Spring 2025 Commencement
Commencement Ceremony
755 undergraduate business degrees plus 127 graduate degrees were conferred on Saturday, May 10. View photos from the commencement ceremony.
Hooding Ceremony
127 graduates earning MBA, MS in Accounting, MS in Applied Data Analytics were hooded Friday, May 9.
Faculty Participants
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Dr. Richard Sparks
Dr. Richard Sparks is a two-time graduate of App State, earning a bachelor’s degree in health care management in 1976 and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in 1978. Over the years, he remained actively engaged with the university and was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2001, an Outstanding Service Award in 2010 and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 2016. After retiring from a 40-year career in health care administration, Sparks joined the Walker College of Business faculty in 2017 to teach graduate courses in leadership, ethics and executive skills — an experience he finds rewarding, he shared. The spring 2025 semester is his final semester teaching at App State.
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Dr. Sandra Vannoy
Dr. Sandra Vannoy, Dean of the Walker College of Business, will carry the college banner.
University Banner, Dr. Jeff Kaleta
Dr. Jeff Kaleta, Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems, will carry the university banner.
