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		<title>History professor helps well-known actor trace his roots</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/06/history-professor-helps-well-known-actor-trace-his-roots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—An actor’s quest to learn about his ancestors took him to La Coruña, a port city in northern Spain, where Dr. Edward Behrend-Martinez’s expertise in Spanish trials helped provide the dramatic conclusion in the television program “Who Do You Think You Are?”

Edward Behrend-Martinez spent four days in the northern port city of La Coruña, Spain, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life at the Manor</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/12/16/life-at-the-manor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public history project chronicles life at the Moses Cone estate
BOONE—Afternoons at Flat Top Manor on the Moses Cone estate just outside Blowing Rock were once filled with family and friends who played bridge, enjoyed reading and dined with neighbors, such as artist Elliot Daingerfield.

Bertha Cone enjoyed sitting on a side porch at Flat Top Manor, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getz named Greer Distinguished Professor in History</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/10/31/getz-named-greer-distinguished-professor-in-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—History professor Dr. Lynne Getz calls herself a memory keeper when she describes her work documenting the history of women pioneers who lived in the Four Corners area of Colorado and New Mexico during the 19th and 20th centuries.
She has traveled a path from New York, Ohio and Kansas to the West and back again [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renowned military historian Jeremy Black visits Appalachian Nov. 2</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/09/29/military-historian-jeremy-black/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE— Professor Jeremy Black of the University of Exeter will speak on “War, Technology, and the Rise of the West 1450-2050 Reconsidered” Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. in Room 114 Belk Library and Information Commons at Appalachian State University.
The program is free and the public is invited.
Black is one of the world’s leading historians. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Author of Benjamin Franklin book to speak Oct. 6 at Appalachian</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/09/16/author-of-benjamin-franklin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Benjamin Franklin has always been an interesting character in American history, and a new book discloses just how fascinating he was.
Kenneth Penegar, a distinguished law professor and former law school dean, will talk about his book, “The Political Trial of Benjamin Franklin – A Prelude to the American Revolution,” Oct. 6 at 3:30 p.m. at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World economic crises spur student interest in business and economics history</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/05/05/world-economic-crises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 19:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Jari Eloranta lives in one of the most interesting times for someone who is a business and economics historian. Eloranta, who is an associate professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of History, just turns to the daily papers or national newscasts for current topics to discuss in class.
“With the recent financial crises, we have become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pennell receives UNC Board of Governor’s Award for Teaching Excellence</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/03/29/pennell-teaching-excellence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Myra L. Pennell, a professor of history at Appalachian State University, has received a UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching.
In addition to teaching history courses, Pennell is director of the Department of History’s history education program. The program is the second-largest teacher education program on campus. More than half of the department’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dougherty family descendant pens family history</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/10/06/dougherty-family-descendant-pens-family-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—A descendant of D.D. Dougherty, one of the founders of the school that became Appalachian State University, will present her new book about the history of the institution on Oct.14. Doris Perry Stam will sign copies of the book “Mountain Educators: The Dougherty Family and the First Fifty Years of Appalachian” at 4 p.m. in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historian talks moonshining and NASCAR Oct. 7 at Appalachian</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/09/24/historian-talks-moonshining-and-nascar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Historian Dr. Daniel S. Pierce, author of “Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France,” will speak at Appalachian State University Thursday, Oct. 7. The program, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Room 114 Belk Library and Information Commons, is free and the public is welcome.
Following the presentation, Pierce will talk informally with audience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jewish Film Series runs Sept. 19-Nov. 19</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/09/09/jewish-film-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE-The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University is sponsoring a Holocaust film series this semester. All films will be shown in Plemmons Student Union’s Greenbriar Theater at 2 p m. The films are free and open to the public.  For more information, call 828-262-2231.
The Joseph and Freida Ross Foundation and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian Journal features “Women in Appalachia”</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/07/14/appalachian-journal-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—The spring/summer 2010 issue of Appalachian Journal is a special edition on “Women in Appalachia,” featuring articles on women artists, writers and community workers who influenced policy-making across the Appalachian region. The guest editor of this special issue is Bruce Stewart, assistant professor of history at Appalachian State University.

