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“Make America the best it can be”: Author Michael Eric Dyson speaks at 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration

“Make America the best it can be”: Author Michael Eric Dyson speaks at 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration

Abi Pepin, Reporter January 27, 2021

Over 400 students and faculty members attended a virtual night for the 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Tuesday. Michael Eric Dyson, author, cultural critic and media commentator,...

Office of the Provost announces date to drop classes for spring semester

Office of the Provost announces date to drop classes for spring semester

Emily Broyles, Reporter January 27, 2021

Students can drop their classes last minute this spring, similar to last semester’s COVID-19-ridden change. The Office of the Provost announced students can drop classes up to a week before the last...

App State gives students additional CARES Act funding, hints at more

App State gives students additional CARES Act funding, hints at more

Xanayra Marin-Lopez, Reporter January 26, 2021

Students received a surprise $186 in their bank accounts after App State identified additional CARES Act funding.  This one-time payment comes from the CARES Act, which former President Donald Trump...

Boone Town Council approves climate resolution, targets town-wide renewable energy by 2050

Boone Town Council approves climate resolution, targets town-wide renewable energy by 2050

Gianna Holiday, Reporter January 25, 2021

Boone Town Council unanimously approved a climate resolution Thursday that aims to phase out the use of fossil fuels over the years and reduce carbon emission. The council adopted a "climate and...

Katie Knapp preps needles with the Moderna vaccine for patients.

University looking to distribute vaccines in the community

Jackie Park, Reporter January 15, 2021

App State is taking the first step to become a center for COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the High Country. Chancellor Sheri Everts announced in an email Friday that the university submitted an application...

A pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 while Congress certified the election. Liberal and conservative members of the App State community have condemned the violence and mourn lives lost.

University community responds to riot on U.S. Capitol

Jackie Park and Emily Broyles January 15, 2021

Last week, a pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol as Congress gathered to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election. Since that day, Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets have...

Roughly 47% of App State students and 85% of App State employees are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

AppHealthCare accepting COVID-19 vaccine appointments for people 65 and older after Gov. Roy Cooper’s announcement

Emily Broyles, Reporter January 14, 2021

People aged 65 and older are now eligible for  the COVID-19 vaccine, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday.  Today, NCDHHS told local health departments and providers that they can begin...

Testing was held for students in River Street parking deck on August 29, 2020 from 11am-5pm.

In-person class meetings delayed due to growing COVID-19 numbers

Mickey Hutchings, Reporter January 8, 2021

The spring semester is kicking off with a change due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., Chancellor Sheri Everts announced in an email Friday evening.  Beginning Jan. 19, all classes will...

Gov. Roy Cooper and The North Carolina NAACP reached a settlement yesterday in a lawsuit regarding COVID-19 conditions in North Carolina state prisons. The state now has 180 days to release 3,500 people who are incarcerated.

Gov. Roy Cooper calls on president to resign after Capitol Hill violence

Emily Broyles, Reporter January 7, 2021

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is calling on President Donald Trump to leave office or be removed by legal measures after a pro-Trump mob stormed Capitol Hill Wednesday. Cooper wrote in a tweet Thursday...

App State chancellor condemns Capitol Hill violence, calls on university community to sustain democracy

App State chancellor condemns Capitol Hill violence, calls on university community to sustain democracy

Jake Markland, Reporter January 7, 2021

As people across the country process the aftermath of the pro-Trump mob that stormed Capitol Hill yesterday, Chancellor Sheri Everts released a statement Thursday afternoon, condemning the acts of violence...

App State football players lead a march protesting racial injustice Aug. 28, 2020.

2020 in photos: The year we shared

Jesse Barber, Photojournalist December 31, 2020

“We’re living through unprecedented times:” these are words that have been repeated since March with the onset of the  COVID-19 pandemic. Just as spring break had started to crest over the horizon,...

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