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	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Graphic design major wins ‘best of show’</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE – Attabel Artiga, a senior graphic design major at Appalachian State University, won Best of Show at the 2008 AIGA Charlotte Portfolio Review on May 3.
Twenty-five students and recent graduates from Charlotte area colleges and universities were judged on their professionalism, presentation skills and quality of work. As winner of Best of Show, Attabel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Considine named one of nation’s most innovative education leaders with 2008 Cable’s Leaders in Learning Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. - David Considine, a professor and media literacy consultant at Appalachian State University, will be honored with the prestigious Cable’s Leaders in Learning Award for creating and implementing innovative ways to educate students and for making a substantial contribution to learning in Boone and beyond. 
As the only winner in the media literacy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May graduate’s internship at National Endowment for the Arts turns into full-time job</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2008/05/08/may-graduate%e2%80%99s-internship-at-national-endowment-for-the-arts-turns-into-full-time-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE – Appalachian State University senior Maloree Sheets completed a semester-long internship with the National Endowment for the Arts this spring as part of the UNC in Washington Program at Appalachian. The opportunity has turned into a full-time job with the independent federal agency.
An art management major from Sparta, Sheets interned in the NEA’s Division [...]]]></description>
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		<title>N.C. senator featured on “Appalachian Perspective”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE — Western North Carolina has a lot to offer the state’s economy and the legislature should invest in those opportunities, Sen. Joe Sam Queen says on Appalachian State University’s cable television program, “Appalachian Perspective.” view video clip 
“The Triangle may lead North Carolina, but Western North Carolina has a lot to offer. We need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medlin named chair of Appalachian’s Department of Computer Information Systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Dawn Medlin has been named chairperson of the Department of Computer Information Systems in Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business. She had served as interim chair of the department since July 2007.
“Dawn Medlin has done an excellent job as interim chair in the Department of Computer Information Systems,” said Dr. Randy Edwards, dean of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conference on “recycling” urban trees canceled</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 12:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—The conference “Utilizing the Urban Forest: Turning Urban Trees into Wood Products” planned for Friday, May 16, on the Appalachian State University campus has been canceled. 
For more information, call Amy Sanders in Appalachian’s Office of Conferences and Institutes at (828) 262-2774. 
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		<title>WNC economy continues to struggle as unemployment rises</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2008/05/07/wnc-economy-continues-to-struggle-as-unemployment-rises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Western North Carolina’s economic activity remains weak, falling 0.2 percent in March and erasing earlier gains during the first two months of the year.
According to the WNC Economic Index compiled at Appalachian State University, the region’s economy remained flat for the first quarter of the year.
“We had some positive movement during the first two months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sargent Jones named director of Appalachian’s Heltzer Honors Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Dr. Leslie Sargent Jones has been named director of the Heltzer Honors Program at Appalachian State University. She will begin her new duties June 2.
Jones comes to Appalachian from the University of South Carolina where she served for seven years as associate dean at the South Carolina Honors College. Jones also held the rank of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Owings wins first place honors in Appalachian’s chair design competition</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2008/05/06/chair-competition-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 19:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Appalachian State University student Hugh Owings won first place for his chair design titled “One Man’s Treasure” in the Fifth Annual Berkline BenchCraft LLC Chair Design Competition sponsored by the university’s Department of Technology.

Appalachian State University’s Department of Technology held its fifth annual Berkline BenchCraft LLC Chair Design Competition May 1. Pictured are (left to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian’s dietetic students receive top honors at state dietetic research competition</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2008/05/06/sara-kim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 18:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Appalachian State University graduate dietetic students Sara Kim and Kayce Chapman Boggs placed first and second respectively in the graduate student research competition at the 75th Annual North Carolina Dietetic Association (NCDA) State Meeting held April 20-22 in Raleigh. 
“This is the first year the award has been given, and it was so great to [...]]]></description>
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