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...
813 earn Dean's and Chancellor's list honor for past semester
Jan 11, 2021
Appalachian State University has released the Dean’s and Chancellor’s lists for the Fall 2020 semester.
Five hundred and sixty...
Iyer earns AIS Doctoral Student College Founding Faculty Award
Jan 4, 2021
Appalachian State University professor of computer information systems and acting associate dean for graduate programs and research, Dr.
App State’s SBTDC was a ‘first responder’ for small businesses during the pandemic
Jan 4, 2021
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) served as...
The Princeton Review names App State an ‘excellent choice’ for an MBA
Dec 22, 2020
BOONE, N.C. — “We recommend Appalachian State University as an excellent choice for an aspiring MBA,” said Rob Franek, editor-in-chief of The...
Grant-funded studies by App State analyze COVID-19’s economic impact on Northwestern NC
Dec 21, 2020
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University was awarded nearly $98,000 in grant funding from the North...
App State accounting alumni promoted at RH CPAs
Dec 16, 2020
Appalachian State University alumni Reanne Henry and Matthew Finney have been promoted to senior audit associates for RH CPAs, a multi-office...
Iyer earns Hugh J. Watson Award
Dec 14, 2020
Dr. Lakshmi Iyer, an Appalachian State University professor of computer information systems, has earned the Hugh J. Watson Award for her...
Local business leaders brush up on Excel knowledge through online, data-driven learning session
Dec 14, 2020
Dr. Scott Hunsinger, interim chair of Appalachian State University's Department of Computer Information Systems, recently presented a...
A December to remember for App State’s more than 1,700 graduates
Dec 14, 2020
BOONE, N.C. — Approximately 4,000 Appalachian Community members gathered virtually during Appalachian State University’s Fall 2020 Commencement...
Wurth Receives Doctorate Posthumously
Dec 8, 2020
Richard “Rick” Wurth will receive his doctorate in educational leadership at the Fall 2020 Commencement. His dissertation committee - Dr. Chris...