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Alumna, finance professor to serve as Macebearer for May 11 Commencement Ceremony

Alumna, finance professor to serve as Macebearer for May 11 Commencement Ceremony
May 11, 2024

Dr. Brandy Hadley — Associate Professor of Finance, David A. Thompson Distinguished Scholar of Applied Investments and 2023 Sywassink Awardee for Teaching Excellence — will serve as Macebearer in...

App State Interim Chancellor Heather Norris, far left, App State Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resources Alyson Ebaugh, second from right, and Walker College of Business Dean Sandra Vannoy, far right, with Samantha Williams, department administrator in App State’s Department of Computer Information Systems, at App State’s 2024 Awards of Distinction ceremony, held April 25 on the Boone campus. Williams is one of nine recipients of the 2024 Staff Excellence Award.

App State honors 27 students, faculty and staff at 2nd annual Awards of Distinction ceremony
May 9, 2024

Appalachian State University recognized 27 students, faculty and staff at its second annual Awards of Distinction ceremony, honoring these Mountaineers for their commitment to excellence in...

From top left, clockwise, are: First Place Winners Elcie Blackman and Tori Humler, Second Place Winners Avery Clark and Macie Wilson, and Third Place Winners Ashley Meacham and Jack Beatson.

Six named 'excel'lent in first intra-college Excel competition
May 8, 2024

Six Walker College of Business students have won the Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge (MECC) at Appalachian State University, earning cash prizes for their performance.

There were...

Pia Albinsson, left, and Lubna Nafees

Marketing researchers discover marginalized women utilize social media to counter biased, mainstream narratives about them, promote well-being
Mar 29, 2021

Research from faculty at Appalachian State University examines the way in which marginalized women utilize social media to counter biased,...

Dr. Lubna Nafees, assistant professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management. Her research interests include social media and sustainable and conscious consumption.

For ‘the gram’: App State’s Dr. Lubna Nafees studies social media influencers
Mar 29, 2021

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Lubna Nafees uses work time to surf social media. She’s not playing around, though: This assistant professor in Appalachian...

A cyclist crosses a flooded New River on foot, bike in hand.
From left are Donovan Arnold, Cooper Bumgarner, Katie Cole, Sam King and Bradley Lovelace

App State finance students earn first place in Quinnipiac GAME Forum
Mar 29, 2021

Appalachian State University students competed for the first time in the Quinnipiac GAME Forum for the first...

Our students and faculty ended the fall semester with some bonding and friendly competition at the Greenway near Leon Levine Hall.

Spring 2021 edition of Eye on IOHRM now available
Mar 29, 2021

The Spring 2021 edition of "Eye on IOHRM" is now available online.

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Walker College to host series of info sessions about graduate degree programs this April

Walker College to host series of info sessions about graduate degree programs this April
Mar 24, 2021

The Walker College is hosting a series of information sessions in the coming weeks. If you're considering a graduate degree in business, please...

A message of support for Asian Americans
Mar 20, 2021

In the wake of the killing of six Asian Americans in Atlanta on March 16, and the wave of xenophobia experienced by the Asian American community...

Graphic symbolizing Walker College having joined Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Walker College joins Sustainable Development Solutions Network, affirms commitment to accomplish Sustainable Development Goals
Mar 18, 2021

Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business has officially joined the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (...

Dr. Ilgım Dara Benoit

Research addresses major social problem, texting while driving
Mar 18, 2021

Research from Dr. Ilgım Dara Benoit, an assistant professor of marketing in Appalachian State University's ...

The sun sets on shrimp and fishing boats dock along Raccoon Creek in Oriental.

New research considers the impact of commercial fisheries on North Carolina's economy
Mar 18, 2021

Thanks to a new, collaborative research project from faculty at Appalachian State University, Duke University, NC State University and the...