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		<title>NASA dream becomes reality for two Appalachian students</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—It has been 51 years since President John F. Kennedy challenged the nation to set its sight on a lunar landing.
The idea of space exploration held by many public school and university students continues today, especially for two Appalachian State University students who have received funding to work at NASA this summer.
Appalachian received $90,000 from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Dance Series begins June 6 at Appalachian</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/05/16/summer-dance-series-3/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—The Summer Dance Series sponsored by the Department of Theatre and Dance begins June 6 at Appalachian State University.
The series, which runs through June 28, will offer mixed beginning level classes featuring a variety of dance styles and bodywork classes. The classes are open to the public. Contact Regina James at Jamesrg@appstate.edu to be included [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian graduates include 11 new Army officers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—Eleven seniors from the Army ROTC program at Appalachian State University became officers in the U.S. Army during a commissioning ceremony held on campus May 11.
Eleven Appalachian State University students were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army during ceremonies May 11 on campus. (Photo by Jane Nicholson)
The spring commissioning ceremony at Appalachian State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have passion, seize opportunities and solve challenges, graduates told</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—What do you say to graduating students about to start their career or pursue an advanced degree?
Appalachian State University graduates were urged to have a passion, seize opportunities and solve challenges that come their way.
“Life is Legos,” Ryan McGee, senior writer for ESPN the Magazine, told graduates of the College of Fine and Applied Arts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hart receives Faculty Award for Excellence in General Education Teaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Good teachers help others excel at their craft and that’s exactly what Dr. Sherry Alusow Hart does.
Hart is director of assessment for the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program at Appalachian State University.
She has received the Faculty Award for Excellence in General Education Teaching (Non Tenure Track) from University College.
The award is presented to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian’s WNC Economic Index resumes with look at March data</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—After a year-long hiatus, the Western North Carolina Economic Index and Report has resumed with a current review of the regional economy.
For nearly 10 years, the WNC Index had provided a consistent and timely account of regional economic conditions and trends. Last year, however, the project was suspended due to reductions in state appropriations to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students Attend IIABA Legislative Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—Risk management and insurance majors from Appalachian State University recently attended the Independent Insurance Agents &#38; Brokers of America (IIABA) Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.
Appalachian State University risk and insurance majors and professors recently meet with U.S. Sen. Richard Burr in his Washington, D.C., office. The students and faculty were attending the annual legislative conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thomas receives State Department Critical Language Scholarship</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—Elizabeth J. Thomas of Matthews has received a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Russian this summer. Thomas is a junior sociology/social inequalities major at Appalachian State University.
She hopes to attend graduate school after graduating from Appalachian and earn a Master&#8217;s in Public Health degree, focusing on epidemiology.

