Alumni

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We are seeking news, updates, comments, and email addresses so that we may keep up-to-date with our alumni. Enter your information into our alumni directory. Please send updates to gjs@appstate.edu so that we may keep track of your accomplishments throughout the years! Your privacy is important to us. No data from our web page will be shared with other sources.


Alumni in the News

Laney Wise meets with department heads and residents to secure funding where it is needed most. Photo by Lorelei Roberts

How a pandemic-era job search led a local to help build her hometown's communications [alumna featured]

BOONE — When Laney Wise took a job with the town of Boone, she thought of it as “just a resume builder.” Five years later, she’s helped build ...

Appalachian State University Police Officer Cashae Cook ’14. Cook has been named Woman of the Year for 2025 by the North Carolina Law Enforcement Women’s Association. Photo by Chase Reynolds

App State Police Officer Cashae Cook earns NC’s highest award for women in law enforcement

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University Police Officer Cashae Cook ’14 has been named Woman of the Year by the North Carolina Law Enforcem...

The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX), or Parlamentarisches Patenschafts-Programm (PPP), logo.

2 CAS alumni selected for Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals

BOONE, N.C. — The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals has selected two Appalachian State University College o...

Haley Hopper Gentry ’91 (left) and Robert R. ‘Skip’ Harkrader III ’78 ’83 (right)

GJS alumni Haley Hopper Gentry ’91 and Robert R. ‘Skip’ Harkrader III ’78 ’83 honored with App State Alumni Awards

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Alumni Association recognized four Mountaineers at the 2025 Alumni Awards Gala, held July 1...

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