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App State’s finance and banking bachelor’s degree program, offered through the Walker College of Business, has earned Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute affiliation, affirming the program’s alignment with the CFA Program curriculum, which prepares students to earn CFA certification — a globally recognized credential in investment management. The distinction boosts students’ access to top job opportunities in finance, as well as internships, scholarships and a global network of investment profess...

CFA affiliation gives App State students a professional advantage for future finance careers
Sep 25, 2025

CFA affiliation gives App State students a professional advantage for future finance careers

Finance and banking degree program is recognized by Chartered Financial Analyst Institute,...
2023 cohort participants (L-R) Lulu Ambrose, Andrew Bressler, Mackenzie Naylor, Connor Marx and Finn Jarrell enjoy the view from the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

The Angers Summer Business Program celebrates ten years of cross-cultural connections in France
Jun 30, 2023

The Angers Summer Business Program celebrated its ten-year anniversary this summer, with a group of fourteen business students...

Three earn Dean's Club Research Prizes in the Walker College

Three earn Dean's Club Research Prizes in the Walker College
Jun 30, 2023

Three professors in the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University have earned ...

Dr. Jason Xiong will serve as associate dean for advanced studies in business in the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University
App State’s Walker College of Business, located inside Peacock Hall, has been reaccredited for a five-year period by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International.

Data Analytics Students receive SEEDS grant to attend INFORMS Business Analytics Conference
Jun 5, 2023

Students in Appalachian State University’s Master of Science in Applied Data Analytics (MSADA) program traveled to Aurora, Colorado April 16-18...

App State releases the Dean’s and Chancellor’s lists for the Spring 2023 semester

App State releases the Dean’s and Chancellor’s lists for the Spring 2023 semester
Jun 2, 2023

Appalachian State University has released the Dean’s and Chancellor’s lists for the Spring 2023 semester.

757 students in the Walker...

App State alumnus Jamie Harris '84, chief financial officer of RXO, delivers the 64th Harlan E. Boyles Distinguished Lecture on April 20 at App State's Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts. In his talk, titled "Lessons in Leadership: Baseball to Business," Harris shared leadership lessons gleaned from the baseball diamond, the business world and the boardroom.

App State alumnus Jamie Harris, CFO of RXO, gives 64th Boyles Lecture at Schaefer Center
Jun 2, 2023

By Brian MillerPosted May 1, 2023 at 11:33 a.m.Facebook...

BIG Annual Report Released
May 30, 2023

Appalachian State University's Bowden Investment Group (BIG) recently...

Back row, from left, are: Carson Arnold, Ben Gress, Noah Zeller, Matthias Von Feilitzsch, Tyler Hampsey, Porter Poteet; Front row, from left, are: Ben Whitehead, Professor Teresa Spangler, Rory Cole, Savannah Little, Zack Winterstein, ECRS CEO Pete Catoe

App State students, ECRS leaders collaborate to solve problems
May 23, 2023

Students in Teresa Spangler's Innovation and Management Consulting class are providing actionable solutions for local businesses...

Pictured, from left, are Catawba IMA officer Rhonda Young, App State IMA Faculty Advisor Kim Zahller, App State Accounting Senior Jaime Ziegenfuss Whitehead, App State Accounting Junior Will Cook, and Catawba IMA outgoing president Ellen Knauff.

Accounting students earn Joseph F. Ryan Memorial Scholarship from Catawba Valley IMA parent chapter
May 23, 2023

Appalachian State University senior accounting major Jaime Ziegenfuss Whitehead and junior accounting major Will Cook...