Awards

US Department of State supports a world of teachers at Appalachian
Sep 7, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — The Teaching Excellence and Achievement program (TEA) at Appalachian State University, now in its eighth year, brings teachers from ar...

Watauga and Ashe County scholars achieve academic and career success through continued Appalachian–Young Eisner Scholars partnership
Aug 8, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — Over the past two academic years, middle school through ninth-grade scholars in Watauga and Ashe County schools have received academic...

Reoxcyn Innovation Group funds Appalachian research on the physiological effects of mixed flavonoid supplementation following activity
Jul 19, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — A study conducted by Appalachian State University’s Human Performance Lab, which is located at the North Carolina Research...

NC OSHERC funds Appalachian study on individual-level temperatures in cold work environments
Jul 19, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — Thanks to a $9,831 grant from the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center (NC OSHERC), A...

The Paleontological Society funds Appalachian research on the impact global anoxia played in the Late Devonian mass extinction
Jul 19, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — Using a $5,000 grant awarded by The Paleontological Society, Appalachian State University’s Dr. Cole Edwards and his team of st...

Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church supports Parent to Parent FSN-HC fund for medically fragile infants and children
Jul 19, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — The Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church in Blowing Rock has awarded Appalachian State University’s Kaaren Hayes $3,000 in ...

IDEA funds second annual Vietnamese Summer Academy at Appalachian
Jul 19, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — The second Vietnamese Summer Academy (VSA) at Appalachian State University — a four-week study abroad program for middle and high sc...

NCDA&CS grant supports Appalachian research of biochar to increase crop yields at local farm
Jun 28, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — Thanks to a $98,599 grant from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS), a team of professors ...

Appalachian supports students with learning differences through grant-funded College STAR project
May 22, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — As part of Appalachian State University’s participation in the grant-funded College STAR (Supporting Transition Access and Retention...

Appalachian awarded continued NSF funding for rainfall variability research
May 22, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Peter Soulé’s research, which analyzes rainfall variability in the U.S.’s Southeast Atlantic Coastal Region (SACR) by examini...