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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,...

Students named recipients of IBSA International Business Engagement for Study Abroad Scholarship

Students named recipients of IBSA International Business Engagement for Study Abroad Scholarship
Dec 17, 2015

The Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University has named three student recipients of the inaugural...

Harry Davis - 2015 Economic Year in Review

Economist Harry Davis provides input on Economic Year in Review
Dec 15, 2015

The Carolina Business Review recently hosted a panel of top economists for an ...

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Student researchers take top spots during poster session on sustainable business
Dec 8, 2015

Five student teams have been selected as best research project winners via faculty vote following a poster session on sustainable business...

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...