INTAPP works hard to promote mutual respect for different cultures and to engage all students and community members in friendship and learning. The Landon Hill study abroad scholarship, which funds students to have transformative study abroad experiences, was founded in honor of Landon Hill, a beloved INTAPP member who passed away after contracting bacterial meningitis while studying abroad in Spain in the fall of 2011. INTAPP remains committed to upholding his legacy. Minus expenses, the proceeds from the Coffee Buzz 5K will go to the Landon Hill scholarship.
Landon is a symbol of what our INTAPP members strive to be; while at Appalachian he was a leader in improving our organization and encouraged us all to hold ourselves accountable to reach our goals. He consistently reached out to the international students in meaningful ways—a fact made clear by the sheer number of Appalachian's former international students he was able to visit at their home universities while he was abroad. Along with his passion for enhancing his intercultural perspective, Landon was a runner who was crazy about coffee. We thought there could be no better way to raise money for his study abroad scholarship than a 5K run and some coffee.