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Sustainability and resilience are guiding principles at 应用程序 状态 and institutionally interwoven into our strategic plan, academic mission, engagement locally and globally and day-to-day best practices. We are recognized as a national leader for our endeavors.
We’re enhancing the 应用程序alachian Experience — with a stronger physical infrastructure and five-year goals that further empower human potential. Get the full picture through a new, special website detailing our growth and change.
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University of North Carolina System President Peter Hans has named Dr. Heather Hulburt Norris as the interim chancellor for 应用程序alachian 状态 University. She succeeds Sheri Everts, who stepped down as chancellor after 10 years. The appointment became effective April 19.
After 10 years as 应用程序 状态’s Chancellor, Dr. Sheri Everts is stepping down. Under her leadership, enrollment exceeded 21,000, she secured more than $550 million for state-of-the art residence halls, academic facilities and athletics facilities, and opened a campus in Hickory.
Several national publications, including U.S. 新闻 & World Report, The Princeton Review and Forbes magazine, have named 应用程序 状态 among the best schools in the nation — and the Southeast — for 2023–24, recognizing the university for its academics, innovation, 价值 and more.
The Princeton Review, U.S. 新闻 & World Report, CEO Magazine and Fortune magazine have named 应用程序 状态’s Walker College of Business and its Master of Business Administration program among the best in the nation, Southeast and world for 2022–23 and 2023–24.
We invite interested participants to join us for our third annual Summer Institute, which utilizes the National Writing Project Summer Institute curriculum. The 2024 theme will be “Writing Your Story.” Through a series of writing activities and discussions, we will explore how writing our own story can be a source of healing and wellness for us and for our students.
An 应用程序alachian Summer Festival is an annual arts festival presenting and producing programs in music, 剧院, 跳舞, film and visual arts. The festival forges a unique national identity through artistic excellence, innovative programming, commissioning new works, educational opportunities, and by bringing the most accomplished and respected creative and performing artists from around the world to the 应用程序alachian 状态 University community.
In celebration of her ninth studio album, “Keep Your Courage,” ’80s superstar singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant comes to Boone, accompanied by Hickory, NC’s Western Piedmont Symphony. “An artist with a singular voice and vision. Time has only amplified the power of Merchant’s music.” — Mojo. “One of the most successful and enduring alternative artists to emerge from the eighties intact and uncompromised.” — Vogue.
Experience a night of groundbreaking musical fusion as the Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, under the baton of Gerard Schwarz, collaborates with 16-time Grammy-winning banjo master Béla Fleck. Béla will showcase his unique interpretation of Gershwin’s iconic “Rhapsody in Blue”, seamlessly weaving his virtuosity with the orchestra accompanying him, followed by familiar works of Tchaikovsky and more.
Award-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre, The Other Side of Hope) makes a masterful return with Fallen Leaves, a timeless, hopeful and satisfying love story that won the Jury Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Set in modern-day Helsinki, the film tells the story of Ansa (Alma Pöysti) and Holappa (Jussi Vatanen), two lonely souls whose chance meeting at a local karaoke bar is beset by numerous hurdles.
The GRAMMY® Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer has been hailed as “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker, and is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for its wide-ranging repertoire and dazzling virtuosity. Founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis Botto, Chanticleer quickly took its place as one of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, selling over one million recordings and performing thousands of live concerts to audiences around the world.
The Summer Exhibition Celebration is an opportunity for art lovers to meet the artists, enjoy live music and refreshments and spend time with fellow arts patrons while exploring one of the most exciting venues in town: a collection of six galleries filled with a diverse mix of contemporary art by local, regional and international artists.
The festival proudly presents the 13th annual Rosen-Schaffel Concerto Competition for Young & Emerging Artists, known for the pivotal role it has played in launching the careers of some of our region’s most promising young artists. This year’s competition, in partnership with the Hayes School of Music, extends eligibility to undergraduate and graduate collegiate musicians (up to age 26) to 10 states across the southeast.
Grammy Award winner and Grand Ole Opry member Brad Paisley will perform live at Kidd Brewer Stadium! Brad Paisley has earned his place in country music history as one of the genre’s most talented and decorated male solo artists. For more than 20 years, his songwriting and unmatched showmanship have won him numerous awards, including three GRAMMYs, two American Music Awards, 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, and 14 Country Music Association Awards.
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 eighteenth and nineteenth century mountain communities. Learn what rural life was like for pioneers in the High Country.
Dr. Katherine Ledford, professor of 应用程序alachian Studies, will share her expertise prior to a performance of Horn in the West. The pre-performance talk is free and open to the public. This program is the sixth one in High Country Humanities' ongoing series “连接ing Local and Global Rural Cultures.” This series of talks, workshops, demonstrations and film screenings is supported by a grant from North Carolina Humanities.
Whether you are a first-year student or a continuing student looking for engagement opportunities, Club Expo is the perfect way to get involved. Learn about clubs and organizations, campus resources, leadership and volunteer opportunities, and meet new people. ALL students are welcome to attend.