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Appalachian State University receives funding from the Mebane Charitable Foundation to expand reading assistance services for K–3 students.

App State alumnus Ron Woods has donated five scholarships to support App State Hickory students. The students were selected for their academic achievements.

App State conferred degrees to more than 1,500 graduates at its Fall 2023 Commencement ceremonies, held Dec. 15, 2023.

Appalachian State University announces newest recipient of the Jerri Kent Heltzer and Harry Heltzer Endowed Scholarship.

Appalachian State University names three new recipients of the Bill and Hughlene Frank Scholarship.

This Homecoming feature takes a look back at App State in 1973 and 1998. App State celebrated Homecoming 2023 with a week of festivities from Oct. 23–29.

App State has launched Ask a Mountaineer, a new program that helps Mountaineers connect for career advice and networking. The online platform allows students and alumni to submit questions that are then shared with alumni who have relevant experience.

Responding to demand for on-campus student housing, App State is planning to develop 1,850 new beds on the Boone campus through a public-private partnership.

App State has enrolled its largest and most diverse student body to date, which includes the largest first-year and online student populations in school history.

App State’s Mountaineer Food Hub has new resources to address food insecurity within the Boone campus community thanks to a $50,000 donation from Harris Teeter — marking the largest cash gift in the food hub’s history.