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’s Department of Technology and Environmental Design. [more]

BOONE—New River Light & Power is one of 176 of the nation’s more than 2,000 public power utilities to earn Reliable Public Power Provider (RP₃®) recognition from the American Public Power Association. [more]

BOONE—IlaSahai Prouty, an assistant professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Art, has received the Wayne Duncan Faculty Enrichment and Teaching Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching in General Education for 2012. [more]

BOONE—Upbeat, engaging and welcoming are adjectives students use to describe Assistant Professor Michael C. Behrent’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. [more]

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’s campus this fall. [more]

BOONE—The Math and Science Education Center at Appalachian State University will offer summer science workshops that will focus on essential curriculum standards established by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. [more]

Family and friends of May graduates planning to attend ceremonies May 11-13 at Appalachian State University are advised of delays on Hwy. 321 in Boone related to bridge replacement work near Boone Heights Drive. [more]

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 Prize and the People’s Choice award. These students, along with several of the other finalists, will display their furniture at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York, May 19-22. [more]

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. [more]