Interim Chancellor Heather Hulburt Norris announced in an email Monday that Neva J. Specht has been appointed as acting provost, filling the role Norris left upon being appointed as interim chancellor April 19. Since arriving at the university in 1996 as a history professor, Specht has served as assistant chair for the Department of History from 2007-09; associate dean of the College of Arts and...

A public input session for phase two of the Boone Greenway skatepark project was hosted April 18 at the Watauga County Public Library. During the session, public attendees were able to speak and ask questions about the expansion of the existing Boone Greenway Skatepark. Boone Greenway Skatepark originally opened in November 2021 and currently contains a concrete skate pad with half-pipe ramps, according...

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Heather Norris has been appointed interim chancellor, effective immediately. The announcement was made in an email sent out to the university Friday and comes after Former Chancellor Sheri Everts announced her resignation April 15 after serving in the role for a decade. Norris was appointed by University of North Carolina System President Peter Hans. ​​...

The final general assembly meeting of the 57th session of the Student Government Association saw the appointment of the eight positions for the 58th session’s leadership team Tuesday.  Courtney Castellow was made assembly speaker; Hampton Smith was made deputy assembly director; Jackson Adams was made assembly clerk; Kaylee Greene was made chief of staff; Brittany Byrum was made communications...

The Committee on University Governance voted to repeal and replace a policy related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Wednesday. The committee voted in less than four minutes to move forward.  The five-person committee, which is part of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, oversees the 17 schools in the UNC System. The complete 24-member board will be voting May 22-23, which will...

Every decade, universities have to go through a reaccreditation process to ensure students receive quality education, according to the Higher Learning Commission. The Quality Enhancement Plan is a resource universities use to improve Student Learning Outcomes. App State’s previous QEP focused on Global Learning, requiring students to take a course that would cover that credit. Faculty are working...