In the media: Participants in the first Appalachian Entrepreneurship Academy learn by doing
Aug 4, 2022
With team member Carolina Johnson looking on, Randy Jack Pollard of Holler Youth Collaborative explains elements of the team’s business model ...
'Startup Factory' series offers permanent competitive advantage for budding entrepreneurs
Aug 4, 2022
Appalachian State University's TI Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) will once again host the Startup Factory -- a 10-part series that teaches and prom...
NC leaders join Rural Community Capacity program, an NC Commerce and Walker College of Business partnership
May 24, 2022
Representatives from 19 rural communities in North Carolina were at Appalachian State University May 24-25 to kick off a Rural Community Capacity (RC2...
Marketing student earns top spot in CSS Cold Calling Competition
May 5, 2022
Appalachian State University senior marketing student Sam Cheatham has earned first place in the Collegiate Sales Society (CSS) Spring ...
Cut from a different cloth: App State alumnus Mitch Purgason ’15 stitches his way to fashion’s forefront
Feb 14, 2022
By Jan ToddPosted Feb. 14, 2022 at 10:27 a.m.FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailGmail BOONE, N.C. — Mitch Purgason’s time at Appalachian State ...
Walker College faculty, staff earn nods as "most helpful" at App State
Jan 26, 2022
Forty faculty and staff members in the Walker College of Business were named among the most helpful at Appalachian State University in fall 2021, acco...
Enactus Appalachian wins early stage competition at '21 National Exposition
Apr 26, 2021
For the second consecutive year, Appalachian State University students have competed -- and won -- in the Early Stage Competition during the Enactus U...
Alumnus, Vixster CEO named 2021 'Influential Leader'
Feb 16, 2021
Appalachian State University alumnus Zak Ammar '15 is one of 25 business school graduates across the globe honored by AACSB International (AACSB)—th...
An ‘Amazing Race’ for an App State Mountaineer alumnus
Nov 25, 2020
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University alumnus Frank Eaves ’16 tries to make every experience a winning experience — whether as a student-at...
21 business professors named most helpful by first year students for 2019-20
Nov 10, 2020
Each fall, Appalachian State University's Office of Student Success produces and distributes a list of its "most helpful" faculty and staff members. T...