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From left are Tracy Reed, Oscar Yarbrough, Daisy SIerra and Craig Stephenson

Walker College of Business celebrates student success and donor impact at annual scholarship reception Oct 28, 2025

The Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University hosted its annual scholarship reception on Friday afternoon in the Grandview Ballroom, honoring the generosity of donors and the...

Alumni, Students, Scholarships, Giving, Front Page
This artist’s rendering provides an exterior view of the new addition for App State’s Peacock Hall, home of the university’s Walker College of Business. The addition is anticipated to open in 2027. Note, this image does not reflect the project’s final design, which is still in development. Click on the image for a full view.

Board of Trustees approves 15 named spaces in Peacock Hall expansion Oct 6, 2025

New naming honors alumni, partners, and donors supporting the future of business education at App State Alumni, Front Page, Giving, Walker College News
App State Chancellor Sheri Everts, center, with the recipients of the 2022 App State Alumni Awards: John Thomas Roos ’84, far left; June Wilson Hege ’65, second from left; Mark E. Ricks ’89, second from right; and Douglas Middleton Jr. ’15 ’18, far right. App State’s Alumni Association presented the recipients with their awards during the Alumni Awards Gala, held July 16 in the Grandview Ballroom on campus as part of Alumni Weekend. The awards honor graduates whose outstanding professional, service and phil

App State honors 4 Alumni Awards recipients during 2022 Alumni Weekend Sep 20, 2022

These awards recognize graduates for their professional, service and philanthropic accomplishments Alumni, Business Advisory Council, Front Page
Accounting research investigates the internal controls of charter schools
Hadley named Thompson Professor of Applied Investments

Hadley named Thompson Professor of Applied Investments Jul 31, 2022

Brandy Hadley has been named the David A. Thompson Professor of Applied Investments in Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business...

Alumni, Faculty, Dept - FIN, Professorships, Walker College News
Dawn Medlin, center, with colleagues and mentees (from left) MSADA Director Jason Xiong, CIS Lecturer Laura Brewer, Doris Medlin, Dawn Medlin, Victoria Fowler, Dean Sandra Vannoy and Executive Director of Development Kyle Allen

Medlin, Sparks honored as college-level alumni Jul 22, 2022

Appalachian State University honored 11 of its alumni on Saturday, July 16 during the 2022 Alumni Association Awards Gala.

Faculty, Alumni, Front Page, Dept - CIS, MBA
A small cadre of Mountaineer families have fostered a legacy of consistent giving to Appalachian State University for approximately 50 years. Pictured, an aerial view of Founders Plaza, with statues of two of App State’s co-founders, B.B. Dougherty and Lillie Shull Dougherty, and Founders Bell Pavilion.

50 years of giving: App State families change lives, build legacies Jul 14, 2022

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University alumni have often said that once you become part of the Mountaineer community, you never truly leave...

Alumni, Front Page, Faculty, Dept - ACC, Giving
Dennis Covington ’92, left, and his wife, Katherine, have donated $1.3 million in support of facilities for App State Athletics and academic resources for the Walker College of Business. They are pictured in the end zone of Kidd Brewer Stadium during an App State football game.
Scary good insurance: Devon Goolsby '20 to lead Granite Insurance's "haunted" program

Scary good insurance: Devon Goolsby '20 to lead Granite Insurance's "haunted" program Jun 16, 2022

Granite Insurance, a strategic partner of the Brantley Risk & Insurance Center (BRIC) at Appalachian State University, recently announced...

Alumni, Dept - FIN, Centers - Brantley Risk and Insurance, Front Page
4 App State alumni awarded 2022–23 Fulbrights to teach or research abroad
App State Deputy Director of Athletics Jonathan Reeder speaking to Business of Sports Class Spring 2022

Building the next generation of successful sports entrepreneurs May 4, 2022

By Chelsea Gulliver

Football, baseball and soccer, oh my!

Alumni, Students, Faculty, Dept - MGT, Front Page
Pollock '16, an accounting grad student at App State, has secured a prestigious GASB internship

Pollock '16, an accounting grad student at App State, has secured a prestigious GASB internship Apr 19, 2022

A Master of Science in Accounting graduate student at Appalachian State University has been selected for a postgraduate technical assistant...

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