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Children's Play, “Tomato Plant Girl,” Announced for April 24 – 26
Apr 13, 2026

by Keith Martin

Family-Friendly Play Performed by Appalachian Young People’s Theatre 

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Designing Community Impact: App State Applied Design Students Help Transform the Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center
Apr 13, 2026

Visitors to the Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center are experiencing something entirely new. Thanks to two major remodeling projects completed in 2025, the Center now features a dramatically renovated gallery and a fully realized Geology Information Station, both designed by students from...

McCandless joins Appalachian’s College of Fine and Applied Arts
Mar 1, 2016

Meghan McCandless joined the college on February 15 and will manage communications.

Sustainability Spotlight - Brent Summerville
Mar 1, 2016

Brent Summerville, a sustainable technology practitioner-in- residence in the Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, has...

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'Clybourne Park' sparks conversations about race on campus [The Appalachian]
Mar 1, 2016

The Theatre and Dance Department's recent production of 'Clybourne Park' encouraged contemporary conversations about race and more.

Professor Prouty takes part in the Paper Bag Test

Interactive artwork "Paper Bag Test" on display in Belk Library
Feb 29, 2016

Boone—Art Department faculty member IlaSahai Prouty is determined to expand the dialog about race and stereotypes on campus. Her new installation...

Activation of the bilateral amygdala

Interior Design professor studies hospital design and fear response
Feb 29, 2016

Hessam Ghamari's findings were recently published in Health Environments Research & Design (HERD), a prestigious healthcare...

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College of Fine and Applied Arts students participate in Polar Plunge [The Appalachian]
Feb 25, 2016

A strong supporter of the Polar Plunge each year, the ROTC raised $1,250 for the Watauga County Special Olympics. Ian Black, a...

Brent Summerville works on wind measurement device

Faculty member installs wind measurement device for Army Corps. of Engineers [The Appalachian]
Feb 22, 2016

Brent Summerville, a sustainable technology Practitioner-in-Residence, recently installed a wind measurement system at the Kerr Scott Dam and...

Professor Mark Bentley teaches video game discourse

Video Game Discourse: ASU's newest class [The Appalachian]
Feb 22, 2016

The new course is designed to examine the social impacts on discourse of video games.

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Sustainability Spotlight - Stephen McCreery
Feb 15, 2016

Stephen McCreery, assistant professor of electronic media / broadcasting in the Department of Communication, is a proponent of sustainable...