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ASJE seeks tuition equality

Chamian Cruz April 21, 2015

The Appalachian Social Justice Educators recently started a campaign urging Chancellor Sheri N. Everts to come out with a public statement calling for in-state tuition for undocumented students. The campaign...

Infographic: Malik Rahili | The Appalachian

Suicide awareness week promotes positivity

Josh Wharton April 21, 2015

Appalachian State University will hold its first Suicide Prevention Awareness Week from April 21-25, focusing on community building and promoting positivity. “The purpose of the week is to raise awareness...

Photo Illustration: Alex Gates | The Appalachian

Students write letters to families, survivors in Kenyan shooting

Chamian Cruz April 21, 2015

An Appalachian State University sophomore religious studies major has organized a campaign that will send letters to the families of the victims and survivors of the recent shooting that occurred at Garissa...

Professors consider raising gender-neutral children

Professors consider raising gender-neutral children

The Appalachian April 21, 2015

When it comes to gender, how much of being a boy or girl is biological and how much of it is learned behavior? While this debate still rages within academia, more parents are raising their children in...

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Uncovering Boone’s historically black community: Junaluska

Chamian Cruz April 18, 2015

Although the Junaluska community is located near downtown Boone and has a unique and continuous history dating back to the mid-1800s, with descendants of its original families still living in the neighborhood...

Everts installed as seventh chancellor, McCrory announces nursing school funding

Everts installed as seventh chancellor, McCrory announces nursing school funding

Joshua Farmer April 17, 2015

UNC-system President Tom Ross installed Sheri N. Everts as Appalachian State University’s seventh chancellor on Friday morning. The Holmes Convocation Center hosted the procession that included musical...

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‘Built to serve’ – Osborn provides insight to advertising industry

Gerrit Van Genderen April 16, 2015

The Walker College of Business of Appalachian State University hosted the 55th Harlan E. Boyles Distinguished CEO Lecture at Holmes Convocation Center Wednesday morning. John Osborn, president and CEO...

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Professors fight salary increase

Tommy Culkin April 16, 2015

A campaign known as Faculty Forward presented a petition demanding professor salary increases not be paid for with student tuition to the University of North Carolina system Board of Governors on April...

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Student rises above lifelong adversity, poverty

Jordan Boles April 16, 2015

Tony Walker, senior business management major and ACCESS student, was awarded the Kenneth E. Peacock Spirit of ACCESS award for not only his academic successes, but equally in his battles with adversity...

A team of seven Appalachian State University students were awarded $90,000 in grants for their work on a sustainable greenhouse project called Nexus. The were presented with the grants in Washington, D.C. last weekend. Courtesy of David Domermuth

Greenhouse project awarded $90,000 by EPA to help farmers

The Appalachian April 16, 2015

Seven students and two faculty members from Appalachian State University’s Department of Technology and Environmental Design won a $75,000 Phase II Award at the National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington,...

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Raise Up fights for minimum wage increase of $15

Chamian Cruz April 16, 2015

Low-waged workers throughout the nation, 200 students throughout North Carolina and about 15 students from Appalachian State University stood together at Shaw University on Wednesday to support a national...

Appalachian pyschology professor Lisa Curtin (right) poses with a student at a conference. Photo: Jordan Kimbrell

ASU psychology professors study mental health issues in rural areas

Josh Wharton April 16, 2015

Faculty members in the Appalachian State University Department of Psychology have been conducting studies of mental health in rural areas, which are known for having fewer resources available for those...

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