教育的欲望
澳门新濠娱乐开户成立于1899年,原名瓦托加学院. B.B. 多尔蒂,他的兄弟D.D. D.D.他的妻子莉莉·舒尔·多尔蒂. They shared the dream of helping children in North Carolina’s “lost provinces” discover educational opportunity to match the splendor of the mountains in which they lived.
This tiny academy quickly evolved into a school preparing quality teachers to serve our state and beyond. 建立在这个坚实的基础上, 澳门新濠娱乐开户逐渐成为成就卓越者的首选目的地, 求知欲强的学生想要参与社区活动.
早年
作为北卡罗来纳州最伟大的教育家之一, B.B. 多尔蒂 led the institution for 56 years – from its humble beginnings as Watauga学院 to 澳门新濠娱乐开户培训澳门新濠娱乐开户 for Teachers, the two-year 澳门新濠娱乐开户州立师范澳门新濠娱乐开户 and later the four-year 澳门新濠娱乐开户州立师范学院. The pioneering spirit necessary to overcome the area’s isolation and hardships quickly characterized the institution, 这使得澳门新濠娱乐开户在高等教育中占有特殊的地位.
成为一所大学
Dr. 威廉H. Plemmons (1955-69) presided over Appalachian’s transformation from a single-purpose teachers college into a multipurpose regional university. 然而,, the precious features that set Appalachian apart – quality teacher training and a commitment to community spirit, 教师共同掌权, 还有美丽的山景,在他的领导下保持了安全.
被称为建造者总统, Plemmons oversaw 25 construction projects and strengthened the Appalachian spirit through enhanced activities for students and alumni, 创造了一个相互联系的社区,叫做澳门新濠娱乐开户大家庭.
1966年一场大火烧毁了行政大楼, 它象征着旧澳门新濠娱乐开户的消亡和新澳门新濠娱乐开户的诞生. 到1958年,学生人数超过2400人,在10年内翻了一番. 全职教师人数增加到300多人,并且变得更加多样化. 在他任职期间,澳门新濠娱乐开户也开始提供硕士水平的课程.
全国公认的创新
The university became part of the University of North Carolina system in 1971 under the leadership of Dr. 赫伯特W. 韦 (1969-79). He introduced innovations that earned Appalachian national recognition as an institution of change, 与此同时,入学人数翻了一番,达到约9人,500.
在他的领导下, 澳门新濠娱乐开户实施了学生教师计划, 商学院, 继续教育项目和瓦托加学院, 大大学内的一所小型住宿学院. 它还拿下了位于华盛顿特区的New York Loft和App House.C.,参加校外学术活动. 确保大学的持续创新和成功, 韦创建了澳门新濠娱乐开户基金会公司. 争取个人、公司和企业的支持.
魏天冰是一位多产的作家和研究者. Peers referred to him as the “educational innovator” for encouraging faculty to develop and practice new theories of teaching and learning.
技术和国际教育的领导者
Dr. 约翰·E. 托马斯。 (1979-93)聘请了一流的教师, 相信坚强, 有效的教学应该得到研究和社区服务的支持. 重点是改善校园科技并将其融入教学, 托马斯还发展了澳门新濠娱乐开户在远程教育方面的领导地位, which expanded in the late 1990s and early 2000s to include a formal partnership with 10 regional community colleges. 在托马斯的领导下, 澳门新濠娱乐开户与包括中国在内的十几个国家开展了交流项目, 德国和哥斯达黎加.
继续关注国际教育 Dr. 弗朗西斯·T.Borkowski (1993-2003), who entered his chancellorship with a respectful vision: to create a distinctive learning environment sensitive to rapid world changes, 比如科技和全球化, 但植根于山区价值观和澳门新濠娱乐开户的教学传统, 奖学金和服务.
2003年5月,莫莉·布罗德总统任命 Dr. 哈维R. 达勒姆 as acting chancellor after 24 years of service as the university’s chief academic officer and 14 years prior as professor, 系主席兼副校长. Dr. 达勒姆在2003-04学年担任代理校长.
