August 20, 2025 • 4:01 pm | Faculty/Staff Spotlight
UFS—A spirit of international collaboration and heartwarming generosity filled the air on the Qwaqwa Campus as Prof Julie Shepherd-Powell, Graduate Programme Director of Appalachian Studies at the Appalachian State University (App State), generously donated winter...
March 18, 2025 • 3:44 pm | Faculty/Staff Spotlight, Research Spotlight, Student/Alumni Spotlight
On this episode of Appalachian Excellence: Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Karen Fletcher, director of grants resources and services…
April 15, 2024 • 9:02 am | Faculty/Staff Spotlight
By Sara Jones Alexander Hooker’s journey to old-time folk music started gradually, then suddenly. He has been a professor of Appalachian Strings here at App State for 25 years. Looking back, he reflects on where his path to teaching music began and what he hopes to...
