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Military Student Spotlight: Cybersecurity, CIS Major Nick Morgan
Sep 16, 2026

From serving aboard submarines in the U.S. Navy to pursuing two degrees at Appalachian State University, separated STS2 (E-5) Nicolas “Nick” Morgan has brought the focus, resilience, and...

A banking professional speaks with students during Bank Day in Peacock Hall, helping connect future business leaders with industry opportunities. Photo by Chase Reynolds

Bank Day connects App State business students with banking leaders
Sep 11, 2026

More than 150 Appalachian State University students connected with banking professionals during Bank Day on Sept. 9 in Peacock Hall, creating valuable opportunities to explore careers, build...

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App State economists examine the profitability of contact lenses in eye care practices
Sep 3, 2026

Appalachian State University Professors of Economics Dr. Ash Morgan and...

Harrison Gillette FIN RMI '17

Harrison Gillette '17: App State faculty, staff and alumni poured into me, now I want to pay it forward
Aug 3, 2022

Harrison Gillette FIN RMI '17 is a portfolio management senior associate with Bank of America Private Bank.

Gillette is...

Members of the first Business For Good Residential Learning Center (RLC) are pictured in Peacock Hall’s Department of Management

App State business students live and learn in Business for Good community
Aug 3, 2022

First-generation college students, in particular, face barriers in the early years of their higher education journeys.

Hadley named Thompson Professor of Applied Investments

Hadley named Thompson Professor of Applied Investments
Jul 31, 2022

Brandy Hadley has been named the David A. Thompson Professor of Applied Investments in Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business...

Pictured, from left to right, are App State’s Dr. Steven Leon, Dr. Lakshmi Iyer and Dr. Jason Xiong.

5 faculty teams awarded 2022 Chancellor’s Innovation grants for projects at App State
Jul 26, 2022

BOONE, N.C. — The 2022 Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars have been announced, with five teams of Appalachian State University faculty receiving up...

Dawn Medlin, center, with colleagues and mentees (from left) MSADA Director Jason Xiong, CIS Lecturer Laura Brewer, Doris Medlin, Dawn Medlin, Victoria Fowler, Dean Sandra Vannoy and Executive Director of Development Kyle Allen

Medlin, Sparks honored as college-level alumni
Jul 22, 2022

Appalachian State University honored 11 of its alumni on Saturday, July 16 during the 2022 Alumni Association Awards Gala.

Among the...

App State Chief Sustainability Officer Lee Ball gives opening remarks at the 2022 Appalachian Energy Summit, titled “Regenerative, Resilient and Sustainable: Celebrating 10 Years of Best Practice.” The summit hosts energy leaders from different government agencies and businesses, as well as students and representatives of the member institutions in the UNC System. This year the attendees learned that the state had reached $1.6 billion in avoided energy costs...

Appalachian Energy Summit reports $1.6 billion in avoided energy costs statewide
Jul 21, 2022

App State hosts decade of NC energy conferences to put ideas into action
A small cadre of Mountaineer families have fostered a legacy of consistent giving to Appalachian State University for approximately 50 years. Pictured, an aerial view of Founders Plaza, with statues of two of App State’s co-founders, B.B. Dougherty and Lillie Shull Dougherty, and Founders Bell Pavilion.

50 years of giving: App State families change lives, build legacies
Jul 14, 2022

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University alumni have often said that once you become part of the Mountaineer community, you never truly leave....

Grace Waugh, a senior sustainable technology major from Chapel Hill, far left, and Summer Gee ’20, a graduate student from Wrightsville Beach, center, were part of a multidisciplinary team of App State undergraduate and graduate students that won second place in its division in the 2021–22 U.S. Department of Energy Solar District Cup. Waugh and Gee are pictured holding the trophy that the team received and with the team’s faculty adviser, Dr. Jaewon Oh...

App State students score 2nd-place divisional win in national solar competition
Jul 12, 2022

The student team was recognized for its solar power system, designed to meet the renewable energy needs of a campus community
Five earn professorships in Walker College of Business

Five earn professorships in Walker College of Business
Jun 30, 2022

Five faculty members at Appalachian State University have been appointed to professorships in the Walker College of Business, and six have been...

Student athlete gains support from Markel Specialty Scholarship

Student athlete gains support from Markel Specialty Scholarship
Jun 27, 2022

Summer Schloss, rising senior risk management and insurance (RMI) major and center for the Appalachian State Women’s Basketball team, has been...