Appalachian State University has announced a record enrollment for the Fall Semester with 21,253 students. It’s the largest enrollment in the school’s 124-year history and includes the largest first-year and online student populations to date. Giving the final enrollment number a boost is the new Hickory campus, which opened Aug. 21 and is serving 363 students in the former Corning building.
In other higher education news – Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute recently awarded its 2023 Donald W. Lackey Excellence in Teaching Award for 2023 to Associate in Fine Arts – Visual Arts program director and instructor Thomas Thielemann.