- Jan 24
- Jan 24
The Leadership & Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Community-Engaged Leadership
Wednesday, January 24, 20245:30pm-7:00pm - Feb 7
We're Here: Immigrant-Affected Communities & International Diversity
Office of Diversity
Wednesday, February 7, 20244:00pm-5:00pm - Feb 8
Let's Get Started: Uncovering Unconscious Bias - Online
Office of Diversity
Thursday, February 8, 20241:00pm-2:30pm - Feb 16
Urban Bush Women – 40th Anniversary: Legacy + Lineage + Liberation
The Schaefer Center Presents
Friday, February 16, 20247:30pm - Feb 20
Let's Get Started: Exploring Intersectionality - Online
Office of Diversity
Tuesday, February 20, 20243:00pm-4:00pm - Feb 22
Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience: Creole for Kidz and the History of Zydeco
APPlause! Event
Thursday, February 22, 202410:00am - Feb 23
- Feb 24
- Mar 6
Let's Get Started: Unpacking Microaggressions
Office of Diversity
Wednesday, March 6, 202410:00am-11:00am - Mar 19
- Mar 20
TCVA ARTtalk: Kathleen Thum, Considering Carbon
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Wednesday, March 20, 20246:00pm-7:00pm - Mar 21
- Mar 22
- Mar 23
- Mar 26
- Apr 12
- Apr 18
- Apr 20
Ongoing events
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.