The Annual Appalachian State Scholarship Golf Classic will be held on Wednesday, September 16, at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, NC.

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.

Morgan shared what he called the “nine keys to living” that have served him well over the years.

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.

A team of Walker College of Business professors have released a new study reporting that the craft economy has grown to a $206.5M industry within the western portion of the state.

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.

Twelve 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.

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.

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.

A delegation of Walker students spent their spring break in London, meeting with representatives from Grant Thornton and the International Accounting Standards Board.

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.