Appalachian State University#Publications

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Appalachian State University began in 1899 when a group of residents 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.registrar.appstate.edu/catalogs/07_08_undergrad/1_theuniversity.pdf|title=Appalachian State University: A History of Service to Students|year=2008|work=Appalachian State University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912005335/http://www.registrar.appstate.edu/catalogs/07_08_undergrad/1_theuniversity.pdf|archive-date=September 12, 2008|access-date=July 13, 2008|df=mdy-all}} Land was donated by Daniel B. Dougherty, father of the leaders in the enterprise, and J. F. Hardin. On this site a wood-frame building, costing $1,000, was erected by contributions from citizens of the town and county.{{Cite web|url=http://www.library.appstate.edu/archives/firsthundredyears.html|title=Appalachian State University The First Hundred Years|last=Currie|first=Ruth Douglas|date=1998|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708192608/http://www.library.appstate.edu/archives/firsthundredyears.html|archive-date=July 8, 2008}} In the fall of 1899, the Dougherty brothers, acting as co-principals, began the school, which was then called Watauga Academy. The first year saw 53 students enrolled in three grades. D. D. Dougherty's wife, Lillie Shull Dougherty, taught classes and contributed to administrative decisions.

In 1903, after interest in the school had spread to adjoining counties, D. D. Dougherty was convinced the state would fund institutions established to train teachers. He traveled to Raleigh after drafting a bill. W. C. Newland of Caldwell County introduced the bill in the North Carolina Legislature to make this a state school, with an appropriation for maintenance and for building. E. F. Lovill of Watauga County, R. B. White of Franklin County, Clyde Hoey of Cleveland County, and E. J. Justice of McDowell County spoke in favor of the measure. On March 9, 1903, the bill became law, and the Appalachian Training School for Teachers was established. The school opened on October 5, 1903, with $2,000 from the state and 325 students.

For 22 years, there was a period of steady growth, academic development, and service to the state. In 1925, the legislature changed the name to the Appalachian State Normal School and appropriated additional funding for maintenance and permanent improvement. In 1929, the school became a four-year degree granting institution and was renamed Appalachian State Teachers College. Over 1,300 students were enrolled in degree programs offered for primary grades education, physical education, math, English, science, and history.

Appalachian 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. In 1948 a graduate school was formed. Dr. Dougherty retired in 1955 after 56 years of serving the school. J. D. Rankin became interim president until William H. Plemmons was installed. Plemmons led from 1955 to 1969, and his administration oversaw the addition of new buildings as the campus expanded and enrollment grew to nearly 5,000 students.

Appalachian 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. Growth continued in the 1970s to around 9,500 students and 550 faculty. Afterward, four degree-granting undergraduate colleges were created: Arts and Sciences, Business, Fine and Applied Arts, and Education. Herbert Wey succeeded Plemmons as president in 1969 and was named chancellor in 1971. In 1972, Appalachian State became part of the University of North Carolina system.

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Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwestern North Carolina, Appalachian State University has one of the highest elevations of any U.S. university east of the Mississippi River, at {{convert|3333|ft|m}}. Its main campus is in downtown Boone, a town of 19,092{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Boone town, North Carolina |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/boonetownnorthcarolina/PST045221 |website=www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=4 June 2022 |language=en}} compared to an ASU enrollment of 21,253 students.{{cite web |last1=Elisabeth |first1=Wall |title=Appalachian sees strong retention, record diversity rates as 'slow and steady' growth continues |url=https://today.appstate.edu/2018/09/07/enrollment |website=AppalachianToday |publisher=Appalachian State University |access-date=22 October 2018 |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726075946/https://today.appstate.edu/2018/09/07/enrollment |url-status=live }} The campus encompasses {{convert|1300|acre|km2}}, including a main campus of {{convert|410|acre|km2}} with 20 residence halls, 3 main dining facilities, 30 academic buildings, and 11 recreation/athletic facilities.

The center of campus is nicknamed Sanford Mall, an open grassy quad between the student union, dining halls, and library. Sanford Hall, on the mall's edge, is named for Terry Sanford, a former governor of the state. Rivers Street, a thoroughfare for town and university traffic, essentially divides the campus into east and west sections with tunnels and a pedestrian bridge connecting the two halves. The eastern half includes Sanford Mall, Plemmons Student Union, Central Dining Hall, and Carol Grotnes Belk Library and Information Commons, along with two residence hall neighborhoods, East Everest, and Durham Neighborhood. The west side has Trivette Dining Hall, the Student Recreation Center (or SRC), the Quinn Recreation Center, Kidd Brewer Stadium, and Stadium Side, Mountain Side and Pond Side residence hall neighborhoods. At the north end, Bodenheimer Drive crosses over Rivers Street and leads to Appalachian Heights (an apartment-style residence hall), Mountaineer Hall, the Chancellor's House, the Living Learning Center, and Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium. The George M. Holmes Convocation Center at Rivers Street's south end is the gateway and entrance to campus.

The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on the edge of main campus is the university's visual art center. It is the largest visual arts center in northwestern North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and southwestern Virginia.{{cite web|url=http://www.turchincenter.org/about.php4|title=About Us|date=2004–2008|work=Turchin Center for the Visual Arts|access-date=July 13, 2008|archive-date=May 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509100902/http://www.turchincenter.org/about.php4|url-status=live}} It displays rotating exhibits indoors and outdoors, some culturally specific to the Appalachians, and offers community outreach programs through art courses. It opened in 2003. The newly renovated Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts, a 1,635-seat performance venue,{{cite web |url=http://www.hcpress.com/arts/schaefer-center-for-the-performing-arts-celebrates-grand-opening-to-a-sold-out-crowd-photos-included.html |title=Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts Celebrates Grand Opening to A Sold-Out Crowd; Photos Included! | High Country Press |publisher=Hcpress.com |date=2013-07-19 |access-date=2014-08-24 |archive-date=August 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823203641/http://www.hcpress.com/arts/schaefer-center-for-the-performing-arts-celebrates-grand-opening-to-a-sold-out-crowd-photos-included.html |url-status=live }} hosts artists from around the world.

