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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 and analytics officer for Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBSN...

BAC-headed organization launches revolutionary blockchain product for U.S. government agencies
Feb 16, 2018

Walker College Business Advisory Council (BAC) member Richard Stroupe's organization, Sequoia Holdings Inc., has launched a blockchain-based...

Sustainable business professor to present, develop relationships in Ireland's Trinity College

Sustainable business professor to present, develop relationships in Ireland's Trinity College
Feb 14, 2018

Appalachian State University sustainable business professor Rajat Panwar will present to faculty and students this month at the Trinity College i...

R U TXTING? Distracted driving increasingly common, hard to police
Feb 14, 2018

A recent post by Kayla Lasure of the Watauga Democrat highlighted Appalachian State Universitys' Distracted Driving Symposium held last Nove...

Safety summit to be held on campus May 1-2

Date set for 4th annual Safety Summit, CARE associate director to speak
Feb 14, 2018

The 4th Annual Appalachian Safety Summit is scheduled for May 1-2, 2018 on the campus of Appalachian State University.Tuesday, May 1, 2018 from 8 a.m....

Dejon McCoy-Milbourne serves as the moderator during the Courageous Conversations event at Appalachian State University with panelists Houston Sloan, Dylan Galloway, Troi Robinson-Moss and Kendrick Tillman. Photo by Kayla Lasure, Watauga Democrat

Courageous conversations: ASU hosts workplace diversity panel discussion
Feb 12, 2018

Watauga Democrat–In observance of Black History Month in February, the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University hosted a panel dis...

Activities and accomplishments in India: International Management Conference
Feb 12, 2018

Walker College professor Dinesh Davè recently visited Nirma University in Ahmedabad, India and served as a panelist of the “Startup Ecosystemâ...

Supply chain professor strengthens relationships with Appalachian partner Bishop Heber College in India

Supply chain professor strengthens relationships with Appalachian partner Bishop Heber College in India
Feb 12, 2018

Walker College of Business professor Dinesh Davè visited Bishop Heber College, Appalachian State University's partner institution in Tiruch...

Davè, Iyer to develop study abroad opportunities in Bangalore, India

Davè, Iyer to develop study abroad opportunities in Bangalore, India
Feb 12, 2018

Walker College of Business professor Dinesh Davè and Lakshmi Iyer, director of Appalachian State University's MS of Applied Data Analytics ...

Pia A. Albinsson, associate professor of marketing at Appalachian, is co-author of “The Rise of the Sharing Economy: Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of Collaborative Consumption.

Appalachian’s Pia Albinsson explores the ‘sharing economy’ in new book
Feb 8, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Pia A. Albinsson, associate professor in Appalachian State University's Department of Marketing, which is housed within the univer...