Appalachian College Association

The ACA is a non-profit consortium of private four-year liberal arts institutions spread across the central Appalachian Mountains.

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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.

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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. https://t.co/k2i1s7eX6j

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

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1/ Congratulations to ACA Faculty Fellow Lisa Kriner of member institution @bereacollege!

Check out all of our fellows here: https://t.co/nuXSzDnPMW

#fellowship #research #highered #faculty

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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.

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Last day to register for the 2022 Teaching & Leadership Institute! We hope to see you there. https://t.co/nyxqxjm4oE

#pedagogy #leadership #teaching #workshop #highered

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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.

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1/ Congratulations to ACA Faculty Fellow Nancy Sowers of member institution @bereacollege!

Check out all of our fellows here: https://t.co/nuXSzDnPMW

#fellowship #research #highered #faculty

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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

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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!

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#collaboration #faculty #highered

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Congratulations to graduates of all of our member institutions!

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4/4 Check out his recently published paper: "Effects of neurotransmitter receptor antagonists on sea urchin righting behavior and tube foot motility", https://t.co/vUJ6DBwvz3.

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1/ Congratulations to ACA Faculty Chris Shelley of member institution @univofthesouth!

Check out all of our fellows here: https://t.co/nuXSzDnPMW

#fellowship #research #highered #faculty

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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.

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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.

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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).

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1/ Congratulations to ACA Faculty Fellow Jeffrey Thomas Perry of member institution
@Tusculum_Univ!

Check out all of our fellows here: https://t.co/nuXSzDnPMW

#fellowship #research #highered #faculty

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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."