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Spring_Panorama2_m.jpgAppalachian State University students Kayla Moose and Jeremy Bryan wait for friends at the statue of B.B. Dougherty, the university’s cofounder and first president. (Photo by university photographer Marie Freeman)

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Graphic design major wins ‘best of show’

BOONE – Attabel Artiga, a senior graphic design major at Appalachian State University, won Best of Show at the 2008 AIGA Charlotte Portfolio Review on May 3.

David Considine named one of nation’s most innovative education leaders with 2008 Cable’s Leaders in Learning Award

Washington, D.C. - David Considine, a professor and media literacy consultant at Appalachian State University, will be honored with the prestigious Cable’s Leaders in Learning Award for creating and implementing innovative ways to educate students and for making a substantial contribution to learning in Boone and beyond.

May graduate’s internship at National Endowment for the Arts turns into full-time job

BOONE – Appalachian State University senior Maloree Sheets completed a semester-long internship with the National Endowment for the Arts this spring as part of the UNC in Washington Program at Appalachian. The opportunity has turned into a full-time job with the independent federal agency.

N.C. senator featured on “Appalachian Perspective”

BOONE — Western North Carolina has a lot to offer the state’s economy and the legislature should invest in those opportunities, Sen. Joe Sam Queen says on Appalachian State University’s cable television program, “Appalachian Perspective.” view video clip

Medlin named chair of Appalachian’s Department of Computer Information Systems

BOONE—Dawn Medlin has been named chairperson of the Department of Computer Information Systems in Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business. She had served as interim chair of the department since July 2007.

Conference on “recycling” urban trees canceled

BOONE—The conference “Utilizing the Urban Forest: Turning Urban Trees into Wood Products” planned for Friday, May 16, on the Appalachian State University campus has been canceled.

For more information, call Amy Sanders in Appalachian’s Office of Conferences and Institutes at (828) 262-2774.

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WNC economy continues to struggle as unemployment rises

BOONE—Western North Carolina’s economic activity remains weak, falling 0.2 percent in March and erasing earlier gains during the first two months of the year.

According to the WNC Economic Index compiled at Appalachian State University, the region’s economy remained flat for the first quarter of the year.

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