Appalachian State University offers students many opportunities to get involved with nonprofit organizations within the Boone community. Students are often connected through a class for service learning or through the Appalachian and the Community Together office. One such nonprofit organization is Hospitality House. This year, students at Watauga Residential College have been collecting different items
Every day, students on Appalachian State’s campus face different social problems, such as transgender rights, education, mental health, racial stigmas and much more. However, what many students may not realize is that just down the road at the Northeast Correctional Complex in Mountain City, Tennessee, these problems exist as well but lead to some extremes
BOONE—According to App State’s Wellness and Prevention Services’ website, the overall mission of the organization is to to serve the student body through the promotion of healthy behaviors, modification services for risk behavior and advocacy for campus-wide health policies that facilitate student success and holistic well-being. One of the ways in which Wellness and Prevention
People choose to serve in the military because of unique circumstances, economic, social or otherwise. For Russ Seamster, deep-seated fascination with the military resulted in his enlistment and later commission as an army officer after gaining leadership skills through Appalachian State’s Reserve Officer Training Corps program. “I had always wanted to serve my country in
BOONE — Appalachian State offers many different programs and clubs for students to participate in to find their home in the High Country. One of the programs with a deep history at Appalachian is the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, or the ROTC. “The ROTC teaches many things like leadership, time and stress management, wellness, Army values
After a contentious fight during the 2016 election season, the Plemmons Student Union remained an early voting site for students to be able to cast their vote from campus. The issue of the Plemmons Student Union being a voting site for students has been argued within the Watauga County Board of Elections as early as
The fall is an exciting time for residence halls. The silence of summertime is replaced with the bustle of move-in day and the never-ending icebreakers and social programs of Appalachian State’s annual Welcome Weekend. As per usual, Hall Council used the excitement of the weekend to promote its upcoming election season, manning info booths in
On April 7, faculty and students of the IDEXlab joined student artists and the public to celebrate the unveiling of the HOW Space, a multipurpose collaboration space on Howard Street. The IDEXlab, or the Integral Design Experience Laboratory, is an Appalachian State University program designed to provide students with hands-on experience in the real world.
Appalachian purchased the former Watauga High School on Tuesday for $15.5 million. Although this deal marked the beginning of a new era for the university, it simultaneously brought about the end of another for the Boone skate community. The old Watauga High School is home to Boone’s only legal skate site. The park functions as
The unique beauty, nature, culture and lifestyle of the southern Appalachian Mountains comes to life through the Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition, a Boone-based annual competition that invites both amateur and professional photographers to submit photos that showcase an aspect of the region. A collaboration between ASU Outdoor Programs, the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
