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Art & Design Expo 2026 Showcases Outstanding Student Work Across Campus
Feb 5, 2026

The Art Department's Catherine J Smith and Cathy P Walling galleries present Art and Design Expo 2026, a juried student exhibition organized by the Smith Gallery and the Department of Art featuring outstanding student work from across campus. It will be on view February 10- Feb 26 at the Smith...

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Twange Kasoma Honored as a 2026 Faculty Champion by the Center for Community News
Feb 3, 2026

BOONE, NC — The Center for Community News at the University of Vermont has named Dr. Twange Kasoma, associate professor of digital journalism in the Department of Communication at Appalachian State University as one of 150 journalism leaders from colleges across the country who will be part of...

Momentum dance club rehearsal

Momentum Dance Showcase takes the stage Jan. 26 and 27
Jan 22, 2018

The 2018 Momentum Dance Showcase will be held at 7 p.m. on Jan. 26 and 27 in Appalachian State University’s Varsity Gymnasium dance studio, room...

Mr. Vivek Shastry

Shastry hired as college’s first academic advisor
Jan 22, 2018

The College of Fine and Applied Arts at Appalachian State University now has its very first academic advisor. Mr. Vivek Shastry assumed the new...

Recent Appalachian graduate leads energy efficiency study at Watauga County Detention Center [Watauga Democrat]
Jan 16, 2018

Alex Lowrie, who graduated from Appalachian State University with a master's from the Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built...

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Appalachian faculty, students and alumni providing outreach in STEAM to community grade school
Jan 10, 2018

An art education alum and current student bring Paleolithic cave art to a local elementary school science night....

Samantha Young and Sarah Bischoff

Innovation, surprise win students a place on the runway
Jan 9, 2018

You won’t find “Red Rocks at Sunset” and “Paris City Lights” listed on Amazon Books or as new Netflix series.

Students in the Department of Applied Design

‘Selfies with Santa’ yields holiday donation to High Country United Way [Watauga Democrat]
Dec 18, 2017

Students, faculty and administration of Appalachian State University’s Department of Applied Design worked off some end-of-semester nervous...

Former Industrial Design student finishes as runner-up in Paperboard Packaging Alliance Student Design Competition
Nov 29, 2017

Last spring, Liz Waters, now an Appalachian State University alumna from Cary, NC competed in the Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA) Student...

Interior Design students collaborate with the Department of Nursing
Nov 21, 2017

This spring, students in the Interior Design Studio V Collaboration Studio, led by Dr. Hessam Ghamari, Assistant Professor of Applied Design,...

AMTE Presents “The Drowsy Chaperone”

AMTE Presents “The Drowsy Chaperone” on December 1 and 3
Nov 20, 2017

The Appalachian Musical Theatre Ensemble (AMTE), the performance arm of the Appalachian Musical Theatre Club (...