PPT Slide
Founded in 1899 as Watauga Academy
By Brothers B.B. & D.D. Dougherty
Small Beginnings
The School Evolves
A Family Affair: “Dougherty College”
A Lasting Legacy
A School in Boone “The Lost Province”
Let There Be Light!
“The only way to get to Boone was to be born in Boone”
The Battle for the Rail
Tweetsie Comes to Town
Tweetsie’s Effects
Now it’s just a themepark
The Reign of Blanford Barnard Background
Boys on one side, Girls on the other
Separate Housing
Dating
Other Rules
The End of an Era
Out with the Old…...
Enrollment Trends- Part I
Enrollment Trends- Part II
Did You Know?
Dr. William Plemmons
“Building” the Transition
Getting a Graduate Education
The Symbolic Shift
Birth of ASU
Enrollment Trends- Part III Plemmons’ Tenure
No Longer Isolated
A Common Experience
Dr. Herbert Wey
A Member Institution
New Developments
Outstanding Faculty
Dr. John Thomas
A Wired Campus
Dr. Frank Borkowski
A Look Towards the Future
Enrollment Trends- Part IV
National Recognition
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