OPEN HOUSE FALL 2026
WELCOME TO CAMPUS!
PREPARING FOR THE DAY
FEATURED PROGRAMMING 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Page 2
POINTS OF INTEREST Various Times Pages 9–10
INFORMATION SESSIONS 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Pages 3–4
CAMPUS MAP Pages 11–12
ACADEMIC EXPLORATION 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Pages 5–8 CAMPUS TOURS 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Page 9
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PLEMMONS STUDENT UNION MAP Pages 13–14
SCAN THE QR CODE FOR A DIGITAL AGENDA WITH DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, LINKS AND WALKING DIRECTIONS.
FEATURED PROGRAMMING MARCHING MOUNTAINEERS PERFORMANCE 10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Sanford Mall Join us for a special performance by our Marching Mountaineers! ADMITTED STUDENT PRESENTATION 9:15 a.m. | 12:45 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. Belk Library & Information Commons (Room 114) Congratulations on being admitted! Stop by to learn more about your upcoming enrollment steps. FAFSA & FINANCIAL AID INFO 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Plemmons Student Union (4th Floor) Talk with financial aid counselors and get one-on-one help with your FAFSA. APPLY NOW LAB 12 - 2 p.m. | Belk Library & Information Commons (1st Floor) Ready to become a Mountaineer? Start your application here with support from our Admissions team.
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INFORMATION SESSIONS
Join any session that fits your schedule. Sessions repeat throughout the day.
#APPLYAPPSTATE – FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS
FINANCIAL AID & UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS
Plemmons Student Union Linville Falls (Room 226)
Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom (Room 420)
9:15 a.m. | 10 a.m. | 10:45 a.m. | 11:30 a.m. 12:15 p.m. | 1 p.m. | 1:30 p.m.
9:15 a.m. | 10 a.m. | 10:45 a.m. | 11:30 a.m. 12:15 p.m. | 1 p.m. | 1:30 p.m.
Learn about applying as a first-year student and what to expect as a Mountaineer.
Learn about the financial aid process and scholarship opportunities at App State.
#APPLYAPPSTATE – TRANSFER STUDENTS
ADMISIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Plemmons Student Union Roan Mountain (Room 122)
Plemmons Student Union Roan Mountain (Room 122)
9:15 a.m. | 10 a.m. | 11:30 a.m. | 12:15 p.m. 1 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. Learn how to apply as a transfer student, explore advising resources and see how we’ll help connect you with the campus community.
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10:45 a.m. Aprenda todo sobre las admisiones estatales desde la aplicación para estudiantes de primer año. Un recorrido por el campus con un guía de habla hispana partirá después de la presentación.
ON-CAMPUS HOUSING AND RESIDENCE LIFE I.G. Greer Theatre 9:15 a.m. | 10 a.m. | 10:45 a.m. | 11:30 a.m. 12:15 p.m. | 1 p.m. Your home away from home is waiting! Learn about the housing process, how to prepare for move-in and what to expect while living on campus. Visit our showroom. See page 9 for details.
OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING Plemmons Student Union (Room 112) 9:45 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 12:15 p.m. Make Boone your home! Explore off-campus housing options for transfer students.
THE HONORS COLLEGE Belk Library & Information Commons (Room 114) 10 a.m. | 10:45 a.m. | 11:30 a.m. The Honors College connects great students with great opportunities. Discover how it can enrich your academic experience at App State.
ADMITTED STUDENT PRESENTATION Belk Library & Information Commons (Room 114) 9:15 a.m. | 12:45 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. Congratulations on being admitted! Stop by to learn more about your upcoming enrollment steps.
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ACADEMIC EXPLORATION
Meet faculty from academic colleges and departments and gather first-hand information about our majors and programs.
