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北卡罗莱纳州蓝岭山脉的阿巴拉契亚州立大学让学生们准备好作为全球公民过有目的的生活，他们理解并承担起为所有人创造可持续未来的责任。阿巴拉契亚变革型的经历促进了包容精神，使人们以鼓舞人心的方式聚集在一起，获取和创造知识，全面发展，以激情和决心行动，并拥抱多样性和差异性。作为北卡罗来纳大学系统的17个校区之一，阿巴拉契亚大学招收了约19000名学生，师生比例较低，开设了150多个本科和研究生专业。阿巴拉契亚由多尔蒂兄弟于1899年建立，为“失落的省份”的儿童提供受教育的机会。克服山区困难所必需的开拓精神迅速成为阿巴拉契亚的特色，使阿巴拉契亚在高等教育中有了一个今天仍在继续的特殊位置。一个多世纪过去了，学生们仍然感受到这个独特的地方改变他们生活的吸引力，阿巴拉契亚大学一直致力于为学生提供不仅改变生活，而且改变世界的教育经验。校友们继续攻读高级学位，创业生活，建立杰出的军事职业，在海外工作，发展能将他们带向多个方向的职业，同时回报他们生活和工作的社区。阿巴拉契亚大学的教师们以使用创新的、跨学科的和综合性的课程，致力于研究和学生指导，以及投资于新的战略和技术而闻名。师生比是16:1。小班平均有27名学生，使一年级学生的留级率达到87%。阿巴拉契亚州15%的学生来自代表性不足的人群，2016年的一年级学生入学率为17%。两大战略举措是全球学习和可持续性。阿巴拉契亚大学毕业生通过课堂和课外体验（包括出国留学）在全球范围内变得称职，因为他们的个人和职业生活将包括来自不同文化的同事、客户和邻居。此外，全球思维能更好地为当地行动提供信息和框架。阿巴拉契亚在可持续发展方面的领导地位举世闻名。大学的三个分支方法要求大学社区的所有成员考虑行动是否在经济上、环境上和公平上是可持续的？从最小的个体行为到最广泛的应用。阿巴拉契亚学者团体由八个学术单位组成：艺术与科学学院、美术与应用艺术学院、帝国教育学院、沃克商学院、大学学院、海耶斯音乐学院、海狸健康科学学院和克雷蒂斯·D·威廉姆斯研究生院。尽管不是授予学位的学院，荣誉学院为成绩优异的学生提供了更加丰富的学术经验。为了满足该地区公民的需求，阿巴拉契亚州还提供了各种远程教育学位课程，遍布北卡罗来纳州西部近20个地点，以及在线。这所大学的1700名研究生被阿巴拉契亚60多个高质量的研究生学位和证书项目吸引，这些项目旨在帮助学生实现各种职业目标：升职、在就业市场上变得更具竞争力、改变职业、赚更多的钱，获得更高的工作保障或攻读博士学位。学生、教职员工认为阿巴拉契亚是一个特殊的地方。这里是一个非常美丽的地方，有着丰富的文化和娱乐机会，塑造了社区的生活、工作和学习方式。一旦你成为社会的一部分，你就永远不会真正离开。

Appalachian State University in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The transformational Appalachian experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and embrace diversity and difference. As one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System, Appalachian enrolls about 19,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors. Appalachian was founded in 1899 by the Dougherty brothers to provide access to education for children in the "lost provinces." The pioneering spirit necessary to overcome the mountains' hardships quickly characterized the institution, giving Appalachian a special niche in higher education that continues today. After more than a century, students still feel the pull of this unique place to transform their lives, and Appalachian has remained focused on providing students with educational experiences that are not only life-changing but world-changing. Alumni go on to earn advanced degrees, approach life entrepreneurially, build distinguished military careers, work overseas and develop careers that take them in many directions, all while giving back to the communities in which they live and work. Appalachian faculty members are known for using innovative, interdisciplinary and integrative curricula, being dedicated to research and student mentorship, and investing in new strategies and technologies. The student/faculty ratio is 16:1. Small classes, which average 27 students, contribute to a freshman-tosophomore retention rate of 87 percent. Fifteen percent of Appalachian's students are from underrepresented populations, with the 2016 first-year class having 17 percent underrepresented student enrollment. Two major strategic initiatives are global learning and sustainability. Appalachian graduates become globally competent through classroom and out-of classroom experiences, including study abroad, as their personal and professional lives will include colleagues, clients and neighbors from different cultures. In addition, thinking globally better informs and frames their local actions. Appalachian's leadership in sustainability is known nationally. The university's three-branched approach asks all members of the university community to consider if actions are sustainable economically, environmentally and equitably ? from the smallest individual act to the most broad-based applications. Appalachian's community of scholars consists of eight academic units: the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Reich College of Education, Walker College of Business, University College, Hayes School of Music, Beaver College of Health Sciences and Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies. Although not a degree-granting college, The Honors College offers an even more enriching academic experience for highachieving students. To meet the needs of the region's citizens, Appalachian also offers a variety of distance education degree programs at nearly 20 locations across Western North Carolina, as well as online. The university's 1,700 graduate students are drawn by Appalachian's 60-plus quality graduate degree and certificate programs designed to help students achieve a variety of career goals: getting promoted, becoming more competitive in the job market, changing professions, earning more money, achieving greater job security or pursuing a doctoral degree. Students, faculty and staff consider Appalachian a special place. The location, a place of great beauty with abundant cultural and recreational opportunities, shapes how the community lives, works and learns together. Once you become a part of the community, you never really leave.