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Sydney Blume Traveled to Banff for Avalanche Training and Backcountry Snowboarding
Jun 7, 2017

Honors senior Chancellor's Scholar and sustainable development major Sydney Blume traveled to Banff, Canada, for ten days of avalanche training and sn...

Kevin Goslen Awarded NIEHS Post-baccalaureate IRTA
Jun 5, 2017

Honors Alumnus (May ’17) Kevin Goslen has been awarded a post-baccalaureate research position with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sc...

Shaina Katz Spends Summer Studying Arabic in Morocco
Jun 5, 2017

Thanks to a Critical Language Scholarship, Honors junior and political science major Shaina Katz is spending her summer in Morocco studying Arabic . T...

Congratulations 2017 Honors College Graduates!
Jun 1, 2017

The Spring 2017 University Honors Commencement Ceremony was held Friday May 12, 2017 in the Parkway Ballroom of the Plemmons Student Union. In this ce...

Maddison Staszkiewicz Accepts Position with Global Brigades in Honduras
May 31, 2017

Maddison Staszkiewicz has accepted a position with Global Brigades. She will be working in Tegucigalpa, Honduras as a Program Associate. On May 31st, ...

Honors Alumna Ali Moxley (May '17) Wins Second Place in International Food Solutions Challenge
May 31, 2017

Click here for full story, "Concept for turning corn chip oil into biodiesel fuel earns Appalachian students second place in international Food Soluti...

Ten Incoming Honors Freshmen Awarded Chancellor's Scholarship
May 25, 2017

Congratulations to the ten incoming Honors freshmen who have been awarded the Chancellor’s Scholarship. The Chancellor's scholarship is Appalachianâ...

Grayson Bodenheimer Spends Final Semester in Finland
May 17, 2017

Senior Honors student Grayson Bodenheimer has spent his final semester at the University of Helsinki, Finland. As a sociology major and global studies...

2016-17 Honors Faculty Awards
May 16, 2017

Three faculty were recognized and presented 2016-17 Honors Faculty Awards at the University Honors Commencement Ceremony held on Friday, May 12, 2017....

Devin Hoffman Wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award!
May 9, 2017

Honors Senior, geology major and Chancellor's Scholar Devin Hoffman has won the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GR...