Physics, students, circa 1965, photo 1

This image shows a group of students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University (1967-current) standing around a desk in the 1960s. A woman is seen sitting in the center, holding a microphone. The Department of Physics and Astronomy is in the College of Arts and Sciences and maintains the Rankin Science Observatory in Rankin Science Hall, built 1963, and the Dark Sky Observatory, opened 1981, twenty miles northeast of Boone, NC. The Department offers an undergraduate degrees in applied physics and graduate degrees in engineering physics, as well as courses in industrial, chemical, computational, environmental, medical, and radiation safety physics. Standing on the far left is Dr. Karl Mamola, Professor of Physics.

Students

Student Activities

Physics

Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 13, Physics and Astronomy, C14.2.3.1.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

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Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Physics and Astronomy

1960-1969

Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.