Thursday, May 8, 2008
The Alumni Office is now taking online orders for our new line of travel accessories. Among the new pieces are a deluxe garment bag, two new purses, a great rolling duffel bag, and a great everyday black tote. All items are embroidered with the “block A” alumni logo. Click here for more information…
Check out who is a candidate for the upcoming season of The Bachelorette.
Graham Bunn ’03, former Mountaineer guard.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Dan Eudy ’74 has joined RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. as Senior Vice President of the Glencoe Group. Mr. Eudy recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Industrial Risk Insurers. He has a BSBA in business and economics from Appalachian.
Paul Mance ’70, head wrestling coach at Appalachian, will be inducted into the North Carolina Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for his lifetime service to the wrestling. Mance will be permanently recognized at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Scarlet Monroe Pettit ’97 and Tom Pettit are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, William Monroe. He was born on April 14, 2008 in Atlanta, GA, Northside Hospital, and weighed 9 lb., 15 oz.. Parents are doing fine and grandparents are thrilled to have a new grandchild to spoil.
Sonja Fischer McKay ’00 has been selected by the Kenan Fellows Program for Curriculum and Leadership Development at North Carolina State University as a Class of 2010 Kenan Fellow. She will engage in a two-year fellowship sponsored by MeadWestvaco to develop innovative curricula for use in North Carolina classrooms while working with mentor William Beck from MeadWestvaco.
Gretchen Woodall Krueger ’99, ’00 was named North Carolina High School Counselor of the Year and was honored in Washington, DC as one of the ten finalists for National School Counselor of the Year. Gretchen is a counselor at Greenhope High School in Wake County.
You can read more Class Notes - and submit your own with photos - in the Gold Book.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
The 2008 edition of the ever-popular Alumni ornament is here! This year’s ornament features beautiful Durham Park at the entrance of campus with the familiar steam-tower in the background. The ornament also gives a nod to Appalachian Football as the 2005, 2006, and 2007 National Champions. Pricing and online ordering will be available soon. As with our previous editions, these will sell out quickly!
The Forsyth County Alumni Chapter is seeking volunteers for Winston-Salem’s wine festival, “Salute!” on Saturday, May 10th. To sign up or for more information, email valerie@dwsp.org, visit www.saluteNCwine.com, or call the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership at (336)354-1500.
Monday, May 5, 2008
From Cincinnati’s The Enquirer on rookie Corey Lynch ’08:
Rookie sixth-round draft pick Corey Lynch might already be one of the most popular Bengals among their Ohio fan base - if only for blocking the potential game-winning field-goal in Appalachian State’s upset of Michigan last season. But the safety is determined to have a lasting effect on and off the field in Cincinnati.
A Christian married to a granddaughter of the evangelist Rev. Billy Graham, Lynch is a clean-living man coming to a team dragged down in recent years, in part, by some of its players’ legal problems.
“They are trying to turn things around, so I was kind of expecting they’d take me,” Lynch said. “Talk is cheap. Live right and everything will be good.”
Lynch, who started 55 of 56 career games for Appalachian State, which won three NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) national titles, is participating this weekend in the Bengals’ rookie minicamp at Paul Brown Stadium.
With six career blocked kicks, including the one at Michigan that preserved the Mountaineers’ 34-32 upset, he’s determined to contribute immediately on special teams.
“The difference in me than most guys is (that) I enjoy playing special teams,” he said. “It’s one of my passions because one yard, especially in the NFL, is a big difference.”
Lynch might not be far behind as a defensive player. He had 24 interceptions and 358 tackles in college.
“To have the number of tackles he did, 24 interceptions in his career, not many guys ever to play college football have ever had that many interceptions,” Bengals defensive backs coach Kevin Coyle said.
“His ability to block kicks and make big plays, we just found him to be a football player in all respects. Solid tackler, very intelligent, has all those kind of qualities of strong leadership by example with the way he works and the way he studies.”
No character questions here. Lynch relishes the chance to have an even greater influence off the field. More…
The Salisbury Post has a great article on North Carolina Sportscaster of the Year recipient David Jackson ’00, as he is recognized at the National Sportscasters & Sportswriters Hall of Fame Weekend.
Jackson and his wife, Leila, are in Salisbury this week for the National Sportscasters & Sportswriters Hall of Fame Weekend. Jackson is representing North Carolina as its Sportscaster of the Year.
“It’s part of the ride,” smiled the personable redhead. “I’m very understanding of the fact that without the blocked field goal, somebody else is sitting here. I owe Corey Lynch a very nice dinner.”
Jackson says he doesn’t like the attention but because of his call, every college football fan in America knows who he is. That was the magnitude of what happened on Sept. 1, 2007.
He got a dose of what was to come during the post-game show.
“It was very surreal … our heads were spinning,” Jackson said. “As soon as the show was over, we had Mel Kiper Jr. on the phone wanting to talk to us. It didn’t stop for a week.”
When App. State arrived back in Boone, there were 10,000 people and two live ESPN crews waiting.
