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In the Media: Hospitality professor helps elevate rural tourism across North Carolina through UPLIFT
Aug 20, 2025

UPLIFT, short for Understanding, Planning, Linking, Innovating, Financing, and Talent, is a nonprofit initiative that launched in 2021 to empower small tourism destinations through...

App State students stand in front of the BAP banner, holding a plaque indicating their Platinum status

Accounting student organization earns first-ever "Platinum" recognition
Aug 18, 2025

Appalachian State University’s Epsilon Kappa chapter of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) has been recognized as a Platinum chapter for the first time in its...

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Dickinson to present research internationally
Oct 31, 2017

Appalachian State University Economics Professor David Dickinson will give research seminar talks November 7-8 at the ...

AppState Net Impact members Cullen Lee, left, and Meredith Lemon with Green Yosef.

Net Impact club members pitch in on zero waste efforts
Oct 30, 2017

Student members of the Appalachian State University chapter of Net Impact met up with Green Yosef during an October 21...

Pictured are Walker College Graduate Programs & Research Team October 26 at F.A.R.M. Cafe

In Pictures: Walker College Graduate Programs & Research Team Gives Back at F.A.R.M. Cafe
Oct 27, 2017

Faculty and staff members from the Walker College of Business' Graduate Programs and Research Office spent their lunch hours volunteering at...

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Walker College students named Walker Fellows
Oct 26, 2017

Seventeen Appalachian State University students have been named Walker Fellows.

Westerman, Brewer co-author organizational communication textbook for Oxford University Press
Oct 26, 2017

Appalachian State University's Director of Sustainable Business Jim Westerman recently coauthored a textbook ...

Economics Researcher David Dickinson, left, shares a moment with Accounting Researcher Tammy Kowalczyk, Marketing Researcher Pia Albinsson and Management Researcher Carol Kline

In Pictures: Business professors share a moment during the Oct. 27, 2017 Dean's Club Research Poster Session
Oct 25, 2017

Four Walker College of Business were shared a moment during the 2017 Dean's Club Research Poster Session held in Peacock Hall October 25, 2017....

Walker College Innovation Grants: Proposals Due Nov. 30
Oct 25, 2017

Appalachian State University business faculty and staff with instructional responsibilities are encouraged to submit proposals for the ...

Pictured are Wendy Deng, Sandra Vannoy, Christopher Lytle and Martin Meznar with their counterparts at Northeastern University in Shenyang

Walker College expands international partnerships in China
Oct 24, 2017

A delegation from Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business visited three Chinese universities October 7-14 with the goal of...