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AACSB accreditedThe mission of the John A. Walker College of Business is to offer high quality educational experiences preparing our students to be responsible, effective leaders and professionals in a rapidly changing, global environment. The college has an enrollment of more than 2,300 undergraduate and 100 graduate students and was included in Princeton Review's 2012 edition of Best Business Schools. Walker College was reaccredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in the spring of 2008.

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Study Abroad: Senior prepares for life in Asia
Walker College provides its students with several opportunities to study overseas, many during the...
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Students attend IIABA Legislative Conference in Washington DC
(From left) Canesha Edwards, Jess Teague, Rumbi Masamvu, Jeff Krause, Taylor Patterson, Matt...
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Project Management students win top awards at Triathlon
Six members of the Project Management Club won one first place and two second place awards, during...
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AITP Chapter again wins national award at conference
Pictured, from left, Puttachart Kasemthaveechok, Hunter Van Lear, Janie McLaughlin, Kristin Houck...
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Appalachian, UNCC bring together experts at Automobile Insurance Symposium
Attending a recent insurance forum were (from left) Greg Langdon, assistant director of...
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Walker alumnus Brad Sparks is Spring commencement speaker
Brad Sparks, a 1997 Walker accounting graduate who credits the College's international programs for...
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CEO Lecture: Defining a leader
Frank Holding Jr. comes from a family of leaders. His father, uncles and grandfather were all...
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Ground broken for new Transportation Insight Center for Entrepreneurship
From left, Walker College of Business Dean Randy Edwards, center director Heather Dixon-Fowler,...
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CEO Lecture: First Citizens Bancshares Frank B. Holding Jr. to speak on campus
Twenty-four years ago the Walker College of Business started a tradition of excellence, inviting...
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BIG members win state research challenge, advance to national competition
Daniel Favitta, left, Ethan Foster, Eric McTeir, David Jones and Bill Strausbaugh. (Photo by...
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