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Teens and mental health

A school-based intervention program developed by Appalachian’s Dr. Kurt Michael lowers rural teens’ suicide attempts and boosts their well-being

November 29, 2018

Appalachian’s Aeschleman Distinguished Professor of Psychology shows his passion for teens’ mental health through the ASC school-based treatment program he founded in 2006.

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Accounting major earns U.S. citizenship, gives back to Ethiopia

November 3, 2017

Senior Maheder Yohannes emigrated from Ethiopia at age 10. Now a U.S. citizen, the first-generation college student is helping underprivileged children in her native country stay in school.

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Appalachian education student aspires to teach lessons in individuality

November 3, 2017

Representing people who may not conform to the mainstream is important to Judson MacDonald, the 2016-17 Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year at Appalachian State University.

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A community of ‘doers’

The Appalachian Community pulls together to address food insecurity in the High Country

November 1, 2017

The Appalachian Community pulls together to address food insecurity in the High Country

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Is your plate half empty or half full? Students benefit from food pantry

October 31, 2017

Food pantry is one solution for hungry students.

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Podcasts

Find Your Sustain Ability: Amory Lovins explains how “off-the-shelf technologies” and integrated design can achieve energy and cost efficiency

“Buildings ought to create delight when entered and satisfaction, health, happiness (and) productivity when occupied. Regret when departed. They ought to look like they grew there.” — Amory Lovins, chief scientist at the Rocky Mountain Institute, on integrated design goals for the built environment.

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Dave by the Bell: Is App State right for me?

Current App State students share why others should consider attending the university. Some of the top answers? Helpful professors, a beautiful location in the Blue Ridge Mountains and a friendly Appalachian Community.

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Find Your Sustain Ability: Dr. David Orr on sustainability education and politics and his earliest memories of the natural environment

Host Dr. Lee F. Ball, Appalachian's chief sustainability officer, interviews one of the founders of the sustainability education movement — Dr. David Orr, the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics Emeritus at Oberlin College and special assistant to the college's president. "Can you make a sustainable, just, fair, decent and prosperous world?" Orr asks. "I think the answer is yes. I take my hope from just the work that we all do. And the doing of the work is what generates hope."

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Dave by the Bell: The Strangest Thing

What's the strangest thing these brand-new Mountaineers brought with them for Move-in Day 2019?

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Where can an Appalachian degree take you?

Anywhere you want to go! Appalachian State University generates passionate and engaged alumni, who become leaders in their communities and chosen professions. They exemplify how an Appalachian education can and does make the world a better place.

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Faculty of Distinction

Appalachian attracts and retains an exceptionally talented and committed faculty. Small classes and close interactions between faculty and students create a strong sense of community, which has become an Appalachian hallmark. Meet a few of our extraordinary faculty who create life-changing experiences in the classroom and beyond.

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Dr. Leslie Bradbury creatively prepares tomorrow’s science teachers

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Dr. Davis Hankins: a liberal arts education = resourcefulness

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