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...
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...
2017 Spring Break study abroad excursion to Cuba
Mar 22, 2017
Business students from Appalachian State University recently traveled to Cuba on one of four simultaneous spring break travel abroad experiences...
Team of RMI students to compete in 2017 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge
Mar 22, 2017
Appalachian State University is one of nine schools who will compete in the 2017 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge in...
Broyhill Fellows win regional competition; alumna named CFO of North State Bank, Professor earns Eckstein Prize and more
Mar 13, 2017
Peacock Hall is comparably still this week, as our business students are enjoying spring break, many participating in college...
Alumni celebrate the successful completion of the David A. Thompson Professorship in Applied Investments
Mar 13, 2017
Walker College of Business alumni and friends gathered this month to celebrate the successful completion of the David A. Thompson...
Walker College economics professor earns Eckstein Prize
Mar 12, 2017
Walker College of Business Professor of Economics Ji Yan...
Business students named MGSI program leaders for 2017
Mar 12, 2017
Four Appalachian State University business students have been named 2017 program leaders for the ...
Finance, Economics alumnus earns top honor at commercial real estate awards event
Mar 9, 2017
Walker College of Business alumnus Andrew "Moss" Withers has been named Commercial Realtor of the Year by the...
Medders named Freeman Distinguished Professor of Insurance
Mar 8, 2017
Dr. Lorilee A. Medders has been named the Joseph F. Freeman Distinguished Professor of Insurance in the Walker College of Business at Appalachian...
Broyhill Fellows team wins regional research challenge
Mar 8, 2017
For the sixth year running, a team of students from Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business has won the regional CFA...
Winners of 2016 Boone Discovery Forum develop innovative ideas for saving water, encouraging creative entrepreneurship and fostering dialogue
Mar 7, 2017
ASU NEWS - Three teams of student entrepreneurs from Appalachian...