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App State campus flooded following Hurricane Helene

App State's CPRO-W2 program supports water sector industry professionals
Sep 11, 2025

As communities across the country face growing challenges from climate change, regulatory shifts, and financial pressures, Appalachian State University is helping prepare water sector...

In the Media: CERPA in Back-to-School Retail Spending
Sep 11, 2025

Students across North Carolina are settling into school routines, and researchers in Appalachian State University's Center for Economic Research and Policy Analysis (CERPA) have forecasted ...
Poster with images of last year's FEAST and event information: The event is scheduled for Wednesday, October 8, 2025, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. on Sanford Mall at Appalachian State University's Boone campus.

Walker College to help sponsor Oct. 8 Community FEaST —Food Engagement and Story Telling
Sep 2, 2025

2025 Community FEaST
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, from 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Sanford Mall, Appalachian State University
From left, sophomore international business major Adam Garrison, sophomore management major Hannah Ross, and MBA student Michelle Jeanniton-Garrett attended the 2019 Enactus World Cup in San Jose, CA.

Enactus Appalachian Students Attend Enactus World Cup
Oct 1, 2019

By: Adam Garrison, Michelle Jeanniton-Garrett and Hannah Ross

Economics faculty receives research award

Economics faculty receives research award
Oct 1, 2019

By Harley Nefe

BOONE, N.C. – Dr. John Whitehead, professor in the Department of Economics, received an award from the North...

Walker College staff members earn "shout out" for service

Walker College staff members earn "shout out" for service
Sep 30, 2019

Members of the Walker College of Business staff have earned a Staff Senate Staff Shout Out for exemplary service in their work during the third...

The six individuals who were sworn in as members of the Appalachian State University Board of Trustees during the board’s Sept. 13 meeting held on Appalachian’s campus. They are, from left to right, John M. Blackburn, James “J.K.” Reaves ’93, Kimberly Shepherd ’97, Thomas Sofield ’76, Mark E. Ricks ’89 and DeJon Milbourne. Administering the oath of office was North Carolina District Court Judge Rebecca Eggers-Gryder ’83 (not pictured).

Walker College senior DeJon Milbourne sworn into App State's Board of Trustees
Sep 27, 2019

BOONE, N.C. — New and reappointed members of Appalachian State University’s Board of Trustees were sworn in during the board’s Sept. 13 meeting...

Walker College of Business honor student presents research at Atlantic Marketing Association Annual Conference

In Pictures: Management, Marketing double major presents research at Atlantic Marketing Association Annual Conference
Sep 27, 2019

Appalachian State University senior Rachael Beller presented her research, Recruiting Students in Higher Education in the age of Social Media...

MBA Alumni Highlight: Matt Alspaugh
Sep 25, 2019

Matt Alspaugh ‘01 is the Controller for Lowder, Inc., a locally family owned and operated construction company...

Grayson Farmer, of Purlear, a senior marketing major and student veteran at Appalachian, far left, with Siobhan Norris, program manager of military and veteran education for the University of North Carolina System Office, center, and Joe Wessel, student veteran and president of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington's Student Veterans Association, at the eighth annual Student Veterans of America Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Tammy Kowalczyk, professor of accounting and interim director of Appalachian’s RIEEE, third from left, and Appalachian alumnus Alex Helms '13 '16, a lecturer in the Department of Accounting, second from right, work with three Appalachian international exchange students on an Impact Clinic project. The students pictured — all of whom are from Spain with double majors in business and law — are, from left to right, Soledad Jarquemada, Maria Leon Martinex Maria Leon Martinex and Angela Munoz Perez-Embid.

App State students make an impact on businesses’ triple bottom line
Sep 19, 2019

BOONE, N.C. — An initiative by Appalachian State University’s Walker College of...

In this aerial photo, a morning sun illuminates Appalachian State University’s campus as a fine layer of fog rises from the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. Appalachian recently appeared in the 2020 rankings of U.S. News & World Report for its value, academics, innovation and benefits for student veterans, among other categories. The university was also recognized by The Princeton Review, as well as MONEY, Forbes and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazines.

Appalachian among 2019 ‘Top’ and ‘Best Value Colleges’ in America — Forbes magazine
Sep 19, 2019

Now in the top half of colleges ranked, Appalachian’s placement in Forbes magazine’s annual “America’s Top Colleges” list has gained 13 positions...
Walker College of Business Graduate Programs ‘Buy Boone Lunch’ AT F.A.R.M. Cafe Sept. 11