20 Facts About Appalachian State University

1. Appalachian State University routinely defines and measures academic and administrative programs and services.

2. Appalachian State University is a public institution set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Boone, North Carolina.

3. Appalachian State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's, intermediate, and doctoral degrees.

4. Appalachian State University is one of 17 institutions in the University of North Carolina System.

5. Appalachian State University Cares is a place to find resources and support available for our students faculty and staff regarding student health and safety.

6. Appalachian State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's, intermediate and doctoral degrees.

7. Appalachian State University is recognized nationally in the areas of community and civic engagement and service-learning.

8. Appalachian State University encourages opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in research projects alongside their professors.

9. Appalachian State University says peccaries are medium-sized omnivores with small tusks and live in the Americas.

10. Appalachian State University says the species of peccaries were identified in the fossil-rich clays of the Gray Fossil Site, once a large pond surrounded by forest dating back about 5 million years.

11. Appalachian State University won three consecutive Division I FCS national championships in 2005, 2006, and 2007, over the University of Northern Iowa, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Delaware, respectively.

12. Appalachian State University's cycling team has had success at the regional and national level; they compete within the Atlantic Collegiate Cycling Conference.

13. In 2017, App Appalachian State University added a new video board, sound system and LED ribbon displays.

14. Appalachian State University fields varsity teams in 20 sports, 10 for men and 10 for women.

15. Appalachian State University provides a variety of off-campus, part-time undergraduate and graduate programs.

16. Appalachian State University offers off-campus courses through three off-campus centers.

17. Appalachian State University was transformed from a single-purpose teachers' college into a multipurpose regional university and Appalachian State Teacher's College became Appalachian State University in 1967.

18. Appalachian State University attained national standards by becoming accredited by the American Association for Teacher Education in 1939, and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1942.

19. Appalachian State University traveled to the state capital, Raleigh, after drafting a bill.

20. Appalachian State University began in 1899 when a group of citizens in Watauga County, under the leadership of Blanford B Dougherty and his brother Dauphin D Dougherty, began a movement to educate teachers in northwestern North Carolina.