Appalachian State

BOONE—The Appalachian Chorale will begin rehearsals of Handel’s “Messiah” Jan. 12 in Broyhill Music Center’s Room 214 at Appalachian State University.
Music director Joby Bell welcomes all interested singers. No audition is required. For more information, contact Bell at 262-6467 or at belljr@appstate.edu.
Rehearsals will be held Monday evenings during the university’s academic semester, except during [...]

When Army Capt. Richard G. Cliff Jr. was killed Sept. 29 in Afghanistan, he left behind a month-old son. The Mount Pleasant, S.C., native was a 2002 graduate of Appalachian State University. Members of the High Country Chapter of the Military Officers Association in Watauga County have contributed $1,000 to a trust fund established [...]

BOONE—War is not a time for slow learners, Lt. Col. Michael W. Minor told Appalachian State University’s ROTC cadets prior to their commissioning as second lieutenants.
Three Appalachian State University graduates have been commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army. They are Christopher M. Dimaio, left, Gregory T. Lewis and Mitchell S. [...]

BOONE—Some 1,000 Appalachian State University graduates and undergraduates turned their sights on their future professional careers during commencement Sunday in the Holmes Convocation Center on campus.

N.C. lieutenant-governor elect Walter H. Dalton told Appalachian State University’s December graduates that reaching their full potential included giving back to their community, their state and to their fellow [...]

BOONE—When Jen Maxwell sees an overflowing trash can on the Appalachian State University campus, she quickly thinks of the potential for minimizing campus waste through reduction and recycling.

Appalachian State University recycled 26 percent of its waste in 2007-08 thanks to the help of the ASU Recycles program. Staff members are Resource Conservation Manager Jen Maxwell, [...]

Laura Young (right) checks in volunteer shoppers  Fletcher Hietpas (left) and Sheryl Kane for during the 28th annual Children’s Shopping Spree sponsored by Appalachian State University’s Staff Council. Eighty-eight schoolchildren were accompanied by Appalachian employees who volunteered help the children shop for winter clothing. Staff at Appalachian contributed more than $15,000 to support the shopping [...]

BOONE—Appalachian State University is one of 119 colleges and universities that has received the “community engagement” classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
The designation recognizes institutions that have internalized and sustained their commitment to collaborate with communities through teaching, research and outreach.
“This is a great accomplish for Appalachian,” said Chancellor Kenneth [...]

BOONE – In less than three months, Appalachian State University’s cycling team has captured its second national title by winning the Division II USA Cycling Collegiate Cyclocross National Championships Dec. 14 in Kansas City, Mo.  The Mountaineers won the division’s national championship in mountain bike in late October, as well as two individual national champion [...]

BOONE—When Ryan Klinger, Andrew Drake, Spencer Price and Justin Henry created a working bicycle from plastic drink bottles, they didn’t know their creation would take them to California.
The Appalachian State University industrial design majors have won the first national Juicy Ideas Entrepreneurial/Environmental Contest, a competition in which college students from across the United States [...]

BOONE—Can a washer and dryer look like art and not lose function? Industrial design students in a senior product design studio at Appalachian State University think so, and they proved their point during a presentation to designers from Bosch and Siemens (BSH) Home Appliances in New Bern.
“Bosch asked the senior studio students to work [...]

BOONE—Students in Appalachian State University’s physical education teacher education program do more than just throw out a ball and watch school children play.
Appalachian students incorporate current research-based practices and tools, including technologies to enhance classroom teaching and learning.
The future teachers assess their students’ skill levels in activities such as basketball, soccer, volleyball and weight training [...]

BOONE—Design can be a powerful tool for activism according to participants of the second annual Power of Design program held in early December at Appalachian State University. The annual event brings together students, faculty and members of the professional design community.
Bryan Bell of Design Corps and co-author of “Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism” was the [...]

BOONE—The deadline for abstracts for the 2009 New River Symposium at Appalachian State University has been extended to Friday, Jan. 16, 2009.
Abstracts can be submitted at http://www.thenewriversymposium.org/
The symposium will be held May 21-23, 2009, at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center.
Individuals who have already submitted an abstract, can resubmit their proposal up to the new [...]

BOONE—Linda Morrison Combs of Winston-Salem and Blowing Rock has been elected to a four-year term on the board of directors of the Appalachian State University Foundation Inc.
Combs earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in reading education from Appalachian. She earned a doctorate in educational administration from Virginia Tech University. She [...]

BOONE—The deadline for abstracts for the 2009 New River Symposium at Appalachian State University has been extended to Friday, Jan. 16, 2009.
Abstracts can be submitted at http://www.thenewriversymposium.org/
The symposium will be held May 21-23, 2009, at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center.
Individuals who have already submitted an abstract, can resubmit their proposal up to the new [...]