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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...

From left are Donovan Arnold, Cooper Bumgarner, Katie Cole, Sam King and Bradley Lovelace

App State finance students earn first place in Quinnipiac GAME Forum
Mar 29, 2021

Appalachian State University students competed for the first time in the Quinnipiac GAME Forum for the first...

Our students and faculty ended the fall semester with some bonding and friendly competition at the Greenway near Leon Levine Hall.

Spring 2021 edition of Eye on IOHRM now available
Mar 29, 2021

The Spring 2021 edition of "Eye on IOHRM" is now available online.

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Walker College to host series of info sessions about graduate degree programs this April

Walker College to host series of info sessions about graduate degree programs this April
Mar 24, 2021

The Walker College is hosting a series of information sessions in the coming weeks. If you're considering a graduate degree in business, please...

Graphic symbolizing Walker College having joined Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Walker College joins Sustainable Development Solutions Network, affirms commitment to accomplish Sustainable Development Goals
Mar 18, 2021

Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business has officially joined the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (...

Dr. Ilgım Dara Benoit

Research addresses major social problem, texting while driving
Mar 18, 2021

Research from Dr. Ilgım Dara Benoit, an assistant professor of marketing in Appalachian State University's ...

The sun sets on shrimp and fishing boats dock along Raccoon Creek in Oriental.

New research considers the impact of commercial fisheries on North Carolina's economy
Mar 18, 2021

Thanks to a new, collaborative research project from faculty at Appalachian State University, Duke University, NC State University and the...

Richard E. Sorensen, in his office in Virginia Tech's Pamplin Hall, in 2005.

In memoriam: Richard E. Sorensen, second dean of Appalachian's Walker College of Business
Mar 15, 2021

Dr. Richard E. Sorensen (1943-2020) served as the second dean of Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business from 1973 until 1982,...

App State launches HRS Sustainability Team

App State launches HRS Sustainability Team
Mar 15, 2021

Undergraduate and graduate students at Appalachian State University can now choose to participate in a sustainability-focused data analytics team...

Bowden Investment Group releases 2020 annual report

Bowden Investment Group releases 2020 annual report
Mar 15, 2021

Appalachian State University's Bowden Investment Group (BIG) recently...