“And that’s just when we were walking off the bus,” Jackson laughed. “We were rock stars.” More…
Looks like Dexter Jackson took a piece of Appalachian with him to Tampa Bay:
The 5-foot-9, 182-pound wide receiver and kick returner was in camp this weekend answering questions about his credentials as a receiver, lining up across from head coach Jon Gruden in practice and wearing his ever-present yellow and black shoes, a remnant of his days at ASU.
“They’re my good luck shoes,” Jackson said of the rather loud Nikes.
Jackson ran one of the top 40 times at the scouting combine and won three Division I-AA national titles with ASU. But in truth his star has been on the rise since the Mountaineers’ upset of nationally-ranked Michigan last September.
From University News:
BOONE — Appalachian State University’s cycling team won the Atlantic Coast Cycling Conference’s Division II “Triple Crown” for the first time in school history after winning championships in three different racing seasons: mountain, cyclocross and road racing.
With the 2008 ACCC Road Championship, Appalachian has now won three straight ACCC Division II championships in road season and five overall. Previous year wins were 2001, 2002, 2006 and 2007.
Caption: Members of the 2007-08 cycling team, which won the Atlantic Coast Cycling Conference’s “Triple Crown” for the first time in school history at Appalachian State University. (Photo by university photographer Marie Freeman)
Seniors Michael Wilson and David Forkner placed first and second overall in the final conference standings for road season. This is the first time in school history that two Appalachian riders stood on the winner’s podium.
Next year, Appalachian will host an ACCC cyclocross race, two ACCC mountain bike races including the ACCC conference championships, and an ACCC road race in the spring.
Appalachian is one of 17 schools in ACCC’s Division II. Details about next year’s season can be found at www.appstatecycling.com and www.appstatecycling.blogspot.com.
Anyone interested in potential sponsorship of the team should contact team president Dan Wendover at appstatecycling@yahoo.com.
The cycling team is one of 20 club sports at the university. Half of them compete at the national or regional level.
Friday, May 2, 2008
You are cordially invited to a conversation with Chancellor Kenneth E. Peacock at the Raleigh Chancellor’s reception. This complimentary reception, held at the Capital City Club, will be a wonderful opportunity to meet alumni and friends in the Triad area, network and hear about the exciting things happening at Appalachian.
Reservations are requested. Click here for more information.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
The 15th annual Triad Mountaineer Golf Classic to benefit Appalachian Athletics is set to be held on June 7th at Pudding Ridge Golf Club in Mocksville. This traditional event is open to all Appalachian fans and benefits Yosef Club scholarships for student-athletes. Only 80 spots are available and they won’t last long.
Date: June 7, 2008
Time: 8:30 a.m. shotgun start
Location: Pudding Ridge Golf Club
Cost: $70 individual, $260 team
Includes: green fees & cart, snacks, lunch, beverages and door prizes
Deadline: June 3
For more information, contact Doug Glen at (704) 824-2793 or Glenn Alspaugh at (336) 760-0526.
Here is an interesting story on a conference hosted by Appalachian’s Energy Center in Spain:
The Appalachian State University Energy Center will co-host the Fourth International Hydrail Conference June 9 in Valencia, Spain.
The conference, also hosted by NTDA Energia, will showcase projects applying hydrogen and fuel cell technology to railways and examine scenarios for integrating these technologies into existing transport systems. In its fourth year, the conference will help provide a vision for the implementation of hydrogen-powered railways and a medium- to long-term strategic plan for the global deployment of this technology.
This year’s conference will feature speakers from across the globe, including Canada, United States, Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Denmark and other locales.
For more information about attending the conference, or to learn more about hydrogen trains, visit http://www.hydrail.org.The International Hydrail Conference has brought together the world’s leading experts in the development of hydrogen-fuel technology for railways since 2005 when Appalachian’s Energy Center hosted the First Hydrail International Conference in Charlotte.
The term “hydrail” was coined by a Charlotte-area native to describe the use of fuel cells and hydrogen to power locomotives. It also is shorthand for hydrogen train…
…The Appalachian State University Energy Center, located in Boone, N.C., is a multi-disciplinary applied research center working in the area of energy. The Energy Center draws upon resources from across the university, including business, economics, political science, technology, chemistry, physics, and sustainable development faculty. The center also is closely involved with regional and national organizations dedicated to facilitating the advancement of the hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008
From Black Athlete Sports Network:
The talent laden Virginia Tech Hokies had eight players selected and 2007 BCS Champion LSU had six players selected. Surprisingly FCS level Champion Appalachian State had two players selected, which was more than traditional college football powers Maryland (1); Syracuse, Stanford, Washington, and Alabama (all had no selections).
BOONE, N.C. (AP) — Momentum is changing in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, and voters should not count out Hillary Rodham Clinton even though polls show her trailing in North Carolina, her husband said Tuesday.
“Whenever someone tells you you can’t win, it’s because they’re afraid you will,” former President Bill Clinton said at the first of four stops planned for the day.
He alluded to Appalachian State University’s 34-32 upset last year against fifth-ranked Michigan. Like the Mountaineers, he said his wife, a New York senator, can pull off an unexpected victory in the state’s May 6 primary, when 115 delegates are at stake. Bill Clinton didn’t mention it, but Gov. Mike Easley endorsed Hillary Clinton on Tuesday.