BEAVER COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES Locations: Leon Levine Hall and Plemmons Student Union Solarium (Room 118) Programs Represented in Leon Levine Hall: • Athletic Training (graduate program) • Communication Sciences & Disorders • Health Professions Advising • Health Sciences • Kinesiology • Nursing • Nutrition & Foods • Occupational Therapy (graduate program) • Public Health • Social Work • Speech-Language Pathology (graduate program)
Programs Represented in Plemmons Student Union Solarium (Room 118): • Recreation Management • Health & Physical Education, K–12 • Health Care Management
Building Tours | Leon Levine Hall of Health Sciences Self-guided tours available Shuttles begin at 9 a.m. from the Library Circle and depart as needed • Last shuttle from Library Circle departs at 12:15 p.m. • Last shuttle from Leon Levine Hall departs at 1:30 p.m. Please note: Leon Levine Hall closes at 1 p.m.
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Locations: Plemmons Student Union, Grandfather Ballroom (Room 137, First Floor) and various academic buildings Programs Represented in Plemmons Student Union (First Floor): • Anthropology • Biology • Chemistry & Fermentation Sciences • Computer Science • English • Geography & Planning • Geological & Environmental Sciences • Government & Justice Studies
• Health Professions Advising • History • Interdisciplinary Studies • Languages, Literatures & Cultures • Mathematical Sciences • Philosophy & Religion • Physics & Astronomy • Psychology • Sociology
Building Tours | Academic Buildings Tours and information sessions in the locations listed are available from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. 5 APP STATE OPEN HOUSE
Programs Represented in Academic Buildings 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.: • Anthropology — Anne Belk Hall • Biology — Rankin Science, South Atrium • Computer Science – Anne Belk Hall • English – Sanford Hall (2nd Floor) • Fermentation Sciences — Mountain Laurel Hall (side entrance) • Geological & Environmental Sciences — Rankin Science South Lobby • Government and Justice Studies — Anne Belk Hall • History, and Center for Judaic, Holocaust & Peace Studies — Anne Belk Hall • Languages, Literatures, and Cultures — L.S Dougherty (In front of the building) • Philosophy & Religion — Sanford Hall (2nd Floor) • Physics & Astronomy — Garwood Hall, Room 201 • Psychology — Smith-Wright Hall, Main Floor Lobby • Vet Tech — Edwin Duncan, Room 206
REICH COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Locations: Reich College of Education (Room 124) and Plemmons Student Union Solarium (Room 118) Programs Represented: • Career & Technical Education • Child Development Birth-Kindergarten Family & Child Studies • Elementary Education • History, Secondary Education • Sciences, Secondary Education • Middle Grades Education • Special Education
Resource Centers: • James Center for Student Success and Advising • Office of Field Experiences • Scholarships • North Carolina Teaching Fellows • Appalachian Community of Education Scholars
Building Tours | Reich College of Education: Begin in Rotunda on the first floor of the Reich College of Education and depart every 20 minutes beginning at 9:20 a.m. Teacher Ed Preview | 1- 2:30 p.m. in RCOE 124: Meet current student education majors, faculty, and staff to learn what it’s like to study education at App State!
HAYES SCHOOL OF MUSIC Location: Broyhill Music Center Programs Represented: • Music Education • Music Industry Studies • Music Performance • Music Therapy
Information Sessions | Broyhill Music Center (Room 214) 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Learn about degree programs, turning a passion for music into a career, audition requirements, scholarships and opportunities to join ensembles. Building Tours | Broyhill Music Center Tours depart from the brickyard every half hour beginning at 9:30 a.m. Last tour begins at 11:30 a.m.
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ACADEMIC EXPLORATION
Meet faculty from academic colleges and departments and gather first-hand information about our majors and programs.