Patricia D. Beaver is featured in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tour of library and rare books and special collection room offered June 20</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/06/09/tour-of-library-and-rare-books-and-special-collection-room-offered-june-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—The Rhinehart Rare Books and Special Collection Room at Appalachian State University’s Belk Library and Information Commons will be open to the general public Sunday, June 20.
Because of the significance of the materials in the room, it is rarely open to the public, but for this special occasion retired Appalachian English professor Dr. John Higby [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lecture on “Chagall and the Women in His Life” presented April 21</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/04/15/chagall-and-the-women-in-his-life%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Vivian Jacobson will present “Chagall and the Women in His Life” Wednesday, April 21, at Appalachian State University. The talk begins at 7 p.m. in room 114 of Belk Library and Information Commons.
Jacobson will talk about the story of the women in painter Chagall’s life and how they influenced him.  Her program will include slides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Survivor Testimony: Remembering the Holocaust” presented April 20</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/04/12/%e2%80%9csurvivor-testimony-remembering-the-holocaust%e2%80%9d-presented-april-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE— Ralph Jacobson will present a lecture regarding his childhood in Nazi Germany in the 1930s on Tuesday, April 20, at Appalachian State University.
His talk begins at 7 p.m. in room 114 Belk Library and Information Commons. Jacobson will talk about Kristallnacht, which occurred Nov. 9, 1938, and the murder of his father by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln historian Harold Holzer presents “Why Lincoln Matters” April 13</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/04/02/historian-harold-holzer-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿BOONE—Noted Lincoln historian Harold Holzer will speak on “Why Lincoln Matters—To History, To Our Presidents, and Us” April 13 at Appalachian State University. His talk begins at 8 p.m. in the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center’s Helen A. Powers Grand Hall. Admission is free. The talk is part of the University Distinguished Lecture Series.
Holzer’s talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Award-winning documentary filmmaker Elizabeth Barret will screen films at Appalachian and in the Meat Camp community</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/03/17/award-winning-documentary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Veteran documentary filmmaker Elizabeth Barret will screen her award-winning documentary “Stranger with a Camera” Thursday, April 1, at 12:30 p.m. in the Greenbriar Theater in Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union.
The documentary tells the story of the tragic 1967 confrontation between Canadian filmmaker Hugh O’Connor and Eastern Kentucky resident Hobart Ison, which ended in murder.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History professor studies how Appalachian culture became a part of U.S. foreign policy</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/03/11/appalachian-culture-u-s-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—For a brief time in the 1960s and ’70s, exhibits about the Appalachia region were sent to Finland and Latin America with subtle messages about the U.S. government’s expectations of foreign leaders.
Dr. Michael Krenn, a professor of history at Appalachian State University, has written a chapter about American public policy and Appalachia in the recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fifth annual conference in world history and economics held at Appalachian March 20</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/03/03/world-history-and-economics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Dr. Miles Taylor is the keynote speaker for the fifth annual conference in world history and economics held at Appalachian March 20.  The theme of this year’s conference is “Cost and Politics of Empires.”
Taylor is director of London’s Institute of Historical Research and a world-renowned scholar of comparative social and political history as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April symposium celebrates Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th anniversary</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2010/02/08/blue-ridge-parkway%e2%80%99s-75th-anniversary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Landscape historian Ethan Carr will be the keynote speaker at an April symposium at Appalachian State University celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The symposium, “Imagining the Blue Ridge Parkway for the 21st Century: History, Scenery, Conservation and Community,” will be held April 22-24 in Appalachian’s Plemmons Student Union.
Carr is an associate professor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian to expand partnership with National Park Service</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2009/12/02/partnership-with-national-park-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Appalachian State University is one of 18 nonprofit organizations from across the United States to receive cooperative agreement status with the National Park Service’s Service and Conservation Corps Program. The five-year agreement will enable the university to contract with any of the National Park Service sites to provide rehabilitation, restoration and enhancement work.
“The purpose of [...]]]></description>
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