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Professionals, Educators and Students convene at App State Cyber Summit
Mar 19, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Around the world, four out of five ransomware attacks target small to medium-sized businesses, and 60% of small businesses close withi...

App State students are pictured in a fermentation sciences lab on the Boone campus, working under the direction of Dr. Folarin Oguntoyinbo, associate professor and research mentor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences.

App State earns R2 designation for high research activity and doctorate production
Feb 14, 2025

University’s commitment to applied research benefits students, communities and industriesBOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University has received a...

CIS Professor and Dean of the Walker College of Business, Sandra Vannoy

App State launches The Hickory Leadership Forum: ‘Leading with Compassion’ Walker College faculty and alumni to be featured on first panel
Sep 6, 2024

The first event, featuring business and corporate leaders, will be held Sept. 16 at the App State Hickory CampusAppalachian State University has annou...

Dr. Scott Hunsinger and Mr. Chris Taylor from the Department of Computer Information Systems

Hunsinger, Taylor to discuss cybersecurity program on WKHY 'First Talk' June 20
Jun 19, 2024

Appalachian State University’s new cybersecurity bachelor’s degree program begins this fall on the Boone and Hickory campuses.Hal Row, h...

A conceptual rendering of the cybersecurity lab to be constructed on the second floor of App State’s Hickory campus building. Note, designs for the cybersecurity lab are still in development. Graphic courtesy of Little Diversified Architectural Consulting

App State’s new cybersecurity bachelor’s degree program begins this fall
Jun 3, 2024

This fall, Appalachian State University will begin offering a bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity — the only such program offered by a University o...

Samantha Williams, CIS Department Administrator named in University Awards for Student Success
May 9, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University recognized 27 students, faculty and staff at its second annual Awards of Distinction ceremony, honoring t...

App State students place highest in the state for Excel skills
Feb 2, 2024

Appalachian State University students have earned the highest scores in North Carolina on the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Excel certification ex...

The CIS Department welcomes new faculty
Jan 22, 2024

The Department of Computer Information Systems welcomes two new tenure track faculty members: Assistant Professors Dr. Lijun Chen and Dr. Yuxiao Luo, ...

App State alumnus Ron Woods, a Class of 1968 App State graduate and Hickory native, has donated five scholarships to support students at the App State Hickory campus. Jude Blochaviak, a first-year student from Taylorsville intending to major in computer information systems, center, represented the five recipients of the Ron Woods Scholarship during a recognition at halftime of the inaugural Hickory Hoops Classic game, held Dec. 21 at Catawba Valley Community College’s Tarlton Complex in Hickory.

Alumnus Ron Woods donates scholarships to support 5 students at App State Hickory campus
Jan 22, 2024

HICKORY, N.C. — Appalachian State University alumnus Ron Woods, a Class of 1968 App State graduate and Hickory native, has funded scholarships for f...

Team Cybersharks practicing to compete

App State ranks in top 10% for cybersecurity nationally
Jan 22, 2024

Appalachian State University has been named to the Cyber Power Rankings, a list of the top 100 schools teaching real-world cybersecurity tas...

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