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With the holidays right around the corner, join App State's Jen Serling and Dr. Jason Elliott Stanhill for holiday tips for your pets. Holiday celebrations can be great for people, but the decorations, new food, guests and travel can be stressful for our furry friends. Serling and Stanhill will discuss the environmental changes that can impact your pets over the holidays, how to plan to make sure they are safe and how to minimize pet stress. Presented via Zoom and free and open to the public.

Join us on Thursday evenings throughout the semester to unleash your creative spirit in a community of App State student peers in the studio space at the Turchin Center. These art-making workshops are led by Appalachian State University student instructors and are open to all skill levels. All supplies are provided. Open Studio will be a time to create and explore new art making materials in a casual and welcoming setting.

The 16th annual Doctoral Symposium will be held virtually. The symposium theme is “Leading (In)Between” and Dr. Leslie Alexander, Superintendent of Watauga County Schools, will be the keynote speaker. This event is free and all current doctoral students, alums, RCOE faculty, and friends of the program are invited to participate. Current students are particularly encouraged to present their emerging research and scholarly leadership projects with the community.

The “Spooky Duke” is a certified 5K and 10K race with a free Costume March and Contest where children, adults and pets can all show off their unique costumes and share in the fun. All proceeds benefit Parent to Parent FSN-High Country.

International Education Week (IEW) at Appalachian State University is a celebration of the global engagement that happens throughout the year through our clubs, courses and conversations. Students, staff, faculty, and community members are encouraged to participate in programming throughout the week. IEW on the national level is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education and part of our efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.

Make your plans to be in the High Country for Homecoming 2024. The fun lasts all week long and culminates with the App State football game on Saturday, October 26. Break out your black and gold — there will be events for all Mountaineers!

The Appalachian State University Global Symposium is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to share their global work on a professional platform while simultaneously contributing to global learning at Appalachian. Symposium presenters will discuss a variety of topics including science, technology, business, education, music, and politics.

Using audio visual material combined with a participatory virtual workshop, this transformative event, hosted by Beyond Theatre of Witness, will enable participants to witness the Northern Irish conflict from the perspective of those involved and participate in the ongoing processes of peacebuilding. Participants will also gain transformative skills in communicating across deep political divides.

The Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble (FADE) is a popular semi-annual concert featuring Appalachian faculty and students showcasing their talents in choreography and performance. The 2024 FADE includes original choreography by Dance Studies faculty members Emily Daughtridge, Sherone Price, and Chris Yon. Student choreographers creating new works for this program are Madeline Cefalu, Lauren Martin, Sarahann McIntyre, Avery Smith, and Maggie Talton with eight different pieces being performed each night of the concert.

A tradition celebrated each fall to honor App State’s founders and the first day of classes in 1899.

Maria Dahvana Headley is a #1 New York Times-bestselling author and editor. Her novels include Magonia, Aerie and Queen of Kings, and she has also written a memoir, The Year of Yes. With Kat Howard, she is the author of The End of the Sentence, and with Neil Gaiman, she is co-editor of Unnatural Creatures. Her short stories have been shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson, Nebula and World Fantasy Awards, and her work has been supported by the MacDowell Colony and by Arte Studio Ginestrelle, where the first draft of The Mere Wife was written.

Celebrate the season as the Preservation Hall Jazz Band returns with the Creole Christmas concert series. Join as the band performs New Orleans classics as well as some of our best-loved holiday selections with a twist. Preservation Hall Jazz Band has held the torch of New Orleans music aloft for more than 60 years, all the while carrying it enthusiastically forward as a reminder that the history they were founded to preserve is a vibrantly living history.