Faculty in the College of Education will consider a call for separate votes of no confidence in Chancellor Randy Woodson, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Warwick Arden and Dean of
On this episode of Appalachian Today, University Communications’ Dave Blanks provides a quick rundown of some of the latest news stories available at today.appstate.edu.
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Recently released numbers concerning App State’s economic impact. According to a study conducted by labor analytics firm, Lightcast, in fiscal year 2021–22, the university generated an estimated $573 million in added income for Watauga, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell and Wilkes counties. Statewide, the estimated economic impact of App State was $2.2 billion.
Some interesting takeaways from the study-
For every dollar invested by App State students they will gain $5.80 in higher lifetime earnings.
Also for each dollar $1 public funding that taxpayers invest in App State in 2021–22, over the course of students’ working lives, North Carolina taxpayers will gain $3.20 in increased tax revenue and public sector savings from reduced demand for government-funded social services.
App State Chancellor Sh
A quick rundown of some of the stories you’ll find at today.appstate.edu
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This is Appalachian Today, a bimonthly rundown of some of the stories you’ll find online at today.appstate.edu. From Anne Belk Hall on Appalachian’s Boone Campus, I’m Dave Blanks.
The National Council on Aging has awarded a $481,378 grant to App State’s Blue Cross NC Institute for Health and Human Services.
In partnership with High Country Community Health, the institute will hold flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics this fall at senior centers, libraries and other locations throughout 10 Western NC Counties. The rate of COVID vaccine participation in these counties has dropped from an initial average of 79% down to 32% for COVID boosters. Also less than half of the region’s older adult population received a flu vaccine the previous year, according to the grant application.
The Blue Cross NC Institute for Health and Human Services is part of App State’s Beaver College of Health Scien
App State pays tribute to former App State Chancellor Kenneth Peacock, who died Oct. 6. Peacock served as the university’s seventh leader, from 2004 to 2014.