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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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Free tax help for App State students now open
Feb 4, 2025

The Department of Accounting operates a Free Tax Help Lab for Appalachian State University...

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Steven Vogel, a second-year graduate student in the Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management program, presents at App State's 3MT competition January 24, 2025

Business student researchers find success at App State's 3MT competition
Jan 28, 2025

Two Walker College of Business students were among the...

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Students: Drop into Tuesday's 12pm info session for pizza and study abroad inspo
Jan 26, 2025

"With snow on the ground, summer can feel far away, but now's the time to plan a summer business study abroad," said Meredith Pipes, the Walker...

App State’s online bachelor’s programs and graduate programs in business, education and nursing — offered through App State Online — are ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, which recognized the university in its “2025 Best Online Programs” rankings. Mountaineer students Caroline Flanigan, a junior sustainable technology and business double major from Holly Springs, left, and Sean Glasgow, a sophomore music industry studies major from Cary, are pictured working on their laptops

App State Online degree programs earn high rankings from US News & World Report
Jan 26, 2025

The 2025 US News rankings recognized App State business, education and nursing programs
Students in App State’s Walker College of Business attend class in Peacock Hall.

Fortune ranks App State 7th in nation for 2025 ‘Best Master’s in Data Science’
Jan 26, 2025

University’s applied data analytics program also recognized among the most affordable in the nation

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Walker College welcomes new faculty, staff for Spring 2025 Term
Jan 17, 2025

The Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University welcomes 16 new faculty and staff members to start the Spring 2025 term. 

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Service Milestones in the Walker College of Business

Walker College celebrates faculty, staff members with milestone service
Jan 16, 2025

In 2024, 29 faculty and staff members in the Walker College of Business reached a North Carolina state service milestone.

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In the News: Home Losses From the LA Fires Hasten ‘An Uninsurable Future’
Jan 15, 2025

Experts, including Dr. David Marlett, professor in the Department of Finance, Banking, and Insurance at Appalachian State University, weigh in on...