September 30, 2026 • 4:50 pm | Center News
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University researchers continue to learn from the damage, lessons and opportunities brought about by Hurricane Helene. Drawing from community input, multiple university projects spanning energy systems, data coordination, community...
September 24, 2026 • 9:00 am | Center News
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Department of Interdisciplinary Studies will present the Mountain Mondays Speaker Series, a virtual series featuring scholars and community practitioners in the humanities and social...
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September 22, 2026 • 10:45 am | Center News
Sammy Osmond is a Boone native and purveyor of all things banjo, Appalachian history and pointing people back to their Appalachian roots. He now calls Brooklyn home — but has never forgotten where he comes from. His string band, Sammy Osmond and The No-Hellers, shares...
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September 21, 2026 • 9:25 am | Center News
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The animals needed fire, but the water stood between them and the warmth that could change their world.
September 15, 2026 • 10:50 am | Center News
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University research starts high in our watershed and flows down to mountain communities and beyond, informing policy, practice, and a greater understanding of interconnection. The New River is a learning laboratory for student-engaged...
April 14, 2026 • 2:40 pm | Center News
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies has announced the recipients of their 2025–26 awards. The recipients were honored at the Williams School of Graduate Studies Faculty and Student Awards Ceremony...
January 9, 2026 • 1:30 pm | Center News
Center for Appalachian Studies Director Trevor McKenzie is featured in Phillip Norman’s story about the inaugural Fly Around Music and Arts Festival.
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...
