CHAPEL HILL – Officials at UNC-Chapel Hill, Appalachian State and UNC-Charlotte are to be commended for holding off on resumption of in-person classes. UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and Provost Robert Blouin announced last week that classes will still resume Jan. 19, but in-person classes will not begin until Feb. 8. “We are making these… READ MORE
Innovation and sustainability – App State’s value proposition
By DR. SHERI N. EVERTS Chancellor Appalachian State University As Chancellor of Appalachian State University, I am privileged to work in one of the most magnificent regions of our state, if not our country. I am awed daily by the beauty of the changing seasons, the mountain vistas, the pristine rivers and streams, and by… READ MORE
Third class of Wilson Scholars heads for Appalachian
BOONE – Appalachian State University will welcome six students this fall as the third class to receive the Wilson Scholarship, the university’s most prestigious merit scholarship. The scholarships were established in 2013 by Brad and Carole Wilson of Raleigh, both 1975 graduates of Appalachian. Brad Wilson is the CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield… READ MORE
Seeing music as a student would at Appalachian
BOONE – At its best, a college education treads a fine line between learning and invention. Students need the discipline to master existing knowledge, but also the creativity to discover and imagine new frontiers. Dr. Lisa Runner aims for that balance in her extraordinarily popular music education class at Appalachian State University. As a professor… READ MORE
Brewing jobs at App State
BOONE – It’s easy to make jokes about majoring in beer. But Appalachian State University has skipped past the punchline to turn its Enology and Viticulture program into a major economic driver in North Carolina. The number of breweries in the state nearly tripled from 2010 to 2014, according to the North Carolina ABC Commission,… READ MORE
Appalachian’s newest college enhances health and life in NC
The $2 billion Connect NC bond proposal that will go to voters in North Carolina’s March 15 primary election includes $70 million for a new Health Sciences building at Appalachian State University. Appalachian Chancellor Sheri Everts discusses here what the Beaver College of Health Sciences does for students and for health care in North Carolina…. READ MORE
VIDEO: Don Flow: “The most important institution in the state.”
WINSTON-SALEM – Auto dealer Don Flow is a graduate of the University of Virginia. And he stepped down this year as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Wake Forest University. But Flow doesn’t mince words in the accompanying video about the importance of the University of North Carolina system. “The University of North Carolina… READ MORE
SUSTAINABILITY: Not a trend but a tradition at Appalachian
By Dr. Sheri N. Everts Chancellor, Appalachian State University BOONE – Appalachian State University’s national reputation as a leader in sustainability was evident to me before I arrived on campus in July 2014. Here, I found a community where the grassroots work of students, faculty and staff had created a culture that considers whether our… READ MORE
HOUSE BONDS: $900M for Universities, $300M for Community Colleges
RALEIGH (Aug. 4, 2015) – A bond proposal unveiled Monday by state House leaders improves on a plan offered by Gov. Pat McCrory, devoting more than $900 million in bonds to University projects and $300 million to community college projects. House Speaker Tim Moore said the proposal – which would be put to voters in… READ MORE
House Budget a Breath of Fresh Air
RALEIGH (May 22, 2015) – A University budget that grows by $139 million, or 5.3%, as the overall budget grows by 6.3% is a welcome change in the spending plan for 2015-16 that the N.C. House approved early Friday.1 “It stops the cutting and begins to reverse the trend that began with the Great Recession,”… READ MORE