BOONE – Appalachian State University’s Physical Plant and its New River Light and Power utility company have teamed up with a biology graduate student to conduct a tree inventory that will benefit safety, academics, energy usage on campus and the utility’s customer service. [more]

BOONE—The Department of Biology greenhouse fall plant sale will be held Aug. 25-27 at Appalachian State University. The greenhouse is located at at 333 Dale St. off State Farm Road. Sale hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. [more]

BOONE—A discussion about how plants cope with their growing environments will be held Saturday, Aug. 13, from 9:30-11 a.m. and again from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. as part of the High Country Gardening program taught by Jerry Meyer. Meyer is the manager of the Department of Biology greenhouse at Appalachian State University. [more]

BOONE—The High Country Gardening community outreach series at Appalachian State University presents “Perennials for Shade” Saturday, July 16, at the Department of Biology Greenhouse. [more]

BOONE—The Appalachian State University Department of Biology will offer a class on the selection and care of small ornamental trees with multi-season interest. The June 18 class is part of the High Country Gardening program taught by Jerry Meyer, biology department greenhouse manager. [more]

BOONE – Dr. Ray Williams has received the 2011 Wayne D. Duncan Appalachian State University Faculty Enrichment and Teaching Fellowship. The award is presented by Appalachian’s University College. [more]

BOONE – Samantha Kephart, a 2010 graduate of Appalachian State University, is one of four first-year students in Duke University’s Physician Assistant Program to receive the Primary Care Scholarship, a federal grant of $44,000 to pursue her degree. [more]

BOONE—The annual end-of-school-year plant sale at Appalachian State University will be held May 12-14 at the Department of Biology’s greenhouse at 333 Dale St. off State Farm Road in Boone. [more]

BOONE — Five students from Appalachian State University were among 60 students from North Carolina who presented their research projects at Research in the Capital on April 13 in Raleigh. [more]