Appalachian State University

App State will be closed in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the national holiday honoring the civil rights leader. The university will celebrate MLK Day with programming in January and February.

Winter Club Expo is an annual campus-wide event where student clubs & organizations, offices & departments, and CEL non-profits come together to take over the Plemmons Student Union to showcase various ways students can get involved at App State and within the Boone community. Over 150 of our 300 clubs will be represented and recruiting new members. This is a great opportunity to gain new experiences and leadership positions!

Join us for an opportunity to develop your understanding of leadership through the lens of Civil Rights, inspired by the leadership style of Martin Luther King, Jr. During this workshop, individuals will understand how MLK led and inspired the Civil Rights movement, and will be able to incorporate his leadership into their own practice. Each participant will walk away with components of his leadership philosophy that they can use as they grow as leaders. Registration is required.

App State faculty members will offer a brief introduction to the work of Marc Chagall (1887-1985), a Russian-born artist who spent most of his career in France (except when exiled to New York during the Holocaust). Chagall is best known for his paintings of Paris and for stained glass windows that adorn cathedrals around the world. This event will focus on his representations of shtetl (“little town”) life and the Jewish diaspora.

In 2007, Phius (Passive House Institute US) was founded with a mission to train consultants and certify projects using a climate-tailored passive building standard. Today, Phius is the leading passive building standard in North America, and the Phius Standard is applicable globally. Phuis has certified the most passive house projects in North America and put passive at the forefront of the zero-energy movement.

Are you looking to gain experience through an internship? Come to the Internship Expo and meet large, small, non-profit, for-profit, government, local, statewide, and national organizations that are seeking interns. All majors and all class years are welcome.

App State will celebrate Black History Month in February 2024 to recognize the many important contributions that Black people have made to our institution, our community and our nation. This monthlong celebration will include a wide variety of activities and events.

Join us on the first Friday of every month as the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts (TCVA) is open late as part of the Downtown Boone Art Crawl. Residents, visitors and the Appalachian State University community are invited to TCVA to experience the exhibitions featured in its six galleries.

We invite students of all majors who thrive in outdoor activity to meet with employers who are looking to turn their passions into a profession. The annual Outdoor Jobs Fair will host top camps, conference centers, and resorts from throughout the US who are eager to make a connection and recruit for their organizations.

In honor of Urban Bush Women’s 40th Anniversary, Legacy + Lineage + Liberation celebrates the power of Women(+) in an evening of new and classic works that transcend genres and amplify the voices of Women(+) of color. This dynamic program features iconic works by Founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, and a new work by Co-Artistic Directors Chanon Judson and Mame Diarra Speis. Each of these works gives multiple dimensions of life that resonate in this time of reflection around equity and justice, and that lift up Black lives in inspiring ways.

Get to know the High Country by stepping out into the Boone community and donating a few hours of your time at a local non-profit. Volunteers will meet in the CEL Outreach Center (PSU 138) at 9:00am for service kickoff, serve at a local nonprofit from 10:00-1:00, and return to campus for lunch and reflection, ending by 2:00pm. Lunch and transportation will be provided.

Keith S. Wilson is a game designer, an Affrilachian Poet, and a Cave Canem fellow. He is a recipient of an NEA Fellowship, an Elizabeth George Foundation Grant, and an Illinois Arts Council Agency Award, and has received both a Kenyon Review Fellowship and a Stegner Fellowship. Additionally, he was a Gregory Djanikian Scholar, and his poetry has won the Rumi Prize and been anthologized in Best New Poets and Best of the Net.