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Academic resources for App State students

Academic resources for App State students

Megan Pettey, Reporter August 18, 2021

Student Learning Center The Disco Student Learning Center offers a variety of resources to help students thrive in their academic and personal development. Six central tools are offered by the Learning...

The outside of Miles Annas Student Support which is alternatively known as the Wellness Center. The building has both the counseling center and health services.

Student health resources at App State

Cameron Stuart, Associate News Editor August 18, 2021

Starting college can be an exciting time as students move to a new area, meet new people and discover a new sense of freedom. Throughout their time in Boone, App State offers resources to ensure students’...

Residence halls provide moving bins to new residents to ease the process of carrying many belongings into dorms.

PHOTO GALLERY: 6,200 students unpack on campus in 2021

Kara Haselton and Becca Bridges August 18, 2021

App State saw 6,200 students total move up the mountain Aug. 9-12, with most of them freshman. The process was spread out over a week in accordance with COVID-19 guidelines.

Matias Akers (far left), Cameron Greve (middle), Charles Traill (middle right) & Thomas Castain (far right) attended their freshman Black & Gold assembly in the front row.

App State embraces new class of Mountaineers

Hollie Moore, Associate News Editor August 17, 2021

The Rock. Sanford Mall. Plemmons Student Union. The Duck Pond. Game days. App State engulfed new Mountaineers into these long-standing App State traditions on Friday night in the Black & Gold Traditions.  The...

Boone Town Council passes mask mandate

Boone Town Council passes mask mandate

Ethan Hunt, Reporter August 17, 2021

The Boone Town Council voted in favor of reinstating a mask mandate for indoor public settings in their Aug. 6 meeting.  Boone residents are required to wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination...

Masks required indoors at App State for fall 2021

Masks required indoors at App State for fall 2021

Jake Markland, Reporter August 4, 2021

Students must wear masks in all indoor locations on campus for the fall 2021 semester in light of substantial transmission rates in Watauga County.  App State announced Wednesday that students, faculty...

No more parking tags: license plate recognition software to replace physical tag

No more parking tags: license plate recognition software to replace physical tag

Ethan Hunt, Reporter July 29, 2021

Students can expect yet another post-pandemic change in the fall: physical parking tags are now a thing of the past.  App State announced July 2 in an email that license plate recognition software...

App State announces mask, vaccine guidance for fall 2021

App State announces mask, vaccine guidance for fall 2021

Hollie Moore, Associate News Editor July 29, 2021

App State announced this morning new, revised protocols for the upcoming fall semester requiring on campus students to submit their vaccine status and suggesting all other Mountaineers do as well.  Vaccinations...

AppalCart steering to new mobile app

AppalCart steering to new mobile app

Jake Markland, Reporter July 23, 2021

AppalCart announced Wednesday it will be using a new mobile app that riders can use to find transportation.  The public transportation system discontinued its contract with NextBus, another public...

Textbooks gone virtual: App State introduces new book rental program

Textbooks gone virtual: App State introduces new book rental program

Jake Markland, Reporter July 9, 2021

While much of university operations are moving away from a virtual format, App State’s updated textbook rental program is going electronic.  With the new system, which was introduced May 24 at the...

SGA releases statement in support of Nikole Hannah-Jones

SGA releases statement in support of Nikole Hannah-Jones

Jake Markland, Reporter June 28, 2021

The Gardin + Evans administration released a statement June 25 voicing its solidarity for journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones in regards to her denial of tenure at UNC-Chapel Hill.  Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer...

UNC System sets aside money for mental health with help of GEERF

UNC System sets aside money for mental health with help of GEERF

Xanayra Marin-Lopez, Reporter May 27, 2021

The UNC System is aiming to prioritize its students' mental health with assistance from the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund. This announcement came with a report from the system titled,...

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