COB Seeks Director of Development
The Walker College of Business at Appalachian State is now accepting applications for a Director of Development. Alumni are encouraged to apply for the position, or forward it to others who may be interested.
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Peacock Professorship Complete
The Kenneth E. Peacock Accounting Professorship, named in honor of our former Walker College Dean and current Chancellor, recently became eligible for an additional 50% match from the UNC System. The now-matched and completed fund is valued at $500,000.
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Join the Dean's Club
Membership in the Dean's Club is open to Walker alumni and friends and begins with a minimum annual contribution of $1,000. The club is designed to benefit business students and faculty while enhancing the college’s academic programs. Contributions provide support for critical needs in the college such as student scholarships, travel funds for faculty and students to attend course-related conferences and to visit corporations, seed money for new programs, and resources to bring guest lecturers to the classroom. Pledges are accepted, and your gift may also be satisfied with a corporate matching donation. Membership benefits may include indoor seating at an Appalachian football game, membership in the Chancellor's Society, invitations to College activities, an annual gift of appreciation and personal communication from the office of the dean.
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Support Center for Entrepreneurship
The Center for Entrepreneurship aims to provide opportunities for students across campus at Appalachian State University to learn about entrepreneurship through expanded educational offerings and experiences where they can interact with entrepreneurial organizations in the region and around the world.
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Support William R. Holland Fellows Program for Business Study in Asia
Initiated in 1995, the Holland Fellows exchange gives twelve Walker students each year the opportunity to travel to China, where they collaborate with Chinese business students at Fudan University. Your support ensures that this rich tradition will continue for future Walker students.
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Endowed Scholarship Opportunities
Walker students often benefit from scholarships funded by alumni and friends of Appalachian, but the need for additional support is great. Less than 10% of the 2,300 students enrolled in the college receive scholarship funding. This support has a great impact on the students who receive these scholarships. Please consider supporting an existing scholarship or create a new scholarship in someone’s honor or memory to support future Walker students.
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Make a pledge online or contact Geoff Graham at grahamgl@appstate.edu or 828.262.6231 for information about these or other opportunities to give back to Walker.
Upcoming Events
- North Carolina Bankers Association Chairman Will Deliver Commencement Address to May Graduates
- Citizens South Bank President and NCBA Chairman Kim Price will be the speaker at Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business 2009 spring commencement. About 400 students will receive degrees at the event, which will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, in the Holmes Convocation Center.
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- Scholarship Golf Tournament Scheduled for September 16
- The Annual Appalachian State Scholarship Golf Classic will be held on Wednesday, September 16, at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, NC.
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- Mark Your Calendar for the Fall 2009 Harlan Boyles Lecture Featuring BB&T CEO Kelly King
- Kelly S. King, CEO of BB&T Corporation, has been announced as the featured speaker at the Fall 2009 Boyles CEO Lecture Series March 26.
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Recent News
- Student Managed Investment Fund Representatives Beat Out Rivals UNC-CH, Duke, and Wake
5 undergraduates won the inaugural CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) North Carolina Society Investment Research Challenge held Feb. 21 in Greensboro. The students, all business finance majors, competed against graduate students from UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University and Wake Forest University, and a team of undergraduate and graduate students from UNC Charlotte.
[ more ]- Appalachian and European Students Live and Learn Together
- A unique international study opportunity involves students in a semester-long entrepreneurship course, which this year brought together students from Appalachian State and the Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Belgium.
[ more ] - Business Fraternity Earns Honors at National Convention
Appalachian earned top honors during the Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE) 2009 National Convention held in Norfolk, Va. The chapter, Gamma Xi, was awarded the President’s Award for Most Improved Chapter, took second place in Top Management Team and Top Sales Project Tier 1 categories, and received the Lloyd L. Antle Top Amethyst Chapter Award. The group also was a finalist in the Special Merit category.
[ more ]- Students Travel Abroad During Spring Break
- 16 Walker College of Business students recently spent their spring break in Brazil studying social entrepreneurship. During their 10 days there, students observed ways in which entrepreneurial businesses can have positive social and economic impacts in poor areas of developing countries.
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Another delegation of Walker students spent their spring break in London, meeting with representatives from Grant Thornton and the International Accounting Standards Board.
[ more ] - Finance and Banking Students Make Annual Trek to Charlotte on March 27
- Accompanied by Walker College of Business professors Jeff Hobbs, Delbert Goff and Chris McNeil, several students from the departments of Actuarial Sciences and Finance, Banking and Insurance visited with speakers from Lowe’s, Bank of America and Family Dollar. In addition to discussing their respective companies, the speakers addressed some topics universally applicable to students about to graduate, such as resume building, balancing work with life, and preparing to enter the work force in a struggling economy.
- Appalachian MBA Students Travel to China and Hong Kong
Students in the MBA program traveled to China and Hong Kong in March to learn first-hand about the interconnected global economy. Appalachian alumni and business people in Asia facilitated the learning experience. The group benefited from the hospitality of Walker College of Business young alumni who now live and work in China. Business people with connections to the Walker College of Business arranged numerous company visits and exchanges with academic and business experts.
[ more ]- Computer Information Systems Students Take Top Honors at National Conference
- 12 students from Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business won seven national awards at the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) National Collegiate Conference in Oklahoma City April 2-5.
[ more ] - Sophomore Wins First Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Appalachian State sophomore Eric “Chris” Cornwell is more than a man of ideas. He’s a man of action and acumen. And, after the recent Young Entrepreneurs Symposium (YES), he’s also the first Student Entrepreneur of the Year. The award was presented before more than 350 ASU students, faculty, staff and community members during the symposium, which attracted several alumni entrepreneurs to campus to speak about their business efforts.
[ more ]- New Report Revises Economic Impact of Crafts in Western North Carolina
- A team of Walker College of Business professors have released a new study reporting that the craft economy has grown to a $206.5 industry within the western portion of the state.
[ more ] - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts CEO Says Dedicated Employees Mean Bright Future for Company
- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. focuses on more than just making tasty doughnuts. The company values relationships – those with its customers and its employees. That’s why CEO and President James H. Morgan believes the company will overcome its financial challenges of the past five years.
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Morgan shared what he called the “nine keys to living” that have served him well over the years.
[ more ] - Appalachian Business Alumnus Has Creative Plan for Economic Stimulus Funds
- At least one national business columnist thinks that Citizens South Bank President and CEO Kim Price could teach the big banks a few lessons about creative use of the U.S. government’s federal stimulus funds. Price, a 1977 graduate of Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business, caught the attention of the Washington Post and other newspapers for his plans to put funds from the Troubled Assets Relief Program to work in the six counties that Citizens South serves.
[ more ] - Walker College Alumna Gives Her Account of Surviving the Water Landing of Flight 1549
Jenny Moulton was among the many Walker College graduates to take part in the 10th annual Alumni Day February 9. She works with Fairpoint, the eighth largest incumbent wireline company in the US, and attended the event with fellow alumna and colleague, Angela Matherly. Moulton was the only participant, however, who could give a first-hand account of the Miracle on the Hudson, the plane crash she survived only days earlier.
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