Stories

Teaching and research go hand in hand. A scholar of indigenous representation and politics in Latin America, Dr. Timothy J. Smith is dedicated to both.

Students’ Whole Life Club encourages healthy living on campus and works toward bringing the Blue Zones Project® to Boone.

Appalachian’s 2017 Staff Excellence Awards were presented to James Burniston, Daniel Bryan, Haley Childers and Mary Beth McKee.

Appalachian alum creates after-school program for young boys.

Back at home, Appalachian staff member Mary Sheryl Horine engages in changing lives and lifestyles.

Who are the Mandela fellows? You will discover Appalachian’s cohort of fellows are effecting innovation and positive change and their ambitions for the future are as big and diverse as the continent of Africa.

Here are two examples of the influence Appalachian State University has had on the young and promising African leaders who spend six weeks on campus as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. Faith Tanui of Kenya and Dr. Issoufa Bachir Bounou of Niger participated in 2016.