The Appalachian State University Nature Preserve consists of 67 acres of protected woodlands near the heart of campus. The land was dedicated as a State Natural Area in 1999 through the North Carolina Nature Preserves Act, and serves as an outdoor classroom for students and faculty. The preserve's primary purpose is to enable conservation, education, and recreation for students, staff, and faculty.{{Cite web|url=https://biology.appstate.edu/facilities/nature-preserve|title = Appalachian State University Nature Preserve|date = October 23, 2018}}

The University of North Carolina's Board of Governors plans and develops the coordinated system of higher education in the state. It sets university policy but delegate Appalachian State's daily operations to a chancellor.{{cite web|url=http://www.web.appstate.edu/about/administration.html|title=Administration|year=2008|work=Appalachian State University|access-date=July 13, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080625020416/http://www.web.appstate.edu/about/administration.html| archive-date= June 25, 2008 | url-status= live}} The chancellor likewise delegates some duties to the provost, several vice-chancellors, and other administrative offices. These administrative offices are advised by several university committees on the needs of campus constituents, as represented by a Faculty Senate, Staff Senate, Graduate Student Association Senate, and the Student Government Association.

• B. B. Dougherty (1899–1955)
• J. D. Rankin (1955, Interim)
• William H. Plemmons (1955–1969)
• Herbert Wey (1969–1971)

• Herbert Wey (1971–1979)
• Cratis Williams (1975, Acting){{cite book| last = Poovey| first = Barbara| title = Appalachian State University 1986 Alumni Directory| publisher=Bernard C. Harris Publishing| year = 1986| pages = vi – ix}}
• John E. Thomas (1979–1993)
• Francis T. Borkowski (1993–2003)
• Provost Harvey Durham (2003–2004, Interim){{cite web| title= ASU Chancellor to Take Medical Leave of Absence| url= http://www.northcarolina.edu/content.php/pres/news/releases/pr2003/pr20020515.htm| access-date= December 2, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061210014435/http://www.northcarolina.edu/content.php/pres/news/releases/pr2003/pr20020515.htm| archive-date= December 10, 2006| url-status= dead| df= mdy-all}}
• Kenneth E. Peacock (2004–2014)
• Sheri Everts (2014–2024){{cite web|title=Noren Everts Named Chancellor of Appalachian State University|url=http://www.news.appstate.edu/2014/03/19/chancellor-elect-sheri-noren-everts/|access-date=April 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403115623/http://www.news.appstate.edu/2014/03/19/chancellor-elect-sheri-noren-everts/|archive-date=April 3, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
• Heather Hulburt Norris (2024–present){{cite web |url=https://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/local/unc-system-names-heather-norris-as-app-state-interim-chancellor/article_d42f9170-fe4c-11ee-9410-03aef2b47f57.html |title=UNC System names Heather Norris as App State interim chancellor |newspaper=Watauga Democrat |author="Staff Report |date=2024-04-19 |access-date=2024-04-19}}

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The official campus police department is the Appalachian State University Police Department, alternatively the Appalachian Police Department.{{Cite web |title=Appalachian Police Department |url=https://police.appstate.edu/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Appalachian Police Department |language=en}} The university houses the Appalachian Police Academy under the two-year Appalachian Police Officer Development Program.{{Cite web |last=montaldipa@appstate.edu |date=2020-05-07 |title=Appalachian Police Officer Development Program |url=https://police.appstate.edu/apdp |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Appalachian Police Department |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Autry |first=Emily |title=24 recruits graduate App State Police Academy, became sworn NC officers |url=https://today.appstate.edu/2023/09/25/police-academy |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=today.appstate.edu |language=en}}

Police vehicles used by the Appalachian Police Department primarily consist of Ford vehicles, although it has begun a shift towards electric vehicles.{{Cite web |last=Autry |first=Emily |title=App State Police begins transition to an electric fleet with 2 new Tesla patrol cars |url=https://today.appstate.edu/2023/10/26/apd-teslas |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=today.appstate.edu |language=en}}

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Appalachian State offers 176 undergraduate and 42 graduate majors.{{cite web|url=http://www.appstate.edu/academics/majors/|title=Appalachian State University / Undergraduate Majors|website=Appalachian State University|access-date=2016-02-17|archive-date=February 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218234523/http://www.appstate.edu/academics/majors/|url-status=live}} The average GPA for incoming freshmen in 2017 was 4.20.{{cite web|title = New_Freshmen_Profile|url = https://public.tableau.com/views/New_Freshmen_Ipad/UniversityProfile?:embed=y&:display_count=no&:showVizHome=no|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044221/https://public.tableau.com/views/New_Freshmen_Ipad/UniversityProfile?:embed=y&:display_count=no&:showVizHome=no|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2018-02-22|website = Tableau Software|access-date = 2016-02-17}} Courses at Appalachian are organized into eight colleges and one graduate school:{{cite web |url=http://www.appstate.edu/academics/colleges.php |title=Appalachian / Academics / Colleges & Schools |publisher=Appstate.edu |access-date=2022-03-15 |archive-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702160328/http://www.appstate.edu/academics/colleges.php |url-status=live }}

• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Fine and Applied Arts
• Beaver College of Health Sciences
• Hayes School of Music
• The Honors College
• Reich College of Education
• University College
• Walker College of Business
• Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies

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In 2005, the Carol Grotnes Belk Library & Information Commons opened in a new {{convert|165000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} five-story building. Belk Library holds over 1.871 million bound books and periodicals, 1.5 million microforms, 24,000 sound recordings, and 14,000 videos.{{cite web|url=http://www.library.appstate.edu/admin/factsheet.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080628203045/http://www.library.appstate.edu/admin/factsheet.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-06-28|title=Library Fact Sheet|date=2006–2007|work=Appalachian State University|access-date=July 13, 2008}} The library's collections include the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection and the Stock Car Racing Collection which includes a donation from the family of Richard Petty.{{Cite news |title=Appalachian State houses one of stock car racing's premier collections |url=https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/appalachian-state-houses-premier-collections-1002626/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212005054/https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/appalachian-state-houses-premier-collections-1002626/ |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |access-date=2018-02-11 |work=Motorsport.com |language=en}} With the opening of the new library building in 2005, Bill and Maureen Rhinehart of Long Island, New York, donated a large collection of rare books in English history, spanning from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The university created a special collections room for this donation which includes some 900 volumes comprising nearly 450 titles.

Watauga Residential College (formerly Watauga Global Community) is a residential college founded in 1972. Watauga College was founded to be an "interdisciplinary, experimental, residential, coed alternative for social science and humanities general education requirements."{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XU5IOC39-8C&pg=PA90|title=The Politics of Interdisciplinary Studies: Essays on Transformations in American Undergraduate Programs|first1=Tanya|last1=Augsburg|first2=Stuart|last2=Henry|date=Oct 21, 2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786454358|access-date=Jul 29, 2020|via=Google Books}} Watauga Residential College was developed as "response to rising criticism of American education during the sixties and to the artificial fragmentation of knowledge in the academy; it was seen as a return to the world, where problems and themes do not recognize disciplinary boundaries and education is reconnected with individual learners."

Although it has changed names over the years, Watauga College in 1972, Watauga Global Community in 2008, and Watauga Residential College in 2014, its mission has remained relatively the same. "Watauga Residential College pursues its mission through a sequenced, interdisciplinary, experiential curriculum that requires students to integrate class content, community-based research, and multicultural immersion. This innovative curriculum, in conjunction with the academic and residential community, creates an atmosphere for the emergence of dynamic learning experiences through unique interactions among students and faculty."{{cite web|url=http://watauga.appstate.edu/mission |title=Mission Statement | Watauga Residential College | Appalachian State University |publisher=Watauga.appstate.edu |access-date=2016-01-25}} A key focus of Watauga is on the residential community, so for the first year students are required to live in the living learning center.

Watauga College was first based in Watauga Hall, then for decades was based in East Hall, a large U-shaped dormitory on the east end of campus. The dorm was known campus-wide as having the largest rooms of any dorm on campus, yet it was one of the oldest dorms on campus. Upon the completion of the Living Learning Center in 2003, Watauga College relocated and East Hall will either be renovated or destroyed because of the high cost of renovating such an old building.

Appalachian State University offers off-campus courses through three off-campus centers and online. These centers are:

• The Appalachian Center at Hickory
• The Appalachian Center at Burke in Morganton
• The Appalachian Center at Caldwell in Hudson{{cite web|url=http://distance.appstate.edu/ |title=Appalachian's Distance Education Website |access-date=November 19, 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101115092245/http://distance.appstate.edu/| archive-date= November 15, 2010 | url-status= live}}

Off-campus programs offer students the ability to maintain family and careers while working toward a degree. Full-time undergraduate programs are available in Elementary Education, Advertising, Criminal Justice, Management, Social Work and Psychology. Appalachian provides a variety of off-campus, part-time undergraduate and graduate programs.

The university publishes or holds copyrights to several other periodicals, including:

• IMPULSE: The Premier Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
• Appalachian Business Review, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Walker College of Business
• Appalachian Journal, Center for Appalachian Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
• Appalachian Today, University magazine
• Cold Mountain Review, Department of English
• History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research, student-run journal
• The International Comet Quarterly, Department of Physics and Astronomy (ceded to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in 1990)
• Journal of Developmental Education, Center for Developmental Education, Reich College of Education
• Journal of Health Care Marketing, Center for Management Development, Walker College of Business
• The Appalachian, student newspaper
• The Peel Literature & Arts Review, yearly student arts publication

The university houses several academic centers and institutes related to its mission. These include:

• Adult Basic Skills Professional Development Project
• Appalachian Energy Center – Includes the following:
• Collaborative Biodiesel Project
• Renewable Energy Initiative
• Small Wind R&D Site
• Blue Cross NC Institute for Health and Human Services
• Center for Appalachian Studies – Includes the Appalachian Collection held by Belk Library, the Appalachian Cultural Museum, and publishing editor of the Appalachian Journal
• Center for Entrepreneurship
• Center for Judaic, Holocaust, & Peace Studies
• Center for Management Development
• Goodnight Family Sustainable Development Program
• Math and Science Education Center
• National Center for Developmental Education and the Kellogg Institute
• The Human Performance Lab at the North Carolina Research Campus
• Henderson Springs LGBTQ+ Center - located in Plemmons Student Union on the first floor.
• Women's Center - located in Plemmons Student Union on the first floor.
• Multicultural Center - located in Plemmons Student Union.

