Appalachian State University

The Department of Accounting is hosting a free tax help lab for App State students, faculty and staff. Through April 15, get started online, then drop in for assistance on Monday and Wednesday evenings in Peacock Hall Room 2013.

While the macro-level mechanics and structures of genocide are most often our focus of study, at its heart, genocide happens because individual humans choose to kill other individual humans in large numbers and over an extended period of time. Who are the killers on the frontlines of genocide and how do they come to do such extraordinary evil? Dr. Waller is the inaugural Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights Practice at the University of Connecticut (UConn).

Get off the beaten path and explore the edge of believable with captivating stories from the 49th Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival coming to App State. The ROAD WARRIOR will be returning this year and will be curating the film selection for the APP State showing. Stand on the highest peaks, ski the steepest slopes, and be a part of the gripping adventures waiting for you in this year’s Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour.

Appalachian State Univesity's Walker College of Business will host the 66th Boyles Distinguished Lecture featuring Todd M. Campbell '87, President and Chief Executive Officer of Builders Insurance Group. The lecture is open to the public with no cost to attend.

Join us for the fourth and final installment of the Hickory Leadership Forum: Leading with Compassion. A panel discussion convening local leaders for community and civic initiatives will be held in the App State Hickory atrium, with a networking reception to follow. Attendance is free but registration is encouraged.

App State Family Weekend promotes the engagement of Mountaineer families through unique programming opportunities in the High Country. Paired with a sporting event and community events, Family Weekend provides families with a chance to experience Boone through the eyes of a student.

Experience the beauty of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” as you’ve never heard it before. Playing over 300 concerts a year in Venice, Italy’s San Vidal Church since 1987, Baroque ensemble Interpreti Veneziani, who has gained a reputation for the “…exuberance and all-Italian brio characterizing their performances,” will make its Boone premiere. Immerse yourself in the rich sounds of Vivaldi’s four violin concerti in this special limited-seating concert presented in an intimate venue with a complimentary dessert at intermission.

The classical composer Béla Bartók is perhaps most famous in the music world for having incorporated elements of folk music into his work, a practice that earned him the title of “father of ethnomusicology.” He even spent one summer in Asheville in 1945 and composed one of his piano concertos there. What qualifies as folk music in North Carolina and around the world? What elements of rural sound inspired Bartók, and in which rural communities did they originate? In this workshop, participants will hear examples of and learn to recognize the folk sounds in classical music.

App State’s Career Development Center is partnering with the QEP’s Pathways to Resilience initiative to offer Careers With Impact – an interactive career conference surrounding the topic of positive climate action. This full day event gathers students, employers, and professionals from a diverse range of industries to connect around a shared interest in making a difference through positive climate action in their professional experiences.

International Appalachian (INTAPP) works hard to promote mutual respect for different cultures and to engage all students and community members in friendship and learning. Join us in supporting the Landon Hill memorial study abroad scholarship. If you cannot join us in person, please donate a minimum of $25 and run the 5K on your own wherever in the world you are located.

The story of a rural community in the American South that inspired the international environmental justice movement and articulated the concept of environmental racism by fighting the state of North Carolina's toxic landfill. Panelists will include Ms. Dollie Burwell, Rev. William Kearney, Ms. Jenny Labalme and John Rash.

Commencement is the ultimate celebration of one of the most significant accomplishments of our students' lifetimes. We are proud to honor your achievement.