- Mar 19
- Mar 20
- Mar 20
TCVA ARTtalk: Kathleen Thum, Considering Carbon
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Wednesday, March 20, 20246:00pm-7:00pm - Mar 21
Graphic Novelist Kayla E.: Craft Talk
Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Thursday, March 21, 20242:00pm-3:15pm - Mar 21
Film: La mala educación (“Bad Education”) (2004)
Pedro Almodóvar Film Festival
Thursday, March 21, 20245:30pm - Mar 21
Women of Color in Academia: Panel & Networking Event
Office of Diversity, Women’s Center and Department of Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies
Thursday, March 21, 20245:30pm-7:30pm - Mar 21
Graphic Novelist Kayla E.
Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Thursday, March 21, 20246:00pm-7:30pm - Mar 21
- Mar 22
Documentary Filmmakers on Interpreting Rural Life
High Country Humanities
Friday, March 22, 20244:30pm-6:30pm - Mar 22
- Mar 23
- Mar 26
Pop Up Perspectives: Conversation & Popcorn with the CDO (Hickory)
Office of Diversity
Tuesday, March 26, 20243:30pm-4:30pm - Mar 26
- Mar 26
- Mar 27
Dr. Karil Kucera: “Preserving Pain, Promoting Peace: Modern Memorials in East Asia”
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures’ 6th Annual International Speaker Series
Wednesday, March 27, 20245:30pm-6:30pm - Mar 28
NC Reads Book Club Discussion - “Poster Girls” by Meredith Ritchie
Office of Diversity and Belk Library and Information Commons
Thursday, March 28, 20245:30pm - Mar 28
Dr. Jacob Kopcienski: “Archives and Community: Remembering Queer Cultural Organizing in Appalachia”
Music Humanities Community Conversations Series
Thursday, March 28, 20247:00pm-8:00pm - Apr 3
- Apr 4
Janvier Manirakiza and Barry Thomas: “Healing the Wounds of Violence in Burundi”
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
Thursday, April 4, 20246:00pm-8:00pm - Apr 4
- Apr 5
- Apr 10
- Apr 11
Poet M. Soledad Caballero: Craft Talk
Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Thursday, April 11, 20243:30pm-4:45pm - Apr 11
Film: Dolor y gloria (“Pain and Glory”) (2019)
Pedro Almodóvar Film Festival
Thursday, April 11, 20245:30pm - Apr 11
Poet M. Soledad Caballero
Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Thursday, April 11, 20246:00pm-7:30pm - Apr 11
- Apr 12
- Apr 16
- Apr 17
- Apr 18
- Apr 18
Novelist and National Book Award Winner Jason Mott
Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Thursday, April 18, 20246:00pm-7:30pm - Apr 18
- Apr 18
Dr. Julie Shepherd-Powell: “Embodying Culture: Community Dances in Rural Appalachia”
Music Humanities Community Conversations Series
Thursday, April 18, 20247:00pm-8:00pm - Apr 20
- Apr 23
Pop Up Perspectives: Conversation & Popcorn with the CDO (Hickory)
Office of Diversity
Tuesday, April 23, 20243:30pm-4:30pm - Apr 24
NC Reads Book Club Discussion - “American Refuge: True Stories of the Refugee Experience” by Diya Abdo
Office of Diversity and Belk Library and Information Commons
Wednesday, April 24, 20245:30pm - Apr 24
- Apr 24
“The Armenian Genocide Today: Climate Change Abuse in the South Caucasus” Panel Discussion
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
Wednesday, April 24, 20246:30pm-8:30pm - Apr 25
- May 29
NC Reads Book Club Discussion - “The Violin Conspiracy” by Brendan Slocumb
Office of Diversity and Belk Library and Information Commons
Wednesday, May 29, 20245:30pm - Jun 26
NC Reads Book Club Discussion - “Welcome to the Circus of Baseball” by Ryan McGee
Office of Diversity and Belk Library and Information Commons
Wednesday, June 26, 20245:30pm
Ongoing events
- Mar 131
NC Reads Statewide Book Club – March
March 1-31, 2024 - Mar 131
Women’s History Month
March 1-31, 2024 - Feb 8Apr 11
Pedro Almodóvar Film Festival
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
February 8-April 11, 2024 - Feb 6Apr 16
Greenbriar International Film Festival
University Libraries and Department of English
February 6-April 16, 2024
Engage with App State
Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to visit App State Engage for more opportunities to get involved — on and off campus.
Notable events
Diversity Celebration
The Diversity Celebration features a wide array of music, eclectic dancing, delectable food, international films and festivals. App State students, faculty, staff, K-12 schools and members of the local community are all invited to join in this celebration of cultures through art and entertainment.
Inclusive Excellence Awards
In January 2020, App State presented its inaugural Inclusive Excellence Awards. These awards — which will be given annually — are designed to shine a light on individuals at App State and in the community whose work demonstrates their active, intentional and ongoing commitment to transformative change.
International Education Week
International Education Week (IEW) at Appalachian State University is a celebration of transformational global experiences at home and abroad. Everyone is encouraged to participate in these free events, which take place throughout the week!
ASCEND Orientation
The ASCEND Program — formerly known as Linking Education and Diversity (L.E.A.D.) — is an engaging, intentional, high-impact supplemental orientation program targeting first-year App State students from marginalized and historically underrepresented backgrounds. ASCEND is based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and establishes a solid foundation for new students to feel a sense of belonging and community, to be empowered to succeed with knowledge, connections and resources, and to explore and give back to their new home-away-from-home.
Martin & Doris Rosen Summer Symposium on Remembering the Holocaust
Since 2002, the Center has organized and held the annual Martin & Doris Rosen Summer Symposium “Remembering the Holocaust.” Named for symposium benefactors, the late Doris and Martin Rosen, the symposium endeavors to provide teachers with the most current research on the Holocaust, racism, and anti-Semitism in tandem with teaching strategies and plans needed by every educator to tackle this urgent topic in an informed and successful manner in a classroom setting.