BOONE – Appalachian State University and Be Active North Carolina have launched a partnership to help western North Carolinians become more active. [more]

Clients from Watauga Opportunities and Summit Enterprises in Ashe County explored customs and food from India during an event at Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. [more]

Members of the Grammy Award winning group Ladysmith Black Mambazo sing out in the Gilley Recording Studio in Appalachian State University’s Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music. [more]

By Jane Nicholson

BOONE – Professors at Appalachian State University and Western Carolina University have received a $108,000 award from the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area to conduct research on the impact of heritage tourism in Western North Carolina. [more]

BOONE – Harriette C. Buchanan has been named acting chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Appalachian State University for the 2005-06 academic year. [more]

BOONE – Three promotions have been announced in Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business. [more]

“Lights, camera, action,” are words that have been heard around the Department of Theatre and Dance at Appalachian State University this summer. [more]

BOONE – Appalachian State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” a one-man show adapted and performed by community artist-in-resident Wayne Clawson, on Sunday, July 31, at 2 p.m. and Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. in Valborg Theatre. [more]

By Jane Nicholson

BOONE – North Carolina’s wine industry is growing, but to ensure continued success wineries and others must develop partnerships with restaurants, chambers of commerce, and others in the travel and tourism industry. [more]