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Kathy Pou, center, earned her BSBA degree in economics from App State's Walker College of Business in 1979. In 2025, she was named alumna of the year for the Walker College of Business. She stands with her husband, Bill, and Walker College Dean Sandra Vannoy.

Kathy Pou ’79 honored as 2025 Walker College Alumna
Jul 17, 2025

Kathryn 'Kathy' Oszmianski Pou ’79 ECO has been named alumna of the year for the Walker College of Business by Appalachian State University’s Alumni Association.
The App State Alumni Association recognized four Mountaineers at the university’s 2025 Alumni Awards Gala, held July 12 on the Boone campus. Pictured with App State Chancellor Heather Norris, center, from left to right, are Outstanding Service Award recipient Phillip Ostwalt ’83, Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Kimberly Shepherd ’97, Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Retired U.S. Army Col. Edna Cummings ’78 and Young Alumni Award recipient Bryson Stewart ’09.

4 Mountaineers honored with App State Alumni Awards
Jul 17, 2025

Phil Ostwalt '83 holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting; Bryson Stewart '09 holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing.
Davis, second from right, receives the Daughtridge Lifetime Achievement Award

Alumnus receives lifetime achievement award for industry impact
Jul 16, 2025

Appalachian State University alumnus Freddie Davis ’84 has earned the 2025 Alvin W. Daughtridge Lifetime Achievement Award by the...
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Vogel Memorial Scholarship
Dec 7, 2015

The concept of "paying it forward" has been around since Ben Franklin originally described it in the eighteenth century, but it has never been...

Global Opportunities Conference 2016 - Friday, April 8
Dec 7, 2015

The 2016 Global Opportunities Conference: Problems to Possibilities, will explore the role that innovative business and...

Renovated Peacock Hall lobby

Dean's Update - December 7, 2015
Dec 7, 2015

This edition of the Walker College of Business Dean's Update is one in a series...

Spring 2016 MBA Cohort at Orientation

MBA Orientation
Dec 7, 2015

MBA Orientation is scheduled for January 8, 2016 in the 4th floor Holland International Engagement Room. This allows students to familiarize...

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Welcome Back to Walker Reception
Dec 7, 2015

The Welcome Back to Walker Reception is scheduled for January 11, 2016. Welcome back to campus! Business students and prospective business...

ASU Club Expo
Dec 7, 2015

The ASU Club Expo is scheduled for January 19, 2016. Club Expo is a campus tradition where student organizations, ASU departments, and local...

COB Club Expo
Dec 7, 2015

The COB Club Expo is scheduled for January 26, 2016. The Walker College of Business is home to about two dozen ...

Yadkin Bank COB Honors Convocation
Dec 7, 2015

The Yadkin Bank COB Honors Convocation is scheduled for April 22, 2016. Business students with the highest GPAs and top students...