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Campuswide AI tools: Privacy, use and responsibility
Feb 25, 2025

Information Technology Services (ITS) announces the launch of three Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools available for campus-wide use that are designed...

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Spring 2025 technology report from the Chief Information Officer
Feb 7, 2025

App State’s Information Technology Services (ITS) team is committed to advancing the university’s academic mission, strategic priorities...

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Campus Enterprise Gen AI: Microsoft Copilot
Jan 9, 2025

Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered conversational interface developed by Microsoft that is available to all faculty, staff and students.  In...

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Launching Zoom AI Companion features
Dec 17, 2024

Zoom AI Companion is a generative AI digital assistant that delivers real-time capabilities to improve productivity. Two new AI Companion feature...

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Introducing Google’s NotebookLM: The AI-powered research assistant
Dec 16, 2024

Google's NotebookLM (notebooklm.google) summarizes sources into text and audio. Google calls it "your personalized AI research assistant." Think of it...

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Course registration system update launching Nov. 1
Nov 1, 2024

As a reminder, App State’s course registration system through Student Self-Service will be updated with new functionality on Friday, Nov. 1. Ea...

Core Advising and Banner Student Systems teams in the Office of the Registrar and App State ITS share updates on the Self-Service Banner 9 project including changes to student registration.

Course registration update: Upgraded system available Nov. 1
Oct 28, 2024

App State’s course registration system through Student Self-Service will be updated with new functionality on Friday, Nov. 1. The system will be clo...

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Beware of Fraudulent Email Scams
Aug 2, 2024

Our IT security team has detected a recent increase in fraudulent email scams targeting App State students, faculty and staff.These scams te...

App State Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resources Alyson Ebaugh, left, with Emory Maiden, App State’s interim director of academic technologies in Information Technology Services, at the 2024 Awards of Distinction ceremony, held April 25 on App State’s Boone campus. Maiden is one of nine recipients of the 2024 Staff Excellence Award. Photo by Chase Reynolds

App State honors students and employees at 2nd annual Awards of Distinction ceremony
May 9, 2024

Appalachian State University recognized 27 students, faculty and staff at its second annual Awards of Distinction ceremony, honoring these Mountaineer...

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Change to Duo Mobile Push for Enhanced Security
May 2, 2024

New Verified Duo PushBeginning May 14, App State will implement enhanced security measures for our Duo Two-Factor Authentication Mobile Push system.Wh...