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Perseverance pays off: Over 1,500 App State graduates achieve degrees this fall
Dec 17, 2024

ppalachian State University celebrated graduates’ achievements during Fall 2024 Commencement ceremonies on Dec. 13, marking the culmination of their academic journeys amid such challenges as a...

MBA Alumni Highlight: Katherine Horvath
May 30, 2017

Katherine "Katie" Horvath '15, '16 is a Supplier Quality Control Specialist working for Bertrandt Engineering at the BMW...

MBA Alumni Highlight: Mary-Louise Roberts
May 26, 2017

Mary-Louise Roberts '83 is a Business Banker at First National Bank in Boone, NC. First National Bank, formerly...

Appalachian announces spring semester dean’s and chancellor’s lists
May 25, 2017

Seven hundred and ninety one Walker College of Business undergraduate students earned dean's list and chancellor's list honors...

MBA Alumni Highlight: Shannon Creighton
May 23, 2017

Shannon Creighton '04, '12 is the MBA director at Limestone College, a private four-year, coeducational liberal...

Members of the Walker College of Business leadership team in Peacock Hall (Photo by Sabrina Cheves)

May 2017 Dean's Update
May 23, 2017

With the exception of welcome improvements being made in our classrooms (most notably new carpet and paint), Peacock Hall is relatively quiet...

2015-16 First Destination Rate Data - Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University

Ninety percent of Walker College graduates employed or continuing education six months after commencement
May 22, 2017

Ninety percent of Walker College of Business Class of 2016 graduates have successfully reached their first destination, according to...

Winning students pictured with Entrepreneurship Director Erich Schlenker (left) at Appalachian's 2017 Big IDEA Pitch Competition

2017 student winners of business idea pitch competition announced
May 22, 2017

Atlanta native Ryan Gillespie earned the top spot and $1,000 at the 2017 Big IDEA Competition for his made-in-America electric...