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The university’s 2024–25 Broyhill Fellows team is pictured in Chicago in May, taking part in the 2024–25 Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Research Challenge — the world’s largest equity research competition. More than 7,000 students representing 1,153 universities worldwide took part in the event, with App State’s team placing among the top six teams. Pictured, from left to right, are finance and banking majors Jack Parquette ’25, Carson Beane ’25, senior Brenden Wortman, Davis Pharr ’25 and Keira A...

App State named among top institutions for business education in US and worldwide
Nov 7, 2025

Walker College of Business and its bachelor’s, master’s programs recognized by U.S. News, The Princeton Review, CEO Magazine and Fortune magazine
U.S. Army veteran and App State Student Veterans Association President Jacob “Jack” Sullivan, a sophomore from Charlotte majoring in finance and banking. Photo by Chase Reynolds

From Army to App State: Jack Sullivan builds support for fellow student veterans
Nov 5, 2025

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Dean's Club research to be presented in Peacock Hall Nov. 6

Dean's Club research to be presented in Peacock Hall Nov. 6
Nov 2, 2025

Research projects from Walker College of Business faculty and students will be presented on Appalachian State University campus for the 2025 Walker College of Business Research Day on Thursday,...

Eighty Appalachian State University business students earn emerging leader certification through BB&T Leadership Institute

Eighty Appalachian State University business students earn emerging leader certification through BB&T Leadership Institute
Apr 22, 2016

Undergraduate and and MBA students in the Walker College of Business were certified this semester as Emerging...

Female business students participate in two-day professional experience and celebration

Female business students participate in two-day professional experience and celebration
Apr 18, 2016

Twenty-four female Appalachian State University business students traveled to Charlotte April 14-15 to celebrate their semester-long...

MBA students tour Boeing site in Charleston, SC during Executive Impact site visit

MBA students tour Boeing site in Charleston, SC during Executive Impact site visit
Apr 18, 2016

Appalachian State University graduate students traveled to North Charleston, SC April 14 to learn about Boeing's human...

Walker Fellows win big at the Student Organization Leadership Awards ceremony

Walker Fellows win big at the Student Organization Leadership Awards ceremony
Apr 15, 2016

The Walker Fellows, the student ambassadorial program for the Walker College of Business,...

Junior Management major Kayla Dean has beat out more than 200,000 other students nationally to win recent MindSumo challenge

Junior Management major Kayla Dean has beat out more than 200,000 other students nationally to win MindSumo challenge
Apr 12, 2016

Junior Human Resources Management Major Kayla Dean has beat out more than 200,000 other students nationally to win MindSumo's...