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.
Appalachian State to host Food Summit on April 2
Mar 16, 2016
Boone—Students, faculty, staff and members of the community are invited to discuss ways to build a more resilient and just local food system at...
Appalachian Young People’s Theatre receives national award
Mar 14, 2016
The Appalachian Young People’s Theatre received the 2016 Sara Spencer Child Drama Award during the 67th annual Southeastern Theatre...
Students honored at annual ITEEA Conference
Mar 10, 2016
Congratulations to senior Technology Education majors William Miner and Clay Nelson and Appropriate Technology graduate student Dan Blakeley, who...
Associate Dean Kern Maass shares more on AppLab
Mar 9, 2016
Dave Blanks spoke with Kern Maass to learn more about the purpose of AppLab and how the campus community can get involved. As the visionary...
Sustainability Spotlight - IlaSahai Prouty
Mar 7, 2016
IlaSahai Prouty, assistant professor in the Department of Art, is determined to expand the dialog about race and stereotypes at Appalachian State...
Original works by App State students selected for Dance Association Conference
Mar 4, 2016
BOONE—Choreographic work by two students in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Appalachian State University has been selected for...
Solar Homestead part of Deltec's new line of net-zero energy homes
Mar 3, 2016
Deltec has launched a new line of super efficient, net-zero energy homes starting under $100,000. ASU's award-winning Solar Homestead is one of...
App State students compete in first Apparel Design Challenge [Blowing Rock News]
Mar 1, 2016
Sophomores Sarah Bischoff and Sydney Surro teamed up to transform a set of scrubs into a vintage sundress in just five hours, beating out four...
McCandless joins Appalachian’s College of Fine and Applied Arts
Mar 1, 2016
Meghan McCandless joined the college on February 15 and will manage communications.
Sustainability Spotlight - Brent Summerville
Mar 1, 2016
Brent Summerville, a sustainable technology practitioner-in- residence in the Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, has...