BOONE—Stephen Bezruchka, a senior lecturer in global health at the University of Washington, will present a series of lectures Feb. 16-17 at Appalachian State University. His visit is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Geography and Planning and the Borders and Bridges Grant program administered by the University Forum Committee.

The public is invited to attend. For more information, call the Department of Geography and Planning at 262-3000. [more]

BOONE—Mary Wachacha, lead consultant for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service and a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, will speak at Appalachian State University on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. in Edwin Duncan Hall room 315.  Her talk is sponsored by the University Forum Committee, the Department of Anthropology, and the interdisciplinary studies and Appalachian studies programs. It is free and open to the public. [more]

BOONE—A highly successful program that provides in-school behavioral health services to students at Watauga High School is the basis for a plan to establish similar services in other counties beginning with Ashe and Alleghany counties and possibly Caldwell County in the near future. [more]

BOONE—The College of Health Sciences at Appalachian State University has received a $300,000 grant to begin steps that could lead to creation of a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree program that would be offered off campus, including Caldwell County. [more]

BOONE—Operation of Camp Broadstone will transition to Appalachian State University’s Office of Student Development and its University Recreation division beginning in January 2012. [more]

Prospective members of Delta Zeta sorority at Appalachian State University participated in an Angel Tree project for the College of Health Sciences’ Communication Disorders Clinic located in University Hall in Boone. Prospective members contributed funds to purchase clothes and gifts for two families served by the clinic. Their contributions were matched by the local Delta Zeta membership. Pictured from left are Carrie Cobb, new member class philanthropy chair, Austen Mauney and Anona Miller, along with Delta Zeta advisor Elena Taylor and Sherry Street Tobin, director of the clinic’s preschool classroom. Delta Zeta’s national philanthropy focuses on the speech and hearing impaired.

Panel from National AIDS Quilt will be centerpiece of exhibit dedicated to HIV education; opening ceremony is Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Solarium at Plemmons Student Union

BOONE – The LGBT Center at Appalachian State University will host a weeklong exhibit for World AIDS Day from Nov. 28 through Dec. 2 in the Multicultural Center in Plemmons Student Union. [more]

BOONE—In an effort to increase the physical activity of people in western North Carolina, the Be Active-Appalachian Partnership at Appalachian State University offers a Lending Library that provides equipment to get more people, especially children, physically active. [more]

BOONE—On the latest episode of “Appalachian Perspective,” Christopher McDougall discusses the need for all people, college students in particular, to question what they’re told and to look for proof of those things.  He’s the author this year’s summer reading book for Appalachian State University freshmen “Born to Run.” view show [more]