Dave By The Bell

Before the start of spring break, Dave headed out to talk to Mountaineers who always seem to know what’s up, what’s in and what’s out! Listen as they discuss what they’re bringing with them into the second half of the semester and what’s getting left behind. We are talking about energies, habits and yes, you guessed it… water bottles!           Transcript   Dave Hey, Kyla! Kyla Hello. Dave How's it going? Kyla Pretty good! Dave That’s good. It's a beautiful day, right? Kyla Yeah. Dave Nice day for a Dave by the Bell. So we're talking to students about what's in and what's out since it's halfway through the semester. And let's talk to this group of people. Jocelyn I’m Jocelyn, what's out is those...do you know those like, Lululemon shorts that were, like, really puffy and, like, super high waisted? I hate them. They're out. Dave Yes, all right. Jocelyn They've been out. It's time to wear shorts again. And those are still they're still not. Okay. And what's in for me is probably I

Dave and App State's social media manager Ginny Scheer roam about Sanford Mall interviewing App State students to find out what they wish they had known way back when they were applying to college. Maybe don't procrastinate but chill out and follow your heart while not stressing...something along those lines anyway.       Transcript: Dave  Hey folks! I'm Dave Blanks from University Communications back with Dave by the Bell. It's October. It's chilly. I'm out here with Ginny. She is the manager of our social media. We're interviewing App State students. We're talking to them about advice during the application process. What do you know now that you wish you knew then? Ginny Scheer Mmhmm Dave  So we’re out here on Sanford Mall. All right. Well, let's find somebody to talk to. Sarely Zavala-Duran I'm Sarely Zavala-Duran I'm from Indian Trail, North Carolina. Dave  Saley? Sarely Zavala-Duran Sara Lee like the bread company. Dave  Sara Lee! Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee! All right. Sara Lee, are you a freshm

Dave fumbles about campus somehow managing to find a bunch of seniors who are about to graduate. Dave grills them on their plans for the future! It's every new graduate's dream come true!     Transcript:  Dave Blanks: Hey friends, on this Dave by the Bell, I'm going to talk to seniors who are graduating and ask them what the heck they got planned next. Stick around, won't you? Jenna Michalski: I'm Jenna Michalski. Dave Blanks: You're graduating, correct? Jenna Michalski: Yes. Dave Blanks: Congratulations. Jenna Michalski: Thank you. Dave Blanks: What have you been studying here at Appalachian State? Jenna Michalski: Commercial Photography Minor in English. Dave Blanks: Cool. So what do you plan to do with that? Be very creative, I would assume. Jenna Michalski: I'm trying to get paired with a video production company. Dave Blanks: Cool. Jenna Michalski: Either start off as an editor or some sort of an assistant. Dave Blanks: What are you doing on campus? Jenna Michalski: I have a final in about 30 minutes. Da

   In this Valentine’s Day edition of Dave by the Bell, Dave and University Communications intern Madi chat it up with friendly passersby to get at the heart of this question — “What is the most romantic place on campus?”     Dave Blanks: Hello, friends. I'm Dave Blanks from University Communications, and I was going to talk today about Valentine's Day. What we're going to do is ask students what the most romantic place in all of campus is. I was going to go see if Madi , our intern, wanted to come along. So, let's go do that. Hello.   Madi: So, jacket?   Dave Blanks: I'm not wearing a jacket, based on what you said. You said you got hot.   Madi: Fine. We won't wear jackets.   Dave Blanks: Madi , no jackets for this one. There are romantic places on campus. We're walking right now by the-   Madi: By the hand statue.   Dave Blanks: ...church hand statue thing with the wheelbarrow. I don't think that's a place.   Eliza: My name's Eliza.   Dave Blanks: So Eliza, Valentine's is coming up. Did you know?   Eliza:

In this only just barely adjacent to homecoming edition of Dave by the Bell, Dave and University Communications intern Madi chat it up with almost always friendly passersby and pose the question, "If you could live anywhere on campus that was not a residence hall, where would you live?"        Transcript:   Dave Blanks: Madi, you're our intern.   Madi: I am.   Dave Blanks: And we're going to do a Dave by the Bell.   Madi: We are.   Dave Blanks: What are we talking about?   Madi: Well, did we decide what we're talking about?   Dave Blanks: Yeah, yeah. I think we finally landed on an idea.   Madi: Did we land on the roommate idea?   Dave Blanks: No, we're not doing the roommate idea.   Madi: Oh.   Dave Blanks: But we will do that one in the future.   Madi: Okay.   Dave Blanks: No, no, no. We're not going to do the roommate. We're going to do-   Madi: If you could live anywhere on campus.   Dave Blanks: Yes.   Madi: That's not your residence hall/dorm room...   Dave Blanks: Right.   Madi: ...where would you liv

Dave and photographer Kyla strike out to interview first year students and their helpful parents as they move in to Thunder Hill Hall on the beautiful campus of Appalachian State University.     Transcript: Dave Blanks: Hey folks, how's it going? I'm Dave Blanks from University Communications. Today on Dave by the Bell, I'm going to be talking to people who are moving into Thunder Hill, trying to figure out what the moment's like for them. Maybe talk to parents, maybe talk to students. Also, get an idea of what their aspirations and hopes are for the coming year. That's the plan. Let's do it. All right. There's a lot of folks in here. We're actually going in one of the residence halls. This is Thunder Hill, I do believe. Yeah, that's correct. We have a lot of folks. You've been taking pictures of move in day, Kyla, and those will probably be some of which will end up on our Facebook page. Kyla: Facebook and Instagram. Dave Blanks: Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I don't like it in here. Kyla: It is chaotic. Speaker 3

On this March-centric Dave by the Bell, University Communications' Dave Blanks asks Appalachian students to finish the old adage, "In like a lion out like a..." He also discovers what they are planning for spring break.

On this Valentine's Day special, Dave interviews App State students to discover what they truly love.

Appalachian State University students share surprising and embarrassing moments from their recent Fall Break.

University Communications' Dave Blanks asks current Appalachian students what they would share about App State with a friend who is considering attending the university. Spoiler alert: Everyone loves Appalachian State University.

Dave Blanks of Appalachian's University Communications interviews first-year students and their parents during Move-in Day 2019 to discover the strange and unusual things they've brought with them to the residence halls.

University Communications' resident goofy goober, Dave Blanks, and UComm intern Alyssa "The Juggernaut" Rodriguez interview students on Sanford Mall to find out why they chose to attend Appalachian State University.

Dave Blanks, University Communications' most likely to interrupt, and UComm intern Alyssa "So Extra" Rodriguez wander around Sanford Mall interviewing Appalachian students to find out what class they would retake and why.

University Communications' favorite interruption, Dave Blanks and UComm intern Alyssa Rodriguez, interview unsuspecting Appalachian students to discover their go-to "happy song."

It's the second installment of our super spooky Halloween DBTB. Dave interviews unsuspecting Appalachian State students as they wait to board the AppalCart and uncovers even more bone-chilling AppalCart tales of terror.

UComm's Dave Blanks and intern Alyssa Rodriguez attempt to guess the meaning of Appalachian student's often vague last sent text messages.

University Communication's Dave Blanks interviews students to find out what their Homecoming plans are.

University Communication's Dave Blanks interviews parents of new Mountaineers to find out their hopes for their kids while here at Appalachian State.

University Communication's resident nosy person, Dave Blanks, and UComm intern Alyssa Rodriguez walk around Appalachian State University's campus asking students to share the one thing they'd never want to leave the house without.

Ucomm's own Dave Blanks wanders around campus along with intern Liz Pope to find out what the phrase, "We the people" means to App State Students.