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...
Twelve business honors students earn degrees
May 19, 2020
Twelve Walker College of Business honors students graduate from Appalachian State University for Spring 2020.
Walker College round up: new graduates honored at academic year-end
May 19, 2020
"During the novel coronavirus pandemic, as universities across the country deliver course content online, celebrating student achievement remains...
Counting bees, because bees count — App State creates pollinator-tracking app
May 18, 2020
BOONE, N.C. — “You can’t manage what you can’t measure,” is a saying attributed to Peter Drucker (1909–2005), one of the most widely known and...
Management major selected to speak at Walker College Commencement ceremony
May 16, 2020
Sirisha Karra, from Cary, North Carolina, was selected as the Spring 2020 student speaker for the...
Six business students at Appalachian State University named junior marshals
May 16, 2020
Appalachian State University's first-ever virtual Commencement ceremony features a talk by author, journalist and radio and TV personality...
2020 Holland Fellows Graduates
May 14, 2020
Holland Fellows is an applied business experience made possible by the generous endowment of Bill Holland. While he cohort would typically be...
Master's degree candidates named outstanding achievers by Walker College of Business
May 14, 2020
Fifteen graduate students have been named high achievers by the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University.
Alumnus, clothing designer featured in 'Think Christian McCaffrey looks fly?' article
May 12, 2020
Appalachian State University alumnus Edward "Mitch" Purgason '15 is a clothing designer based out of Charlotte, North Carolina. He's worked with...
MacDonald, Tovar honored by Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies
May 11, 2020
Megan MacDonald and Henning Tovar have been honored by Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies. The two are...
Appalachian honors business students, professor during leadership and legacy awards
May 11, 2020
Four members of the Walker College of Business — Randy Edwards, Rachael Beller, Grayson Farmer and Collin Cornelius — were honored during...