HEP Alumni Spotlight

Macy Watts

Macy Watts
Aug 28, 2018

Macy Watts ('19) is a native of Pamlico County High School in Bayboro, near New Bern, NC. She finished her Secondary History/Social Studies Education,...

Zack Beasley

Zack Beasley
Aug 28, 2018

Zack Beasley ('19) has always loved history, but it wasn't until his college experiences at App State that he understood why good history teaching is ...

Jon Frederick

Jon Frederick
Aug 13, 2018

Jon Frederick ('18) is a social studies teacher at Apex High School in the Wake County Public School System. While at App State, he excelled in severa...

Adam Warren

Adam Warren
Aug 13, 2018

Adam Warren (BS '07, MA '09) joined the ACCESS Scholarship Program at App State in 2014, and later served as the Director of the James Center in the R...

Brianna Abbate

Brianna Abbate
Jul 30, 2018

Brianna Abbate's ('18) journey through App State took her from her homewtown of Centereach (New York), to high school in Charlotte, to college in Boon...

Christian Gardner

Christian Gardner
Jul 30, 2018

Christian Gardner ('17) teaches high school social studies in Maryland.  A native of Knightsdale, NC (just outside Raleigh), he chose App State o...

Rachel Shepherd

Rachel Shepherd
Jul 25, 2018

Rachel Shepherd (BS '04, MA '11, MSA '13) is a native of the High Country and an App State alumna through and through. She taught social studies at As...

Joey Santos

Joey Santos
Jul 18, 2018

Joey Santos ('16) graduated with Honors from the History/Social Studies Education program . His thesis, "The Development, Implementation, and End...

Kirsten Anderson

Kirsten Anderson
Jul 18, 2018

Over they years, the History Department has had the privilege of working with majors who were part of the (old) NC Teaching Fellows program, and its c...

Cameron Wheeler

Cameron Wheeler
Jul 17, 2018

When Cameron Wheeler (BS '15, MA '17) - a graduate of Glenn High School (Kernersville, NC) - returned to Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools to compl...