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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
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Economics professor's research featured in Federal Reserve article Mar 12, 2018

Research on NASCAR from Walker College of Business economics professor Pete Groothuis was recently referenced in an article posted by the Federal...

Faculty, Dept - ECON, Research, Front Page
Dr. Carol Kline of Appalachian State University, Dr. Dana Clark of Appalachian State University (2018 Winners Circle Award Recipient), North Carolina Department of Commerce Secretary Tony Copeland (Photo by North Carolina Tourism)

Hospitality and tourism professor earns Winners Circle Award Mar 6, 2018

Dr. Dana Clark, a professor of management at Appalachian State University, has earned a 2018 Winners Circle Award from Visit North...

Dept - MGT, Faculty, Front Page
Appalachian’s 2018 Innovation Scholars: back row, left to right: Nicholas Shaw, Tammy Kowalczyk and Beth Davison; front row, left to right: Richard Christiana and Kevin Gamble. Photo by Marie Freeman

Chancellor’s Appalachian Innovation Scholars Program announces 2018 winners Feb 28, 2018

Walker College of Business Professor of Accounting Tammy Kowalczyk, has been selected to receive a 2018 Appalachian Innovation Scholars Program (...

Faculty, Sustainable Business, Front Page, Research

Student profile: Q&A with senior economics major Cody Holmes Feb 27, 2018

Last fall, Appalachian State University student Cody Holmes spent six weeks as an intern with the...

Students, Dept - ECON, Centers - Business Career Services, Front Page
“As a whole, Appalachian sets its students up for success at the caliber they desire, without letting them get lost in the shuffle.”  Nicholas Gilliam ’17

Accounting alumnus profile: Nicholas Gilliam '17 Feb 23, 2018

Setting students up for success — Nicholas Gilliam '17, originally from Apex,...

Alumni, Dept - ACC, Front Page
Appalachian State University named a strong performer by Best's Review for its outstanding risk management and insurance program

Appalachian State University named a strong performer by Best's Review for its outstanding risk management and insurance program Feb 21, 2018

Appalachian State University has been named a Strong Performer by Best's Review for its outstanding risk management and...

Faculty, Centers - Brantley Risk and Insurance, Dept - FIN, Walker College News, Front Page
Appalachian State University students at the 2018 Southern Appalachian Honeybee Research Consortium

Appalachian students, professors present research as part of the 14th annual Southern Appalachian Honeybee Research Consortium Feb 21, 2018

Appalachian State University students participated in the Southern Appalachian Honeybee Research Consortium (SAHRC) Student and...

Faculty, Students, Dept - CIS, Dept - FIN, Research, Front Page, Centers - CARE
Walker College Business Advisory Council member named chief data and analytics officer for BCBSNC

Walker College Business Advisory Council member named chief data and analytics officer for BCBSNC Feb 18, 2018

Walker College Business Advisory Council (BAC) member Patrick Getzen has been named chief data...

Business Advisory Council, Centers - Brantley Risk and Insurance, Front Page