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Three Walker College of Business students to compete in App State’s Three-Minute Thesis
Nov 17, 2025

Three Walker College of Business students will participate in Appalachian State University's Three-Minute Thesis...

In the News: Walker College of Business is helping students lead in an AI-enabled world

In the News: Walker College of Business is helping students lead in an AI-enabled world
Nov 16, 2025

Appalachian State University was included on a list of universities incorporating AI into the business school curriculum and helping students lead in an AI-enabled world.

The university’s 2024–25 Broyhill Fellows team is pictured in Chicago in May, taking part in the 2024–25 Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Research Challenge — the world’s largest equity research competition. More than 7,000 students representing 1,153 universities worldwide took part in the event, with App State’s team placing among the top six teams. Pictured, from left to right, are finance and banking majors Jack Parquette ’25, Carson Beane ’25, senior Brenden Wortman, Davis Pharr ’25 and Keira A...

App State named among top institutions for business education in US and worldwide
Nov 7, 2025

Walker College of Business and its bachelor’s, master’s programs recognized by U.S. News, The Princeton Review, CEO Magazine and Fortune magazine

Appalachian alum Grant Smith takes a bite of the Big Apple’s jazz scene
Jan 28, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — Grant Smith ’16, an Appalachian State University alumnus and trombonist from Charlotte, is navigating the New York City jazz scene...

Appalachian junior Avery Fink, center, with NCAMIC President-Elect Jennifer Lineberry, left, and NCAMIC President Mike Williams

NCAMIC presents $2500 scholarships to Walker College juniors
Jan 25, 2018

Appalachian State University students Avery Fink and Catherine Lattimore were recently presented with $2,500...

Appalachian State University Research

Accounting research cited by American Institute of CPAs, first quantitative evidence for SMEs framework
Jan 24, 2018

Research on the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Financial Reporting Framework for Small and Medium Enterprises...

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Senior accounting major selected for PwC's international intern experience
Jan 23, 2018

Appalachian State University senior accounting major Maheder Yohannes has been selected to travel to Sydney, Australia to represent the Southeast...

Graduate student invited to present at the William & Mary 17th Annual Graduate Research Symposium
Jan 23, 2018

Brenna Vaz, a graduate student in the Applied Data Analytics program, has been invited to present at the...

CIS professor emeritus to serve as Fulbright Specialist
Jan 22, 2018

Appalachian State University Professor Emeritus Al Harris has been selected to serve as a Fulbright Specialist.

Appstate business honors

Honors Association invites all to visit Chipotle Jan. 22
Jan 21, 2018

Make dinner a selfless act by joining student members of the Honors Association...

Understanding Left and Right: An Illustrated Guide to the Political Divide

Walker College professor of management publishes text as guide to 'political divide'
Jan 18, 2018

Dr. Alan Singer, professor of management in the Walker College of...

Walker College dean's and chancellor's list honors fall 2017 semester
Jan 18, 2018

A total of 629 undergraduate students in the Walker College of Business earned dean's list honors and 198 earned chancellor's list honors at...

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Appalachian’s SBTDC generates 14 new businesses, $10.57 million in capital
Jan 18, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Small Business Technology Development...