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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...

Female business students participate in two-day professional experience and celebration

Female business students participate in two-day professional experience and celebration
Apr 18, 2016

Twenty-four female Appalachian State University business students traveled to Charlotte April 14-15 to celebrate their semester-long...

MBA students tour Boeing site in Charleston, SC during Executive Impact site visit

MBA students tour Boeing site in Charleston, SC during Executive Impact site visit
Apr 18, 2016

Appalachian State University graduate students traveled to North Charleston, SC April 14 to learn about Boeing's human...

Walker Fellows win big at the Student Organization Leadership Awards ceremony

Walker Fellows win big at the Student Organization Leadership Awards ceremony
Apr 15, 2016

The Walker Fellows, the student ambassadorial program for the Walker College of Business,...

Junior Management major Kayla Dean has beat out more than 200,000 other students nationally to win recent MindSumo challenge

Junior Management major Kayla Dean has beat out more than 200,000 other students nationally to win MindSumo challenge
Apr 12, 2016

Junior Human Resources Management Major Kayla Dean has beat out more than 200,000 other students nationally to win MindSumo's...

Professor of Economics David Dickinson travels the globe in the name of better sleep

Professor of Economics David Dickinson travels the globe in the name of better sleep
Apr 11, 2016

Walker College Professor of Economics David Dickinson tavels the globe in the name of better sleep – better sleep research...

2016 Brantley Risk & Insurance Center - Liberty Mutual Golf Invitational charity golf tournament is set for Tuesday, June 7

2016 Brantley Risk & Insurance Center - Liberty Mutual Golf Invitational charity golf tournament is set for Tuesday, June 7
Apr 10, 2016

The 2016 Brantley Risk & Insurance Center - Liberty Mutual Golf Invitational charity golf tournament is set for ...