- Jan 31
- Jan 31
Film: Benedetta (2021)
Féroce et Formidable: A Francophone Film Festival
Tuesday, January 31, 20236:30pm - Feb 1
- Feb 2
Daniel Dawes: 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
Thursday, February 2, 20237:00pmSchaefer Center for the Performing Arts - Feb 5
Black History Month Concert
Hayes School of Music and Department of English
Sunday, February 5, 20234:00pm - Feb 7
- Feb 18
- Feb 19
Black History Month Concert
Hayes School of Music and Department of English
Sunday, February 19, 20234:00pm - Feb 21
Film: The Red Circle (Le cercle rouge) (1970)
Féroce et Formidable: A Francophone Film Festival
Tuesday, February 21, 20236:30pm - Feb 25
- Mar 21
Film: Little Girl (Petite Fille) (2020)
Féroce et Formidable: A Francophone Film Festival
Tuesday, March 21, 20236:30pm - Mar 23
Poet Ricardo Nazario-Colón: Craft Talk
Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Thursday, March 23, 2023Time TBD - Mar 2324
4th Annual DLLC Symposium: Diversity and (Dis)Connections in the Contemporary Context
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
March 23-24, 2023 - Mar 23
Poet Ricardo Nazario-Colón
Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Thursday, March 23, 20236:00pm-7:15pm - Mar 23
- Mar 30
- Mar 31
- Apr 1
- Apr 20
United States Poet Laureate (2012-2014) and Pulitzer Prize Winner Natasha Trethewey
Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Thursday, April 20, 20236:00pm-7:30pm - Apr 27
Poets Nickole Brown and Jessica Jacobs
Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Thursday, April 27, 20236:00pm-7:30pm - Apr 27
Poets Nickole Brown and Jessica Jacobs: Craft Talk
Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Thursday, April 27, 2023Time TBD - Jul 29
Ongoing events
- Jan 20Jun 3
Say:Word, a site-specific installation by Renee Cloud & de’Angelo DIA
January 20-June 3, 2023Turchin Center for the Visual Arts - Dec 2May 6
- Sep 6Mar 1
Féroce et Formidable: A Francophone Film Festival
Belk Library and Information Commons and Department of English
September 6, 2022-March 1, 2023 - Feb 118
2023 MLK Commemoration
February 1-18, 2023 - Feb 1416
Fulbright Week 2023
February 14-16, 2023
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.

Chancellor’s Awards for Inclusive Excellence
In January 2020, App State presented its inaugural Chancellor’s Awards for Inclusive Excellence. 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.