Students at ASU enjoy a variety of outdoor activities. The mountains offer snowboarding, skiing, tubing, rock climbing, hiking, rafting, camping, and fishing on and around the Blue Ridge Parkway. ASU also has over 400 clubs and organizations run by the McCaskey Center for Student Involvement and Leadership, such as Greek organizations, academic and diversity clubs, and sports clubs.{{cite web |url=http://csil.appstate.edu/pagesmith/2 |title=Clubs and Organizations – Center for Student Involvement and Leadership |publisher=Csil.appstate.edu |access-date=2014-08-24 |archive-date=September 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928021002/http://csil.appstate.edu/pagesmith/2 |url-status=live }} Before the start of every semester, the university hosts a Club Expo featuring all the campus clubs and organizations. This event is for students to find an organization or club that suits them and get involved. The university also has volunteer centers, including the Multicultural Center, the LGBT Center, and the Women's Center (the only completely volunteer-run Women's Center in North Carolina).{{cite web|url=https://womenscenter.appstate.edu/about|title=Volunteering 101 | Women's Center | Appalachian State University|publisher=Womenscenter.appstate.edu|access-date=2014-08-24|archive-date=March 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308080410/http://womenscenter.appstate.edu/about|url-status=live}} All three are under the supervision of the Multicultural Student Development Office.{{cite web |url=http://multicultural.appstate.edu/ |title=Welcome to Multicultural Student Development | Multicultural Student Development | Appalachian State University |publisher=Multicultural.appstate.edu |access-date=2014-08-24 |archive-date=July 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704161827/http://multicultural.appstate.edu/ |url-status=live }} In 2016, ASU opened a fourth center in the student union; the Student Veterans Resource Center. The campus also has three indoor fitness facilities, an athletics field, and an outdoor recreation center.

The Appalachian Popular Programming Society (A.P.P.S.) is a university-funded organization that exists to plan and provide diverse educational, enriching, and entertaining events for ASU's student body and community. Through its seven programming councils, A.P.P.S. members select, plan, promote, and present a diverse variety of popular entertainment programs and films that enhance ASU students' social and cultural life.{{cite web|url=https://orgsync.com/90485/chapter|title=APPS|website=orgsync.com|access-date=September 26, 2015|archive-date=September 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928041025/https://orgsync.com/90485/chapter|url-status=live}} A.P.P.S. was founded in 1985 to help with the student nightlife and to support retention. It plays a vital role in fostering and developing an inclusive ASU community.{{Cite web|url=https://appstate.campuslabs.com/engage/?alert-success=Welcome+to+our+new+site.+Use+the+search+to+find+the+organization+that+you+are+interested+in.|title=- AppSync|website=appstate.campuslabs.com|access-date=February 7, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726071651/https://appstate.campuslabs.com/engage/?alert-success=Welcome+to+our+new+site.+Use+the+search+to+find+the+organization+that+you+are+interested+in.|url-status=live}} The seven councils of A.P.P.S. are Heritage, Club Shows, Main Stage, Representation and Intentional Student Engagement (RISE), Films, Special Events, and Spirit & Traditions. Students can enjoy concerts and other miscellaneous events at Legends, an entertainment facility on campus. ASU also offers an in-house movie theater at Plemmons Student Union, Greenbriar Theater, where students can watch movies.{{Cite web|title=Greenbriar Theater|url=https://studentunion.appstate.edu/GreenbriarTheater|url-status=live|access-date=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904014104/https://studentunion.appstate.edu/GreenbriarTheater |archive-date=September 4, 2021 }}

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Appalachian has invested in several sustainability projects in recent years such as:

