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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...
The winners of the Walker College of Business’ 2019 Sywassink Awards for Excellence. Pictured, from left to right, are Amy Odom ’03, Dr. Rachel Shinnar, Dr. Mary Stolberg ’14, Dr. Peter Groothuis, Dr. Pennie Bagley, Michelle Boisclair and Dr. Dana Clark.

Walker College of Business faculty and staff honored with 2019 Sywassink Awards for Excellence
Jun 21, 2019

BOONE, N.C. — Five faculty and two staff members in Appalachian State University’s Walker College of...

Supply chain management program to transition to Department of Marketing
Appalachian partners to present as part of Boone Chamber Insight Series

Appalachian partners to present as part of Boone Chamber Insight Series
Jun 14, 2019

Appalachian State University leaders and alumni will present as part of the Boone Chamber of Commerce Insight Series, which focuses on leadership...

Eric Cheek ’18, Quantitative Geoscience major and Carly Maas, senior, Quantitative Geoscience major, measuring stream discharge in Boone Creek. Photo by Dr. William Anderson.

Survey respondents willing to pay for stormwater management and reduce negative effects from runoff
Jun 11, 2019

Using the Boone Creek watershed that runs through Appalachian State University’s campus as a laboratory, an interdisciplinary research team at...

Stec named experiential learning faculty fellow in business

Stec named experiential learning faculty fellow in business
Jun 10, 2019

Mr. Bob Stec, a management lecturer in the Walker College of Business, has been named experiential learning faculty...

Stallworth named director of Master of Science in Accounting program at Appalachian State University

Stallworth named director of Master of Science in Accounting program at Appalachian State University
Jun 10, 2019

Dr. Lynn Stallworth has been named program director of the Master of Science in Accounting program at...

Alumni Spotlight: Sales Marketing Grad Patrick Holden

Alumni Spotlight: Sales Marketing Grad Patrick Holden
Jun 10, 2019

Patrick Holden ‘19 majored in marketing at Appalachian State University with a concentration in professional selling.

Today, Holden is a...

The pictured Walker College of Business faculty members are Dr. Jamie Parson, Assistant Professor of Finance (pictured fourth from left), Dr. Lakshmi Iyer, Professor of Information Systems and Director of the Applied Data Analytics program (fourth from right) and Dr. Dinesh Dave, professor and director of supply chain management (third from right).

Walker College faculty members pictured in India's Business Standard
Jun 7, 2019

A photo of Appalachian State University faculty working alongside faculty in the Kristu Jayanti School of Management was recently published in...

The HR Science Research Team visits Eastman Chemical Co.’s facility in Kingsport, Tennessee, in September 2018 to meet with their project collaborators. The team also toured the facility, hard hats and all, allowing them to meet the people who carry out and are affected by safety protocol and gain a better understanding of the conditions in which they work. Pictured, from left to right in the front row, are IOHRM graduate students Lauren Ferber ’16 and Matthew Laske; Dr. Yalçin Açikgöz, assistant professor
MBA alum spearheads entrepreneurship course at local K-8 school

MBA alum spearheads entrepreneurship course at local K-8 school
Jun 4, 2019

Goblueridge.net's Brian Miller recently posted...