- To help retain first-generation students, the college created a Business for Good Residential Learning Community (RLC) in 2022. Through this community, funded by the Martha Guy Endowment, first-generation students who plan to major in business share coursework and live together in a residence hall, exploring how businesses can address social, environmental, and economic problems to build a better world.
- Also in 2022, Peacock Hall’s Accounting Suite was named for former Dean Randal K. Edwards, a first-generation college student who earned two accounting degrees from Appalachian before joining the faculty and serving in several leadership roles and App State, including accounting department chair, dean of the college, and vice chancellor for university advancement. Edwards developed Business Career Services, a Student Leadership Center, and a Center for Entrepreneurship.
