Features
- Entrepreneurism has become cool
As traditional and time-tested businesses and industries decline, the new economy is embracing entrepreneurism. Appalachian alumni and students are in the forefront of that development. Many young professionals are commercializing their passions and personal interests, supported by the skills and knowledge they learned at Appalachian. [ more . . . ]
- What the earth reveals about human history
Carefully digging, scraping and sifting. It's how archeologists seek clues into human history. Students at Appalachian State University learn these skills - and find cool artifacts - in a field archeology course each summer. [ more . . . ]
- The man behind the movies
As a student, Jim Bridges found his passion in photography. Now he’s working amid the stars. [ more . . . ]
- North Carolina Space Grant funds student research projects
A select group of Appalachian State University students participated in research funded by the NASA-sponsored N.C. Space Grant consortium to help solve some of today's most relevant science issues. [ more . . . ]
News Headlines
- Appalachian’s Catherine J. Smith Gallery presents Jessica Meyer: Lithographic Tattoos Nov. 13
BOONE—Catherine J. Smith Gallery at Appalachian State University will present an artist talk and showcase by Jessica Meyer Nov.13 at 7 p.m. in the gallery. The event is free and open to the public. Jessica Meyer’s lithographic tattoo “My Life, My Love, and My Lady is the Sea” is depicted in this photograph by Michael [ more . . . ]
- Witness to Apartheid to discuss South Africa then and now Nov. 12-13 at Appalachian
- Panel discussion Nov. 19 concludes Darwin bicentennial celebration
- Harris, Miller, Hisle and Ziegler receive 2009 staff awards from Appalachian
- Works for saxophone performed Nov. 15
- Appalachian Glee Club performs Nov. 13
- Appalachian Chorale performs Dec. 7
- Cellist JW Turner performs at Appalachian Nov. 13
- Unemployment continues to plague Western North Carolina
- Kentucky writer and poet Frank X. Walker speaks at Appalachian Nov. 19
Save and reuse
ACT's 2009 BIG Sale of gently used items saved 52.5 tons of material from landfills. It raised $13,500 for four local charities and a service-learning scholarship for an Appalachian student.
Be your own boss
At Appalachian, 28 percent of students plan to start their own business some day. More than 3,000 alumni are active entrepreneurs.
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Campus Camera: Autumn 2009
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