Appalachian College Association

Welcome to the new Twitter account of the Appalachian College Association! We're a non-profit consortium of private, 4 year liberal arts institutions in Appalachia. Our mission is to serve communities through the transformational work of our faculty, staff, & students.

Congratulations to member institution @WheelingU54, who received $538,738 from West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s Nursing Workforce Expansion Program. Wheeling plans to develop a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree completion program with the award. bit.ly/3talTkN

"The processes for this artwork are intentionally slow – walking, noticing, drawing, gathering, stitching, dyeing, and weaving." -Lisa L. Kriner, M.A.

3/ & 2nd, during the year of walking, I want to learn to identify, collect, & use dye plants native to Kentucky. I will learn to know what colors they can provide, when to harvest them, how to dry and store them, & how to take what is in the plant & transfer its color into cloth.

1/ Congratulations to ACA Faculty Fellow Lisa Kriner of member institution @bereacollege! Check out all of our fellows here: bit.ly/38kvzS6 #fellowship #research #highered #faculty

Last day to register for the 2022 Teaching & Leadership Institute! We hope to see you there. bit.ly/3Ddwj6E #pedagogy #leadership #teaching #workshop #highered

3/3 Sowers is a graduate from Sweet Briar College, earning a B.A. in economics. She has an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from Claremont Graduate University and earned her charter in the Chartered Financial Analyst program in 2012.

2/ "This sabbatical proposal centers on developing expertise and contributing research to the literature on the financial literacy of underserved communities. The plan includes creating a financial literacy program that reaches all Berea students." -Nancy L. Sowers, Ph.D., CFA

1/ Congratulations to ACA Faculty Fellow Nancy Sowers of member institution @bereacollege! Check out all of our fellows here: bit.ly/38kvzS6 #fellowship #research #highered #faculty

If you work at one of our member schools and have not received an invitation to join ACAConnect, please use the form on our website to request an invitation! bit.ly/3wkQRIW #collaboration #faculty #highered

Congratulations to graduates of all of our member institutions!

4/4 Check out his recently published paper: "Effects of neurotransmitter receptor antagonists on sea urchin righting behavior and tube foot motility", bit.ly/3vEhO9S.

3/ Shelley earned an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at Imperial College London, a PhD in Neuroscience at University College London, & has conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Miami, University College London, the University of Maryland, & Emory University.

1/ Congratulations to ACA Faculty Chris Shelley of member institution @univofthesouth! Check out all of our fellows here: bit.ly/38kvzS6 #fellowship #research #highered #faculty

Christine Swoap, M.A. presented w/ former Owen High School ESL teacher Emily Carter & @WWCasheville student @Ella__writes on a collaborative podcasting project between ESL students & Spanish learning WWC students at the annual conference of the @SEImmigrationSA in Charleston, SC.

4/4 Perry is the author of Law in American Meetinghouses: Church Discipline and Civil Authority in Kentucky, 1780-1845. (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022).

3/ "Ultimately, the book will be an examination of Americans’ changing perceptions of Johnson as demonstrated through professional and lay histories, popular culture, and public historical sites."

1/ Congratulations to ACA Faculty Fellow Jeffrey Thomas Perry of member institution @Tusculum_Univ! Check out all of our fellows here: bit.ly/38kvzS6 #fellowship #research #highered #faculty