Faculty & Staff

App State’s Public Health AmeriCorps orientation took place Aug. 25, 2023, at the Levine Hall of Health Sciences. The program, which is in its second year of operation, aims to enhance public health preparedness and mental health training, resources and support in 25 rural Western North Carolina counties. Photo by Kyla Willoughby

$1 Million Grant Funds App State’s Public Health AmeriCorps Program
Feb 2, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Fueled by a three-year, $1 million grant, Appalachian State University is implementing a Public Health AmeriCorps program to...

Dr. Kelly Ann Renwick, associate professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Kelly Ann Renwick
Feb 1, 2024

Dr. Kelly Ann Renwick, Assistant Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary StudiesStudent and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Spring 2023Pr...

Eve Ganley

January 2024 CAS Staff Spotlight: Eve Ganley
Jan 31, 2024

Each month of the academic year, the Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) randomly selects one staff member to be featured ...

Dr. Darci Gardner, associate professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Darci Gardner
Jan 25, 2024

Dr. Darci Gardner, Associate Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and CulturesStudent and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Spring ...

Melissa Auten '12 '18

Meet CAS Career Coach Melissa Auten '12 '18
Jan 18, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Melissa Auten '12 '18 has joined Appalachian State's Career Development Center as the Assistant Director and College of Arts and Scien...

Dr. Beth Davison, professor in the Appalachian State University Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Beth Davison
Jan 18, 2024

Dr. Beth Davison, Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary StudiesStudent and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Spring 2023Project: "Everybo...

Rockin NC' kits arrive at the App State Hickory Campus

App State Hickory Campus Hosts First Professional Development Workshop for Teachers
Jan 17, 2024

HICKORY, N.C. — December 7, 2023 marked not only the first Reading Day at Appalachian State University’s Hickory campus, but also the first profes...

Dr. Cameron Lippard ’98, chair of Appalachian State University's Department of Sociology

Dr. Cameron Lippard ’98 Honored With OIED Global Leadership Award
Dec 20, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Cameron Lippard ’98, chair of Appalachian State University's Department of Sociology, is the recipient of the 2023 Appalachian G...

Dr. Adam McKay, assistant professor in the Appalachian State University Department of Physics and Astronomy

Dr. Adam McKay Contributes to New Study Detecting Carbon Dioxide in Centaurs
Dec 8, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Adam McKay, assistant professor in the Appalachian State University Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the co-author of a new...

Dr. James Sherman, professor in App State’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, checks cables and connections on the Appalachian Atmospheric Interdisciplinary Research (AppalAIR) tower while Ethan Barber ’22, an engineering physics graduate student from Durham, center, and Shawn Beekman ’22, an engineering physics graduate student from Cary, far right, hold the ladder below. Sherman, Barber and Beekman are part of the research team that received a three-year, $531,902 grant from the National Science Founda

App State faculty awarded $531,902 National Science Foundation grant to study aerosols’ effects on the climate
Dec 8, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — This fall, the National Science Foundation has awarded three faculty at Appalachian State University a three-year, $531,902 grant to s...