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Supply chain management major Zoe Raj stands with Yosef after being named App State's 2026 Top of the Rock

Supply chain management major Zoe Raj named App State's 2026 Top of the Rock
Oct 16, 2026

Zoe Raj, a junior supply chain management major in the Walker College of Business, was featured in Appalachian State University Chancellor...

Walker College alumnus named Wilkes County manager

Mountaineer Moves: Walker College alumnus named Wilkes County manager
Oct 12, 2026

Appalachian State University alumnus Zachary Lovette '23 was recently named Wilkes County manager. Lovette is a finance and banking...

Members of App State’s Rho Chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma with App State alumnus Todd Campbell ’87, president and CEO of Builders Insurance Group, center, in App State’s Holmes Convocation Center on March 21, 2025, after his Boyles Lecture titled “Risk and Reward: The Transformative Power of YES in Business and Life.” Under Campbell’s leadership, Builders Insurance Group has made a $500,000 commitment to App State’s Walker College of Business, to support the modernization of the college’s Brantley Risk and Ins

Builders Insurance Group commits $500K to modernize App State Brantley Risk and Insurance Center
Oct 8, 2026

The center’s new location will foster stronger connections among students and industry partners

IMA Scholarship winners stand with Walker College Dean Heather Norris, left, accounting professor Kim Zahller, right, and Department of Accounting Chair Doug Roberts (back row, right)

Accounting students earn CMA scholarships from Institute of Management Accountants
Oct 5, 2018

Nine accounting students at Appalachian State University have earned scholarship awards from the Institute of Management Accountants...

Former chancellor Ken Peacock, left, and Walker College Dean Heather Norris, center, are pictured with '86 accounting alumni John Barrow, Dennis Giff and Marshall Croom. The three alumni are playing with Peacock, their former professor, in today's Beroth Scholarship Golf Tourney.

Beroth Golf Tourney, in its 26th year, raises thousands more to support students at Appalachian
Oct 4, 2018

On October 3, 2018, Four Brothers Food Stores and Beroth Oil Company Inc., in conjunction with the Walker College of Business, hosted the 26th...

Front row, from left, are BCBS director of sales Ashlee Smart, retail operations manager Alec Hoffman, Boone center manager Wayne Randall, and vice president Gary Bolt presenting a $25,000 check to Appalachian’s Brantley Risk and Insurance center director Dave Marlett and business career services associate director Amy Odom.

Blue Cross Blue Shield opens retail center in Boone, employs students through new program, supports programming in the Walker College of Business.
Oct 4, 2018

Representatives from Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of North Carolina traveled to Boone recently to present a check to students and staff in...

Walker College staff members earn "shout out" for service

Walker College staff members earn "shout out" for service
Oct 1, 2018

Members of the Walker College of Business staff have earned a Staff Senate Staff Shout Out for exemplary service in their work...

Pictured, from left, are Dr. Garner Dewey (College of Fine and Applied Arts), Dr. Melba Spooner (Reich College of Education), Dr. Marie Huff (Beaver College of Health Sciences), Dr. Heather Norris (Walker College of Business), Dr. Neva Specht (College of Arts and Sciences) and Dr. James Douthit (Hayes School of Music).

In Pictures: Walker College Dean Heather Norris and colleagues field side at Appalachian Homecoming
Sep 29, 2018

Appalachian State University celebrated its Homecoming on September 29, and, as a culmination to a full week of activities, the Mountaineers took...

Dr. Cazier and Dr. Wilkes host Amazon's innovation Lab 126
Sep 29, 2018

Dr. Joseph Cazier and Dr. James Wilkes, professors at Appalachian State University, hosted guests from ...

Information systems professors awarded one of only two grants to further ethics in blockchain research

Information systems professors awarded one of only two grants to further ethics in blockchain research
Sep 26, 2018

Two Walker College of Business faculty members, Dr. Jason Xiong and Dr. Lakshmi Iyer, have received funding to...

Appalachian's IOHRM program recognized by Society of Human Resource Management

Appalachian’s IOHRM program recognized by Society of Human Resource Management
Sep 25, 2018

The Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management program (IOHRM) at Appalachian State University earned...

Dr. Panwar presents Green E Awards to Dr. Heather Dixon-Fowler (left), and Dr. Whitehead.

Management, Economics professors earn 2018 Green E Awards
Sep 25, 2018

At the fourth annual Business for Good conference, two Walker College of...

Accounting students attend IMA event, focus on emerging issues
Sep 25, 2018

A group of fourteen Walker College of Business students enrolled in Cost Accounting 3200 attended an Accounting Student Night at...