WASU float wins first place in Homecoming parade
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Ninth Annual Thomas W. Reese C-GAIT Golf Classic held Oct. 2
The Ninth Annual Thomas W. Reese Center for Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology (C-GAIT) Golf Classic was held Oct. 2 to benefit the GAIT program. Several GAIT students were on hand to assist with the tournament and had the chance to talk with the tournament’s namesake, Thomas W. Reese of Hickory Printing Company. They were (left to right) Todd Melott, Kristen Weaver, Thomas Reese, Danielle Parsons and Matthew Hutchins.
Appalachian State University held its ninth annual Thomas W. Reese Center for Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology (C-GAIT) Golf Classic Oct. 2 at Lake Hickory Country Club in Conover.
This year’s tournament was held in remembrance of longtime member of the printing industry and GAIT Executive-in-Residence, Peter B. Krusa, who passed away in August. A plaque commemorating his service to Appalachian State University and the printing industry was presented at the tournament. The plaque will be placed in the GAIT lobby in Katherine Harper Hall at the university.
The tournament benefits the GAIT program at Appalachian. Sponsors for the event were Fuji Film, NAPCO, and xpedx. Winners in the captain’s choice format tournament were:
Closest to Pin (Men) – Vic Tedder, Winston Packaging
Closest to Pin (Women) – Susan Gordon, Winston Packaging
Longest Drive (Men) –Darrell Downs, Mac Papers
Longest Drive (Women) – Glenda Treadaway, Appalachian State University
Longest Putt – James Gordon, Winston Packaging
The Colonel’s Cup (team low net) –Greg Langdon, Chad Sheets, Ed Treadaway, and Glenda Treadaway, Appalachian State University College of Fine and Applied Arts team
The Joe Seaman Spirit Trophy (team low gross) – Steve Beasley, Alan Lail, Barry Laney, Dan Wallace, Wallace Printing team
For more information about next year’s tournament, contact Joyce Mahaffey at (828) 262-2047 or mahaffeyjk@appstate.edu.
HLES faculty/student teams awarded undergraduate research assistantships
Two Appalachian faculty/undergraduate teams from the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science have been awarded 2008-09 Undergraduate Research Assistantships (URAs) from the Office of Student Research (OSR).
Student Megan Irwin will work with faculty member John Quindry, and student Graham McGinnis will work with faculty member Travis Triplett.
The URAs offer highly motivated undergraduate students the opportunity to work closely with a faculty member on his/her research, scholarship, or creative activity. Students can earn up to $2,000 ($1,000 per semester: Fall, Spring, Summer) for their work and must present their work at Appalachian’s Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors day held each spring. A total of 25 faculty/undergraduate teams representing 13 different departments campus-wide were awarded URA’s totaling $40,000.00.
For more information on OSR’s Undergraduate Research Assistantship Program please visit http://www.osr.appstate.edu/faculty/ura.html.
Appalachian Student Awarded $2,500 WKBC Scholarship
Gretchen Rosenberger, senior electronic media and broadcasting student at Appalachian State University, is the recipient of a WKBC scholarship.
WKBC-FM in Wilkesboro awards a scholarship designed to recognize and encourage students interested in pursuing a career in broadcasting.
To apply for the scholarship, Rosenberger completed a general application and submitted three letters of recommendation. She also completed a 500 word essay describing why she was pursuing a broadcasting career.
“I am so grateful to WKBC for this opportunity,” said Rosenberger. “It is such a relief and an immediate weight off my shoulders knowing that I have gotten this help financially.”
Rosenberger, who works full time during the school year, will use the earned scholarship money of $2,500 to work fewer hours and focus more on her internship over the fall semester.
Second Annual Great Print-Off held Oct. 4 at Appalachian
Appalachian State University’s Department of Art will hold the Second Annual Great Print-Off Saturday, Oct. 4, in conjunction with homecoming activities. The event runs from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wey Hall’s front terrace. In the event of inclement weather, the event will be held in the Wey Hall lobby.
This is an opportunity to purchase one-of-a-kind “wearables” (T-shirts and more) of designs selected by the purchaser and printed and embellished by students from the Department of Art. T-shirts will cost $7 each. All proceeds will support educational activities for Department of Art students.
Contact art faculty members April Flanders or Jeana Klein at 262-2220 for more information.
