App State Announces Major Arts Collaboration for Spring 2026: Theatre & Dance and School of Music Join Forces for “Once Upon a Mattress”
Nov 23, 2025
by Keith Martin
BOONE, N.C. – For only the second time since 2014, the Appalachian State University Department of Theatre & Dance and the Hayes School of Music are collaborating on a co-production of a popular Broadway musical.
App State receives first major private donation for Wey Hall renovation project
Nov 13, 2025
Appalachian State University has received a bold commitment of $300,000 from Luke Walling, founder of Temprano Techvestors — the first major private donation supporting the renovation of Wey Hall. The gift will upgrade labs and studio spaces and establish the Cathy P.
Interior Design professor participates in SAI Faculty Fellowship
Oct 17, 2017
Jeanne Mercer-Ballard, associate professor of Interior Design at Appalachian State University, was selected as a faculty fellow through the SAI...
Appalachian State University & Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture to host The 2017 Food Summit
Oct 13, 2017
The 2017 Food Summit, a gathering of scholars, farmers, and food lovers, is organized around the theme...
Appalachian Theatre and Dance presents "Much Ado About Nothing;" Audiences are invited to participate in Shakespeare’s classic play
Oct 10, 2017
The Appalachian State University Department of Theatre and Dance invites you into the world of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing...
Appalachian State University students take home honors in furniture design competition
Sep 29, 2017
Two Appalachian students in the College of Fine and Applied Arts’ Department of Applied Design took home honors in the International Furniture ...
Community Fall Shag Dance scheduled for Sept. 30
Sep 26, 2017
The Boone Shag Club and Appalachian State University Department of Theatre and Dance will host the second annual community-wide Fall Shag Dance...
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...
Appalachian State University presents “Radium Girls” Oct. 4-8
Sep 21, 2017
By Amy Briggs, Maddie Kiger, Hannah Harvey and Michele Zaremba
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...
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...
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...