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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...

Graduating international students say farewell to Mountaineer lifestyle
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...

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...

Mountaineer baseball sweeps Panthers on the road

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...

April 22, 2024

The Mountaineer baseball team traveled to Jonesboro, Arkansas to face off against Arkansas State in a three game weekend series.  The Black and Gold...

April 22, 2024

App State started their six-game homestand Friday with a weekend series against the James Madison Dukes.  James Madison came out swinging in the series-opener,...

April 17, 2024

App State baseball’s mid-week road trip to Cullowhee ended in defeat, as the Mountaineers came up short against the Western Carolina Catamounts Tuesday...

Vampire flick ‘Abigail’ is a bloody pirou-letdown

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....

April 24, 2024

“The Tortured Poets Department” leaves listeners waiting for more Meg Frantz As the self-proclaimed chairman of the Tortured Poets Department, Taylor...

April 24, 2024

Nestled discreetly on 1167 West King St., Lucky Dog Vintage greets customers with a unique vibe and treasure trove of hand-selected thrift finds.  Trevor...

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