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Appalachian State University

App State chancellor steps down amid student concerns over free speech, LGBTQ rights

By Caleb Herrera | April 18

Appalachian State Chancellor tendered her resignation on Monday and will formally exit the position on Friday.

Young core survives shootout in Boone, powers UNC football to 63-61 victory

By Evan Rogers | September 3

UNC football defeats App State 63-61 in high-scoring instant classic

By Zachary Crain | September 3

Analysis: Here's what UNC football must do to beat Appalachian State in Boone

By Evan Rogers | August 31

Location: Boone, N.C.

Type: four-year, public

Year founded: 1899

Total enrollment (fall 2014): 18,026

Main campus undergraduate enrollment: 15,634

Acceptance rate: 65.8 percent

Graduation rate (after four years, 2013): 42 percent

Undergraduate tuition and fees (2015-16, in-state): $7,117

Undergraduate tuition and fees (2015-16, out-of-state): $20,942

Sports nickname: Mountaineers

Website: www.appstate.edu

Heel Talk: Fraternity drug ring scandal and making class connections

By Praveena Somasundaram and Evely Forte | January 25

The UNC system has no clear protocol on student deaths or psychological services

By Blake Weaver | March 21

Student mental health is a growing concern at many North Carolina universities: with the past five years, the number of students seeking campus psychological ...

'So much bigger than me': UNC system's first African-American president talks election, future

By Emily Davis | April 19

Rising senior at North Carolina Central University Bettylenah Njaramba will be sworn as the president of The University of North Carolina Association ...

UNC ranks number one for best value among public universities

By Emma Boggess | January 30

UNC-Chapel Hill is number one on Kiplinger's ranking of best values in public education.

Protestors created a variety of signs and posters before the Sebastian Gorka's November speech on campus.

NC ranked top state for campus free speech despite controversial BOG policy

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | January 21

Although a December study by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ranked North Carolina as best in the nation for campus free speech, debate ...

App State hosts foreign educators to improve teaching skills

By Blake Weaver | November 12

For the past month and a half, Appalachian State University has hosted 21 international educators in a program designed to improve their teaching skills ...

UNC system professors link wildfires in western U.S. to arctic warming

By Keely Hendricks | November 7

Wildfire activity in the western United States is linked to warming in the arctic, according to a recent study.

NC attorney general hosts first collegiate council meeting to combat college opioid crisis

By Tallman Boyd | November 2

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein led the first of four collegiate council meetings within the UNC system to work with students on combating ...

NC schools are protesting more than just Silent Sam

By CJ Farris | August 30

In the wake of protests over Confederate monuments in Chapel Hill and Durham, students at Appalachian State University and Salem College are taking a ...

UNC-system happenings for April 28, 2017

By Alex Kellogg | April 28

Liza Wieland, an English professor at East Carolina University, was recently awarded the prestigious Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction by the Fellowship ...

UNC-system happenings for March 27, 2017

By Alex Kellogg | March 26

Margot Lee Shetterly, author of the book “Hidden Figures” from which the movie of the same name is based, will be the commencement speaker for the ...

"Soft Diplomacy: Quilting Cultural Diplomacy in Liberia" will be on exhibit at Western Carolina University until May. Photo Courtesy of Jill Jacobs.

UNC-system happenings for Feb. 14, 2017

By Johanna Cano | February 13

The exhibit “Soft Diplomacy: Quilting Cultural Diplomacy in Liberia” will be on display at Western Carolina University’s Fine Art Museum through ...

Greensboro students lead 'Black Friday' protest against police brutality, election results

By Charlotte Thompson | November 13

On Friday, demonstrators on Franklin Street and in the Pit took a stand against police brutality and the recent election results.

Chalking incidents prompt free speech concerns

By Parker Marshall | October 7

Appalachian State University is restricting unauthorized students from chalking on its sidewalks following a controversy over racially charged messages ...

Global warming expected to damper leaf colors this fall

By Paige Colpo | September 29

North Carolina scientists have begun to express concerns over fall leaf color, with some warning the leaves will not be as vivid as in previous years. ...

UNC-system happenings for March 30

By Caroline Metzler | March 29

See what's new in three of the UNC-system schools.