BOONE—Appalachian State University’s Office of Emergency Plans and Operations has been selected to participate in a pilot program assessing the emergency-response plans of higher education institutions. [more]

BOONE—Appalachian State University and Discovery Place in Charlotte are partnering to excite school-age children and others about science, technology, engineering and math. Known as STEM, these academic areas are critical to addressing the state’s need for a professional workforce skilled in these areas. [more]

BOONE—Award-winning North Carolina novelist Randall Kenan will talk about supernatural themes in Southern fiction and folk tales Thursday, July 14, at 3:30 p.m. in the Calloway Peak Room in Plemmons Student Union at Appalachian State University. Admission is free. [more]

BOONE—Don Peach of Lincolnton has been named interim assistant director of bands for the 2011-12 academic year in Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music. [more]

BOONE—Professors Michael M. Briley, Diane P. Mines  and Kathleen Schroeder have been named chairs of academic departments in Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences. [more]

BOONE – A series of informative and humorous safety videos produced by students, faculty and staff at Appalachian State University has received honors from The Videographer Awards, a competition judged by members of the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. [more]

BOONE—Appalachian State University and Grandfather Mountain are partnering to present a program on NASA, Earth and space/planetary science in the Grandfather Mountain Nature Museum. [more]

BOONE—The popularity of geocaching may be a way to encourage youth to get more exercise, according to two professors from Appalachian State University’s College of Health Sciences. [more]

BOONE—Dr. Lori Gonzalez has been named provost and executive vice chancellor at Appalachian State University. Her appointment was approved by Appalachian’s Board of Trustees at its June 17 meeting. [more]