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Walker College student services are ready to serve students for Fall 2020

Walker College student services are ready to serve students for Fall 2020
Jul 28, 2020

Academic services in the Walker College of Business, including advising, career services and more, will be available to all Appalachian State Uni...

Rajat Panwar

Research from Walker College sustainability director supports case that consumers can affect corporate climate action
Jul 24, 2020

In a recent Forbes.com post entitled Climate Change: The Ball Is In Our Court, Erik Kobayashi-Solomon cited Dr. Rajat Panwar, associate prof...

Barnes student research program is accepting grant applications for academic year 2020-21

Barnes student research program is accepting grant applications for academic year 2020-21
Jul 24, 2020

The Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University is accepting grant applications for the 2020-21 academic year.The Barnes student r...

Rajat Panwar

Walker College sustainable business director offers five ways for corporate sustainability professionals to make strides during COVID-19
Jun 15, 2020

A new article from Dr. Rajat Panwar, Sustainable Business Director for the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University, offers guidance...

Bee researchers quotes in N&O, TechWire stories

Bee researchers quotes in N&O, TechWire stories
May 26, 2020

While bee supporters everywhere celebrated World Bee Day on May 20, 2020,  faculty members at Appalachian State University created a "buzz" ...

Rajat Panwar

Sustainable business professor advises corporations to develop local production and supply networks
May 20, 2020

“It's time to develop local production and supply networks,” a recent article published in the California Management Review by Dr. Rajat Panwar, S...

Left: Dr. Tammy Kowalczyk, professor in the Department of Accounting, is one of the 2020 Innovation Scholars awardees. Right: Dr. Maureen MacNamara, assistant professor in the Department of Social Work, is one of the 2020 Innovation Scholars awardees. Photos by Chase Reynolds

2020 winners announced for Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program at App State
May 19, 2020

Appalachian State University recently announced the 2020 recipients of the Chancellor's Innovation Scholars Program."This 2020 class of Chancellor's I...

App State researchers estimate lost economic activity of $52.4 million due to April restaurant closures

App State researchers estimate lost economic activity of $52.4 million due to April restaurant closures
May 19, 2020

The economic impact of COVID-19-related restaurant and bar closures in April 2020, alone, is estimated as $52.4 million in lost gross regional product...

Twelve business honors students earn degrees

Twelve business honors students earn degrees
May 19, 2020

Twelve Walker College of Business honors students graduate from Appalachian State University for Spring 2020.Accounting, economics and finance and ban...

Dr. Joseph Cazier, left, and Dr. James Wilkes, members of Appalachian’s Center for Analytics Research and Education (CARE) team, check on beehives installed on Howard Street in Boone. Cazier is a professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems, and Wilkes is a professor in the Department of Computer Science.

Counting bees, because bees count — App State creates pollinator-tracking app
May 18, 2020

BOONE, N.C. — “You can’t manage what you can’t measure,” is a saying attributed to Peter Drucker (1909–2005), one of the most widely known...