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Childen's Play, “Tomato Plant Girl,” Announced for April 24 – 26
Apr 13, 2026

by Keith Martin

Family-Friendly Play Performed by Appalachian Young People’s Theatre 

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Designing Community Impact: App State Applied Design Students Help Transform the Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center
Apr 13, 2026

Visitors to the Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center are experiencing something entirely new. Thanks to two major remodeling projects completed in 2025, the Center now features a dramatically renovated gallery and a fully realized Geology Information Station, both designed by students from...

Blossom Wins 11th Annual Wilsonart Chair Competition

"Blossom" Wins 11th Annual Wilsonart Chair Competition
May 18, 2015

A visually arresting collection of one-of-a-kind chairs – each conceived and built with Wilsonart® Laminate by senior industrial design...

Chad Everhart

Everhart to Chair the New Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment
May 13, 2015

Chad Everhart, associate professor and program coordinator of building science, will be the chair of the newly created Department of Sustainable...

Appalachian's Solar Vehicle Team Ready to Race!
May 7, 2015

What started as a project to make a solar-capable golf cart has led to race car aspirations. Appalachian State University's Solar Vehicle Team is...

Can an early 20th Century homestead be rehabilitated into a new life for a local neighborhood?
May 7, 2015

Students in an architectural design studio course worked on a community challenge this spring: Can an early 20th-century homestead be...

Electronic Media/Broadcasting Freshman Wins Fox News Channel College Challenge
May 1, 2015

Freshman Tyler Hardin is this year’s winner of the Fox News Channel College Challenge Contest, a nationwide contest where students submit news...

A collaborative public art project between Appalachian State University art students and local business Appalachian Mountain Brewery (AMB) exemplifies the importance of connecting the university and community by giving students a unique educational experience and offering a local business a one-of-a-kind art installation.

Public Art Project Connects Local Business, University, and Community
May 1, 2015

A collaborative public art project between Appalachian State University art students and local business Appalachian Mountain Brewery (AMB)...

Smith Gallery Presents: PROM, The BFA Senior Studio Exhibition for Spring 2015
Apr 27, 2015

The Smith Gallery at Appalachian State University presents PROM. the BFA Senior Studio Exhibition for Spring 2015. The exhibition is on...

Jody Servon

Servon Appointed as Sharpe Chair of Fine and Applied Arts
Apr 23, 2015

The College of Fine and Applied Arts is proud to announce that Jody Servon, associate professor and director of the Smith Gallery at Appalachian...

Kevin Warner

Warner to be Chair of Department of Theatre and Dance
Apr 21, 2015

The College of Fine and Applied Arts is pleased to announce that Kevin Warner will be joining Appalachian State University as the Chair of the...

Appalachian State University was named a finalist in this year’s Race to Zero competition. Pictured at an awards ceremony are Tom Kenney, left, director of the Housing Innovation Research Lab, Appalachian graduate students Brad Painting, Lena Burkett and Chase Ambler, and Sam Rashkin, chief architect of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office. (Photo submitted)

Race to Zero Team Named a Finalist in National Competition
Apr 21, 2015

Appalachian State University's Race to Zero team was named one of five finalists in the national Race to Zero competition held April 18-20. A...