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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...

2016 Influential Leader Sarah Freed

AACSB honors alumna Sarah Freed for changing the world
Sep 26, 2016

Today, business school graduates are increasingly using their degrees to make a difference not only in the corporate world, but also across...

Albinsson, Ruseva, Waryold, Shows

Marketing professors earn best paper award for research on unplugging from technology
Sep 25, 2016

Associate Professor of Marketing Pia Albinsson and Assistant Professor of Marketing David Shows, along with...

American Marketing Association to host Marketing Week

American Marketing Association to host Marketing Week
Sep 25, 2016

The Appalachian Sate University chapter of the American Marketing Association will host the Fall 2016 Marketing Week...

Christy Holden

Walker College alumnus to speak at Women in Leadership Ground Breakers conference
Sep 19, 2016

Walker College of Business alumna Christy Holden '99, a Marketing and Management grad with a concentration in Human Resources,...

Itzal Zavala and Chris Anderson at the Institute of Supply Management Case Competition

Supply chain management students, faculty member present during APICS Foothills Chapter Meeting
Sep 17, 2016

Appalachian State University supply chain management students recently presented at the monthly meeting of the Foothill...

Sam Formby Appalachian State University

Dr. Sam Formby talks about his new role as WCOB associate dean, and why students should study business at Appalachian
Sep 15, 2016

Beginning in the Fall 2016 semester, Dr. Sam Formby assumed a new role as associate dean for undergraduate programs and administration in...

Meet the firms series provides forum for accounting students to gain internships, employment opportunities
Sep 13, 2016

Appalachian State University's Department of Accounting recently hosted the annual Meet the Firms ...

Summer Institute for high school students visits Asheville's Collider

Summer Institute for high school students visits Asheville's Collider
Sep 9, 2016

Participants of the 2016 Martha Guy Summer Institute (MGSI) for future business leaders recently attended the Dixon...

Transportation Insight Center for Entrepreneurship and alumna entrepreneur featured in WNC Magazine

Transportation Insight Center for Entrepreneurship and alumna entrepreneur featured in WNC Magazine
Sep 8, 2016

Bailey Williams, an Appalachian State University alumna and entrepreneur who utilized the Transportation Insight Center for Entrepreneurship...