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Gift of Hindu ceremonial outfit brings alive religious culture for students

Boone News @ July 26, 2010 # No Comment Yet

BOONE—When Jaimie Houston’s great-grandparents, Raymond and Ellen Houston, traveled the globe, they always returned with interesting stories and items from their international jaunts. Among their travel memorabilia was a formal Hindu outfit purchased in 1959, most likely in Nepal. The outfit has been donated in their memory to Appalachian State University’s Department of Philosophy and [...]

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Greensboro couple establish education scholarship at Appalachian

Boone News @ May 31, 2010 # No Comment Yet

BOONE—Education is the common theme running through the philanthropic activities of Judy and Steve James.
The Greensboro couple has established the Judy and Steve James Scholarship for Education to support Appalachian State University students pursuing a teaching career. They have also established an endowment for this scholarship through their estate plans.
The $20,000 scholarship paid over four [...]

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Appalachian professors receive NCBC grant to facilitate interdisciplinary research

Boone News @ April 8, 2010 # No Comment Yet

BOONE—A $151,246 institutional development grant has been awarded to Appalachian State University faculty from the N.C. Biotech Center (NCBC). This is the first NCBC award to Appalachian specifically for research in biotechnology. The grant will provide research equipment for projects being conducted by an interdisciplinary research team at Appalachian.
The grant will support their work in [...]

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