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This is Dance/Music: New Works by Collaborative Process and Music Composition Students
Oct 20, 2025

BOONE, N.C. – Students from the Department of Theatre and Dance Collaborative Process class have paired with Hayes School of Music Composition students to create new original dances with new original music to be performed together live. An informal showing of these new collaborative dance+music...

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App State Theatre and Dance Presents the Play, “Orlando" — Sarah Ruhl’s Adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Novel Opens Oct. 29
Oct 15, 2025

“The longest and most charming love letter in literature.”

by Keith Martin
Solar-Ops technicians Calian Micallef, Jack Lundie, and Caroline Piephoff. Both Jack (STBE) and Caroline (Physics) are App State alumni.

Solar-Ops and App State Partner on New EV Charging Station Monitor
Oct 13, 2022

Solar Operations Solutions (Solar-Ops), in collaboration with Appalachian State University's Department of Sustainable Technology & the Built...

Honors senior Cecilia Chan has been working as a scenic designer for The Trolleys

Honors Senior Draws on Honors Experience as Theatre Maker
Oct 11, 2022

Honors senior Cecilia Chan has been working as a scenic designer for The Trolleys, a show supported by the Department of Theatre and Dance at App...

Pat McAfee stepping in to App State's solar car

Pat McAfee Signs the Solar Car
Oct 10, 2022

During all the excitement of College Gameday visiting App State on Sept. 17 and a last-second win vs. Troy, we missed a few things. One of the...

App State professor Chris Moody was recently published in the Washington Post about a family retrofitting an old home.

App State Professor Featured in Washington Post
Oct 7, 2022

Department of Communication professor Chris Moody wrote an article published in the Washington Post about a family who are retrofitting a...

Assistant Professor of Theatre, Dr. Gina Grandi is directing The Trolleys

UPDATED: “Don’t Let Your Light Go Out!”
Sep 29, 2022

"The Trolleys" at Appalachian State University: How to Play (and Fight) like a Child

BOONE, NC - The Appalachian State University's Department...

Department of Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment Receives Zero Energy Design Designation

Department of Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment Receives Key Designation From the DOE
Sep 28, 2022

The Department of Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment earned the first-ever Zero Energy Design Designation from the U.S....

App State Stands in Support of the Arts

App State Stands in Support of the Arts
Sep 23, 2022

Statement from Denise Ringler, Director of Arts Engagement and Cultural Resources, Dr. Shannon Campbell, Dean, College of Fine & Applied Art...

Theatre and Dance debuts fresh faces in First Year Showcase

In With the New in '22!
Sep 20, 2022

The First Year Showcase at Appalachian State University: Debuting the Fresh Faces in Theatre and Dance

 

This creation from Catherine Altice is called On the Lookout, and is featured at the Smith Gallery in the Faculty Biennial Exhibition

Art Department Faculty Featured in New Exhibition
Sep 19, 2022

The Department of Art is holding its Faculty Biennial Exhibition at the Smith Gallery and the Turchin...

Furniture design students in the Department of Applied Design won first place in an international competition

Furniture Design Students Win International Woodworking Fair’s Student Competition
Sep 16, 2022

Furniture design students in the Department of Applied Design won first place in two categories at the International Woodworking Fair's Design...