National Recognition for Freshman Seminar
2004, 2005, & 2006 Selected by US News and World Report as a "Program to Look for" along with other schools such as Duke, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, and UNC-Chapel Hill 
2003 US News and World Report ranked ASU's Freshman Seminar program as the 3rd best first-year course in the country
2002 Selected by the National Policy Center on the First-Year Experience as one of 13 "Institutions of Excellence in the First College Year"
2001 Time Magazine named Appalachian as the College of the Year, specifically recognizing our first year experience, Freshman Seminar, and learning communities
2001 Named as one of the top 100 best practices at public universities by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). Published in Commitment and Success: A Compendium of Best Practices at AASCU Institutions
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