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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
U.S. Army veteran and App State Student Veterans Association President Jacob “Jack” Sullivan, a sophomore from Charlotte majoring in finance and banking. Photo by Chase Reynolds

From Army to App State: Jack Sullivan builds support for fellow student veterans
Nov 5, 2025

By J. Todd CoatesPosted Nov. 3, 2025 at 2:41 p.m.FacebookTwitter...
Dean's Club research to be presented in Peacock Hall Nov. 6

Dean's Club research to be presented in Peacock Hall Nov. 6
Nov 2, 2025

Research projects from Walker College of Business faculty and students will be presented on Appalachian State University campus for the 2025 Walker College of Business Research Day on Thursday,...
Bowden Investment Group advances to finals in UGA Pitch Competition

Bowden Investment Group advances to finals in UGA Pitch Competition
Mar 9, 2016

Three Walker College of Business students have earned a top spot in the University of Georgia (UGA) Stock Pitch Competition...

Students experience the rich and raw side of Costa Rica’s coffee industry and reassess value of people, planet and profit
Mar 4, 2016

Over winter break, Dr. Ken Corley, professor in the Walker College of Business, along with local resident and java entrepreneur Don "Bald Guy"...

Dean's Update - March 7
Mar 3, 2016

This edition of the Walker College of Business Dean's Update is one in a series...

Finance team wins regional research challenge

Finance team wins regional research challenge
Mar 3, 2016

ASU NEWS—For the fifth year running, a team of students...

Appalachian State RMI Students & Faculty Attend 2016 IIANC InsurExpo

Appalachian State RMI students and faculty attend 2016 IIANC InsurExpo
Mar 3, 2016

Six Appalachian State University Risk Management & Insurance (RMI) majors, plus Brantley Risk & Insurance Center...

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From custom suits to fish farms in Haiti, entrepreneurship exploding at Appalachian
Mar 3, 2016

More than 120 entrepreneurial projects are in the works by Appalachian State University students this school year, continuing a tradition of small...
Team from Appalachian’s Walker College of Business wins regional research challenge

Team from Appalachian’s Walker College of Business wins regional research challenge
Mar 3, 2016

For the fifth year running, a team of students from Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business has won the regional CFA Institute...

Students, faculty members to make a splash for community on April 25

Students, faculty members to make a splash for community on April 25
Mar 1, 2016

The Walker College of Business aims to develop business students to positively impact the local community. The Walker Fellows,...

The environment is a living laboratory, according to Dr. James Westerman, the Walker College of Business Sustainability Director. Westerman has a deep love for the natural world, and is using his background in business to push for more sustainability initiatives in the Walker College of Business. Westerman has been working in the Management Department of the Walker College of Business for almost ten years, both with undergraduate business and management majors and graduate students in the Industrial-
2016 Pitch Your Idea Competition to be held March 24

2016 Pitch Your Idea Competition to be held March 24
Feb 24, 2016

The Transportation Insight Center for Entrepreneurship (TICFE) will host its annual  Pitch Your Idea Competition...