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News

App State and Wilkes Community College partner up to create new Career and Technical Education concentration

Gianna Holiday

December 7, 2019

App State’s Career and Technical Education program now offers a concentration in agriculture education, housed in the Reich College of Education’s curriculum and instruction department. The concentration...

Future of SDAP uncertain as grant soon expires

December 6, 2019

The Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program is an inclusive two-year educational program housed in the...

New App State research shows Latina women more likely to be deported than male counterparts

December 5, 2019

A recent App State research project found Latina women who form part of a family are three times more...

Newly elected Boone Town Council brings new and old faces

November 25, 2019

The Boone Town Council will have a new dynamic and new priorities as recently elected members prepare...

SGA shows progress through State of the University

November 24, 2019

The Student Government Association presented The State of the University Address Nov. 12 to update faculty,...

Athletics and Student Affairs release joint statement on Quinn Recreation Center

November 22, 2019

Athletic Director Doug Gillin, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs JJ Brown and Student Body President...

SGA Senate fails to override budget veto

November 22, 2019

The Student Government Association Senate failed to override Student Body President DeJon Milbourne’s...

Sports

Sun Belt Championship Photo Gallery

Lynette Files and Max Correa

December 7, 2019

The App State Mountaineers defeated the University of Louisiana Ragin Cajuns on Saturday, Dec. 7 to win the Sun Belt Championship. This is the Mountaineers fourth straight year winning the Sun Belt Championship...

Mountaineers and Ragin’ Cajuns set for second straight Sun Belt Championship matchup

December 6, 2019

The second installment of the Sun Belt Championship game is back at Kidd Brewer Stadium on Saturday, as App State (11-1, 7-1 Sun Belt) takes on Louisiana...

Davis Gaither, Evans highlight all conference selections with POTY awards

December 5, 2019

After an 11-1 regular season finish, two away wins against Power 5 schools UNC and South Carolina, and a ticket to its second straight Sun Belt Championship...

Five score in double figures as Mountaineers beat St. Andrews 90-58

December 3, 2019

App State men’s basketball knocked off D-II opponent St. Andrews 90-58 at the Holmes Convocation Center on Tuesday night. Sophomore guard Adrian Delph...

App State moves to No. 21 in College Football Playoff rankings

December 3, 2019

The Mountaineers moved up four spots in the College Football Playoff rankings to No. 21. They are directly behind fellow Group of Five schools Cincinnati...

A&C

Review: Doctor Sleep

Ebony Foster

November 21, 2019

Mike Flanagan’s “Doctor Sleep” brilliantly combines the aesthetics of Stanley Kubrick's “The Shining” with Flanagan’s signature style. The film adapts Steven King’s sinister sequel and balances...

Austin Juno: Sustainable Runway Fashion

November 21, 2019

Austin “Billy” Juno goes beyond what his clothing brand Juno Studios looks like. He dives into the story behind each collection, the ethics in the...

Aerial drone photographer sees Boone from different perspective

November 20, 2019

When an App State alumnus off-handedly Googled “cool go-pro mounts” to look for new ways to capture snowboarding camera shots, the top result was a...

The High Country to Romania: Professor awarded second Fulbright scholarship

November 20, 2019

Mountains and tight knit communities close the similarities between Appalachia and Romania. From its folklore and dance to old world architecture, the...