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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...

Sywassink Day of Excellence Dinner
Dec 7, 2015

The Sywassink Day of Excellence Dinner is scheduled for May 5, 2016. The G.A. Sywassink Day of Excellence recognizes outstanding...

Lane Memorial Scholarship
Dec 7, 2015

Andrew Lane will not be forgotten. That is the vow to which his friends committed when they began a grass roots effort to establish a scholarship...

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Help Honor Mr. Thompson
Dec 4, 2015

A Message from Dr. Delbert Goff
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Walker College Kenneth E. Peacock Accounting Professorship
Dec 4, 2015

In 1983, Dr. Ken Peacock began his career at Appalachian State University by teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in accounting and...

Five business professors receive Dean's Club funding supplements for new research endeavors
Dec 4, 2015

Five Walker College of Business professors have received funding supplements for their new research endeavors.

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Walker College Duane D. Daggett Professorship
Dec 4, 2015

April 1, 2008 marked the inauguration of a new professorship in the Walker College of Business – the first established by a Walker College...

IBSA students with Chancellor Everts

IBSA students honored for zero waste initiative
Dec 2, 2015

Students from Appalachian's International Business Student Association (IBSA) met with Chancellor Sheri Everts during Appalachian's Nov. 28...

Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium

Walker College student's research on economic impact of High Country Beer Fest
Dec 2, 2015

Walker College student Matthew Drake recently attended the state's Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium in High Point, NC. Drake, a...

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Finance professor to speak Dec. 12 at NC Association of CPAs conference
Dec 2, 2015

Walker College of Business Professor of Finance and Banking Harry Davis will address NC-based CPAs during the NC Association of CPAs 2015 NC...

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Video highlights the importance of hands-on entrepreneurship training at Appalachian
Dec 1, 2015

The Transportation Insight Center for Entrepreneurship supports the objectives of Appalachian State and the entire University of North Carolina...