BOONE—Appalachian State University’s Staff Council Scholarship Committee is accepting applications for the Chuck and Robin deKrafft Staff Scholarship.Three $250 scholarships will be awarded for spring semester. [more]

Jim Bryan, right, head of landscape services at Appalachian State University, and members of Appalachian’s grounds crew have been recognized for their work to keep campus walkways navigable during inclement weather. [more]

BOONE—The Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music’s Gospel Choir presents a free concert Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall at Appalachian State University. [more]

By Justin Boulmay

BOONE – When Loyola University junior David Scandurra and Tulane University junior Erica Mire started classes this semester, neither of them could have predicted they would end up at Appalachian State University. Hurricane Katrina changed that. [more]

BOONE – Appalachian State University’s annual New Play Festival, which celebrates student, staff and faculty playwrights, will be presented Nov. 30-Dec. 3 in I.G. Greer Studio Theatre. [more]

BOONE— Ralph Hall, a professor of leadership and educational studies at Appalachian State University, received the North Carolina Adult Education Association Service Award. [more]

BOONE—A concert and mini-symposium on the African roots of the banjo will be held Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Appalachian State University. Admission is free but donations will be accepted. [more]

BOONE—The Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music’s Wind Ensemble at Appalachian State University will perform Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. The free concert will be held in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. [more]

BOONE -Alive African Poverty Relief will host An Evening for Sudan on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 6:30 p.m. in the Roan Mountain Room of Plemmons Student Union at Appalachian State University. [more]