• A {{Convert|100|kW|adj=on}} wind turbine was installed at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center in 2008. The wind turbine has become the most visible symbol of Appalachian's projects in renewable energy. Situated at the highest point on campus and standing more than {{Convert|153|feet}} tall, it was selected specifically to depict an industrial-scale wind turbine. {{as of|2012|May}}, the turbine had produced over {{Convert|311000|kWh}}.
• Both Frank Residence Hall, renovated in 2009, and The Mountaineer Residence Hall erected in 2011 have LEED® Gold Certifications and received a total of 68 points based on energy saving and sustainability features (65 points are needed to receive gold certification). Mountaineer Residence Hall houses a 40-panel solar thermal system to provide hot water needs. Buildings on ASU's campus that utilize solar energy include the Varsity Gym, Plemmons Student Union, Raley Hall, and Kerr Scott Hall. Kerr Scott Hall also has the first green roof on campus. The green roof works to conserve energy by providing shade and removing heat from the air through evapotranspiration.{{cite web|title=Mountaineer Residence Hall|url=http://sustain.appstate.edu/strides/locations/id/989|access-date=October 23, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121210090122/http://sustain.appstate.edu/strides/locations/id/989|archive-date=December 10, 2012|df=mdy-all}}
• Appalachian Food Services is working to reduce food waste on campus by sending pre- and post-consumer food waste to a composting facility whose compost is used by Appalachian's Landscape Services as fertilizers.{{cite web|title=Central Dining Hall|url=http://sustain.appstate.edu/strides/locations/id/688|access-date=October 23, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121210090428/http://sustain.appstate.edu/strides/locations/id/688|archive-date=December 10, 2012|df=mdy-all}}
• The AppalCART is a no-cost public transit service that services the campus and surrounding Boone community.
• Solar trash compactors were installed around Sanford mall in 2010. The trash compactors run 100% on solar power, and are completely self powered.{{cite web|title=Sanford Mall|url=http://sustain.appstate.edu/strides/locations/id/987|access-date=October 23, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121126230505/http://sustain.appstate.edu/strides/locations/id/987|archive-date=November 26, 2012|df=mdy-all}}
• Outside of the Living Learning Center sits The Edible Schoolyard which is a community space where students, faculty, and staff can maintain a garden plot to learn gardening practices. At this garden space, small-scale farming and gardening principles are pursued in an effort to teach productive maintenance of agricultural ecosystems, self-sufficiency, and permaculture.{{cite web|title=Edible Schoolyard|url=http://sustain.appstate.edu/strides/locations/id/1478|access-date=October 23, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121210102335/http://sustain.appstate.edu/strides/locations/id/1478|archive-date=December 10, 2012|df=mdy-all}}
• We Are Still In (2018) - Over 3,500 organizations, representative of the United States' economy and society, are showing the world that we stand by the Paris Climate Agreement and are committed to meeting its goals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wearestillin.com/|title=Home | We Are Still In|website=www.wearestillin.com|access-date=April 2, 2019|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402193940/https://www.wearestillin.com/|url-status=live}}
• Tree Campus USA certification - Appalachian State University has received Tree Campus USA certification from the Arbor Day Foundation. The certification process was a collaborative effort between the Department of Biology, Department of Geography and Planning, Physical Plant and New River Light and Power. "This certification demonstrates Appalachian's commitment to environmental aspects of sustainability."{{Cite web|url=http://newsarchive.appstate.edu/2014/09/19/tree-campus-usa/|title=Tree Campus USA|access-date=April 2, 2019|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402193939/http://newsarchive.appstate.edu/2014/09/19/tree-campus-usa/|url-status=live}}
• American Campuses Act on Climate Roundtable invited participant (2015) - Appalachian State University was one of 38 institutions of higher learning invited to participate in the American Campuses Act on Climate Roundtable Nov. 19 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. The event was hosted by the White House Council on Environmental Quality.{{Cite web|url=https://today.appstate.edu/2015/11/20/sustainability-initiatives-recognized|title=Appalachian's sustainability initiatives recognized in Washington, D.C.|website=today.appstate.edu|access-date=April 2, 2019|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402193946/https://today.appstate.edu/2015/11/20/sustainability-initiatives-recognized/|url-status=live}}
• Climate Leadership Award - In October 2015, the university was a recipient of Second Nature and the USGBC's Climate Leadership Award, which recognized Appalachian's commitment to climate action.{{Cite web|url=https://secondnature.org/our-impact/climate-leadership-awards/|title=Climate Leadership Awards|website=secondnature.org|access-date=April 2, 2019|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402193949/https://secondnature.org/our-impact/climate-leadership-awards/|url-status=live}}
• Climate Pledge - In addition, Chancellor Everts visited the White House for the Day of Climate Action and signed the American Campuses Act on Climate Pledge. Chancellor Everts also signed the newly revamped Second Nature Climate Commitment.{{Cite web|url=https://sustain.appstate.edu/_images/WhiteHouseClimatePledge.pdf|title=Climate Pledge|access-date=April 2, 2019|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402193945/https://sustain.appstate.edu/_images/WhiteHouseClimatePledge.pdf|url-status=live}}
• Received Carolina Recycling Association award - Appalachian State University's composting program has received the Outstanding Composting or Organics Program Award from the Carolina Recycling Association.{{Cite web|url=https://sustain.appstate.edu/news/id/composting-program-receives-award|title=University's composting program receives Carolina Recycling Association award|first=Appalachian State University-University|last=Sustaintability|website=sustain.appstate.edu|access-date=April 2, 2019|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402193946/https://sustain.appstate.edu/news/id/composting-program-receives-award|url-status=live}}

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Appalachian's sports teams are nicknamed the Mountaineers. The Mountaineers compete in NCAA Division I and are members of the Sun Belt Conference. Appalachian fields varsity teams in 17 sports, 7 for men and 10 for women.[https://www.appstate.edu/athletics/ Appalachian State University / Athletics]. appstate.edu. Retrieved January 19, 2022. The Mountaineer football team started competing in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in the 2014–2015 academic year.

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Kidd Brewer Stadium is the 30,000-seat home of Appalachian football. Nicknamed "The Rock", the stadium is located at an elevation of {{convert|3333|ft|m|0}}. In 2017, App State added a new video board, sound system and LED ribbon displays. Kidd Brewer Stadium also offers additional stadium seating with 18 luxury suites, 600 club seats, and the Chancellor's Box areas that offer a great view of the field and campus.

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The George M. Holmes Convocation Center is the home court for Appalachian's basketball teams. The {{convert|200840|sqft|m2|0|adj=on}} arena, with seating for 8,325, is also the home for volleyball and indoor track and field. In 2017, a new Daktronics video board was installed. The board is made up of nine displays totaling a square footage of 1,200.

University Recreation (UREC) also offers 20 club sports that compete with other regional institutions on a non-varsity level: lacrosse (men's and women's), rugby (men's and women's), soccer (men's and women's), ultimate frisbee (men's and women's), volleyball (men's and women's), climbing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, ice hockey, skiing, racquetball, snowboarding, swimming, and triathlon.

The university's cycling team has had success at the regional and national level; they compete within the Atlantic Collegiate Cycling Conference. The team competes in every discipline of bicycle racing that is acknowledged by National Collegiate Cycling Association within USA Cycling. This includes road bicycle racing, Mountain bike racing and Cyclocross. The team won the Division 2, as established by USA Cycling, collegiate team mountain bike national championships in 2008. They won the Division 2 collegiate team cyclocross national championships in 2008 and 2009.{{cite web |url=http://appstatecycling.com/ |title=Appalachian State University Cycling Team |publisher=Appalachian University: appstatecycling.com |date=November 17, 2010 |access-date=November 19, 2010 |archive-date=August 20, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820121545/http://appstatecycling.com/ |url-status=usurped }} The team is now recognized as a Division 1 team.

