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System Maintenance Updates and Scholarship Deadline Updates

Due to system maintenance, First Connections and AppalNET will not be available from Tuesday, November 24th at 5:00 p.m. through Sunday, November 29th. Admissions staff will not be able to access applicant or admissions information during this time. In addition, the scholarship application deadline has been extend to December 11, 2009. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Mountains of Opportunity

North Carolina Space Grant funds student research projects

What did you do this summer? A select group of Appalachian students participated in research funded by the NASA-sponsored N.C. Space Grant consortium to help solve some of today's most relevant science issues. » read more

Holland Fellows program takes business majors to China

Two powerful countries. Two very different cultures. Students from Appalachian State University and China's Fudan University have the opportunity to learn each others' culture and business practices through a prestigious exchange program. It's called the William R. Holland Fellows for Business Study in Asia. » read more

Life at Appalachian

These students reveal the day-to-day life at Appalachian, including experiences in class, in the residence hall, overseas or back "home" in downtown Boone. Learn about the good, the challenges, and the fun - everything that makes being a student here so wonderfully life-changing.

Boone Time
by Landon Hill
Valued Readers,So, if you are considering a four year tenure at Appalachian State University you...
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Whatever will I do...?
by Carrie Gold
Sometimes I get bored.Let's face it. I get incredibly bored when everyone is in class and I'm the...
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When it rains, it pours.
by Emily Kamen
Grab your umbrellas.First things first: if you don't have a pair of rainboots already, get some...
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[ the cold is coming ]
by Alex Alberti
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