COLLEGE OF FINE AND APPLIED ARTS Locations: Plemmons Student Union, Solarium (Room 118) and various academic buildings Programs Represented: • Apparel Design & Merchandising — Reich College of Education (Lower Level) • Art and Visual Culture — Wey Hall • Art Education — Wey Hall (2nd Floor) • Communication — Beasley Media Complex • Commercial Photography — Katherine Harper Hall • Dance Studies — Varsity Gym • Fine Art Photography — East Hall • Graphic Communications Management — Katherine Harper Hall
SPECIAL PROGRAMMING WEY HALL
Art Education (Room 203) Info Session | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Explore materials to create an imaginative mural. Art History (Room 230) Info Session | 10:30 - 11 a.m. Meet faculty and students and learn more about the program. Art Management (Room 213) Info Session | 12 - 12:30 p.m. Test out an interactive project created by students. Clays (Room 113) Studio Process Demos | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Watch live demonstrations by faculty, students and the clay club. Fibers (Room 202) Studio Process Demos | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Info Session | 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. See students weaving, printing, sewing, dyeing fabric, and making paper! Graphic Design Poster Workshop (Room 323) | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Info Session (Room 317) | 10 - 10:30 a.m. and 12 - 12:30 p.m. Design and print a colorful poster using the program’s letterpress.
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• Graphic Design — Wey Hall • Industrial Design — Katherine Harper Hall • Interior Design — Katherine Harper Hall • Military Science & Leadership — Plemmons Student Union, Room 118 • Studio Art — Wey Hall • Sustainable Development — Living Learning Center (Civic Garden, Room 223) • Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment — Katherine Harper Hall • Theatre Arts — Valborg Theatre
Metalsmithing & Jewelry Design (Room 101) Casting Demos | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Info Session | 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. See casting, 3D printing and milling demonstrations.
Industrial Design (Main Lobby) Tour Shops, Labs, and Studios | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Hear from current students and faculty about the opportunities within the Furniture Design and Product Design concentrations.
Painting & Drawing (Room 302) 5th Annual Portrait Show Student exhibition and voting for the People’s Choice Awards. Awards announced at 1:30 p.m. Info Session | 12 - 12:30 p.m.
Interior Design (Main Lobby) Studio Tours | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Hear from current students and faculty about the opportunities within the Interior Design program.
Printmaking Steamroller Printing | Behind Wey Hall | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Info Session | Wey 221 | 12 - 12:30 p.m. Students from the App Print Club and the Relief printmaking class will be printing large scale woodcuts. Sculpture and Casting (Room 103) Bronze Pouring Demos 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Watch a live bronze pour and meet students and faculty. Info Session | 12 - 12:30 p.m.
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Applied Design Foundations (Room 185) Wire Sculpture Workshop |10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Choose from a selection of line drawings and transform your favorite into a small 3D wire model. Commercial Photography Cage and Studio Tours (Room 105) | 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Student Studio Shoot (Room 153) | 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Graphic Communications Management Info Session | Room 122 | 10 a.m. Print Design Workshops | Main Lobby | 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Hands-on design and print activities. Design lab rotations, 10:30 - 11 a.m. and direct-to-film and mug printing demonstration, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
EAST HALL
Fine Art Photography Lumen Printing Workshop | Main Lobby | 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Info Session | 11 - 11:30 a.m. and 1 - 1:30 p.m. Learn about this photographic process and create your own print — or just drop in to watch.
BEASLEY MEDIA COMPLEX
Studio Tours | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Tour the broadcast studios and meet faculty and students from our communication majors.
WALKER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Location: Peacock Hall Programs Represented: • Accounting • Computer Information Systems • Cybersecurity • Economics • Finance & Banking • Hospitality & Tourism Management • International Business • Management • Marketing • Risk Management & Insurance • Supply Chain Management
Student Support Resources and Centers: • Advising • Brantley Risk and Insurance Center • Business Career Services • Center for Entrepreneurship
Building Tours | Walker College of Business Walker Fellows will offer tours from 9 a.m.–1 p.m., beginning on the second floor of Peacock Hall.
