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Matthew Wimberley grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains and is the author of two poetry collections — the award-winning “All the Great Territories” and “Daniel Boone’s Window,” which was selected by Dave Smith for the Southern Messenger Poets series. His chapbook, “Snake Mountain Almanac,” won the Rayne Arroyo Chapbook Contest from Seven Kitchens Press. His writing has appeared most recently in the Poem-a-Day series from the Academy of American Poets, Blackbird and Threepenny Review. He is an assistant professor of English at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk and serves as the 2021–22 Rachel Rivers-Coffey Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at App State.

Matthew Wimberley grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains and is the author of two poetry collections — the award-winning “All the Great Territories” and “Daniel Boone’s Window,” which was selected by Dave Smith for the Southern Messenger Poets series. His chapbook, “Snake Mountain Almanac,” won the Rayne Arroyo Chapbook Contest from Seven Kitchens Press. His writing has appeared most recently in the Poem-a-Day series from the Academy of American Poets, Blackbird and Threepenny Review. He is an assistant professor of English at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk and serves as the 2021–22 Rachel Rivers-Coffey Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at App State.

Vendors from the community and App State departments will have tables to provide information about their offerings. You will also be able to learn more about Health Promotion for Faculty and Staff facilities, exercise programs, screenings and outreach. For the vaccine clinic, please bring your APP Card, Photo ID and insurance card.

Faculty and students are invited to attend a virtual lecture which will provide insight into culturally respectful approaches to treating mental health conditions among the immigrant and refugee population, and supporting this group's mental wellbeing.  This lecture will be offered by a guest speaker from the Center for New North Carolinians, Naglaa Rashwan (Senior Coordinator of the Immigrant Health Access Program).

Dreaming of traveling the world? Let the University Singers and Chamber Singers take you on an international trip - no passport or plane tickets required. The concert is filled with love songs, lullabies, sacred pieces, and images of nature from the minds of composers around the world. The choirs will sing in many different languages.

Homecoming returns at Appalachian State University. Whether you join us in person for our annual events and spirited atmosphere that can't be found anywhere else, or you show your Mountaineer pride from wherever you call home, it's a chance to celebrate and reconnect with App State.

“Trust Me” is a feature-length documentary exploring human nature, information technology, and the need for media literacy to help people trust one another, bring them together and create a more resilient population. The panel discussion will include Appalachian’s Dr. Theresa Redmond, associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Mark Coltrain, associate professor in the library and alumna Jimmeka Anderson ’17.

Bread & Puppet, one of the oldest non-profit political theater companies in the U.S., begins its short-time residence at Appalachian with its famed Cantastoria Workshop for the university and broader public. “Cantastoria” is a street theater form championed by Bread & Puppet that involves the narration of pictures using song, movement, text and puppetry. The company will perform a B&P Cantastoria and then teach workshop participants how to make new Cantastorias in small groups.

As the highlight of its short-time residence at Appalachian, Bread & Puppet, one of the oldest non-profit political theater companies in the U.S., stages a brand-new production in the tradition of the iconic B&P Circuses that began at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont in 1970. Traditional circus tropes are recast, with the help of Bread and Puppet's distinctive folk iconography, to draw attention to the urgent issues of the day.

Inspired by a true story and featuring the Tony®-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Broadway’s “Bright Star” tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the American South in North Carolina of the 1920s and ‘40s. With beautiful melodies and powerfully moving characters, the story unfolds as a rich tapestry of deep emotion.

The Reich College of Education’s (RCOE) Doctoral Program in Education Leadership will host the 2021 Doctoral Symposium, which will feature concurrent sessions and professional development from RCOE faculty, doctoral program alumni, and current doctoral candidates. The 2021 Alice Phobe Naylor Dissertation Award will be presented on Friday.

Yonder Mountain String Band has redefined bluegrass music, expanding the traditional acoustic genre beyond its previously established boundaries by steadily pushing the envelope into the realms of rock n’ roll and improvisation. The Del McCoury Band, fronted by the legendary McCoury, is the most awarded band in bluegrass history.