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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,...
Phil Ostwalt '83, distinguished Walker College of Business alumnus for 2023, with Walker College of Business Dean Sandra Vannoy
App State Chancellor Sheri Everts, second from right, with the recipients of the 2023 App State Alumni Awards: Brian “Scotty” McCullough ’89 ’98, far left; Stacy Roberson Reedy ’06 ’07, second from left; and C. Philip Byers ’85, far right. App State’s Alumni Association presented the recipients with their awards during the Alumni Awards Gala, held July 15 in the Grandview Ballroom on the Boone campus as part of Alumni Weekend.
Pictured from left to right are Mark Ricks, vice chair of App State’s Board of Trustees, Thomas Sofield, board secretary, and Trustees James K. Reaves and Anita Greene.
Davison to serve as assistant department chair of management

Davison to serve as assistant department chair of management
Jul 13, 2023

Dr. Kristl Davison has been named assistant chair of the Department of Management in the Walker...

2023 cohort participants (L-R) Lulu Ambrose, Andrew Bressler, Mackenzie Naylor, Connor Marx and Finn Jarrell enjoy the view from the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

The Angers Summer Business Program celebrates ten years of cross-cultural connections in France
Jun 30, 2023

The Angers Summer Business Program celebrated its ten-year anniversary this summer, with a group of fourteen business students...

Three earn Dean's Club Research Prizes in the Walker College

Three earn Dean's Club Research Prizes in the Walker College
Jun 30, 2023

Three professors in the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University have earned ...

Dr. Jason Xiong will serve as associate dean for advanced studies in business in the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University
App State’s Walker College of Business, located inside Peacock Hall, has been reaccredited for a five-year period by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International.

Data Analytics Students receive SEEDS grant to attend INFORMS Business Analytics Conference
Jun 5, 2023

Students in Appalachian State University’s Master of Science in Applied Data Analytics (MSADA) program traveled to Aurora, Colorado April 16-18...

App State releases the Dean’s and Chancellor’s lists for the Spring 2023 semester

App State releases the Dean’s and Chancellor’s lists for the Spring 2023 semester
Jun 2, 2023

Appalachian State University has released the Dean’s and Chancellor’s lists for the Spring 2023 semester.

757 students in the Walker...