BOONE — Angel Cordero-Collins has received the John Foster West Scholarship in Poetry presented at Appalachian State University. Jesse Oates has received the Marian Coe Scholarship in Prose. [more]

BOONE—Appalachian State University provides students with two alternatives for traveling home for the holidays: Appalachian Zimride and the university’s two regional Coach America buses. [more]

BOONE—Members of the Board of Trustees at Appalachian State University voted Friday to recommend a $389.26 increase in tuition for the 2012-13 academic year and a $136 increase in fees, raising in-state tuition and fees 10.6 percent from $4,953.74 to $5,479 for an in-state undergraduate student. [more]

BOONE—Appalachian State University’s Cycling Team won the Atlantic Coast Cycling Conference Cyclocross championship Dec. 3-4 in Blacksburg, Va.  This is the team’s second consecutive Division I ACCC championship win. [more]

BOONE—Looking Glass Gallery presents “Crowning Glory,” a BFA senior studio exhibition by Jacob Ford through Dec. 16. The gallery is located in Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union. [more]

BOONE—No one wants to pour money down the drain, but when it comes to gray water, that’s what many businesses do. [more]

BOONE—Karen Thomas, regional sales manager for North, South and Central America for Bloomberg L.P, will be the speaker for commencement ceremonies Dec. 18 at Appalachian State University.  Thomas is a 1990 graduate of Appalachian. [more]

Emissions expected to increase by 3.1 percent in 2011

Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have surged to record levels following the 2008-09 global financial crisis, when a stagnant economy resulted in a temporary decline in emissions. [more]

BOONE—Appalachian State University senior Samuel Williams received the inaugural 2011 John H. Barnhill Civic Trailblazer Award during North Carolina Campus Compact’s Student Conference: Connect the Dots held Nov. 12 at Wake Forest University. [more]