BOONE—Students at Appalachian State University are gaining overseas research and service-learning opportunities through a joint program begun last spring by the Appalachian and the Community Together program and the Office of International Education and Development. [more]

BOONE—A faculty recital with the theme “The Combination is…” will be presented Tuesday, March 30, at 8 pm. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall at Appalachian State University. Admission is free. [more]

BOONE—The first Boone Handmade Market will be held Sunday, March 28, from 1-5 p.m. at Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts.

More than 36 emerging and established artists in the High Country will sell their handmade goods during the event. Items will include jewelry, sculpture, clothing and pottery. [more]

BOONE–Ten students at Appalachian State University will learn firsthand about entrepreneurship from successful business owners across the state.

The students will be selected for the fall 2010 Dale Tweedy Mentoring Program for Entrepreneur Scholars. This will be the third year of the highly successful program.  It is coordinated by the Center for Entrepreneurship in Appalachian’s Walker College of Business, but it is open to all students regardless of their major. [more]

BOONE—A “fundancing” square dance and contra dance fundraiser will be held April 9 from 6-11 p.m. at Legends at Appalachian State University. The event is sponsored by the Appalachian Heritage Council.

Tickets are $5 for students and $8 for nonstudents and will be available at the door. Proceeds will support student scholarships in the Appalachian Studies program. A university ID or other state ID is required for admission. Only persons age 18 and older are admitted to events in Legends. [more]

BOONE—Appalachian State University’s Board of Trustees has granted professor emeritus status to seven faculty members who  have retired or will retire June 30. [more]

BOONE— Gaetano Donizetti’s opera “The Elixir of Love” will be presented March 25-28 in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall at Appalachian State University.

Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $6 for students and $12 for nonstudents. Tickets are available from the Farthing Auditorium Box Office and also will be available at Broyhill Music Center prior to each performance. [more]

BOONE—Brian Hochman and Preston Gilliam will be cycling some 4,000 miles across the country on a nine-week trip this summer to raise funds for affordable housing organizations. [more]

BOONE—Appalachian State University’s new General Education curriculum was implemented in fall 2009. The next step is to begin accessing how the goals and learning objectives of the new curriculum are being met. [more]