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Lindsey Turbyfill

Lindsey Turbyfill shares her App State experience
Feb 25, 2021

Lindsey Turbyfill is a senior athletic training major from Charlotte, North Carolina. She is a recipient of the Beaver College of Health Sciences Dean...

Yadkin County Community Garden

Community garden is a teaching site and source of fresh produce for WIC clients in Yadkin County
Feb 24, 2021

Ashley Beard is a student in Appalachian State University’s Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management’s Public Health Nutrition Practice ...

Leah Hamilton

Leah Hamilton appointed Senior Research Fellow
Jan 13, 2021

Dr. Leah Hamilton, associate professor in the Department of Social Work at Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Health Sciences, was rec...

Angela Losardo

Mace Bearer Dr. Angela Losardo
Dec 14, 2020

Dr. Angela Losardo has been a faculty member in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Appalachian State since 1994. Her educa...

Alexa Dudash

Alexa Dudash is the Beaver College of Health Sciences December 2020 Commencement student speaker
Dec 9, 2020

Alexa Dudash is from Annville, PA. She is receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science. While at Appalachian Alexa spent her free time s...

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More than 1,700 Mountaineer graduates to be recognized during App State’s virtual Fall Commencement
Dec 8, 2020

View the original story at today.appstate.eduAs 2020 comes to a close — a year marked by the global pandemic — Mountaineers near and far will cele...

First-year student Lainie Baumgardner, of Waxhaw, runs on Appalachian State University’s campus Nov. 18 with her mask at the ready. She is a member of App State’s track and field team. It’s important to keep up physical activity throughout the winter for mental and physical health and immune system support, says App State’s Dr. Rebecca “Becki” Battista, an Exercise Is Medicine Ambassador and a board member of the Physical Activity Alliance. Photo by Marie Freeman

Tips for staying physically active this winter — advice from App State’s Dr. Rebecca Battista
Nov 23, 2020

BOONE, N.C. — With the threat of COVID-19 continuing into winter, having an exercise routine is important for staying healthy and keeping our immune...

Cole Garrison

App State offensive lineman steps off the field and into the operating room
Oct 27, 2020

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University senior Cole Garrison, an exercise science major and student-athlete from Clay, Alabama, is head...

Allison Farrell

Honors alumna Allison Farrell publishes thesis
Oct 9, 2020

Honors College alumna Allison Farrell ’20 has successfully published her Honors thesis, Parental Impact on Child Physical Activity and Sedentar...

Steff McDaniel

Stephanie McDaniel is the new director of Health Promotion for Faculty and Staff
Oct 6, 2020

The Beaver College of Health Sciences is thrilled to welcome Stephanie McDaniel as the new director for the Health Promotion for Faculty and staff pro...