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From left are Jose Rivera Carrion, Alyssa Smith, Meredith Pipes, Asher Fazal, Jim Westerman, Martin Meznar, Jacqueline Tilton, and Ash Morgan

Walker College of Business celebrates global and sustainability champions at annual luncheon
Oct 21, 2025

Outstanding students, faculty, and staff were recognized for their contributions to global engagement and sustainable business during the Walker College of Business’s annual Global Good...

Students Hayes Sheridan, Aaron Anchell, Gareth Hicks, and Andrew Thomas attended the Insurance Agents & Brokers of South Carolina’s annual convention alongside Dillon Waschenbach, associate director of App State’s Brantley Risk & Insurance Center.

App State RMI students attend South Carolina insurance convention
Oct 21, 2025

Four Appalachian State University students majoring in Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) recently...

Clockwise are: Avery Clark, Graham Gainey, Kyle Kaufman, John Linville, Ashley Meacham, and Connor Perdue

7 earn top scores on first Fall 2025 Excel challenge
Oct 20, 2025

The first competition of this semester’s Walker College of Business Excel Challenge, designed to test students' mastery of Microsoft Excel and essential problem-solving skills for the business...

William Kamkwamba visits the ASU Wind Turbine during the 2013 Global Opportunities Conference
Apr 13, 2013

William Kamkwamba visits the ASU Wind Turbine during the 2013 Global Opportunities Conference. The Fifth Annual Global Opportunities Conference...

APP students gain perspective in Malawi
Feb 28, 2013

It is equal parts travel and discovery - exploring Africa is transformational at a minimum. Africa will get under your skin, from the moment you...

Student inspired by Global Opportunities speaker to help children in India
Aug 15, 2012

Jennifer Lampo, a business management major concentrating in entrepreneurship, used her own business contacts and networking system to raise $3,...

4th Annual Global Opportunities Conference will be held April 13th, 2012
Feb 22, 2012

The Business of Building a Better World

Friday, April 13, 2012
Broyhill Inn and Conference Center,
Appalachian State University...

The First Walker College Study Abroad in Malawi, Africa - January 2012
Feb 22, 2012

“My time in Malawi was an amazing, humbling, eye-opening experience. It always makes the world seem a little bit smaller whenever you travel...

MBA program in Cuba 2011
Feb 21, 2012

MBA students and faculty from Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business recently visited Cuba as part of a week-long study abroad...

Experiences in Malawi: Student Blogs, Photos and Articles
Jan 16, 2012

Eleven students from Appalachian State University rang in the New Year this January on the way to the airport, bound for Southern Africa as part...

Study Abroad: Five months in India
Jun 23, 2010

During the spring semester of 2010, Walker College sophomore Dylan Waller lived in Bangalore, India as an exchange student at Kristu Jayanti...