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The Holmes Convocation Center located on Rivers Street on April 15. The convocation center is not only the home arena for some of App State’s varsity sports teams, but the home for graduation commencement as well.
Student guide to graduation
Madalyn Edwards, Associate News Editor • April 29, 2024

It’s five days before the first graduation ceremony, and students rush across the court in Holmes Convocation Center, placing down carpeted panels on the hardwood floor to protect it from scratches during the event. As the days to graduation count down, students build the stage, set up audio equipment, arrange chairs, prep rooms for presenters...

Student guide to App State’s New York Loft
April 24, 2024

A block from Madison Square Park, the App State New York Loft is located among residential buildings on 24th Street. The Loft serves as a place...

Neva J. Specht appointed as acting provost
April 22, 2024

Interim Chancellor Heather Hulburt Norris announced in an email Monday that Neva J. Specht has been appointed as acting provost, filling the...

Skatepark advocates rally support at public input session
April 22, 2024

A public input session for phase two of the Boone Greenway skatepark project was hosted April 18 at the Watauga County Public Library. During...

BREAKING: App State appoints interim chancellor
April 19, 2024

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Heather Norris has been appointed interim chancellor, effective immediately. The announcement was made...

Houston caps off record breaking career for App State Softball

April 30, 2024

App State baseball isn’t the most well-known sport on campus; it doesn’t have the illustrious history of the football program or the recent success...

April 30, 2024

The Mountaineers traveled to Huntington, West Virginia, to face the Marshall Thundering Herd last weekend. On Friday, the Mountaineers were unable to...

April 29, 2024

App State baseball traveled to Atlanta for a weekend series against the Georgia State Panthers.  The Black and Gold won the first game of the series...

April 24, 2024

App State baseball used a walk-off RBI in the bottom of the ninth to take a 12-11 win over the East Tennessee State Buccaneers Tuesday. The game was...

“Gaptivities” to stay busy during a gap year

April 29, 2024

Vampire movies have a rich history in Hollywood. The bloodsuckers appear in cinema from all around the world, and have spawned everything from billion-dollar...

April 28, 2024

On Aug. 22, 2022, Silva Keohulian packed her bags, said goodbye to her family and left her home in Lebanon to go to a place she had never heard of before:...

April 24, 2024

Wednesday, April 24 S’mores Night with RHA Roast s’mores to your liking at the campfires on Sanford Mall with the Resident Hall Association....

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