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In the Media: Hospitality professor helps elevate rural tourism across North Carolina through UPLIFT Aug 20, 2025

UPLIFT, short for Understanding, Planning, Linking, Innovating, Financing, and Talent, is a nonprofit initiative that launched in 2021 to empower small tourism destinations thro

Faculty, Research, Economy, Front Page, Dept - MGT
App State students stand in front of the BAP banner, holding a plaque indicating their Platinum status

Accounting student organization earns first-ever "Platinum" recognition Aug 18, 2025

Appalachian State University’s Epsilon Kappa chapter of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) has been recognized as a Platinum chapter for the first time in

Students, Dept - ACC, Front Page
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.

Students, Research, Front Page

World Bee Count with James Wilkes and Joseph Cazier Jul 8, 2020

Professors Dr. Joseph Cazier and Dr. James Wilkes were recently featured in the popular Apple Podcast series.

Faculty, Sustainable Business, Dept - CIS, Centers - CARE, Front Page
From left, clockwise, are App State summer business interns Wendell Addy, Callie Alexander, Ashley Brim, Logan Phillips, Haley Kimball, Sean Janes and Olivia Guillebeau

Summer internships offer practical experience, even amid global pandemic Jun 30, 2020

The Walker College of Business emphasizes experiential learning, interdisciplinary collaboration, social engagement and value driven innovation...

Students, COVID-19, Front Page, Dept - CIS, Dept - ECON, Dept - FIN, Dept - MGT, Dept - MKT SCM
Program leaders, Dr. Lakshmi Iyer & Dr. Dinesh Dave

App State business students and faculty reconfigure Bengaluru, India, study abroad May 26, 2020

While a global pandemic keeps American citizens home, innovative faculty in the Walker College of Business have found a way to show students the...

International, Students, Dept - CIS, MSADA, Front Page
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...

Faculty, Centers - CERPA, Dept - ECON, Research, Walker College News, Front Page, COVID-19
Walker College round up: new graduates honored at academic year-end

Walker College round up: new graduates honored at academic year-end May 19, 2020

"During the novel coronavirus pandemic, as universities across the country deliver course content online, celebrating student achievement remains...

Students, Front Page
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 and...

Sustainable Business, Research, Faculty, Centers - CARE, Dept - CIS, Front Page