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2025 Holland Fellows

12 named 2025 Holland Fellows
Jan 12, 2025

Twelve Appalachian State University students have been named Holland Fellows for 2025; they will participate in an international business exchange program to Asia.

In the News: Brantley Center director discusses insurance challenges as wildfires burn

In the News: Brantley Center director discusses insurance challenges as wildfires burn
Jan 10, 2025

Dr. David Marlett, managing director of Appalachian State University's Brantley Risk and Insurance Center, appeared on News Nation on January 10, 2025...

Welcome Back to Walker set for January 13

Welcome Back to Walker set for January 13
Jan 6, 2025

The Walker College of Business will host a Welcome Back to Walker reception in Peacock Hall on Appalachian State University's FDOC—first day of classes.

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App State IIANC Professor of Insurance weighs in on 'consent to rate'
Oct 3, 2022

Dr. David Marlett, Managing Director of Appalachian State University's Brantley Risk & Insurance Center, was  quoted in the Charlotte...

Insurance students attend international conference of Gamma Iota Sigma

Insurance students attend international conference of Gamma Iota Sigma
Oct 3, 2022

Students from Appalachian State University attended the 51st annual international conference of Gamma Iota Sigma (GIS) in Charlotte, September 29...

Faculty, staff and students during the Unizulu visit to App State, September 2022

Unizulu delegation visits App State: strengthens partnership, develops global entrepreneurship
Oct 3, 2022

Students and faculty from the University of Zululand (Unizulu) in Richardsbay, South Africa, are visiting Appalachian State University to...

App State students: compete Oct. 8-9 in Design Jam for a chance to earn $1,000

App State students: compete Oct. 8-9 in Design Jam for a chance to earn $1,000
Oct 2, 2022

App State students to participate in Design Jam, a design competition in Peacock Hall October 8-9.

The event is co-coordinated by the...

More 'Business Connections' than usual will made October 6

More 'Business Connections' than usual will made October 6
Sep 30, 2022

A record number of employers are set to attend Walker Business Connections...

App State's online BSBA degree ranks in top 50 nationwide

App State's online BSBA degree ranks in top 50 nationwide
Sep 26, 2022

Appalachian State University has been ranked #32 for the Best Online Bachelor's Degree in Business by University HQ. 

App State Chancellor Sheri Everts, center, with the recipients of the 2022 App State Alumni Awards: John Thomas Roos ’84, far left; June Wilson Hege ’65, second from left; Mark E. Ricks ’89, second from right; and Douglas Middleton Jr. ’15 ’18, far right. App State’s Alumni Association presented the recipients with their awards during the Alumni Awards Gala, held July 16 in the Grandview Ballroom on campus as part of Alumni Weekend. The awards honor graduates whose outstanding professional, service and phil

App State honors 4 Alumni Awards recipients during 2022 Alumni Weekend
Sep 20, 2022

These awards recognize graduates for their professional, service and philanthropic accomplishments
GA and Shirley Sywassink cut the ribbon on the university's newest active learning classroom

Sywassink Room for Academic Excellence dedicated to Mr. GA Sywassink and the Sywassink Family
Sep 20, 2022

On September 16, the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University officially opened the Sywassink Room for Academic Excellence and...

Lakshmi Iyer, second from left, at Devi Ahilya University in Indore, India

Lakshmi Iyer speaks at international conference on transdisciplinary research
Sep 18, 2022

Dr. Lakshmi Iyer, the Walker College of Business' Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research, was the chief guest at two-day...