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Summer Dance Series Returns to App State! Free Dance Classes throughout June
Apr 29, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — The Appalachian State University Department of Theatre and Dance celebrates the return of its popular Summer Dance Series (SDS) of free community classes, Tuesdays through Thursdays from 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. during June in the department’s Varsity Gym dance studios....

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Behind the Seams: Four Seniors Bring Vision and Voice to Showcase 2026
Apr 24, 2026

Every spring, a fashion runway is built inside the Holmes Convocation Center and it transforms into a place where Apparel Design & Merchandising seniors reveal the work that has consumed their minds, their hands, and often their hearts. Showcase, the program's annual fashion show...

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...

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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...

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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...