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Sheryl Oring

Introducing Sheryl Oring, New Chair for the Department of Applied Design
Jun 26, 2025

We are pleased to announce that Sheryl Oring has been named the new Chair of Applied Design in the College of Fine and Applied Arts.

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Four App State students selected for prestigious national metalsmithing exhibition
Jun 24, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Four undergraduate students from Appalachian State University's studio art program have achieved national recognition by having their creative work selected for the Society of North American Goldsmiths' (SNAG) 2025 Annual Juried Student Exhibition.

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Sarah Mosseller ’10 thrives at LA creative agency
Jan 17, 2020

Sarah Mosseller ’10 is an associate creative director at David&Goliath, a Los Angeles...

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Appalachian art and visual culture major illustrates the value of on-campus jobs and internship
Jan 17, 2020

Working at art galleries on Appalachian State University’s campus has been the highlight of her time as a student, said Gabrielle Knight, a...

Banking Re-imagined with a bike lane, and coffee

Coffee at your ATM? Interior Design Senior Re-Imagines A New Mobile Banking Experience
Jan 15, 2020

By Amanda Brasier

 Applied Design student Jake Still’s work reimagining the mobile banking experience has been chosen as an...

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15 countries, 6 continents — go globe-trotting with ‘Mountaineers Abroad’
Dec 2, 2019

From the Sahara Desert of Morocco to the rooftops of Venice, Italy, photos from “Mountaineers Abroad” — the theme of...

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AppTV Launches SIGNAL Project
Nov 26, 2019

Since its inception in 2015, AppTV has served as a learning lab for students, providing news,...

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Appalachian interior design students’ concept ‘pops up’ at The Container Store
Nov 15, 2019

When students Jake Still and Grace McCormick began brainstorming designs for a project in their applied design studio class at Appalachian State...

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A Feminist Arts Perspective: Community Invited To Free Author Lecture On Nov. 21
Nov 8, 2019

Appalachian State University presents a public lecture by Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin, arts and humanities scholars and authors of ...