Career Fair
Welcome to Walker Business Connections 2026! Thank you for joining us for our annual signature fall career event.
A Word About Sustainability-
This year we are taking an initiative to reduce our carbon footprint and host a sustainable event to support our Walker College of Business strategic plan. We plan to reduce paper waste and will not be providing printed materials or prepared nametags. Please bring your company issued name tag with you. We will have our printer on hand to print name tags if necessary.
Packages
Packages should not arrive before 9/24/2026. Each company is responsible for return tags – shipping of packages is not included in the registration price. Packages should be shipped directly to the Holmes Convocation Center at:
ATTN: Ticket Office/Trevor Rowe/Walker Business Connections
Holmes Convocation Center
Appalachian State University
111 Rivers Street
Boone, NC 28608
Material Drop-Off Instructions
Event check-in will be available from 8:30 am until 10:45 am. Prior to parking, you may drop off display items at the loading dock of the Holmes Convocation Center. There will be a sign to designate this area, a student will be available to take your things inside to your table and you can park your car in the Holmes Parking Deck. Upon checking in you will receive a welcome packet and a parking pass will be provided if necessary. Your parking pass will be used in lieu of payment when exiting the parking deck.
Parking
Parking will be provided in the Holmes Drive Parking Deck. Parking attendants will be available to direct you and if overflow parking is required, you will be directed to the Rivers Street Deck or Hill Street Lot. Employer shuttles will be available all day and will rotate through all parking lots. The shuttles will run between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm. Please arrive early to avoid being sent to the overflow parking. Overflow parking instructions will be given when you arrive if necessary.
Holmes Drive Parking Deck (linked to Campus Map)
Physical Address
Holmes Drive Parking Deck
141 Hill Street
Boone, North Carolina 28608
Check-In and Itinerary
Check-in will be located inside Holmes Convocation Center. Staff will be outside Holmes to direct you to check-in.
Please bring your company issued name tag with you. If you do not have your company name tag we will have our printer on hand to print name tags at check-in if necessary.
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30am – 12:00pm | Morning Shuttle Service | Holmes Parking Deck |
| 8:30am – 11:30am | Materials Drop-Off | Holmes Convocation Center Loading Dock |
| 9:00am – 11:00am | Employer Check-In | Holmes Convocation Center |
| 11:00am – 1:00pm | Employer Lunch | Holmes Convocation Center Concourse |
| 12:00pm – 3:00pm | Career Fair | Holmes Convocation Center |
| 3:00pm – 5:00pm | Afternoon Shuttle Service – Employer Parking | Holmes Convocation Center |
| 3:00pm – 5:00pm | Breakdown Booth Materials | Holmes Convocation Center |
Hospitality Lounge and Lunch
Hospitality Lounge
- Coffee and refreshments will be provided in the Employer Hospitality area near the loading dock from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm.
Lunch
- Employer lunch will be served between 11:00 am to 1:00 pm on the Holmes Convocation Center Concourse.
- The lunch area can be accessed through the ticket office elevator or steps. It will be hosted on the 2nd floor concourse.
- The Lunch menu will be: Locally Sourced Grilled Chicken, Grilled Shrimp, Salad, Tortellini Mushroom Salad, and Yeast rolls. It will be set up in a buffet style so you can prepare your meal according to your dietary preferences and needs. If you or any of your representatives have severe allergies, please notify us ahead of time.
Material Breakdown
At the end of the event please pack up all of your materials and dispose of all of your trash. If you have multiple representatives with you, we recommend that one representative takes your materials to the loading dock while the other takes the shuttle to pick up your car from the Rivers Street deck. If you can carry your materials on the shuttle to the parking deck you are welcome to do that.
If you are shipping out materials, you must have a prepaid shipping label and you must package your materials and secure the box and the label. We will collect items to ship out and they will be shipped out in the afternoon on Friday, October 2. If you need items to be shipped out earlier than that, please plan to take them to a shipping location on your own prior to leaving campus.