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The Appalachian

Senatorial candidate Jeff Jackson spoke one-on-one with people on campus before giving a speech and answering questions from students.

US Senate candidate Jeff Jackson meets with Mountaineers

Abi Pepin, Reporter September 27, 2021

Rather than order lunch from the food trucks or hammock between classes, App State students joined senatorial candidate Jeff Jackson on Sanford Mall Friday to discuss his aspirations for North Carolina.  Jackson,...

AppHealthcare announces eight COVID-19 clusters, five active cases

AppHealthcare announces eight COVID-19 clusters, five active cases

Will Hofmann, Enterprise Editor September 26, 2021

AppHealthCare announced the location of eight COVID-19 clusters in Watauga County through their COVID-19 situation update Friday. The clusters come as cases in Watauga increased by 12 , leading to an active...

 Johnny Bunton, a High Country native who worked at App State for nearly two decades, died Sept. 15 after contracting COVID.

App State employee of 18 years dies due to COVID

Jake Markland, Reporter September 24, 2021

An App State employee died Sept. 15 due to complications that arose after he contracted COVID-19. He was 46.  Johnny Bunton, a Watauga County resident who worked at the university for 18 years, is...

Lynn Patterson, class of ‘89 alumna, rings the bell. Patterson is a Belk Library university program specialist and daughter of fellow Bell Ringer Roberta Jackson.
Karl Campbell, the event’s leading speaker, said Patterson represented “the service of faculty and staff to App State and the many multi-cultural mountaineers, multi-generational families.”

122 years of education: University marks history with social, bell ceremony

Cameron Marshall and Kara Haselton September 18, 2021

Guests and administrators celebrated  Founders Day 2021 at Founders Plaza for the fourth consecutive year, marking 122 years since App State was established.   Bell Ringers ceremony, which inducts...

Student-led Planned Parenthood General Action protested recent anti-abortion legislation passed in Texas Sept. 13.

Student Planned Parenthood group marches campus against Texas abortion ban

Jenna Guzman, Former Editor-in-Chief September 14, 2021

App State’s Planned Parenthood Generation Action held a solidarity march Monday to support reproductive rights, in response to Texas’s new anti-abortion law. The law, which was put into effect Sept.1,...

Boone Police, App State student address racist incident night of Luke Combs concert

Boone Police, App State student address racist incident night of Luke Combs concert

An App State student and Boone Police have resolved a viral incident involving racism that occured on the night of the Luke Combs concert Sept 4. Late Thursday evening, The Appalachian obtained a joint...

Team Sunergy made a celebratory lap down Rivers Street following their big win for American Solar Challenge that occurred on Aug. 7.

App State runs on sun: solar car team takes the gold

Ethan Hunt, Reporter September 7, 2021

Members of the App State solar vehicle team cheered and high-fived on the steps of B.B. Dougherty Hall Aug. 19 after Chancellor Everts congratulated them on winning the 2021 American Solar Challenge.  Team...

George, App State alumnus, was appointed to the town council Aug. 3. He is running for a seat in the November election.

App State alumnus, youngest on town council, pushes for local government

Abi Pepin, Reporter September 7, 2021

Although the former president of App State College Democrats is now an alumnus, his new role as a member of the Boone Town Council is keeping him in Boone a little bit longer.  During a town council...

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Campus Dining seeking staff in light of shortages

Megan Pettey, Reporter September 7, 2021

Classrooms are filled once again as thousands of students return to campus, yet employment positions within Campus Dining remain empty. Four dining locations will stay closed until further notice as a...

Former Chancellor John E. Thomas poses outside App State's admissions building, John E. Thomas Hall.

Former Chancellor John E. Thomas dies at 90

Ethan Hunt, Reporter September 5, 2021

Former App State Chancellor John E. Thomas passed away Sept. 2 at the age of 90, according to Chancellor Sheri Everts. Everts shared the news of John E. Thomas’s death with the university in a campus-wide...

App State to require weekly testing for unvaccinated students, faculty

App State to require weekly testing for unvaccinated students, faculty

Jake Markland, Reporter September 3, 2021

The university will require weekly COVID-19 testing for students, faculty and staff who are not fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, the university announced in an update Friday.  Rather...

Fall 2021 marks the largest freshman class in school history.

App State enrolls largest freshman class in school history, increases overall enrollment

Ethan Hunt, Reporter September 1, 2021

App State enrolled 4,099 first-year students for the fall 2021 semester, marking the first time more than 4,000 students have begun their careers on the mountain, according to university communications.   ...

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