at the Gregg Museum of Art and Design at N.C. State University. His work was selected by Joyce Tennyson. Scarlata also has work exhibited at Meredith College in Raleigh in the “North Carolina Photography Exhibit.” Both exhibits run through late October.
The Western N.C. Renewable Energy Initiative, directed and managed by Dennis Scanlin and Brent Summerville (TEC), recently organized a workshop on photovoltaics and the National Electric Code. More than 85 people attended the workshop, making it the largest audience ever for a photovoltaics workshop in the Southeast . The workshop was led by John Wiles, [...]
(TEC) was one of 20 participants worldwide selected to attend a week-long Teacher’s of Lighting Workshop sponsored by IESNA, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, and Cooper Lighting company. The workshop was held at Cooper’s educational facility in Georgia. Mercer-Ballard received a grant to pay for all costs associated with the June workshop. In [...]
(NUR) completed degree requirements for the doctor of nursing practice degree from Rush University’s College of Nursing. She received the College of Nursing Dean’s Award at graduation in June. In addition, Miller presented a poster, “An Evidence-based Practice Improvement Culture Initiative at Watauga Medical Center,” at the Alaska Native Medical Center Department of Nursing’s Fourth [...]
BOONE—The music of American composer Alec Wilder is featured Oct. 2 during a Faculty Recital Series presentation at Appalachian State University.
Members of the Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music will perform a variety of vocal and instrumental compositions in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Wilder’s birth.
The recital begins at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music [...]
BOONE—Students at Appalachian State University interested in opportunities with the Peace Corps are invited to visit an informational booth Sept. 25 from 1-4 p.m. during Jobfest at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center. Also on Sept. 25, Appalachian students and the community are invited to come by Room 421 in Belk Library for a Peace [...]
BOONE—Local weather watchers of all ages in northwest North Carolina are needed to participate in the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS). The volunteer weather observers will help collect precipitation data using inexpensive equipment in their backyard.
BOONE—Novelist Nino Ricci reads from his work Oct. 4 for the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series at Appalachian State University. His presentation begins at 7:30 p.m. in Room 114 Carol Grotnes Belk Library and Information Commons.
BOONE—The people and history of Flat Top Manor will be the focus of a symposium on held Sept. 28-29 in Watauga County. Flat Top Manor is part of the Moses H. Cone Memorial Park near Blowing Rock.
BOONE—Organist Joby Bell will present a recital Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall at Appalachian State University.
BOONE—Pat Reighard of Blowing Rock was elected second vice president of the State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC) at the organization’s annual convention Sept. 7.
BOONE—The Department of Art at Appalachian State University will host this year’s Print Dialogue Days on Oct. 5 and 6.
Print Dialogue Days is a symposium organized each year by the American Print Alliance to bring together nationally recognized artists, educators and printmakers from the region to exchange ideas and share research in an informal setting.
Appalachian State University is a public university located in Boone, North Carolina and the sixth largest institution in the University of North Carolina system. Appalachian (pronounced app-uh-LATCH-un) State is sometimes referred to as AppState, ASU, or simply App. The university has been ranked among the top 15 Southern "Masters Universities" since the U.S. News and World Report's America's Best Colleges Guide began publication in 1986. In 2001, Appalachian was recognized by TIME Magazine as a College of the Year.
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