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RIMS Challenge Team Wins First Place in International Competition
Apr 19, 2022

Congratulations to the Appalachian State “RIMS Challenge” team, comprised of students Madison Browne (team captain), Omar Gonzalez, Ben Kolodny an...

Appalachian's Broyhill Fellows Named Southeastern U.S. CFA IRC Champions
Mar 30, 2022

AppState CFA Team wins Southeastern regional and advances to the Americas Regional in the CFA Institute Research Challenge, a global security ana...

App State’s Risk Management and Insurance program ranks second in the nation

App State’s Risk Management and Insurance program ranks second in the nation
Feb 28, 2022

Appalachian State University’s Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) program has been ranked second in the nation by AM Best, the world's la...

Finance students earn a top spot in first round of CFA Institute Research Challenge

Finance students earn a top spot in first round of CFA Institute Research Challenge
Feb 28, 2022

Students at Appalachian State University recently competed, and won, in the state round of CFA Institute Research Challenge, a global security an...

Four Walker College community members featured in most recent edition of 'All About Women'
Jan 24, 2022

All About Women, a free bimonthly magazine for the N.C. High Country produced by Mountain Times Publications, recently featured four female Walker Col...

Insurance professor on "Climate Change and the Outlook for Commercial Insurance"
Jan 19, 2022

David Marlett, Appalachian State University's IIANC Distinguished Professor of Insurance and Managing Director of the Brantley Risk &am...

CFA competition

App State business students take state, regional and continental titles in 2021 CFA Institute Research Challenge
Jun 1, 2021

BOONE, N.C. — Five Appalachian State University business majors made history this year with a trifecta win in the 2021 Chartered Financial Analysts ...

Brandy Hadley

First-generation student to professor — Dr. Brandy Hadley comes full circle at App State
Jun 1, 2021

BOONE, N.C. — “You’ll see me here again.” Those were the words graduate student Brandy Hadley ’09 ’11 left with her audience as she spoke ...

Jamie Parson

Dr. Jamie Parson named interim chief diversity officer at App State
May 12, 2021

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Jamie Parson has been named interim chief diversity officer at Appalachian State University, effective May 10. Read full article H...

App State's Best for 2021

29 Business Students Have Selected App State's Best for 2021
May 6, 2021

Faculty in Appalachian State University's Walker College of Business have selected App State's Best for 2021, the top students by business major and s...