July 18, 2025 • 8:30 am | Center News
BOONE, N.C. — In an ongoing partnership with the University of the Free State in South Africa, Appalachian State University’s Center for Appalachian Studies is requesting donations of new or gently used winter coats and jackets to support communities in the...
July 8, 2024 • 11:45 pm | Center News
By Lauren Gibbs BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jessica Cory as the third editor of Appalachian Journal. “On behalf of my co-chair, Katherine Ledford, as well as search...
October 27, 2023 • 1:46 pm | Center News
By Jan Todd BOONE, N.C. — At Appalachian State University, Mountaineers have a preference in the pronunciation of Appalachian: “appa-latch-un.” According to the online Merriam-Webster Dictionary and several others, both “appa-latch-un” and “appa-lay-shun,” an...
April 8, 2022 • 4:07 pm | Center News, Event Highlights
The Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University hosted its inaugural Global Roots of Appalachian Mountain Dance Symposium March 31–April 2, 2022. The free, three-day event brought campus and community together to celebrate the diverse global...
August 17, 2021 • 1:01 pm | Center News
By Ellen Gwin Burnette Trevor McKenzie ’10, ’12 has been named director of the Center for Appalachian Studies effective Aug 1, 2021. McKenzie has worked for almost a decade in Appalachian State University’s Belk Library and Information Commons as an...
May 1, 2021 • 4:27 pm | Center News, Event Highlights
In Spring 2021, the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University hosted the Cornbread & Tortillas Virtual Residency, a weeklong celebration of art, music, dance, and storytelling that brought Appalachian and Latino traditions together in dialogue...
July 21, 2020 • 5:35 pm | Center News
By Ellen Gwin Burnette BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Conrad E. “Ozzie” Ostwalt has been named interim director of Appalachian State University’s Center for Appalachian Studies and the Appalachian studies academic program, both housed in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). He...
March 22, 2019 • 9:48 am | Center News, Event Highlights
In March 2019, Appalachian State University’s Center for Appalachian Studies hosted the International Mountain Studies Symposium, bringing together scholars, students, and community members for two days of exploration and exchange on the past, present, and future of...
February 8, 2019 • 11:12 am | Center News, Event Highlights
In spring 2018, Appalachian State University hosted a semester-long exploration of Black Mountain College (BMC), the experimental school that operated from 1933 to 1957 in North Carolina’s Swannanoa Valley. Known for its pioneering role in progressive,...
February 22, 2018 • 4:16 pm | Center News
By Linda Coutant As dean, Dr. Neva Specht leads the College of Arts and Sciences’ approximately 5,850 students and 16 academic departments that span the humanities, social sciences, and the mathematical and natural sciences. The college also includes two stand-alone...
