Campus and Community

Join Yadkin Riverkeeper Brian Fannon and other public history experts for guided tours of the Hickory Ridge Living History Museum, a site with six historic, furnished cabins that recreate the atmosphere of 18th and 19th century mountain communities. Learn what rural life was like for pioneers in the High Country. This program is the fifth […]

Appalachian State University’s High Country Humanities—with support from North Carolina Humanities—is pleased to present “Stereotypes of Mountaineers and Frontiersmen: Pre-Performance Remarks” on Friday, August 9, 2024, from 7-7:45 p.m. at the Daniel Boone Amphitheatre at 591 Horn in the West Drive in Boone. Dr. Katherine Ledford, professor of Appalachian Studies, will share her expertise prior […]

The Common Reading Program at Appalachian State University is delighted to offer The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here, from acclaimed scientist and author Hope Jahren, as the university’s common reading book for the 2024-2025 academic year. Jahren’s 2016 memoir Lab Girl earned the National Book […]