Students

A group of students sit at tables arranged in a large circle and closely examine paper documents.

Fall Semester Instruction in Special Collections
Nov 24, 2025

As the semester winds down, Special Collections staff are looking back and taking account of our instruction activity this fall. We welcomed 26 classe...

Colorful pages from Common Rocks & Other Problems artist book

Artists’ Books Viewing Last Friday
Sep 15, 2025

On Friday, September 12, the Special Collections Research Center participated in a satellite event to the North Carolina Museum of Art’s End Paper A...

The foreign students present in 1950. From left to right: Jutta Meyfarth, Hector Sosa, Ming Sung, and Anneliese Schroeder

International Students at Appalachian State Teachers College
Aug 9, 2024

 A guest post by Nathan Rodney, a graduate student assistant interning at the Special Collections Research Center. He is a second year graduate s...

Welcome to Kari Salisbury, Public Services Assistant
Feb 28, 2023

Welcome to the latest addition to the Special Collections Research Center's staff, Public Services Assistant Kari Salisbury.Kari Salisbury joined the ...

Plemmons Student Union Dedication in 1967

The Early History of Plemmons Student Union
Oct 24, 2019

This is a guest post by Mandi Burnison, a rare books and archives reference student assistant in Special Collections. Mandi is a junior, majoring in E...

Cover of Student Information Book 1930

Student Handbooks Provide More than Just Rules
Sep 6, 2017

One of the rich published resources in the Appalachian State University Archives is the student handbook. These books give today’s reader evidence o...