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Appalachian Overseas

North Wilkesboro News @ April 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Linda Veltze, a professor of library science at Appalachian State University, is participating in a faculty exchange at the Karlsruhe University of Education at Karlsruhe Germany. Veltze is working with students in a teacher training program at the institute who are enrolled in her “Teaching the Holocaust” course. Veltze and her students worked together prior [...]

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Finding Jobs

North Wilkesboro News @ April 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet

More than 80 school systems visited campus to recruit new teachers during Appalachian’s education fair sponsored by the university’s Career Development Center. About 350 students talked with superintendents and other representatives about jobs after graduation, including senior elementary education major Holly Heavner, right photo. “I met with representatives from not only North Carolina but Virginia [...]

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Appalachian will host a Duke TIP Scholar Weekend April 5-6

North Wilkesboro News @ March 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet

BOONE – Appalachian State University will host a Duke TIP (Talent Identification Program) Scholar Weekend April 5-6 for academically gifted 7th-12th graders.
The program is sponsored by Appalachian’s Reich College of Education and Duke Talented Identification Program. It is open to students who have been identified in a Duke TIP search or identified as academically gifted [...]

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