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A group of students at Iguacu Falls on the Brazil and Argentina border in May. These falls lie a few miles from the largest hydroelectric plant in the Western Hemisphere, a place the students visited during the program.

‘The best two weeks of my life’: Study abroad learners share their experience
Sep 26, 2024

In a recent news post from The Appalachian, entitled 'The best two weeks of my life', Managing Editor Siri Patterson rounds up a collection of te...

From left to right, sharing a hammock during the Welcome to App Field Day on Sanford Mall, inside the new cyberlab, inside a Sanford Hall classroom in Boone...

App State marks its 125th year with strong enrollment
Sep 9, 2024

Boone campus population held steady for 5th consecutive year as Hickory campus and online enrollment continue growthBOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State ...

App State accounting students and faculty at 2024 Beta Alpha Psi's annual meeting

Accounting students attend BAP conference, Buie earns first place in Project Run With It
Sep 4, 2024

Members of Appalachian State University’s chapter of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP), an international honor society for students and professionals in accounti...

App State Team Sunergy members pose with their multi-occupant solar vehicle, ROSE, during Display Day on July 19 at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville, Tennessee, before embarking on the cross-country 2024 Electrek American Solar Challenge (ASC), held July 20–27. The student-led, interdisciplinary team finished second in both the ASC and the challenge’s qualifying race, the 2024 Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix, completing over 2,100 miles.

App State’s student solar vehicle team races to podium finish in cross-country challenge
Aug 6, 2024

Team Sunergy also earned the Spirit of the Event AwardBOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s student-led, interdisciplinary solar vehicle te...

From left are Carson Smith, Shanaoha Locklear, Sydney Mills, FBLA-Collegiate National President Toby Neal, Justin Schroeder, Athena Ackerman and Addison Kocell.

App State students excel at FBLA National Leadership Conference, Schroeder wins national championship in Parliamentary Procedure
Jul 9, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Justin Schroeder ’24 MGT of Matthews, North Carolina has earned the Future Business Leaders of America – Collegiate’s 2024 natio...

Emelie Rodriguez

Accounting grad student earns Stuart Cameron & Margaret McLeod Memorial Scholarship
Jun 17, 2024

Emelie Rodriguez, a student enrolled in Appalachian State University's Master of Science in Accounting program, has earned the Stuart Cameron & Ma...

During App State’s Spring 2024 Commencement, undergraduate students celebrated the tradition of moving their tassels as they joined the more than 147,000 alumni of the university. Just over 4,000 students graduated during the commencement ceremonies, which took place May 10 and 11 on the Boone campus.

Over 4,000 App State grads set to innovate, embrace new challenges and better their communities
May 21, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Thousands of graduates, each with their own unique stories, crossed the stage at Appalachian State University’s Spring 2024 Commence...

From top left, clockwise, are: First Place Winners Elcie Blackman and Tori Humler, Second Place Winners Avery Clark and Macie Wilson, and Third Place Winners Ashley Meacham and Jack Beatson.

Six named 'excel'lent in first intra-college Excel competition
May 8, 2024

Six Walker College of Business students have won the Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge (MECC) at Appalachian State University, earning cash prizes ...

App State has earned high rankings for having graduates with low student loan debt — lower than that of their statewide and national peers, according to recent reports from The Institute for College Access and Success and U.S. News & World Report. Pictured are App State students on the university’s Boone campus.

Less college debt + more lifetime earnings = the App State advantage
May 7, 2024

Is a college degree a good investment? At Appalachian State University, the answer is clear: An App State education continues to be a pathway to a bet...

From left are Cody Zimmerman, Christine Parker, Barrett Garner, Kennedy Burton and Heatherlyn Hardesty

Professional selling students earn accolades, prize money at National Shores Sales Challenge
Apr 29, 2024

Students from Appalachian State University traveled to Salisbury, Maryland to compete in the National Shores Sales Challenge (NSSC) April 5-6.Sen...

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