Appalachian State

BOONE—Appalachian State University will add six new undergraduate degrees to its offerings beginning in August, following approval by the UNC Board of Governors June 13.
Students will be able to earn a bachelor of arts degree in Appalachian studies, global studies, sustainable development, and women’s studies, and a bachelor of science degree in sustainable development – [...]

BOONE—Dennis Scanlin has received the Small Wind Advocate of the Year Award for the Southeast region from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Powering America program. He was honored for his leadership in small-scale wind energy activities in Western North Carolina.
Scanlin is a professor and coordinator of the appropriate technology program in Appalachian State University’s [...]

BOONE—Dennis Scanlin has received the Small Wind Advocate of the Year Award for the Southeast region from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Powering America program. He was honored for his leadership in small-scale wind energy activities in Western North Carolina.
Scanlin is a professor and coordinator of the appropriate technology program in Appalachian State University’s [...]

BOONE—Appalachian State University juniors Joel Valente and Katherine Watts, and senior Michael Hugh Owings will each receive a Celia Moh Scholarship for the 2008-09 academic year. The scholarship pays full tuition, room, board and fees.

Joel Valente Katherine Watts
Michael Hugh Owings
Owings of Murphy and Valente of Faber, Va., are studying industrial design. Watts [...]

BOONE—Appalachian State University juniors Joel Valente and Katherine Watts, and senior Michael Hugh Owings will each receive a Celia Moh Scholarship for the 2008-09 academic year. The scholarship pays full tuition, room, board and fees.

Joel Valente Katherine Watts
Michael Hugh Owings
Owings of Murphy and Valente of Faber, Va., are studying industrial design. Watts [...]

BOONE—Appalachian State University’s Belk Library and Information Commons and Fudan University Library in Shanghai, China, have agreed to participate in future exchanges of librarians, culture and information.
The agreement between the two universities grew from discussions between Appalachian’s University Librarian Mary Reichel and Fudan University Library’s Executive Associate Director Xu Yixin.

Xu Yixin, seated left, from Fudan [...]

BOONE—Appalachian State University’s Belk Library and Information Commons and Fudan University Library in Shanghai, China, have agreed to participate in future exchanges of librarians, culture and information.
The agreement between the two universities grew from discussions between Appalachian’s University Librarian Mary Reichel and Fudan University Library’s Executive Associate Director Xu Yixin.

Xu Yixin, seated left, from Fudan [...]

BOONE—N.C. Gov. Mike Easley hosted members of Appalachian State University’s three-time-defending NCAA Division I football national championship team at the Governor’s Mansion in Raleigh June 10.

N.C. Gov. Mike Easley, left, welcomes seniors from Appalachian State University’s football team to the Governor’s Mansion. Also pictured are football players Nic Cardwell, Justin Woazeah, Appalachian’s Chancellor Kenneth [...]

BOONE—Kevin Balling, a lecturer in electronic media/broadcasting in the Department of Communication at Appalachian State University, has received a fellowship from the North Carolina Arts Council.
The $10,000 fellowship was awarded for Balling’s current documentary film project tentatively titled “Bathanti,” which profiles the writing and life of writer Joseph Bathanti. Bathanti writes poetry, novels and short [...]

BOONE—A solar water heating workshop will be held July 11-12 at Appalachian State University.
Participants will learn how to design and construct solar water heating systems for domestic hot water needs.
The workshop will be led by representatives from Alternate Energy Technologies (AET), a leading solar energy systems company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. AET specializes in the [...]

BOONE—Visitors to N.C. wineries in 2007 tended to be middle aged, highly educated and have a higher than average household income. And they liked to spend money at wineries, with purchases averaging $176 per travel party.
These and other visitor profiles are part of a wine tourism study conducted for the N.C. Wine and Grape Council [...]

BOONE—Business students from Appalachian State University and Fudan University in China participated in Shanghai Forum 2008, an international academic forum hosted in May by Fudan University and sponsored by the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies. The conference theme as “Economic Globalization and the Choice of Asia: Transition, Growth and Welfare.”
The students attended the event as [...]

BOONE—The Goodnight Family Sustainable Development Program at Appalachian State University has a new tractor thanks to a generous donation from Boone Kubota and support from the university’s College of Arts and Sciences.
“The new tractor will be a great addition to the teaching and research farm,” said Chuck Smith, director of the sustainable development [...]

BOONE—Three Appalachian State University faculty members in the Reich College of Education have received the college’s 2007-08 Outstanding Faculty Awards.
Alecia Youngblood Jackson Heather ClarkBetty Dishman
They are Dr. Alecia Youngblood Jackson, an assistant professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies; Dr. Heather Clark, an associate professor in the Department of Language, Reading, [...]

BOONE—Appalachian State University will add six new undergraduate degrees to its offerings beginning in August, following approval by the UNC Board of Governors June 13.
Students will be able to earn a bachelor of arts degree in Appalachian studies, global studies, sustainable development, and women’s studies, and a bachelor of science degree in sustainable development – [...]