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...
Appalachian sustainable business experts address Asheville Accounting and Management Conference attendees
Jun 1, 2016
Walker College Professor of Accounting Tammy Kowalczyk and Professor of Management Jim Westerman recently...
Professor of finance publishes research on stock returns
Jun 1, 2016
Research by Walker College of Business Professor of Finance Jeff Hobbs has been accepted by the Review of Quantitative...
Ninety-two percent of Walker College graduates are employed or continuing education six months after commencement
May 26, 2016
Ninety-two percent of Walker College of Business Class of 2015 graduates have successfully reached their first destination,...
Alumnus and restauranter of Fud at Salud reflects on entrepreneurship at Appalachian
May 23, 2016
Jeff McElwee '09 owns and operates FūD at Salud, the culinary counterpart to the successful ...
Marketing alumnus Jeff Dudan, Founder and CEO of AdvantaClean, to appear on CBS hit Undercover Boss May 29
May 20, 2016
Appalachian State University football player and Walker College of Business Marketing alumnus Jeff Dudan '91, ...
Economics Professor delivers comments at University of Luxembourg's Institute for Health and Behavior
May 19, 2016
Walker College of Business Professor of Economics David Dickinson recently delivered comments at the University of Luxembourg's...
MBA hooding ceremony provides forum to honor several for high academic achievement, leadership
May 16, 2016
Fifty Walker College of Business students were recognized as candidates for graduation (May and August 2016) with a Master of Business...
Appalachian announces spring semester dean’s and chancellor’s lists
May 11, 2016
A total of 561 undergraduate students in the Walker College of Business earned dean's list honors and 186 earned ...
Vixster to be featured at Silicon Hollar's May 12 Startup Social
May 11, 2016
Student-launched business Vixster will be the featured company during Silicon Hollar's May Startup Social. The event will be held in the...