NC Poet Laureate to Speak at Appalachian’s Commencement Ceremonies Dec. 16 at Holmes Center
Nov. 29, 2012. N.C. Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti will be the speaker at December commencement at Appalachian State University. Bathanti is a professor of creative writing at Appalachian and director of the Writing in the Field program and writer-in-residence in the university’s Watauga Global Community.