SELECTIVE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Locations: Plemmons Student Union, Solarium (Room 118) and various academic buildings Appalachian Community of Education Scholars (ACES) Location: Reich College of Education Learn about this leadership program for future educators focused on mentoring and professional development. The Honors College Locations: Appalachian Hall and Plemmons Student Union, Solarium (Room 118) Tour where our Honors students explore, discover, create, innovate, learn and grow together — led by a current Honors student. Drop-in from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Watauga Residential College Locations: Living Learning Center and Plemmons Student Union, Solarium (Room 118) Learn about this residential living-learning community. Building Tours | Living Learning Center Shuttles begin at 9:30 a.m. from Library Circle and depart as needed • Last shuttle from Library Circle departs at 12:30 p.m. • Last shuttle from the Living Learning Center departs at 1 p.m.
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POINTS OF INTEREST APPLICATION AND ADMISSIONS SUPPORT
EXPLORE CAMPUS
Apply Now Lab Belk Library & Information Commons (1st Floor) 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. Ready to become a Mountaineer? Start your application here with support from our Admissions team.
Campus Tours Sanford Hall 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Abbreviated forty-five minute walking tours with student tour guides. Tours will depart every 15 minutes. • Last tour leaves at 1:30 p.m.
Admissions Resources Plemmons Student Union 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. • Office of Admissions • Transfer Admissions & Engagement • Graduate Admissions and Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s
Residence Hall Showrooms
FAFSA & Financial Aid Info Plemmons Student Union (4th Floor) 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Talk with financial aid counselors and get one-on-one help with your FAFSA. Admitted Student Lounge Belk Library (Room 114) 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Celebrate your admission to App State! Meet other admitted students, chat with Admissions staff about your enrollment steps and get all your questions answered. 9 APP STATE OPEN HOUSE
Please note: To protect student privacy, current residence hall rooms are not open for tours. First-year Housing Newland Hall 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Traditional-style full scale showroom Transfer Housing Mountain Laurel Hall 12 - 2 p.m. MEET MOUNTAINEERS Ask a Mountaineer! Sanford Mall 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Connect with Student Ambassadors to hear what life is really like at App State.
ARTS, CULTURE & RECREATION
DINING OPTIONS
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Explore exhibitions from regional and national artists.
Plemmons Student Union • Cascades Cafe • Crossroads Coffee Shop • Market at Campus Store
Belk Library & Information Commons 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Tour study areas, a digital media studio, makerspace and more. Student Recreation Center 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Visit our 120,000 sq. ft. facility with climbing walls, courts and fitness spaces.
Central Dining Hall • Rivers Street Cafe • Hatchet Coffee • The Carving Board • Mountaineer Grille • Chick-fil-A
Trivette Dining Hall • Park Place Cafe • Market Leon Levine • Rise Market + Bakery SCAN TO VIEW HOURS & LOCATIONS
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Sanford Mall Stop by for displays and demos from: • Mountaineer Medics • Team Sunergy (Solar Vehicle Team)
MOUNTAINEER GEAR
STUDENT SUPPORT Location: Plemmons Student Union, International Hallway (1st Floor) • Campus Activities • Career Development Center • Community-Engaged Leadership • Off Campus Housing • Office of International Programs • Office of Research and Innovation • University Recreation • University Writing Center • Wellness and Prevention Services
SCHOLARS WITH DIVERSE ABILITIES PROGRAM Location: Reich College of Education (Room 127) 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. A transition-focused program supporting students with intellectual disabilities in building independence and self-determination.
STUDENT VETERAN SERVICES Location: Plemmons Student Union (Room 251) Learn how we support our military-connected Mountaineers to thrive academically, personally and professionally.
Campus Store | 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Yosef’s Locker | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
OFFICE OF ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY/DISABILITY RESOURCES Location: Plemmons Student Union, International Hallway (1st Floor) Learn how App State promotes opportunity, access, and civil rights for students with disabilities.
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Shuttles to Additional Locations Leaving from Library circle (#6) as needed • Shuttle to/from Leon Levine Hall of Health Sciences (#5) | 9 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. • Shuttle to/from Watauga Residential College | Living Learning Center (#17) 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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