Jeff Pennypacker, an ice sculptor at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, created this Appalachian-themed sculpture for the chancellor’s reception held at the historic inn Nov. 17. Pennypacker used colored sand to create the frozen logo. The project, which was donated to the function, took more than four hours to complete. The event was organized [...]
BOONE—Poet Shirlette Ammons will read from her work Dec. 4 at Appalachian State University. Her presentation is sponsored by the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series.
Ammons will present the craft talk “Poetry and Music” at 3:30 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Table Rock Room.
She will present a poetry reading at 7:30 p.m., also in [...]
BOONE—Push pins and maps have given way to computer screens and GIS mapping as the way for law enforcement officers to track crime.
Matthew Robinson, a professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies at Appalachian State University, has coauthored the book “Crime Mapping and Spatial Aspects of Crime” published by Allyn & Bacon/Prentice [...]
BOONE— The Appalachian State University Chapter of Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway spent a recent Saturday helping National Park Service employees remove debris from a dismantled dam at Sims Creek.
Members of the Appalachian State University Chapter of Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway volunteered their time to help clear debris from a dam near [...]
BOONE—The Mountaintop Removal Road Show will be presented at Appalachian State University this Thursday, Nov. 20, from 3:30 to 4:45 pm in the Great Hall of the Living Learning Center. The event is free and open to the public.
The road show supports Thursday evening’s musical performance by Public Outcry, which begins at 7 p.m. at [...]
BOONE—The Doorways International Program Series presents Xuewu Zheng on the topic “Contemporary Chinese Arts and Artists’ Lives” Thursday, Nov. 20, at 3:30 p.m. in room 028 Belk Library and Information Commons.
Building on traditional Chinese arts which command a great part of the China’s rich cultural heritage, and are influenced by western ideas and modern technology, [...]
BOONE—Tickets are on sale for the 16th annual Hayes School of Music Holiday Scholarship Concert at Appalachian State University.
The annual event ushers in the holiday season Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Farthing Auditorium. Tickets are $5. Children age 6 and under will be admitted free. Tickets are available at the Farthing [...]
Health Promotion for Faculty and Staff at Appalachian State University is organizing a toy drive this holiday season. Donations will benefit the Boone Optimist Club’s Santa’s Toy Box project, which collects toys for children in underprivileged families in Watauga County. For more information contact, Alison Nobrega at 262-6314.
Toys must be new and unwrapped. Toys are [...]
BOONE—Audience-goers can enjoy selections from some of the world’s favorite operas during a performance by the Hayes School of Music’s Opera Workshop Nov. 21 and 22 at Appalachian State University. Performances begin at 8 each evening in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free.
Students from the music school will perform the first act [...]
BOONE—Appalachian State University is observing International Education Week with a series of programs through Nov. 21. Activities are free and open to the public. The programs are sponsored by Appalachian’s Office of International Education and Development.
Dr. Renee Scherlen from the Department of Government and Justice Studies will present “Ideas and Connections are Mightier than [...]
BOONE – The Degas Quartet brings its dynamic sound to Appalachian State University Nov. 18 for an 8 p.m. performance in Broyhill Music Center’s Recital Hall. Admission is free. Quartet members are violinists Emily Popham and Timothy Peters, violist Simon Ertz and cellist Philip von Maltzahn.
The quartet will perform Mendelssohn’s “String Quartet No. 1 in [...]
BOONE—The Hayes Graduate String Quartet from Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music will perform Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Recital Hall. Admission is free.
Quartet members are Danice Desir, violin, Joanna Pepple, violin, Joseph Driggars, viola, and Rebecca Wade, cello.
They will perform Arvo Pärt’s “Fratres,” Hayden’s “Quartet in C, op. 33, [...]
BOONE—Student organizations at Appalachian State University will host a celebration of international holidays Dec. 5 from 6-8 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Grandfather Mountain Ballroom. The public is invited.
Admission to the event dubbed “Find Yosef a Holiday” is free; however, canned goods will be collected at the door for the Hunger and Health Coalition and [...]
BOONE—Two students from the social work program at Appalachian State University were invited to give presentations at the recent Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education.
Matt Ballard, a senior social work major from Charlotte, presented the results of his independent study “Canned Responses to Food Insecurity: Proposal of an Alternative, Just Approach.”
Graduate [...]
Five members of the Bryan family, natives of the Meat Camp community, gathered for the Veterans Day observance Nov. 11 at Appalachian State University. The brothers represent three of the armed forces.
Joe Bryan, left, is a retired staff sergeant with the N.C. Army National Guard. He also is a retired Appalachian employee. Junior Miller, a [...]
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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