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		<title>Appalachian’s “safety doc” helps improve industrial and employee safety worldwide</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—It’s hard to miss the safety vests and hard hats hanging in Dr. Timothy D. Ludwig’s faculty office. The brightly colored objects are mementos from his visits to gold mines and construction and manufacturing sites around the world.
The professor in Appalachian State University’s Wiley F. Smith Department of Psychology is known as the “Safety Doc” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian’s Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble perform Feb. 23</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—The Appalachian Symphonic Band and the Appalachian Wind Ensemble perform Thursday, Feb.23, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall at Appalachian State University. Admission is free.
Directed by Donald Peach and graduate student Justin Hammonds, the symphonic band will perform “Mannin Veen” (Dear Isle of Man) by Haydn Wood, “Mercury” by Jan Van [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Repertory orchestra and concert band perform Feb. 20</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Works by Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Richard Wagner will be performed Feb. 20 during a performance by the Hayes School of Music’s Appalachian Repertory Orchestra and the Appalachian Concert Band. The performance begins at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall at Appalachian State University. Admission is free.
Will Selle directs the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian’s SGA hosts environmental forum Feb. 15</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Appalachian State University’s Student Government Association will host its first environmental forum on Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Table Rock Room.  Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.
The event will provide SGA insight from the student body about university environmental issues that concern them.  The forum also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students’ top scores on end of grade math test equal scholarship at Appalachian</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/08/students%e2%80%99-top-scores-on-end-of-grade-math-test-equal-scholarship-at-appalachian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Fourth-grade student DeQuan Jefferson and Appalachian State University students Savalius Swain and Sierra Howell have something in common. Each was awarded a scholarship totaling $20,000 to attend the university.


Appalachian State University students Savalius Swain and Sierra Howell each received a Freshman Class Scholarship for Wayne County when they were in the fourth grade. The scholarship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hubbard Center for Faculty Development has new name, new partners</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/07/hubbard-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hubbard Center for Faculty Development, which has served two generations of Appalachian employees, has some new partners and will continue under a slightly different name: Hubbard Programs for Faculty Excellence. Hubbard Programs integrates three units and more than a dozen initiatives to provide better support for faculty and staff members in meeting the challenges [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Decathlon Team helps Appalachian win Green School of the Year Award</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/06/green-school-of-the-year-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Appalachian State University’s Solar Decathlon Team received the Green School of the Year Award from the N.C. Triangle Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.
The Solar Homestead on display on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the 2011 Solar Decathlon event. 
The award was presented at the GreenNC Awards Gala, a celebration of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian representatives learn about White House internship opportunities</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/06/white-house-internship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE – The Obama Administration recently invited representatives from Appalachian State University to the White House to learn more about the White House Internship Program for students and recent graduates.
Appalachian was among 38 schools from 12 states who participated in “Path to the White House,” an event that provided a firsthand introduction to the White [...]]]></description>
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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>Looking Glass Gallery issues call for submissions for March exhibit</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/06/looking-glass-gallery-issues-call-for-submissions-for-march-exhibit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE – Looking Glass Gallery is accepting exhibition proposals for an exhibit that will be displayed March 19 – April 13. This is an excellent opportunity for Appalachian State University students as well as groups, classes, faculty and staff to exhibit their artwork, receive peer feedback and gain firsthand experience with the gallery submission and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for submissions for sustainability focused art exhibit</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/06/sustainability-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Looking Glass Gallery at Appalachian State University is seeking submissions for the juried exhibit “Sustainability: A Process, Not an End,” which will feature artwork exemplifying the many processes and concepts of sustainability and what it means to sustain.
The deadline to submit images of artwork for consideration is Monday, April 2, by 5 p.m. All art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free FAFSA day held at Appalachian Feb. 18 for parents and high school seniors</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/06/free-fafsa-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE &#8211; Financial aid counselors at Appalachian State University will be available to meet with the families of high school seniors to help them complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form and answer questions. The event will take place Feb. 18 in Edwin Duncan Hall room 324 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Pre-registration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smith receives Princeton University visiting fellowship</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/06/dr_timothy_smith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Noted Latin American scholar Dr. Timothy J. Smith has received a visiting fellowship in Princeton University’s Program in Latin American Studies. He will be a visiting research scholar and visiting assistant professor for fall 2012.
Smith is an assistant professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Anthropology.
He said the fellowship would enable him to engage in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global health expert lectures Feb. 16-17 at Appalachian</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/03/global-health-expert-lectures-feb-16-17-at-appalachian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Borders and Bridges” lecture series explores the Muslim World and US/Mexico Relations</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/03/%e2%80%9cborders-and-bridges%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Featured speakers are Barbara Martinez Jitner and Reza Aslan
BOONE – “Borders and Bridges: What Divides Us, What Unites Us” is the theme of the University Forum Distinguished Lecture Series this spring at Appalachian State University.

Barbara Martinez Jitner
Reza Aslan

Speakers include filmmaker and human rights activist Barbara Martinez Jitner, whose mission is to bring the untold stories [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old-Time Fiddlers Convention and Luthiers Gathering to be held Feb. 18</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/02/fiddlers-convention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE &#8212; The Appalachian Heritage Council presents the 4th annual Old-Time Fiddlers Convention and Luthiers Gathering on Saturday, Feb. 18, in the Appalachian State University Plemmons Student Union from 10 a.m.- 10 p.m.
The convention will include a day full of youth and adult music competitions, a luthiers gathering, handmade craft market and dance competition. Registration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian to hold Inaugural C. Howard Dorgan Oratory Contest</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/02/c-howard-dorgan-oratory-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE – Students will be given the chance to deliver a speech to Provost Dr. Lori Gonzalez about all topics related to her position as provost in the Inaugural C. Howard Dorgan Oratory Contest. The event will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 22, in the Blue Ridge Ballroom in Plemmons Student Union from 6 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cavanaugh and Trivette receive advanced training from the Center for Domestic Preparedness</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/01/cavanaugh-and-trivette/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE – Mary M. Cavanaugh and Deborah P. Trivette from Appalachian State University’s Office of Environmental Health, Safety, and Emergency Management, recently completed advanced respiratory protection training offered by the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Ala.
Their training included three days of lecture and hands-on practice with equipment such as supplied-air breathing apparatus (SCBA); [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bestseller “Farm City” selected for Appalachian’s summer reading program</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/01/%e2%80%9cfarm-city%e2%80%9d-summer-reading-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—“Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer” has been selected for Appalachian State University’s Summer Reading Program for 2012.
The book chronicles journalist and author Novella Carpenter’s experience “farming” in downtown Oakland, Calif. Incoming freshmen at Appalachian will be encouraged to read the book as part of their orientation to the academic life of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lecture series brings artist Gwendolyn Yoppolo to campus Feb. 15</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Studio artist Gwendolyn Yoppolo will present a workshop and lecture Feb. 15 at Appalachian State University. Her campus visit is part of the Department of Art’s Spring Lecture Series.
The lecture series is sponsored by Bob Meier and Doe Ridge Pottery, the Department of Art and Turchin Center for the Visual Arts.
Yoppolo will conduct a workshop [...]]]></description>
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