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Kathy Pou, center, earned her BSBA degree in economics from App State's Walker College of Business in 1979. In 2025, she was named alumna of the year for the Walker College of Business. She stands with her husband, Bill, and Walker College Dean Sandra Vannoy.

Kathy Pou ’79 honored as 2025 Walker College Alumna
Jul 17, 2025

Kathryn 'Kathy' Oszmianski Pou ’79 ECO has been named alumna of the year for the Walker College of Business by Appalachian State University’s Alumni Association.

The App State Alumni Association recognized four Mountaineers at the university’s 2025 Alumni Awards Gala, held July 12 on the Boone campus. Pictured with App State Chancellor Heather Norris, center, from left to right, are Outstanding Service Award recipient Phillip Ostwalt ’83, Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Kimberly Shepherd ’97, Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Retired U.S. Army Col. Edna Cummings ’78 and Young Alumni Award recipient Bryson Stewart ’09.

4 Mountaineers honored with App State Alumni Awards
Jul 17, 2025

Phil Ostwalt '83 holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting; Bryson Stewart '09 holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing.
Davis, second from right, receives the Daughtridge Lifetime Achievement Award

Alumnus receives lifetime achievement award for industry impact
Jul 16, 2025

Appalachian State University alumnus Freddie Davis ’84 has earned the 2025 Alvin W. Daughtridge Lifetime Achievement Award by the...

Appalachian State University Wins District College Fed Challenge

Appalachian State University Wins District College Fed Challenge
Nov 10, 2016

Students from Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business won the district title in the Federal Reserve...

Business Connections 2016

Dean's Update - Students win regional College Fed Challenge, alumni honored for major contributions, college hosts Transportation Insight Founder Paul Thompson for Boyles Lecture (media links)
Nov 8, 2016

Toward the end of the Fall, as outdoor temperatures drop, the activity level inside Peacock Hall rises. As students complete presentations and...

Pictured from left, Matt Mullen, Gabrielle Khoury, Alex Friends, Marketing Professors Bonnie Guy and Jim Stoddard, Olivia Chason, and Trey Hemphill during the 2016 International Collegiate Sales Competition

Marketing students place tenth out of 70 universities during the International Collegiate Sales Competition (ICSC) in Orlando, Florida.
Nov 6, 2016

Marketing students from Appalachian State University have placed tenth out of 70 universities in the the International Collegiate Sales...

Economics students earn top stop during regional College Fed Challenge

Economics students earn top stop during regional College Fed Challenge
Nov 2, 2016

Economics students Federico Pigozzi, Matthew Hawks, Bobby Weant, Jacqueline Hundley, ...

MapQuest founder to deliver keynote address at entrepreneur summit on Nov. 11

MapQuest founder to deliver keynote address at entrepreneur summit on Nov. 11
Nov 1, 2016

Chris Heivly, the co-founder of MapQuest, will deliver the keynote address during the 12th annual...

October 27 Dean's Club Research Poster Session collage

Poster session features research funded by Walker College Dean's Club
Oct 31, 2016

Thirteen Walker College of Business professors presented recent research during a Dean's Club research poster session on ...

Climate policy expert Billy Pizer to discuss "Climate Policy After Paris: How the U.S. and 190 other countries can save the world" at Appalachian November 3
Oct 30, 2016

Climate policy expert Billy Pizer will give a public lecture Thursday, November 3, at 5 p.m. in Room 114 Belk Library...

Transportation Insight Founder tells Appalachian State University students to lead with innovation, humility

Transportation Insight Founder tells Appalachian State University students to lead with innovation, humility
Oct 30, 2016

ASU NEWS—Paul Thompson, founder and chairman of Transportation Insight and...

Members of Walker College of Business faculty awarded professorships
Oct 27, 2016

Business professors Delbert Goff, Chris McNeil and Scott Hunsinger have been awarded ...