On February 19, 2011, the Appalachian State Mountaineer women's basketball team won the 2011 Southern Conference regular-season title. The last time they had won the title was 1996. This is a first for Head Coach Darcie Vincent. On May 18, 2012, the Appalachian State baseball team beat Western Carolina University, becoming Southern Conference baseball champions for the first time since 1985.{{cite web |author=((Dave Mayo (Appalachian, 1983))) |url=http://www.appstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=205429112 |title=Appalachian Baseball Wins 2012 SoCon Championship – Appalachian State Mountaineers | Official Athletics Site |publisher=AppStateSports.com |date=May 18, 2012 |access-date=May 29, 2012 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203844/http://www.appstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=205429112 |url-status=live }}

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Appalachian won three consecutive Division I FCS (I-AA) national championships in 2005, 2006, and 2007, over the University of Northern Iowa, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Delaware, respectively. The Mountaineers are the first FCS football team to win three straight national championships since the playoffs began in 1978. They are also the first Division I program to win three consecutive national championships since Army accomplished the feat in 1944, 1945, and 1946.{{cite news|title=Thrice is Nice: Apps Rout Delaware For Third-Straight National Title|author=Appalachian Sports Information|publisher=AppStateSports.com|date=December 15, 2007|url=http://www.appstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=104458&SPID=12811&DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=1545029|access-date=July 6, 2014|archive-date=April 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420033437/http://www.appstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=104458&SPID=12811&DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=1545029|url-status=live}}

In a milestone for ASU athletics, on September 1, 2007, the Appalachian State football team played their season opener at the fifth-ranked University of Michigan in front of the largest crowd to ever witness an ASU football game. Appalachian State beat Michigan in the game that would become known as the "Alltime Upset" by Sports Illustrated with a final score of 34–32 and became the first Division I FCS (I-AA) football team to defeat a Division I FBS (I-A) team ranked in the AP poll.{{cite news|title=Blocked field goal secures Appalachian State's upset of Michigan|agency=Associated Press|work=ESPN|date=September 1, 2007|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=272440130&confId=null|access-date=September 11, 2007|archive-date=September 7, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907083648/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=272440130&confId=null|url-status=dead}}

Appalachian State moved to the FBS subdivision in 2014, finishing its first season with a winning record but ineligible for a bowl bid per NCAA rules. Each season from 2015 to 2019, App State won both its conference championship and final bowl game. In 2020, although the Mountaineers did not win the Sun Belt Conference, they did win their sixth consecutive bowl game, defeating North Texas 56–28 in the inaugural Myrtle Beach Bowl.

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The Hayes School of Music provides support for the Mountaineers at all home football games with the Marching Mountaineers, and at all home basketball games with the Appalachian Pep Band. The Marching Mountaineers travel to a select few away games each football season. The director of the athletic bands is Dr. Jason P. Gardner.

In 2004, a committee for the Appalachian Family Caravan tour created a promotional video titled "Hot Hot Hot", shown throughout the area by Chancellor Kenneth E. Peacock. The video became an inadvertent internet phenomenon and was featured on VH1's Web Junk 20 program in early 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2679633?htv=12 |title=Movie Reviews & TV Show Reviews | Screen Junkies |publisher=Ifilm.com |access-date=May 29, 2012 |archive-date=December 16, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061216024956/http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2679633?htv=12 |url-status=live }} The video was never intended to promote Appalachian State to anyone but the Family Caravan, much less as a recruiting tool for prospective students. The video is no longer used by the university, due to student and alumni protests.

In 2002, MTV's program Road Rules visited App State to produce an episode called Campus Crawl, aired on-campus during an annual, winter student swimming event called the "Polar Plunge". The show's participants also crossed a high-wire strung between Coltrane and Gardner Halls.

On March 16, 2012, Appalachian State placed a tenured sociology professor on administrative leave for a variety of charges, which included showing an anti-pornography documentary, The Price of Pleasure. This move gained national attention from the academic community.{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Robin |url=http://chronicle.com/article/Tenured-Professor-Is-Placed-on/131607/ |title=Tenured Professor Is Placed on Leave After Showing a Film About Pornography – Faculty – The Chronicle of Higher Education |publisher=Chronicle.com |date=April 20, 2012 |access-date=May 29, 2012 |archive-date=June 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608055640/http://chronicle.com/article/Tenured-Professor-Is-Placed-on/131607/ |url-status=live }}

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• BJ Casey – psychologist, expert on adolescent brain development and self-control
• Henry Giroux – scholar, a founder of critical pedagogy
• Robert Allen Phillips – known for work on stakeholder theory and organizational ethics
• Royce Shingleton – professor and author
• Laura Wright – founder of academic field of Vegan Studies

