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Pictured are top performers in the Walker College's October Excel Challenge: Ben Blau, Avery Clark, Brennan Fisher and Connor Perdue. Lauren Luca is not pictured

Five named top performers in Walker College's latest Excel challenge
Nov 25, 2025

The Walker College of Business has named five top performers in its Walker COB Excel Challenge held on October 28, 2025.

The challenge tested students' proficiency in Microsoft Excel and...

From left are Dr. Jason Xiong, Emily Charlip, Dr. Jeff Kaleta, Dr. Sandra Vannoy, Dr. David Dickinson, Anna Silva, Karlee Cook, and Dr. Dennis Guignet

Cook, business graduate students shine in 3MT competition
Nov 24, 2025

MBA student Karlee Cook earned second place in Appalachian State University's 2025 Three-Minute Thesis ...

Dr. Justin Cox to serve as Macebearer for December 12 Commencement

Cox to serve as Macebearer for December 12 Commencement
Nov 18, 2025

Dr. Justin Cox will serve as macebearer for this semester's Walker College of Business Commencement.

Dr. Jeff Kaleta will carry the University Banner, and Dr. Sandra Vannoy will carry the...

Preston MacDonald with his research poster at the 2018 State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium

Business majors present at Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium
Nov 15, 2018

Appalachian State University seniors Luis Rangel, Myles Grady and Preston MacDonald traveled...

MBA Alumni Highlight: Zak Ammar
Nov 15, 2018

Zak Ammar ‘16 is the Founder and CEO of Vixster LLC, a waste and recycling collection service that serves...

Annie Love

Annie Love reminds Appalachian business students to take advantage of career services
Nov 14, 2018

Appalachian State University's business career services office in the BB&T Student Leadership Center is full of inviting and...

Pictured, from back to front, are John Dostert, Emma Harkins, Bennett Batten, Jordan Boyd, Austin Solomon, Riana Clark, Jenny Zheng, and Rachel Bellflowers; Appalachian State University students who attended the annual Phi Beta Lambda Fall Leadership Development Conference (FLDC) in Greensboro, North Carolina, November 9-10, 2018.

Student members of Appalachian's Phi Beta Lambda chapter attend state leadership conference
Nov 13, 2018

Eight Appalachian State University students attended the annual Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) Fall Leadership Development...

Price of Free Screening Information

Walker College to host The Price of Free screening November 15
Nov 13, 2018

The Walker College of Business will host a screening of the documentary The Price of Free on Thursday, November 15...

Mechanical Turk info session planned for November 16
Nov 12, 2018

Appalachian State University economics professor Dr. Dave McEvoy will host a session explaining Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) on Friday,...

Dr. Pennie Bagley, associate professor of accounting in the Walker College of Business, has been named experiential learning faculty fellow at Appalachian State University.

Bagley named experiential learning faculty fellow in business
Nov 8, 2018

Dr. Pennie Bagley, associate professor of accounting in the Walker College of Business, has been named experiential...

Neel Das

Marketing professor offers expert advice on Capital One credit cards
Nov 8, 2018

WalletHub recently posted an article about Capital One credit cards and cited expert advice from Appalachian State University Associate Professor...

IORHM students at the River Cities Industrial/Organizational Psychology Conference in Chattanooga

IOHRM Students attend the River Cities Industrial/Organizational Psychology Conference
Nov 8, 2018

Students from Appalachian State University's Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management Program (IOHRM) program attended...

Appalachian alumni Bradley Rhyne ’07, left, and Filipe Ho ’07 review fabric swatches at their OLE MASON JAR menswear shop in Charlotte. Photo submitted

Appalachian alumni and co-founders of OLE MASON JAR earn Made in the South Award
Nov 7, 2018

Appalachian State University alumni Bradley Rhyne '07 and Filipe Ho '07, co-founders of Charlotte-based...