College of Fine and Applied Arts

The Association of Woodworking and Furnishings Suppliers (AWFS) has announced that Ashley Hilton, Phil Hull, Ben Johnson, Jennifer Prince, Joel Valente and Michael Poorman have juried entries into the national 2007 AWFS Fresh Wood Student Competition.

Appalachian was second in the amount of entries submitted to the post secondary school category and has the most juried into the competition. Additionally, there were  overall 30 percent more entries in this competition than last with 216 entries total.

The competition will be held July 18 – 21 in Las Vegas. For more information, visit www.awfs.org.

Graphic Design student Justin Helms has been selected to participate this summer in the North Carolina Government Internship Program. He was selected from a pool of 470 North Carolina college, graduate and law students.

Justin will serve as a graphic design intern in Raleigh for Communications and External Affairs in the Department of Commerce.

The internship program is through the Youth Advocacy and Involvement Office (YAIO), a public agency in the North Carolina Department of Administration. Internships are offered in virtually all areas of state government. One-hundred paid internships are available for 10 weeks each summer for undergraduates, graduate students and those in professional schools.

Communication student Carrie Hamilton has been selected to participate this summer in the North Carolina Government Internship Program. She was selected from a pool of 470 North Carolina college, graduate and law students.

During her internship, Carrie will write News and Feature Stories about NC Community College System in Raleigh, under the Office of the President for the NC Community College system.

The internship program is through the Youth Advocacy and Involvement Office (YAIO), a public agency in the North Carolina Department of Administration. Internships are offered in virtually all areas of state government. One-hundred paid internships are available for 10 weeks each summer for undergraduates, graduate students and those in professional schools.

Dr. Mark Estepp, dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, will leave his position at Appalachian to serve as the second president of Southwest Virginia Community College in Richlands, Virginia.

Dr. Estepp has served as dean since 2003. Prior to serving as dean, he was interim dean for one year and chaired the department of technology from 1991-2002. He joined Appalachian State as an assistant professor in industrial education and technology in 1984.

“It is with a mixture of excitement and sadness that I enter this next phase in my career,” said Dr. Estepp. “I have enjoyed a great career here at Appalachian. This is a special place, made so by our outstanding students, faculty and staff. “My background and educational training give me a special affinity for community colleges,” Estepp said. “This move puts my wife, Trish, and me in the Appalachian mountains from which we come.”

Dr. Estepp has a doctorate in practical arts and vocational technical education from the University of Missouri, a master’s in industrial arts education from Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky; and a bachelor’s degree from Berea College in Kentucky.

“On behalf of everyone who has worked with Mark the 23 years he has been at Appalachian, we thank him for his many outstanding contributions and extend best wishes in his new position,” said Dr. Stan Aeshleman, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. “Mark has provided visionary leadership in his role as dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, and I will miss him greatly as a colleague and a friend.”

Dr. Estepp succeeds Dr. Charles King, who retired in January after serving as president at Southwest Virginia Community College since the college’s inception in 1967.

An interim dean for the College of Fine and Applied Arts will be appointed prior to Dr. Estepp’s departure in mid-summer.

Southwest Virginia Community College (SwVCC) is part of the Virginia Community College System and is located in the southwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Southwest opened in 1968 and offers more than 80 programs of study leading to the associate degree, diploma, certificate or career studies certificate.

Click the link to view photos from the College of Fine & Applied Arts’ May 2007 Commencement:

http://www.alumni.appstate.edu/photos/07SpGraduation/Fine_Applied/index.htm