2024年,澳门新濠娱乐开户庆祝其125年的教育领导力. 蓬勃发展的机构, App State honors its founding commitment to educational access and excellence and its rural mountain heritage through teaching, 研究及服务.
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, App State逐渐发展成为高成就者的首选目的地, 求知欲强的学生来自全州各地, 国家和世界——他们希望在他们的社区中产生持久的影响.
By ensuring a sound foundation in terms of the university’s physical infrastructure and the goals and strategic initiatives that empower human potential, App State provides the highest quality setting in which students can grow and learn how to navigate life successfully.
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 the 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, 这让App State在高等教育领域占据了特殊的地位.
成为一所大学
Dr. 威廉H. Plemmons (1955–69) presided over 应用程序的 transformation from a single-purpose teachers college into a multipurpose regional university. 然而,, the precious features that set App State apart — quality teacher training and a commitment to community spirit, faculty collegiality and a beautiful mountain setting — remained secure under his leadership.
被称为建造者总统, Plemmons oversaw 25 construction projects and strengthened the App State 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. 应用程序的 普莱蒙斯学生会位于校园中心,以他的名字命名.
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. 在普莱蒙斯任职期间,App State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 App State 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,App State实施了学生教师计划, 商学院,继续教育计划和 瓦托加寄宿学院这是大大学内的一所小型住宿学院. 它还确保了 纽约阁楼 以及华盛顿特区的App House.C.,参加校外学术活动. 为了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App State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, App State在十几个国家开展了交流项目, 包括中国, 德国和哥斯达黎加. 布恩河街, 从吹石路到伯勒尔街, is also known as the Chancellor John 托马斯。 Thruway — an honorary designation bestowed by the North Carolina Board of Transportation.
继续关注国际教育 Dr. 弗朗西斯·T. Borkowski (1993–2003), who entered his 总理ship with a 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App State的教学传统, 奖学金和服务. The university celebrated its 100th anniversary under Borkowski’s leadership and experienced growth in campus infrastructure, 包括福尔摩斯集会中心的建设, 麦金尼校友中心和河街停车场. 此外,App State也投入了大约4700万美元的资金 贝尔克图书馆和信息共享中心该项目于2005年完工.
2003年5月,北卡罗来纳大学系统校长莫莉·布罗德任命 Dr. 哈维R. 达勒姆 as acting 总理 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 App State 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 App State as a model institution for international studies, 而新生研讨会等项目, 现在被称为 第一年研讨会, freshman learning communities and the Summer Reading Program prompted TIME magazine to name App State 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), App State成为了学生们的首选目的地, 皮科克承诺首先为他们服务——“学生至上”, 质量至上.” 孔雀 served as both a professor in and dean of the Walker 商学院 before his time as 总理. 学院坐落在孔雀厅,以他的名字命名.
除了小班教学和富有挑战性的学术, App State以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 health care and the nexus of energy, 环境与经济, 随着…的建立 比弗健康科学学院 每年的 澳门新濠娱乐开户能源峰会. App State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, 并于2013年3月开始过渡到NCAA一级阳光带会议, when 孔雀 and the App State Board of Trustees accepted an invitation to join the conference.
扩大受教育机会
在…的领导下 Dr. 雪莉,翻转 (2014–24), App State distinguished itself as a premier public undergraduate institution. 在她任职期间, 入学人数增长到2.1万多人, 她获得了超过5.5亿美元的奖金 资本项目 对于大学来说, 这是整个联合国军司令部系统最大的基础设施投资之一. 最先进的宿舍, academic facilities and athletics facilities have changed the face of the university in the last decade. In 2022, 大学破土动工 在其第一阶段 创新区, which is expected to have a lasting and powerful impact on the region — and beyond.
此外, App State Hickory校区的开幕 2023年扩大了北卡罗来纳州西部的教育机会, 这所大学推出了新的, 创新学术项目, 比如四年制 兽医技术学位课程. 2018年,埃弗茨领导了该项目 中叉的App州立学院, 为大约300名K-5学生提供研究性实践服务, state-of-the-art literacy instruction and exemplary classroom instruction and administration.
App State continues to be a national leader in sustainability, in part by hosting the 澳门新濠娱乐开户能源峰会 — a platform through which UNC System campuses and state agencies have worked together to avoid $1.750亿美元的能源成本.
推进App State的未来
App State正在走向下一个125年 Interim Chancellor 希瑟·赫尔伯特·诺里斯, who assumed her new role on April 19, 2024. 由联合国军司令部主席彼得·汉斯任命, 诺里斯拥有20多年的学术领导经验, vision and expertise to the interim 总理 role and is committed to advancing the university’s founding mission of access to higher education and excellence.
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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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