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This artist’s rendering provides an exterior view of the new addition for App State’s Peacock Hall, home of the university’s Walker College of Business. The addition is anticipated to open in 2027. Note, this image does not reflect the project’s final design, which is still in development. Click on the image for a full view.

Board of Trustees approves 15 named spaces in Peacock Hall expansion
Oct 6, 2025

New naming honors alumni, partners, and donors supporting the future of business education at App State

Appalachian State University's Board of Trustees has approved the naming of 15 new spaces...
U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, Forbes magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Monthly magazine and Money.com have named App State among the nation’s top schools for 2025–26, recognizing the university for its academics, innovation, value, benefits for student veterans and more. This aerial image of App State’s Boone campus, taken Sept. 18, shows the beginnings of fall color dotting campus trees.

High-quality academics, innovation and value secure App State’s spot among America’s top schools for 2025–26
Sep 29, 2025

US News names App State a top 5 regional university for innovation, undergraduate teaching and veterans support
App State’s finance and banking bachelor’s degree program, offered through the Walker College of Business, has earned Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute affiliation, affirming the program’s alignment with the CFA Program curriculum, which prepares students to earn CFA certification — a globally recognized credential in investment management. The distinction boosts students’ access to top job opportunities in finance, as well as internships, scholarships and a global network of investment profess...

CFA affiliation gives App State students a professional advantage for future finance careers
Sep 25, 2025

CFA affiliation gives App State students a professional advantage for future finance careers

Finance and banking degree program is recognized by Chartered Financial Analyst Institute,...
Senior Caleb Keck has spent the last four years balancing school and golf, and the journey is almost over
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,...

UNC President Margaret Spellings visits Appalachian
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...

David Dickinson's research on sleep featured in the IZA newsroom
Walker College Professor of Economics John Whitehead to lead socioeconomic study on Atlantic Menhaden Commercial Fisheries
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...