BOONE – NASCAR’s 1960 champion, Rex White, and his biographer, Anne B. Jones, will speak at Appalachian State University on March 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center. [more]

BOONE – Appalachian State University is accepting applications for an online Graduate Certificate Program in Gerontology. Online classes will begin in the fall. [more]

BOONE – North Carolina’s new poet laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer will speak at Appalachian State University March 3 as part of the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. [more]

Student-athletes at Appalachian State University joined forces to help clean campus recently. [more]

CHARLOTTE – The First International Hydrail Conference, the world’s first conference for advancing railway technology powered by hydrogen fuel cells, will be held May 6 at the Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. [more]

BOONE – Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music presents a concert by organist Joby Bell on Tuesday, March 15, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. [more]

By Will Gillespie

BOONE – For most students, spring break is a chance to travel, have fun and build friendships. But for approximately 120 students enrolled in the Appalachian and the Community Together (ACT) office’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB), the hiatus is a chance to improve communities in need through volunteer service work. [more]

BOONE — Appalachian State University Chancellor Kenneth E. Peacock today announced the membership of the search committee for the position of Director of Athletics. [more]

BOONE – The latest episode of “Appalachian Perspective” features musical selections from UNC-TV’s hour-long special called “An Appalachian Showcase,” which highlighted Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music. [more]