Global and Civic Engagement

Spring 2024 Courageous Conversations Recap
Mar 21, 2024

A recent article published by the Appalachian highlights the spring edition of the Walker College of Business' Courageous Conversations series.The art...

12 business students to participate in Holland Fellows exchange

2024 Holland Fellows Cohort Announced
Nov 21, 2023

Twelve Appalachian State University business students have been named 2024 Holland Fellows; they will participate in an international business exchang...

Global Good conference helps 'revision tourism' to be better for the planet
Nov 14, 2023

On November 10, 2023, Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business hosted Global Good, a full-day conference centered around the theme of...

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App State professor to host Interactions + Attractions, a podcast about rural tourism in North Carolina
Sep 19, 2023

North Carolina’s rural tourism initiative, UPLIFT, has launched a podcast series, Interactions + Attractions, hosted by Dr. Carol Kline, A...

Guignet, Sugg earn NSF grant to study the effects of air pollution and climate change on maternal and child health

Guignet, Sugg earn NSF grant to study the effects of air pollution and climate change on maternal and child health
Sep 15, 2023

Assistant Professor of Economics Dr. Dennis Guignet has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study The Effects of Toxic Air ...

Panel (L-R): Wanda Coles, Roberta Jackson, Anitra Ball, Lynn Patterson, Traci Royster

Junaluska panelists share candid stories and advice at the Courageous Conversations panel discussion
Mar 10, 2023

Four women from Boone’s historically black Junaluska community shared stories and perspectives to a full house in the Rosen Concert Hall auditorium ...

IBSA leaders

International Business Student Association welcomes exchange students to campus
Feb 24, 2023

The International Business Student Association (IBSA) started the semester by welcoming exchange students to an evening of games and a dinner of pizza...

2023 Holland Fellows Cohort Announced

2023 Holland Fellows Cohort Announced
Feb 9, 2023

The Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University has introduced the 2023 cohort of the Holland Fellows Impact Exchange.Ten App Stat...

NYSE head of ESG to headline Sept. 23 Business for Good Conference

NYSE head of ESG to headline Sept. 23 Business for Good Conference
Sep 5, 2022

Brian Matt, head of the New York Stock Exchange's Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance Advisory, will headline Appalachian State Univer...

IBSA Kick-off meeting
Mar 16, 2022

IBSA Kick-off MeetingAfter a year of virtual meetings and a semester of hiatus due to the pandemic, the International Business Student Association (IB...