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Joshua Allen (left) and Brock Long (right)

Former FEMA administrator Brock Long '97 '99 and wife establish emergency management fellowship at App State
Oct 14, 2026

Former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator and Homeland Security Today Editorial Board member... Alumni, Student

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]
Aug 4, 2026

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 the town’s entire commun

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Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley ’84 is the 2018 winner of Appalachian State University’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Photo by Marie Freeman
New York Jets' Doug Middleton (center) looks at the field during practice at the NFL football team's training camp in Florham Park, N.J.

Jets' Middleton an inspiration as master's degree-toting playmaker
Aug 9, 2018

Doug Middleton was impressing the New York Jets with his playmaking skills last summer when a torn pectoral muscle sidelined him for the season... Alumni

Carmen Lowe ’15 ’16, a native of Salisbury, participates in the Charlotte Spartan Sprint, an obstacle course race. As a special agent trainee at the NC Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) agency, Lowe said that maintaining her fitness is an important part of the job. Lowe got involved in obstacle course racing through the encouragement of her professor, Dr. Tammatha Clodfelter. Photo submitted

Internship with SBI leads Carmen Lowe ’15 ’16 into law enforcement career
Apr 20, 2018

As a third-generation Appalachian State University graduate, Carmen Lowe ’15 ’16 can’t remember missing a university homecoming

Alumni, SECU Internship

Appalachian alumnae to serve as park interpreters through NPS funding
Apr 16, 2018

The National Park Service has awarded $21,508 in funding for two recent Appalachian State University graduates to serve as interpretive staff at... Alumni

Ian Mance ’03 ’05, left, and Dustin Chicurel-Bayard started out at Appalachian State University as freshmen in 1999, pursuing degrees in criminal justice. Now they work together at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice — Mance as a staff attorney on the criminal justice team, and Chicurel-Bayard as communications director.

Appalachian alumni reunite at Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Apr 12, 2018

Ian Mance and Dustin Chicurel-Bayard lived on the same floor of Cannon Hall when they were freshmen at Appalachian State University in 1999.

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Courtney Bradway

GJS Alumni recognized as rising Political Stars in North Carolina
Feb 4, 2018

Congratulations to Tracy Montross (2005), Virginia Reed (2016), Senator Chad Barefoot (2005), and Jonathan Kappler (2005) on being recognized by... Alumni

Cpl. Matt Taylor receiving award
Brock Long with family

Appalachian alumnus Brock Long leads FEMA’s mission of support
Dec 15, 2017

Appalachian State University alumnus William Brockmann “Brock” Long ’97 ’99, a native of Newton, North Carolina, serves as

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Dr. Zaphon R. Wilson