• Eric Bachmann – musician and producer; principal member of groups Crooked Fingers and Archers of Loaf
• Carlton Bost – musician, composer, producer; member of groups Berlin, Deadsy, Orgy, and Stabbing Westward
• Eric Church – country music singer{{cite web|url=http://www.ericchurch.com/?content=about|title=About Eric Church|year=2008|work=Eric Church|access-date=July 13, 2008|archive-date=December 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211051751/http://www.ericchurch.com/?content=about|url-status=live}}
• Luke Combs - country music singer; attended for five years and dropped out with 1 credit hour remaining to pursue a music career
• Eustace Conway – naturalist, focus of book The Last American Man, one of subjects featured in History Channel series Mountain Men
• Liane Edwards – Americana and country music artist
• Charles Frazier – novelist, author of Cold Mountain
• David Furr - actor, Tony Award nominee
• Michael Gregory – of The Gregory Brothers and creator of Auto-tune the News series.
• Byron Hill – country and pop music songwriter{{cite web|title=Detailed Bio|url=http://www.byronhillmusic.com/detailed-bio/|website=Byron Hill, Songwriter/Producer|access-date=30 January 2017|archive-date=September 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928010421/http://www.byronhillmusic.com/detailed-bio/|url-status=live}}
• Andrew Hubner – novelist
• Lisa Lynn Masters – actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/law-order-svu-actress-found-dead-of-apparent-suicide-in-peru-hotel|title='Law & Order SVU' actress found dead of apparent suicide in Peru hotel|date=4 December 2016|website=Fox News|access-date=10 January 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726071015/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/law-order-svu-actress-found-dead-of-apparent-suicide-in-peru-hotel|url-status=live}}
• The Nude Party – Six-piece American folk/indie rock band, formed while they were students at Appalachian State in 2012
• Tim Pratt – American science fiction and fantasy writer, poet, and 2007 winner of the Hugo Award, among other awards
• Rainbow Kitten Surprise – Members attended and agreed on a deal with Split Rail Records, a label at Appalachian State's Hayes School of Music.
• Kate Rhudy – singer, songwriter, and musician
• Jason Roberts – guitarist known for collaborations with Norah Jones
• Douglas Sarine – co-creator of Ask a Ninja
• Mary Ellen Snodgrass – author, two-time New York Public Library award winner
• Whitney Thore – TV personality
• David Weber – science fiction and fantasy author
• Gary Wheeler – film director and producer{{cite web|url=http://www.wataugademocrat.com/2007/0730web/boonedirector.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205220714/http://www.wataugademocrat.com/2007/0730web/boonedirector.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 5, 2013 |title=Boone director debuts newest film, 'The List' |date=July 30, 2007 |first=Scott |last=Nicholson |publisher=The Watauga Democrat |access-date=July 13, 2008 }}
• Gene Wooten – Nashville Dobro player and session musician{{cite web|url=http://www.well.com/~wellvis/wooten.html|title=Gene Wooten|work=Brad's Page of Steel|access-date=July 13, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080714171150/http://www.well.com/~wellvis/wooten.html| archive-date= July 14, 2008| url-status= live}}

• Sam Adams – professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour
• Jane Albright – women's college basketball head coach
• Jennifer E. Alley – former North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball head coach{{cite web |url=http://www.alumni.appstate.edu/awards/daa_alltime.html |title=Distinguished Alumni Award |publisher=Appalachian University: Alumni.appstate.edu |year=2009 |access-date=November 20, 2010 |archive-date=July 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724034241/http://www.alumni.appstate.edu/awards/daa_alltime.html |url-status=live }}
• Ike Anderson – Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler (1988 Summer Olympics)
• Jimmy Armstrong – former NFL cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys
• David Bostian – professional wrestler signed to WWE under ring name Myles BorneRichards, Annesophia. (October 2, 2024). [https://wilmingtontoday.com/one-in-a-million/ David Bostian: One in a Million]. Wilmington Today. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
• Travaris Cadet – NFL running back
• Don Cardwell – MLB pitcher, 1969 World Series champion
• Dexter Coakley – NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys and St. Louis Rams), member of the College Football Hall of Fame
• Jaylin Davis – MLB player for the San Francisco Giants
• Akeem Davis-Gaither – NFL linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals
• Matt Dodge – former NFL punter
• Armanti Edwards – NFL and CFL wide receiver; played quarterback at App State, led team to two NCAA FCS national championships
• Ryan Ellis – NASCAR Cup Series driver
• Darrynton Evans – NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
• Ashley Fliehr – professional wrestler signed to WWE under ring name Charlotte Flair (transferred to North Carolina State University)
• Ed Gainey – CFL defensive back
• Alvin Gentry – former NBA head coach of Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns, and New Orleans Pelicans
• Tony Gravely – UFC fighter
• Dino Hackett – NFL linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs)
• Larry Hand – former NFL defensive end who played 13 seasons for the Detroit Lions and was selected as the Lions' most valuable player in 1972
• Mary Jayne Harrelson – track athlete, two-time NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor 1500m National Champion{{cite web|url=http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2004/Harrelson_MaryJayne.asp |title=Mary Jayne Harrelson |date=April 21, 2004 |work=USA Track & Field |access-date=July 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411234438/http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2004/Harrelson_MaryJayne.asp |archive-date=April 11, 2008 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}
• Cooper Hodges – NFL offensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars
• Ron Hodges – MLB catcher
• Jason Hunter – NFL defensive end (Denver Broncos)
• D'Marco Jackson – NFL linebacker for the New Orleans Saints
• Dexter Jackson – NFL wide receiver (Carolina Panthers)
• Shemar Jean-Charles – NFL cornerback
• Daniel Jeremiah – analyst for NFL Network, writer with NFL.com, host of Move the Sticks podcast
• Paul Johnson – college football head coach
• Daniel Kilgore – NFL center (San Francisco 49ers)
• Kendall Lamm – long-time NFL offensive tackle
• Corey Lynch – former NFL safety (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• Rico Mack – NFL linebacker
• Sam Martin – NFL punter (Buffalo Bills)
• Demetrius McCray – former NFL cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars, Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders)
• Matt McMahon – current men's basketball head coach at LSU; former men's basketball head coach at Murray State
• Doug Middleton – NFL safety (New York Jets)
• Melissa Morrison-Howard – two-time Olympic hurdler bronze medalist (2000 & 2004 Summer Olympics)
• Marques Murrell – former NFL linebacker (New York Jets)
• Tyson Patterson – professional basketball player
• Henry Pearson – NFL fullback for the Green Bay Packers
• Ron Prince – NFL assistant coach Detroit Lions, former head coach at Kansas State University
• Brian Quick – NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins, St. Louis Rams)
• Mike Ramsey – MLB infielder from 1978 to 1985
• Mark Royals – NFL punter from 1987 to 2003
• Scott Satterfield – former App State Head Football Coach; current Head Football Coach at University of Cincinnati
• John Settle – NFL running back, served as NFL and college running backs coach
• Belus Smawley – basketball pioneer, one of the first basketball players to regularly use the jump shot
• D. J. Smith – former NFL linebacker and current college football linebacker coach
• Jeffrey Springs – MLB pitcher
• Matt Stevens – NFL safety
• D. J. Thompson – professional basketball player
• Coaker Triplett – MLB outfielder for Cubs, Cardinals, and Phillies from 1938 to 1945
• Daniel Wilcox – NFL tight end (Baltimore Ravens)
• Steve Wilks – NFL defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers
• Everett Withers – football head coach of Texas State Bobcats, former head coach of James Madison Dukes and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill{{cite web |first=Everett |last=Withers |url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/withers_everett00.html |title=Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletic Site – Football |publisher=Ohiostatebuckeyes.com |access-date=2014-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509120737/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/withers_everett00.html |archive-date=May 9, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

