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Pictured, from left to right, are PKH Chief Operating Officer David Eby, App State Interim Chancellor Heather Norris and UNC System Executive Vice President and PKH Interim President and CEO Andrew Kelly.

App State partners with Project Kitty Hawk to offer 5 streamlined App State Online programs in 2024–25
Jul 26, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — As part of a statewide effort to expand higher education access to millions of working adults in North Carolina, Appalachian State University has partnered with Project Kitty Hawk,...

Walker College Dean Sandra Vannoy, Craig Stephenson ’82 and Alumni Affairs Director Stephanie Billings

Craig Stephenson ’82 honored as 2024 Walker College Alumnus
Jul 19, 2024

Craig Stephenson ’82 was honored as the Walker College of Business alumni honoree during Appalachian State University's 2024...

Walker College to hold September 4 information session for students interested in studying business in Asia
Jul 18, 2024

Info Session

An information session for Appalachian State University students interested in participating in the Holland fellows program, will be held Wednesday, September 4 at 5:00 p.m...

Lee Barnes

Walker College of Business will name the newly renovated Lee Barnes Graduate Programs and Research Suite in Peacock Hall in honor of alumnus
Oct 5, 2016

Recognizing his passion for research and his long standing support of the college and university, the Walker College of Business will name the...

Peer mentoring program holds first group meeting after selections

Peer mentoring program holds first group meeting after selections
Oct 5, 2016

Twenty-eight upper-class business students have been paired with 44 undergraduate students, composing the 2016-17 Walker College of...

Career-fair-type corporate information tables were part of the fourth annual Walker Business Connections.

Fourth annual Business Connections event provides full day of career preparation
Sep 30, 2016

More than 1,100 business students at Appalachian State University participated in the fourth annual Walker Business Connections event September...

Local business donates shoes for international partner

Local business donates shoes for international partner
Sep 27, 2016

Students from the Walker College of Business will travel to Cuba during fall break with management professor Rachel Shinnar and...

2016 Influential Leader Sarah Freed

AACSB honors alumna Sarah Freed for changing the world
Sep 26, 2016

Today, business school graduates are increasingly using their degrees to make a difference not only in the corporate world, but also across...

Albinsson, Ruseva, Waryold, Shows

Marketing professors earn best paper award for research on unplugging from technology
Sep 25, 2016

Associate Professor of Marketing Pia Albinsson and Assistant Professor of Marketing David Shows, along with...

American Marketing Association to host Marketing Week

American Marketing Association to host Marketing Week
Sep 25, 2016

The Appalachian Sate University chapter of the American Marketing Association will host the Fall 2016 Marketing Week...

Christy Holden

Walker College alumnus to speak at Women in Leadership Ground Breakers conference
Sep 19, 2016

Walker College of Business alumna Christy Holden '99, a Marketing and Management grad with a concentration in Human Resources,...

Itzal Zavala and Chris Anderson at the Institute of Supply Management Case Competition

Supply chain management students, faculty member present during APICS Foothills Chapter Meeting
Sep 17, 2016

Appalachian State University supply chain management students recently presented at the monthly meeting of the Foothill...

Sam Formby Appalachian State University

Dr. Sam Formby talks about his new role as WCOB associate dean, and why students should study business at Appalachian
Sep 15, 2016

Beginning in the Fall 2016 semester, Dr. Sam Formby assumed a new role as associate dean for undergraduate programs and administration in...