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Mountaineer Gear Teammates at 2025  International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition

Management students compete in International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition in California
May 31, 2025

Appalachian State University students participated in the 2025 International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition, hosted by California State University, Long...

Kyle Vetter, left, receives a certificate for best research poster

MBA student earns 'best paper' at annual celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors event
May 27, 2025

Walker College of Business MBA student Kyle Vetter won the best research poster competition, which was awarded on April 16 as part of Appalachian State University's 28th Annual...

Director of App State's insurance program advises on effects of extreme weather on homeowner costs

Director of App State's insurance program advises on effects of extreme weather on homeowner costs
May 27, 2025

Advice from Dr. David Marlett, managing director of Appalachian State University’s Brantley Risk & Insurance Center, was recently featured in npr...

Holland Fellows

2020 Holland Fellows Graduates
May 14, 2020

Holland Fellows is an applied business experience made possible by the generous endowment of Bill Holland. While he cohort would typically be...

Master's degree candidates named outstanding achievers by Walker College of Business

Master's degree candidates named outstanding achievers by Walker College of Business
May 14, 2020

Fifteen graduate students have been named high achievers by the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University.

Alumnus, clothing designer featured in 'Think Christian McCaffrey looks fly?' article

Alumnus, clothing designer featured in 'Think Christian McCaffrey looks fly?' article
May 12, 2020

Appalachian State University alumnus Edward "Mitch" Purgason '15 is a clothing designer based out of Charlotte, North Carolina. He's worked with...

Megan MacDonald, Henning Tovar

MacDonald, Tovar honored by Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies
May 11, 2020

Megan MacDonald and Henning Tovar have been honored by Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies. The two are...

Pictured clockwise from top left are Collin Cornelius, Rachael Beller, Grayson Farmer, and Randy Edwards (foreground).

Appalachian honors business students, professor during leadership and legacy awards
May 11, 2020

Four members of the Walker College of Business — Randy Edwards, Rachael Beller, Grayson Farmer and Collin Cornelius — were honored during...

An April drone photograph of the Appalachian State University campus. While the campus remains closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Spring 2020 graduates will celebrate a virtual commencement May 16.

3,600-plus Mountaineer graduates set to make history during App State’s virtual Spring 2020 Commencement
May 5, 2020

BOONE, N.C. — Despite two world wars and a crippling depression, Appalachian State University has never canceled a commencement ceremony during...

As America prepares to reopen the economy, Appalachian students advise managers on lessons to be learned from front-line workers in final edition of HRM Solutions to COVID
May 5, 2020

Students in Appalachian State University's Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management (IOHRM) program are considering...

Students present HR case study on struggling organization during COVID-19
May 4, 2020

Students in Appalachian State University's Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management (IOHRM) program are analyzing ...

Appalachian's Beta Gamma Sigma chapter earns highest honors

Thirty five Appalachian students inducted into Gamma Sigma
May 4, 2020

Thirty five students at Appalachian State University have been inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the international business honors society for...

82 participants participated in the Firm Meet and Greet on April 27, 2020

Accounting students log on for firm meet and greet during stay-at-home order
May 4, 2020

In a successful effort to continue Appalachian State University's normal recruitment process, the Walker College of Business' Department of...