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Theatre and Dance Announces the Spring 2023 Season: New Works and Regional Premieres Highlight Current Semester

February 20, 2023 BOONE, NC – Fresh off their recent performance at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, the Appalachian State University Department of Theatre and Dance (T&D) is proud to announce their spring 2023 season. Five separate productions will showcase the talents of students, staff, and faculty — both onstage and behind the scenes — with a focus on new works and regional premieres with a variety of playwrights from Asia to America to Great Britain.

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The Schaefer Center Presents Series Welcomes Legendary Singer Mavis Staples February 25th

February 8, 2023 BOONE, NC — The Schaefer Center Presents (SCP) series, presented by Appalachian State University’s Office of Arts and Cultural Programs, features the iconic Mavis Staples, who will kick off the spring series on Feb. 25 at 7pm. Hailed by NPR as “one of America’s defining voices of freedom and peace,” and recently named #46 in Rolling Stone magazine’s 200 Greatest Singers of All Time, the pioneering rhythm and blues and gospel singer brings her powerful message and equally mighty voice to the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts for a one-night-only experience.

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Overflow crowd sees App State Wrestling pummel Duke, 42-3

January 25, 2023 BOONE, N.C. — Putting the pedal to the metal and not letting up until the end was a goal for Appalachian State Wrestling against Duke University on Jan. 24. Mission accomplished. Winning the first five matches by fall, technical fall, major decision, or by a comfortable margin established ample momentum for the Mountaineers to secure a dominating, 42-3 win in the team’s last non-conference dual meet of the 2022-23 season. The win against Duke is App State’s fourth encounter with an ACC team this season, the others being a win over then-No. 21 North Carolina and competitive losses against No. 7 Virginia Tech and No. 8 North Carolina State. By David Rogers

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Defense wins day for App State in win over nation’s No. 1 scoring offense, 71-62

January 8, 2023 HARRISONBURG, Va. — A big first half set the proverbial table for Appalachian State on Jan. 7 against James Madison, including a 20-point lead with just over 10 minutes remaining in the game. But nine turnovers and a flurry of missed shots in the closing minutes allowed the Dukes to narrow (but not close) the deficit as the Mountaineers won their second Sun Belt Conference tilt in as many games, 71-62. By David Rogers

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App State Fall Commencement Ceremonies to be Held Dec. 16

December 12, 2022. BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University will recognize fall 2022 graduates during Commencement ceremonies on Friday, Dec. 16. Ceremonies will take place at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the George M. Holmes Convocation Center on App State’s campus.

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Appalachian Musical Theatre Club Presents Their Fully Student-Run Production of “Something Rotten!”

December 2, 2022 BOONE, NC – The Appalachian Musical Theatre Club, also known as AMTC, includes over 200 registered students in its membership and puts on a fully student-run musical every academic year. With a brief hiatus due to the pandemic, they are back strong. Following three sold out performances of Heathers: The Musical in March 2021, they are now producing the newly-released musical Something Rotten! in a brand-new venue as well.

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Banff Mountain Film Festival Returns to Appalachian State University

December 2, 2022 BOONE, NC – The Banff Mountain Film Festival is coming back to Boone, N.C. on Thursday March 30, Friday March 31, and Saturday April 1, 2023, presented once again at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts and hosted by University Recreation. This year, local organizers are celebrating 26 years of the World Tour coming to Boone, NC. Since 1976, The Banff Film Festival has been inspiring audiences by showcasing the world’s best films highlighting mountain adventure, culture, and the environment.

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ASU Men’s Basketball Stays Unbeaten With Historic Win At Louisville

November 16, 2022 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Ls belong to Louisville, not unbeaten App State, which celebrated a signal of time’s up on the Cardinals’ home floor. App State secured a signature victory in dramatic fashion Tuesday night, winning 61-60. The Mountaineers, who are off to their first 3-0 start since the 1997-98 season, scored the opening basket 29 seconds into the game and led the rest of the way, as head coach Dustin Kerns’ squad built the advantage to as many as 16 points in the first half.

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Advisor to The Appalachian Student News Organization Receives National Award

November 14, 2022 Allison Bennett Dyche, the adviser to The Appalachian student news organization, received a national award during MediaFest22, the ACP/CMA Fall National College Media Convention, held Oct. 26-30, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Dyche was recognized as a Four-Year Distinguished Newspaper Adviser of the Year for 2022 by the College Media Association (CMA). Dyche was one of four newspaper advisers nationwide to receive the 2022 honor. She was nominated for the award by The Appalachian alumna Ansley Puckett, who served as managing editor of the news organization in the 2021-2022 academic year. 

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Appalachian State University’s Forum Lecture Series Presents Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed on Oct. 24th

October 21, 2022 BOONE, NC — Appalachian State University’s University Forum Lecture Series presents Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed on Monday, Oct. 24 at 7pm in the Plemmons Student Union, Parkway Ballroom (4th Floor). The event is free and open to the public; no reservations. The Forum Lecture Series, co-sponsored this season by The Schaefer Center Presents series, has a long history of bringing in accomplished scholars to provide stimulating conversations. Gordon-Reed will deliver a personal talk based on her best-selling and critically acclaimed memoir, On Juneteenth, which weaves together her own family’s chronicle—she is a descendent of enslaved people brought to Texas as early as the 1820s—alongside the wider context of American history and the country’s long road to Juneteenth. The author will hold a book signing immediately follow the event.

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App State’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies Presents International Human Rights Expert Craig Higson-Smith

October 10, 2022 International human rights expert Craig Higson-Smith is slated to speak at App State on October 19 at 7 p.m. about the role of seeking justice in healing torture and genocide. This event titled, “No Justice with Healing? No Healing without Justice?,” is being presented by the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies, and it is free and open to the public. Parking is available at the library parking garage.

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Lipham earns second career Sun Belt XC “Runner of the Week” nod

September 22, 2022 NEW ORLEANS, La. — Freshman Ethan Lipham earned his second career Sun Belt Cross Country Men’s Runner of the Week honor on Wednesday. Lipham clocked a personal best 8K time of 25:19.13 to garner gold at the Firetower Project Run (Sept. 16), leading the Mountaineer men’s squad to a first-place team finish with a score of 20. His time was a 30-second improvement from his season debut on Sept. 2.

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Roll Neers? No. App State is better than that!

September 16, 2022 As a former athlete, coach, current fan, and lover of sports, I am fond of phrases and words that lift up the teams I support and jabs and jokes towards teams I do not support. Numerous times in my life I have connected with amazing people because of our mutual affection for a team, disdain toward an opposing team, or friendly rivalry between “my team” and theirs. By Sam Garrett

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App State Men’s Golf wins Marshall Invitational; Huus fires opening round 65

September 15, 2022 HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — As first impressions go, good luck topping this one. Opening its fall schedule this week, App State Men’s Golf was dominant at the start and resilient at the finish in winning the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational. The Mountaineers completed the 15-team, 54-hole event with a 7-under team score of 845, giving them four shots of separation from second-place Marshall. The tourney was hosted by Guyan Golf and Country Club in Huntington, W. Va. By David Rogers for HighCountrySports.net

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ESPN’s College GameDay Coming to Boone on Saturday, Sept. 17

September 11, 2022 A top-10 road win Saturday afternoon helped facilitate more big news Saturday night. ESPN’s College GameDay is coming to Boone. Appearing in the High Country for the first time, the popular college football pregame show will be on campus next weekend, on Saturday, Sept. 17, for App State’s Sun Belt Conference opener against Troy. Kickoff, subject to change, is currently scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

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