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Maxine Cooper McCall ’60, ’65. Photo submitted.

CAS recognizes Maxine Cooper McCall ’60, ’65 as 2026 Outstanding Alumni Award recipient
Jul 1, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Each year, the Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) presents the Outstanding Alumni Award to graduates who ...

Taylor Dills

Former students turned professors: App State alums reflect on their return to the High Country [faculty feaured]
May 1, 2026

During fall break of 1999, Ralph Lentz was a new professor at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute. One Saturday night, he received a ca...

Appalachian State University's Nationally Competitive Scholarships (NCS), a division of University College, is pleased to announce that the Fulbright U.S. Student Program has selected two College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) alumni to receive awards for the 2025–26 cycle.

Alumnus Connor Montanya ’24 ’25 receives 2025–26 Student Fulbright
Sep 3, 2025

Montanya, who graduated from Appalachian in May, received a Fulbright ETA and has begun his teaching assignment in Penghu, Taiwan....

Meet Our Hardworking Summer Interns!
Aug 11, 2025

This summer, Digital Writing Intern, Jacey Widner, had the opportunity to speak with our hardworking summer interns. Jacey wrote about her own experie...

At App State’s 2025 Alumni Awards Gala, held July 12 on the Boone campus, Nanci Tolbert Nance ’73 was recognized by App State University Libraries as the recipient of its 2025 Alumni Award. Photo by Chase Reynolds

English alumnus Nanci Tolbert Nance ’73 honored with App State Alumni Award
Jul 17, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Alumni Association recognized four Mountaineers at the 2025 Alumni Awards Gala, held July 1...

Gabriella Paonessa '24

English education alumna Gabriella Paonessa '24 named App State Student Teacher of the Year finalist
May 8, 2025

Students are nominated by their clinical educators, University Field Supervisors, and faculty members based on their teaching, professionalism, and ov...

Hadley Ladue

CAS students receive 2023-24 Black and Gold Leadership Awards
Apr 29, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Club Council and Campus Activities have announced the recipients of their 2023-24 student awards. The r...

Spring 2023 Cratis D. Williams Society inductees Zoë Benfield (upper left), Krystal Carter (upper middle), Nic Garzone (upper right), Natalie Moyer (lower left), Gabriel Paredes (lower middle) and Skyler Prowten (lower right)

Cratis D. Williams Society inductees include six CAS graduates
May 22, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — In the Spring and Fall, Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies seeks nominations for the Cratis ...

Olivia Adams, a senior applied physics and english major from Raleigh, at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ. Photo submitted.

Physics, English major Olivia Adams selected for prestigious internship in Switzerland
Mar 8, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Olivia Adams, a senior applied physics and English major from Raleigh, has been selected for the University of Michigan - CERN Su...

Lydia Blanton, junior from New Bern, NC; Sophie Wells, senior from Greensboro, NC; and Sarah Teague, senior from Greensboro, NC will receive scholarships for their works of creative prose and poetry. Photos submitted.

English announces creative writing scholarship recipients
Jan 27, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — The Appalachian State University Department of English has announced the recipients of the fall creative writing scholarship...

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