Dr. Sheri Everts joined Appalachian State University as its eighth leader in July 2014.

Chancellor Everts’ priorities for moving forward as a campus community include:

• articulating the ways Appalachian defines sustainability;
• increasing the diversity of our student, faculty and staff populations;
• improving wellness, health and safety for our campus community;
• integrating global learning into and beyond our classrooms;
• supporting faculty and staff;
• providing innovative and creative opportunities for our students to engage in and showcase their research;
• emphasizing the significance of the difference we can make in communities here and across the world through civic engagement;
• securing the necessary resources to energize and sustain these strategic initiatives and support our world-class faculty, staff and students; and
• maintaining a focus on slow and steady enrollment growth.