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Appalachian Features
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- An Appalachian Summer Festival
- An Appalachian Summer Festival has emerged as one of the nation's most highly regarded regional, multidisciplinary arts festivals.
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- Conveying grief through art
- Art major Jennifer Livingston explored Lenoir's cost of losing the furniture industry by interviewing residents of her hometown. She turned their stories into an installation piece exhibited in Lenoir's Bernhardt-Seagle Building.
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- Student Research
- Appalachian’s emphasis on student research expands students’ opportunities to learn, collaborate with faculty, and explore career options.
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- What’s in a tomato?
- Chemistry major Kasmira Adkins helps local farmers compare the nutritional value of their tomatoes with tomatoes commercially shipped long distances.
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- The Value of Undergraduate Research
- Chemistry major Allison Newell and biology major Morgan Thompson present their undergraduate research findings at a professional conference in San Diego, Calif.
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- Snowfall Prediction Research
- Researchers from Appalachian State University, UNC Asheville and NC State University are collaborating on a project to improve snowfall predications in the higher elevations.
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- On the Rock Face
- The region's cliff faces harbor rare plant species dating back to the last ice age. Appalachian researchers are working to understand and protect this special ecosystem.
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- Seven Girls, Seven Dreams
- Seven girls have greater hope for achieving their professional dreams because they chose to participate in Upward Bound's college preparation activities.
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- Gloria Steinem: A Leader in Social Change
- Appalachian's Forum Lecture Series brings nationally prominent speakers to campus. Their views enliven campus dialogue on a variety of issues. Writer and feminist activist Gloria Steinem opened the 2008 series.
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- Supporting the Best Writers
- The Truman Capote Literary Trust Scholarship in Creative Writing is awarded to Appalachian's best student writers of fiction and poetry. This year's winner is John Stone, a senior from Sanford.
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- Diverse Educational Journeys
- Four graduate students describe very diverse educational journeys at Appalachian and beyond in their own words.
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- Mountaineers Make History
- The Mountaineers seal their reputation as a national model for college football success after winning an unprecedented third-straight NCAA Div I FCS Championship.
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- Hearts and Hands at Work
- Appalachian students can express their benevolent spirit through community service, service-learning, and community-based research opportunities.
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- Shades of Green
- Professor Curtis Ryan dispels myths and misinformation of Islam and the Arab world.
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- Cultural Exchange
- 15 Pakistanis strengthen their teaching skills and leave behind a better understanding of their culture.
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- A Debt-Free Education
- A new scholarship fund called Appalachian Commitment to a College Education for Student Success (ACCESS) brought its first group of recipients to campus this fall.
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- A Friendship Blooms
- Art faculty member April Flanders and her student Heather Owens are just one example of how Appalachian's stimulating learning community thrives both inside and outside the classroom.
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- A Beautiful Setting
- Spring, summer, fall and winter bring some 30 million visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Appalachian Trail, both just minutes from campus.
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- Global Climate Change
- Geologist Dr. Ellen Cowan was among a select, international group of scientists who drilled the Antarctic sea floor for indications of how global warming affected our planet in the past.
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- Many Faces, Many Stories
- Ask someone to tell their story and you'll find that no two students are alike on the Appalachian campus.
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- The Polluting of a Park
- Biologist Howard Neufeld has spent 20 years documenting the impact of ozone on native plants in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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- Champion Cyclists
- The Appalachian Cycling Team - one of 20 club sports on campus - is a four-time winner of the Atlantic Coast Cycling Conference for road racing.
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- A Student-run Record Label
- In the Hayes School of Music, students expand their knowledge of the recording industry by signing, recording and marketing local bands through their own record label called Split Rail Records.
Q & A with John Stone
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John Stone answers questions about his desire to write and his experience at Appalachian.
Download: Q & A with John Stone (MP3 996K)
Supporting the Best Writers
The Truman Capote Literary Trust Scholarship in Creative Writing
Through a $75,000 endowment, the Truman Capote Literary Trust funds a scholarship at Appalachian State University to support students in its creative writing program. The competitive scholarship, currently valued at almost $2,000, is awarded annually.
Senior John Stone of Sanford won this year's scholarship based on two of his short stories. They were judged in a competition by author Nancy Huddleston Packer, professor emeritus of creative writing at Stanford University.
More information
- Why do you write?
- "People are so interesting to me - if you find out one thing about a person's life you can write a thousand stories. I'd love to write the next great American novel. I also like screenwriting. But poetry comes most easily for me. Success to me would be having a steady audience for my poetry, and I'd also love to teach at the college level."
- What sustains your desire to write professionally?
- "It's a scary thing to tell your parents you want to be a writer. But my parents were very supportive. My dad is now my biggest fan. I tell my fellow students, pursue your passion. If you're good at math, major in math. If you want to be a poet, study poetry."
- What are your professors like?
- "The faculty here at Appalachian are very supportive. They challenge you. If they see you have a gift, they encourage you to pursue it."