The results of these leaders’ progressive changes garnered recognition for Appalachian in U.S. 新闻 & 被世界报告等刊物评为顶级综合性大学. The university’s emphasis on international education led the American Council on Education to recognize Appalachian as a model institution for international studies, 而新生研讨会等项目, 现在叫做第一年研讨会, freshman learning communities and the Summer Reading Program prompted TIME magazine to name Appalachian a “College of the Year” in 2001.
选择的目的地
在…的领导下 Dr. Kenneth E. 孔雀 (2004-14), 澳门新濠娱乐开户成为了成功人士的首选目的地, 求知欲强的学生想要参与社区活动.
除了小班教学和富有挑战性的学术, 澳门新濠娱乐开户因其本科生研究而闻名, 国际化的课程, 服务学习与可持续发展, 无论是在学术课程还是校园实践中. The university grew significantly in the areas of healthcare and the nexus of energy, 环境与经济. 它因其学术而受到越来越多的全国关注, 以及2005年的三次全国NCAA足球锦标赛, 2006及2007年.
共同前进
当时 Dr. 雪莉,翻转 2014年7月加入Appalachian, 入学人数超过17人,800 and the university was attracting international attention with its entry in the Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 competition in Versailles, 法国, 米兰家具展学生设计作品展. 澳门新濠娱乐开户还准备举办第三届年度澳门新濠娱乐开户能源峰会, at which leaders from North Carolina’s public and private universities convene to share best practices. 在埃弗茨总理上任的第一天, 澳门新濠娱乐开户加入了NCAA一级FBS, 2015年, 登山队在FBS山茶花碗比赛中取得了创纪录的胜利. Under her leadership, Appalachian welcomed the most diverse first-year class in university history.
在埃弗茨的领导下, Appalachian has distinguished itself as the premier public undergraduate institution in the state of North Carolina. By ensuring a sound foundation in terms of the university’s physical infrastructure and the goals and strategic initiatives that empower human potential, Appalachian provides the highest quality setting in which students can grow and learn how to navigate life successfully. 具体地说, 2014年至2019年, 入学人数增加到19人以上,000年和, 本科生的比例, 这所大学将代表性不足的学生增加了48%, 第一代学生占79%,农村学生占10%(州内), 来自一线和二线县的攻读学位的学生, 由北卡罗莱纳州商务部指定). In 2017, Everts launched the Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program to support research and practice related to the innovation of higher education. In 2018, she led the charge in opening the 澳门新濠娱乐开户 Academy at Middle Fork in Walkertown, North Carolina — which serves approximately 300 K–5 students with research-based practices, 最先进的识字教学, and exemplary classroom instruction and administration — and cut the ribbon on the new Leon Levine Hall of Health Sciences. 该大学继续在可持续发展方面处于领先地位, in part by hosting the annual Appalachian Energy Summit — a platform through which UNC System campuses have worked together to avoid more than $924 million in utility costs.
埃弗茨校长作为校园社区向前发展的优先事项包括:
- 阐明澳门新濠娱乐开户对可持续性的定义;
- 增加学生、教职员工的多样性;
- 改善校园社区的健康、健康和安全;
- 在课堂内外整合全球学习;
- 支持教职员工;
- providing innovative and creative opportunities for our students to engage in and showcase their research;
- emphasizing the significance of the difference we can make in communities here and across the world through civic engagement;
- securing the necessary resources to energize and sustain these strategic initiatives and support our world-class faculty, staff and students; and
- 保持对缓慢而稳定的招生增长的关注.
领导
Dr. 希瑟·赫尔伯特·诺里斯
澳门新濠娱乐开户临时校长
(2024年至今)
Dr. 哈维R. 达勒姆
澳门新濠娱乐开户代理校长
(2003 - 2004)
Dr. 威廉H. Plemmons
总统
澳门新濠娱乐开户州立师范学院
(1955-1967)
澳门新濠娱乐开户
(1967-1969)
制度的历史
Watauga学院
1899 – 1903
澳门新濠娱乐开户培训澳门新濠娱乐开户
1903 – 1925
澳门新濠娱乐开户州立师范澳门新濠娱乐开户
1925 - 1929
澳门新濠娱乐开户州立师范学院
1929 – 1967
澳门新濠娱乐开户
1967年至今
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