Department of Rural Resilience and Innovation

Outreach and Engagement

Dr. Virginia Kiefer Corrigan, program director of App State’s four-year online program in Veterinary Technology and member of the prestigious Homeward Bound leadership initiative for women with a background in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine).

Veterinary Technology leadership tackles global lack of women leaders in STEMM
Mar 8, 2022

In an effort to tackle a global lack of women leaders in STEMM, Dr. Virginia Corrigan, director of Appalachian State University’s new four-year onli...

Rural Resilience and Innovation Inaugural Seed Grants graphic with department titlemark and graphic depicting award and sustainability

Rural Resilience and Innovation Inaugural Seed Grants
Nov 3, 2021

The newest Department in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Rural Resilience and Innovation (RRI) in partnership with Research Instit...

a scenic view of the blue ridge mountains photo by university communications

Teaching For Community Resilience (TFCR)
Oct 14, 2021

Teaching For Community Resilience (TFCR) is a year-long, theoretical and practical investigation of the intersection between public education and comm...

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