BOONE—Ceramic artist Bill P. Daley will give an artist lecture in the lecture hall of Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on Tuesday, Oct. 6.
The lecture begins at 7 p.m., with a reception immediately following. The lecture is free and open to the public. The lecture is sponsored by the Clay Area [...]
BOONE—The ponderosa pine and Douglas fir are iconic images of the Northern Rockies. Towering more than 130 feet and with circumferences that can exceed 200 inches, the trees provide researchers with a wealth of information related to fire history, climate changes and tree growth trends.
Appalachian State University’s Peter T. Soulé is researching the relationship between [...]
BOONE—Musicians from Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music and others will present a concert Sunday, Oct. 11, to benefit the annual Appalachian GuitarFest.
The program begins at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. The suggested donation is $5 per person.
Douglas James
Patrick Lui
Alan Mearns
Andy Page
“Budget cuts associated with the state and national economic [...]
BOONE—Jeannine Underdown Collins of Boone and G.A. Sywassink of Hilton Head Island, S.C., began terms as officers on Appalachian State University’s Board of Trustees Sept. 25.
Underdown Collins is chair of the board and Sywassink is vice chair. Hughlene Bostian Frank of Greensboro is secretary of the board.
Officers for Appalachian State University’s Board of Trustees are Hughlene [...]
BOONE—Beginning Oct. 1, it will be illegal to dispose of plastic bottles in a landfill. They must be recycled instead.
North Carolina is one of the first states to ban plastic bottle waste. Landfills that fail to recycle the bottles are subject to a $15,000 fine.
To raise awareness of the new ban, ASU Recycles and Appalachian [...]
BOONE—Appalachian State University’s Board of Trustees today approved a plan to borrow $5.34 million to implement a variety of energy-saving measures across campus. The measures are expected to save at least $600,000 a year in energy costs. Those savings will be used to repay the loan within 12 years or less.
Jerry L. Marshall, Appalachian’s energy [...]
BOONE—The answer to whether there will be good fall color is a “definite maybe” in the first report of biology professor Howard S. Neufeld as an official leaf expert of the North Carolina Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development.
The Appalachian State University professor’s weekly fall leaf predictions and scientific hints appear on the division’s [...]
BOONE—Edie Hemingway, author of the children’s book “Road to Tater Hill,” will speak at Appalachian State University Monday, Sept. 28.
Hemingway is a 1972 graduate of Appalachian. Her talk and a reception will begin at 5 p.m. in Belk Library and Information Commons in room 023. University Bookstore will have copies of Hemingway’s book for sale [...]
BOONE—Poet Paul Zimmer will read from and discuss his writing Thursday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the fall 2009 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series at Appalachian State University. The event will be held in the Table Rock Room of Plemmons Student Union.
A craft talk titled “Poetry and the Heart” will [...]
BOONE—Appalachian State University’s Broyhill Music Center will host a demonstration of the applications of tablet computers and educational software in the music curriculum for music technology coordinators, teachers, university personnel, industry leaders and musicians on Oct. 14.
Dr. Jennifer Snodgrass, an assistant professor in Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music, will demonstrate how she uses the technology [...]
BOONE—Horn player John McGuire will perform Oct. 4 in Appalachian State University’s Broyhill Music Center. The performance begins at 3 p.m. in Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free.
McGuire is a visiting faculty member in the Hayes School of Music faculty. He will be accompanied by Joel King and Susan Slingland.
The program features Mozart’s “Concerto in [...]
BOONE—The North Carolina Humanities Council has appointed Dr. Neva Specht to a three-year term on its board of directors.
Specht is an associate professor of history at Appalachian State University and University Liaison to the Blue Ridge Parkway. She also serves as assistant chair of the Department of History.
Specht is a member of the board of [...]
BOONE—One of the best-known family run businesses in North Carolina is the Biltmore Estate in Asheville.
Bill Cecil Jr., CEO of the Biltmore Company, will discuss issues pertaining to running a family owned business during the Family Business Forum Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Appalachian State University.
The forum runs from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Broyhill Inn [...]
BOONE—Galib Abbaszade from Baku, Azerbaijan, has received a fellowship from the U.S. Department of State’s Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program to attend Appalachian State University.
Abbaszade is enrolled in the university’s master of public administration program in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Government and Justice Studies.
He will focus on public management while [...]
BOONE—For three Appalachian State University professors, what started as a simple desire to coach their daughters on a U10 Watauga County Parks and Recreation team turned into a three-year exploration of the cultural landscape of local soccer.
The result is a 74-minute documentary video titled “Offside(s): Soccer in Small Town America.”
The documentary will be screened Oct. [...]
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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