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Grayson Farmer, of Purlear, a senior marketing major and student veteran at Appalachian, far left, with Siobhan Norris, program manager of military and veteran education for the University of North Carolina System Office, center, and Joe Wessel, student veteran and president of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington's Student Veterans Association, at the eighth annual Student Veterans of America Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C.

Marketing major, student veteran participates in Student Veterans of America (SVA) Leadership Institute
Sep 25, 2019

BOONE, N.C. — Grayson Farmer, a student veteran at Appalachian State University and president of the university’s Student Veterans Associatio...

Dr. Tammy Kowalczyk, professor of accounting and interim director of Appalachian’s RIEEE, third from left, and Appalachian alumnus Alex Helms '13 '16, a lecturer in the Department of Accounting, second from right, work with three Appalachian international exchange students on an Impact Clinic project. The students pictured — all of whom are from Spain with double majors in business and law — are, from left to right, Soledad Jarquemada, Maria Leon Martinex Maria Leon Martinex and Angela Munoz Perez-Embid.

App State students make an impact on businesses’ triple bottom line
Sep 19, 2019

BOONE, N.C. — An initiative by Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business (WCOB) is helping companies use their businesse...

Walker College of Business Graduate Programs ‘Buy Boone Lunch’ AT F.A.R.M. Cafe Sept. 11

Walker College of Business Graduate Programs ‘Buy Boone Lunch’ AT F.A.R.M. Cafe Sept. 11
Sep 11, 2019

High Country Press -- F.A.R.M. Cafe welcomes Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business Graduate Programs as September's Buy Boone Lunc...

Holshouser Ethics to present lunch and learn on sustainable business topic Sept. 19

Holshouser Ethics to present lunch and learn on sustainable business topic Sept. 19
Sep 9, 2019

Sustainable Business Lunch & Learn Thursday, Sept. 1912:30 - 2:00 p.m.Peacock Hall 4140, Holland Engagement Room (416 Howard St, Boone, NC 28...

Seventh Generation is closing its office to encourage employees to join the global climate strike.

Marketing professor weighs in on why green efforts are good for not only the planet, but also business
Sep 6, 2019

A recent post by Adweek.com details Seventh Generation's aim to inspire action against climate change ahead of a Sept. 20 climate strike thr...

Summer campers in Peacock Hall focus on innovation

Summer campers in Peacock Hall focus on innovation
Jul 23, 2019

During the summer of 2019, both the long-standing Martha Guy Summer Institute (MGSI) for future business leaders and the second annual ASPIRE IT ...

Eric Cheek ’18, Quantitative Geoscience major and Carly Maas, senior, Quantitative Geoscience major, measuring stream discharge in Boone Creek. Photo by Dr. William Anderson.

Survey respondents willing to pay for stormwater management and reduce negative effects from runoff
Jun 11, 2019

Using the Boone Creek watershed that runs through Appalachian State University’s campus as a laboratory, an interdisciplinary research team at Appal...

Rows of solar panels line the south-facing side of the Horse Helpers of the High Country barn in Zionville. The panels power the barn as well as the organization’s approximately 2 acres of electric fencing.

Solar barn installed at Horse Helpers of the High Country with energy grant from App State
Jun 3, 2019

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s mission of sustainability doesn’t end at its campus borders. Partnering with local organizations, t...

Walker College announces inaugural recipients of Dean's Club Research Prize

Walker College announces inaugural recipients of Dean's Club Research Prize
May 7, 2019

During the 2019 G.A. Sywassink Day of Excellence, four Appalachian State University business professors earned the first-ever Dean's Club Researc...

Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi encourages ASU lecture attendees to make positive change
Apr 30, 2019

The Watauga Democrat recently posted a story by writer Sydney Wolford about the Walker College of Business' 61st Boyles Distinguished L...

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