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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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Open House at the Farm
Sep 25, 2017

September 30  |  1-4 p.m.

You’re invited! Come out to Appalachian's Teaching and Research Farm at the Blackburn Vannoy Propery...

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Appalachian State University presents “Radium Girls” Oct. 4-8
Sep 21, 2017

By Amy Briggs, Maddie Kiger, Hannah Harvey and Michele Zaremba

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App State's new HOW Space is the university's latest evolution in innovation, interdisciplinary education [WNCMagazine.com]
Sep 18, 2017

“Solving difficult problems—what we call ‘wicked problems’—requires multiple perspectives,” says Assistant...

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AppLab 3.0 kicks off with IBM Design Thinking workshop
Sep 11, 2017

This fall, 30 Appalachian State University students enrolled in the first cohort of AppLab 3.0, a multi-disciplinary, six-credit Design Thinking...

Students act in the 2017 24-hour Arts Festival

Appalachian’s Playcrafters presents the 24-hour Arts Festival Sept. 10
Sep 8, 2017

By Julia Ridenhour

Playcrafters, a campus organization for students interested in theatre, will present its fourth annual 24-hour Arts...

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Appalachian’s Department of Theatre and Dance hosts “Movies by Movers” Film Festival Sept. 14–16
Sep 7, 2017

The American Dance Festival’s “Movies by Movers,” a free annual film festival dedicated to the celebration of conversation between the body and...

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“Interrogation” exhibition unveiled: Print and design in Amsterdam [The Appalachian]
Sep 5, 2017

After two and a half weeks exploring and creating in Amsterdam, 12 graphic design and printmaking students came together on Sept. 1 to celebrate...

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Smith Gallery to open two new exhibits September 1
Aug 29, 2017

The Smith Gallery will host “The Sharing Project” and “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century,” September 1-October 27. An opening...

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Appalachian professor directs season four of “A Craftsman’s Legacy”
Aug 25, 2017

Dr. Kelly Davis, assistant professor of electronic media/broadcasting in the Department of Communication at Appalachian State University, returns...