• James Edgar Broyhill – founder of Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc.
• Chuck Gallagher – entrepreneur, speaker and author
• Harry L. Williams – president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund

• Stephen J. Dubner – writer, co-author of Freakonomics{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenjdubner.com/bio.html|title=Stephen J. Dubner Biography|work=Stephen J. Dubner|access-date=July 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705210451/http://stephenjdubner.com/bio.html|archive-date=July 5, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
• Chris Swecker – Head of Corporate Security for Bank of America and former assistant director, FBI{{cite web|url=http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=topstories.db&command=viewone&id=4196&op=t|title=Bank of America Hires FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker to Head Corporate Security|date=May 2, 2006|work=Carolina News Wire|access-date=July 13, 2008|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424003057/http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=topstories.db&command=viewone&id=4196&op=t|archive-date=April 24, 2008|df=mdy-all}}

• Robert P. Ashley Jr. – Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen; 19th Director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency{{cite web |url=http://www.alumni.appstate.edu/s/1727/social.aspx?sid=1727&gid=2&pgid=2092 |title=Distinguished Alumni Award 2018: LTG Robert P. "Bob" Ashley '84 |last=Jansen |first=Alex |website=Appalachian Alumni Association |publisher=Appalachian State University |access-date=October 22, 2018}}
• Chad Barefoot – former North Carolina state Senator who represented the 18th district from 2013 to 2018
• Ted Budd – U.S. Senator; former member of U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 13th district{{cite web |url=http://www.ourdavie.com/2016/06/30/budd-may-have-had-rookie-advantage/ |title=Budd may have had 'rookie' advantage |work=Davie County Enterprise Record |date=June 30, 2016 |access-date=November 3, 2016 |archive-date=November 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104141213/http://www.ourdavie.com/2016/06/30/budd-may-have-had-rookie-advantage/ |url-status=live}}
• Javiera Caballero – Member of the Durham City Council
• Anderson Clayton – American political activist and chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party
• Howard Coble – former Republican 6th district U.S. Congressman from Greensboro, North Carolina (only attended Appalachian for one year){{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c000556 |title=COBLE, Howard, (1931 – ) |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=October 14, 2012 |archive-date=November 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102075733/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c000556 |url-status=live}}
• Morris "Moe" Davis – Retired United States Air Force Colonel, lawyer, and administrative law judge
• Danya Dayson – Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
• Josh Dobson – former North Carolina House representing 85th district, current North Carolina Commissioner of Labor
• Andy Dulin – North Carolina House of Representatives, 104th district
• Bryan R. Holloway – North Carolina House of Representatives, 91st district
• Patricia Hollingsworth Holshouser – First Lady of North Carolina, Chairwoman of the North Carolina Commission on Citizen Participation, and Member of the U.S. National Council on Economic Opportunity
• Buck Newton – North Carolina Senate, 4th district
• Destin Hall – Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives; North Carolina House of Representatives, 87th district
• Grey Mills – North Carolina House of Representatives, 95th district
• Jeffrey Elmore – North Carolina House of Representatives, 94th district
• Danny Britt – North Carolina Senate, 24th district
• David Willis (politician) – North Carolina House of Representatives, 68th district
• Ralph Hise – North Carolina Senate, 47th district
• Kevin Corbin - North Carolina Senate, 50th district{{cite web |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/166642/kevin-corbin |title=Kevin Corbin's Biography |website=justfacts.votesmart.org |access-date=November 25, 2021}}
• Nelson Dollar – North Carolina House of Representatives, 36th district
• Reece Pyrtle – North Carolina House of Representatives, 65th district
• Kelly Hastings - North Carolina House of Representatives, 110th district
• Allen Joines – 17th Mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofws.org/Home/CityGovernment/Mayor/Articles/MeetTheMayor |title=City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina :: Meet the Mayor |publisher=Cityofws.org |access-date=May 29, 2012 |archive-date=May 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521162551/http://cityofws.org/Home/CityGovernment/Mayor/Articles/MeetTheMayor |url-status=live}}
• Brock Long – FEMA administrator
• Steve Metcalf – lobbyist and former politician
• Chris Swecker – attorney and assistant director of the FBI for the CID
• John R. Evans Jr. – U.S. Army Lt. Gen; 8th commanding general of United States Army North{{cite web |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/404836/army-north-welcomes-new-commander-says-farewell-ltg-richardson |title=Army North welcomes new commander, says farewell to LTG Richardson |last=House |first=Ashlind |date=September 9, 2021 |location=Fort Sam Houston, TX |website=DVIDS |access-date=September 20, 2021}}

• Henry Babers – evangelist and scholar
• Franklin Graham – evangelist and missionary, son of Billy Graham, CEO and president of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
• James Emery White – pastor, author, and professor

• Emily E. Edwards – American physicist; executive director of the Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center (IQUIST) at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
• Rachel Harris Larson – American chemist and dental researcher
• Stanley South – American archaeologist; author of Method and Theory in Historical Archaeology

• Steven M. Greer – American ufologist and retired physician; founded the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI)

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