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From left are Jose Rivera Carrion, Alyssa Smith, Meredith Pipes, Asher Fazal, Jim Westerman, Martin Meznar, Jacqueline Tilton, and Ash Morgan

Walker College of Business celebrates global and sustainability champions at annual luncheon
Oct 21, 2025

Outstanding students, faculty, and staff were recognized for their contributions to global engagement and sustainable business during the Walker College of Business’s annual Global Good...

Students Hayes Sheridan, Aaron Anchell, Gareth Hicks, and Andrew Thomas attended the Insurance Agents & Brokers of South Carolina’s annual convention alongside Dillon Waschenbach, associate director of App State’s Brantley Risk & Insurance Center.

App State RMI students attend South Carolina insurance convention
Oct 21, 2025

Four Appalachian State University students majoring in Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) recently...

Clockwise are: Avery Clark, Graham Gainey, Kyle Kaufman, John Linville, Ashley Meacham, and Connor Perdue

7 earn top scores on first Fall 2025 Excel challenge
Oct 20, 2025

The first competition of this semester’s Walker College of Business Excel Challenge, designed to test students' mastery of Microsoft Excel and essential problem-solving skills for the business...

Economics faculty and students conduct high country tourism economic impact analyses

Economics faculty and students conduct high country tourism economic impact analyses
Jan 24, 2017

Students from Appalachian State University's student chapter of the National Association for Business Economics...

Appalachian business students to compete in national insurance simulation

Appalachian business students to compete in national insurance simulation
Jan 23, 2017

Walker College of Business insurance and risk management students will compete in the upcoming PriSim Agency Management Competition,...

Graduate Programs Info Session Planned for Feb. 6

Graduate Programs Info Session Planned for Feb. 6
Jan 22, 2017

Join Walker College of Business graduate programs faculty and staff members as well as current students for an information session...

Chancellor Sheri N. Everts of Appalachian State University with Richard G. Sparks, who received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during Fall Commencement for his service to the community. Photo by Marie Freeman

Sparks receives honorary degree from Appalachian
Jan 20, 2017

ASU NEWS—Among those receiving degrees from Appalachian State University...

Appalachian named one of Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges: 2016 Edition
Jan 13, 2017

ASU NEWS—Appalachian State University is one of 361 colleges and...

Accounting alumnus Matt Stuart named to '40 under 40' list in Knoxville, TN

Accounting alumnus named to Knoxville 40 under 40 list
Jan 10, 2017

Appalachian alumnus Matt Stuart '04 has been named to the The Greater Knoxville Business Journal's 40 under 40 list.

From left, Wells Fargo’s Mark Vitner, UNC Charlotte’s John Connaughton, Appalachian State University’s Harry Davis, N.C. State University’s Michael Walden, and Capital Tonight host Tom Boyum discuss North Carolina’s economic forecast during a forum hosted by the N.C. Chamber and the N.C. Bankers Association on Wednesday. (CJ photo by Barry Smith)

North Carolina's economy will grow in 2017, according to an expert panel that included finance professor and economist Harry Davis
Jan 6, 2017

Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance Professor Harry Davis was part of an expert panel that said North Carolina's...

Beans 2 Brew, Peacock Hall, Appalachian State University Walker College of Business

Beans 2 Brew, a student-run, cross-disciplinary collaboration in Peacock Hall
Dec 19, 2016

Founded in 2014 by the college's Association of Student Entrepreneurs (ASE), the Beans 2 Brew (B2B) coffee shop in Peacock Hall has quickly...