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Heather Norris named App State Chancellor

February 27, 2025 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (February 27, 2025) – The UNC Board of Governors named Dr. Heather Norris, who has served as Appalachian State University’s Interim Chancellor since last April, as the university’s permanent Chancellor today. Norris succeeds Sheri Everts, who resigned last year citing health issues after 10 years as the university’s chancellor. Appalachian State has grown dramatically,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2025, Appalachian State

Budget highlights – and lowlights

September 22, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (September 22, 2023) – To win Medicaid expansion he has sought since he was elected, Gov. Roy Cooper agreed to make it contingent on passage of the state budget. So Republican legislators packed a whole lot of policy into the 1,400-page 2023-25 budget for Cooper to swallow. Here are some highlights – and lowlights. … READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Appalachian State, Budget, ECU, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina A&T, UNC Asheville, UNC Greensboro, UNC Pembroke, Winston-Salem State University

A prudent delay to in-person classes

January 13, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – Officials at UNC-Chapel Hill, Appalachian State and UNC-Charlotte are to be commended for holding off on resumption of in-person classes. UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and Provost Robert Blouin announced last week that classes will still resume Jan. 19, but in-person classes will not begin until Feb. 8. “We are making these… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Appalachian State, Crisis Response, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte

Innovation and sustainability – App State’s value proposition

April 21, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By DR. SHERI N. EVERTS Chancellor Appalachian State University As Chancellor of Appalachian State University, I am privileged to work in one of the most magnificent regions of our state, if not our country. I am awed daily by the beauty of the changing seasons, the mountain vistas, the pristine rivers and streams, and by… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Appalachian State, EdTalks

Third class of Wilson Scholars heads for Appalachian

July 13, 2016 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

BOONE – Appalachian State University will welcome six students this fall as the third class to receive the Wilson Scholarship, the university’s most prestigious merit scholarship. The scholarships were established in 2013 by Brad and Carole Wilson of Raleigh, both 1975 graduates of Appalachian.  Brad Wilson is the CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2016, Appalachian State

Seeing music as a student would at Appalachian

May 24, 2016 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

BOONE – At its best, a college education treads a fine line between learning and invention.   Students need the discipline to master existing knowledge, but also the creativity to discover and imagine new frontiers. Dr. Lisa Runner aims for that balance in her extraordinarily popular music education class at Appalachian State University.  As a professor… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2016, Appalachian State, Human Capital

Brewing jobs at App State

December 11, 2015 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

BOONE – It’s easy to make jokes about majoring in beer.  But Appalachian State University has skipped past the punchline to turn its Enology and Viticulture program into a major economic driver in North Carolina. The number of breweries in the state nearly tripled from 2010 to 2014, according to the North Carolina ABC Commission,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2015, Agriculture, Appalachian State, Economic Impact

Appalachian’s newest college enhances health and life in NC

December 9, 2015 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

The $2 billion Connect NC bond proposal that will go to voters in North Carolina’s March 15 primary election includes $70 million for a new Health Sciences building at Appalachian State University. Appalachian Chancellor Sheri Everts discusses here what the Beaver College of Health Sciences does for students and for health care in North Carolina…. READ MORE

Filed Under: 2015, Appalachian State, Connect NC, Economic Impact

VIDEO: Don Flow: “The most important institution in the state.”

December 9, 2015 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

WINSTON-SALEM – Auto dealer Don Flow is a graduate of the University of Virginia. And he stepped down this year as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Wake Forest University. But Flow doesn’t mince words in the accompanying video about the importance of the University of North Carolina system. “The University of North Carolina… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2015, Appalachian State, Connect NC, HBCU, North Carolina A&T, UNC Greensboro, Winston-Salem State University

SUSTAINABILITY: Not a trend but a tradition at Appalachian

August 25, 2015 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Dr. Sheri N. Everts Chancellor, Appalachian State University BOONE – Appalachian State University’s national reputation as a leader in sustainability was evident to me before I arrived on campus in July 2014. Here, I found a community where the grassroots work of students, faculty and staff had created a culture that considers whether our… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2015, Appalachian State, Focus on Quality

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