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Service Milestones in the Walker College of Business

Walker College celebrates faculty, staff members with milestone service
Jan 16, 2025

In 2024, 29 faculty and staff members in the Walker College of Business reached a North Carolina state service milestone.

David Marlett

In the News: Home Losses From the LA Fires Hasten ‘An Uninsurable Future’
Jan 15, 2025

Experts, including Dr. David Marlett, professor in the Department of Finance, Banking, and Insurance at Appalachian State University, weigh in on what they identify as home insurance shortfalls...

Brandy Hadley

In the News: Associate professor forecasts what to expect in 2025 for interest rates, inflation and the American consumer
Jan 15, 2025

An analysis from Dr. Brandy Hadley, associate professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance, and Dr. Brian Blank of Mississippi State...

Sywassink Day of Excellence Dinner
Dec 7, 2015

The Sywassink Day of Excellence Dinner is scheduled for May 5, 2016. The G.A. Sywassink Day of Excellence recognizes outstanding...

Lane Memorial Scholarship
Dec 7, 2015

Andrew Lane will not be forgotten. That is the vow to which his friends committed when they began a grass roots effort to establish a scholarship...

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Help Honor Mr. Thompson
Dec 4, 2015

A Message from Dr. Delbert Goff
Ken Peacock

Walker College Kenneth E. Peacock Accounting Professorship
Dec 4, 2015

In 1983, Dr. Ken Peacock began his career at Appalachian State University by teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in accounting and...

Five business professors receive Dean's Club funding supplements for new research endeavors
Dec 4, 2015

Five Walker College of Business professors have received funding supplements for their new research endeavors.

Todd Cherry...

Walker College Duane D. Daggett Professorship
Dec 4, 2015

April 1, 2008 marked the inauguration of a new professorship in the Walker College of Business – the first established by a Walker College...

IBSA students with Chancellor Everts

IBSA students honored for zero waste initiative
Dec 2, 2015

Students from Appalachian's International Business Student Association (IBSA) met with Chancellor Sheri Everts during Appalachian's Nov. 28...

Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium

Walker College student's research on economic impact of High Country Beer Fest
Dec 2, 2015

Walker College student Matthew Drake recently attended the state's Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium in High Point, NC. Drake, a...

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Finance professor to speak Dec. 12 at NC Association of CPAs conference
Dec 2, 2015

Walker College of Business Professor of Finance and Banking Harry Davis will address NC-based CPAs during the NC Association of CPAs 2015 NC...

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Video highlights the importance of hands-on entrepreneurship training at Appalachian
Dec 1, 2015

The Transportation Insight Center for Entrepreneurship supports the objectives of Appalachian State and the entire University of North Carolina...