&#8220;I am interested in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duclos, Monroe and DeMarco win top prizes in 7th Annual Chair Design Competition</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/05/08/chair-competition-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—“We fell in love Tess.” With those five words Jay Reardon, president of Hickory Chair, announced the winner of the 7th Annual Chair Design Competition at Appalachian State University. The competition is organized by Appalachian&#8217;s Department of Technology and Environmental Design.
Eugene Duclos won first place in the 7th Annual Chair Design Competition at Appalachian State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prouty receives Duncan Faculty Enrichment and Teaching Fellowship</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/05/04/prouty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 20:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—IlaSahai Prouty, an assistant professor in Appalachian State University&#8217;s Department of Art, has received the Wayne Duncan Faculty Enrichment and Teaching Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching in General Education for 2012.
The $1,700 fellowship, presented by Appalachian&#8217;s University College, may be used for travel, equipment, or other approved purposes for enhancement of the faculty member&#8217;s teaching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behrent receives Brantz Award for Outstanding Teaching in First Year Seminar</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/05/04/behrent-receives-brantz-award-for-outstanding-teaching-in-first-year-seminar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—Upbeat, engaging and welcoming are adjectives students use to describe Assistant Professor Michael C. Behrent&#8217;s approach to teaching.
The Appalachian State University assistant professor of history has received the Rennie W. Brantz Award for Outstanding Teaching in First Year Seminar for 2012.
Michael C. Behrent has received the Rennie W. Brantz Award for Outstanding Teaching in First [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian’s first dual-degree program begins this fall</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/05/04/udlap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—This fall, Appalachian State University begins its dual degree program in communication with Universidad de las Américas Puebla in Mexico.
Rising sophomore Shannon Trudeau of Carthage will be the first student from Appalachian to participate. Three students from Mexico will begin the program on Appalachian&#8217;s campus this fall.
Shannon Trudeau from Carthage will be studying in Mexico [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winners announced in Perennial Wood Appalachian State University Design Studio competition</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/05/03/perennial-wood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 20:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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KINGSPORT, Tenn.—Twelve talented furniture design students from Appalachian State University recently competed for prizes and shared their work on a national stage at High Point Market after being chosen finalists in the Perennial Wood Appalachian State Design Studio sponsored by Eastman Chemical Company. This week, two students received top honors as winners of the Grand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring plant sale May 17-19</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/05/03/spring-plant-sale-may-17-19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 20:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—The annual spring plant sale sponsored by the Department of Biology Greenhouse at Appalachian State University will be held May 17 and 18 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and May 19 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The greenhouse is located at 333 Dale St. off State Farm Road.
Choose from hundreds of healthy tropical plants, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Glass Gallery presents Nourish and Enrich: The Importance of Communal Meals</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/05/03/nourish-and-enrich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 20:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Nourishment and communal meals is the artistic theme of the exhibit &#8220;Nourish and Enrich: The Importance of Communal Meals&#8221; at Looking Glass Gallery at Appalachian State University.
The exhibit is the senior studio exhibition by Meagan O&#8217;Connor, a candidate for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Appalachian. The exhibition runs through May 11 in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BFA Senior Studio Exhibition: Spring 2012 on display at Appalachian</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/05/03/bfa-senior-studio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 20:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—The BFA Senior Studio Exhibition: Spring 2012 is on display through May 11 at Catherine J. Smith Gallery in Farthing Auditorium at Appalachian State University.
The exhibition includes work by 13 candidates for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio art: Kara Brown, Zac Cone, Zen Du, Joseph Duffer, David Gordon, Anna Johnson, Rosy Kirby, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kehoe receives the Truman Capote Literary Trust Award in Creative Writing</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/05/03/kathryn-kehoe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 20:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Kathryn Kehoe of Cary has been awarded the Truman Capote Literary Trust Award in Creative Writing for 2012-13. The Appalachian State University student is a senior English major with a creative writing concentration.
Kehoe was awarded a $2,900 scholarship based on a poetry competition judged by poet Peter Blair from UNC-Charlotte.
Kimber A. Campbell, a senior psychology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>English department authors and editors honored</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/04/30/authors-editors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—From poetry collections to academic tomes, authors and editors from the Department of English at Appalachian State University were honored recently for their published work.
Published authors and editors from Appalachian State University&#8217;s Department of English are, from left, Julie Townsend, William D. Brewer, Kathryn Kirkpatrick, David L. Orvis, Abigail DeWitt, Leon Lewis and Holly Martin. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian student to open Dave Barnes concert in Charlotte April 29</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—Alexis Worthington, a senior music industry studies major at Appalachian State University, will open for the Dave Barnes concert April 29 in Charlotte.

The Charlotte resident won an on-line voting competition through TopBlip.com to earn the opportunity to open for a nationally renowned tour. Worthington, a singer/songwriter who plays acoustic and electric guitar, is known to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professor to collaborate on cross-cultural gerontology research</title>
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BOONE—Ed Rosenberg&#8217;s academic interests on issues related to aging and gerontology are taking him to France, where he will be a visiting researcher at the University of Angers. It&#8217;s a return trip for the Appalachian State University professor who was an exchange professor in 2004-05 at the university located in France&#8217;s Loire Valley.

The University of [...]]]></description>
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