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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...

12 business students to participate in Holland Fellows exchange

2024 Holland Fellows Cohort Announced
Nov 21, 2023

Twelve Appalachian State University business students have been named 2024 Holland Fellows; they will participate in an international business...

Team Cybersharks practicing to compete.

App State ranks in top 10% for cybersecurity nationally
Nov 21, 2023

Appalachian State University has been named to the Cyber Power...

Business students participate 3MT competition

Business students participate 3MT competition
Nov 21, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies held the...

From left are Taylor Nicol, Alayna Speer, Cole Blake, Jaime Ziegenfuss Whitehead, Nicholas Fox, Maddison McPherson, Cristina Sanchez, Allie Hollis, Bianca Gonzalez-Torres, Emelie Rodriguez, Chloe Borchers, and Samuel Blevins.

12 attend management accountants leadership conference in Detroit
Nov 20, 2023

Twelve Appalachian State University students traveled to Detroit, Michigan November 9-11 for the annual Institute of Management Accountants (IMA...

Global Good conference helps 'revision tourism' to be better for the planet
Nov 14, 2023

On November 10, 2023, Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business hosted Global Good, a full-day conference centered around the...

New Epsilon Kappa members of Beta Alpha Psi in Fall 2023

Accounting club earns 'superior' status from international organization, Beta Alpha Psi
Nov 2, 2023

Appalachian State University's Epsilon Kappa chapter of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) has achieved Superior status for the past academic year,...

Join us for the 2023 Accounting Summit: Friday, December 1st, 8am-5pm

Accounting Summit to be held December 1
Oct 31, 2023

The Walker College of Business will host a one-day Accounting Summit on Friday, December 1, 2023.

The event provides accounting...

Dean's Club research to be presented in Peacock Hall on October 26

Dean's Club research presented in Peacock Hall
Oct 11, 2023

Fourteen research projects were presented at the 2023 Walker College of Business Dean's Club Research Poster Session on Thursday, October 26....

Keira Andrews, Carmen Concepcion, Carolina Davidson, Nevaeh Knox, Hannah Lackey, Cassidy Rogers, Ginny Shires, Amani Stanley and Sharon Ware participated in a close-up tour of the New York financial world as part of the 2023 Women in Financial Services Initiative

Student women experience New York City through the lens of finance, banking and insurance
Oct 11, 2023

September 20-24, nine student women from Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business traveled to New York City (NYC) for a close-up...