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Columbus State Helps Students, Alumni Map Career Pathways

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a question most students start developing answers to as kids as they play Cops & Robbers in the front yard or turn their bedrooms into makeshift classrooms where they teach their stuffed animals, dolls and friends.  But what if you make it to college and are still unsure how to answer that question?  Even before being recently appointed interim director of the university’s Center for Career Design in September, Laurie Aiken had helped hundreds of high schoolers beginning college and soon-to-be graduates answer that very question.  “It’s important for students to understand that their first job is rarely their last,” she noted. “I emphasize to them that that journey evolves and continues even after choosing or starting a career. They’ll acquire new roles, responsibilities and opportunities along the way. Technology advances, trend shifts and new specialties in career fields represent ways to reinvent themselves and their career goals.” 
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Turner College Grad Raven Harris Elevated to New Post at Goldman Sachs Ayco

Turner College alum Raven Harris began 2024 in the new role of administrative assistant at Goldman Sachs Ayco in Atlanta. In this role Raven assists  the Goldman Sachs Ayco team by  processing expense reports and updating  client information in the Ayco Client database for account managers to maintain data accuracy. Her 10 months in this role was preceded by a 5+ year stint with Morgan & Morgan, where she most recently served as Regional Trainer and Front Office Administrative Lead. Prior to this, in 2016, Raven's professional career began as a customer service representative with Hyundai Capital America. These impressive stops in her career in office administration have all been supported by Raven's higher education experiences in the Turner College, from which she earned a BBA in business administration in 2015. Turner Business offers a belated congratulations to Raven on her new role with Goldman Sachs Ayco and wishes her continued professional success.  

Turner College's Concentration in Entrepreneurship Now Offered in Fully Online Format

Good news ahead for Turner College management majors -- the Turner College's concentration in entrepreneurship may now be completed entirely online. Previously, the final course that students took in the concentration was only offered in a face-to-face format during the spring semester. As a result, several students each year were being forced to change their concentration. Therefore, effective January of 2025, a least one section of each course in the concentration will be offered online.  Relatedly, the Turner College also offers a minor in entrepreneurship which has two separate tracks -- one for business students and another for non-business students. Be sure to spread the word.

Four Turner College Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Teaching

CSU Head Women's Soccer Coach Jay Entlich recently released a list of CSU faculty who have been chosen by a player as a member of the CSU faculty who has impacted the player in a positive way along their journey at CSU. Four Turner College faculty were included on the list, along with the player who nominated each. Management professor Phil Bryant was named by Sophia Leal , a freshman midfielder from Oxford, Georgia. Sophia attended Eastside High School and was a two-time all-region selection during her high school career. Through the first 10 games of 2024, she has scored one goal and recorded three assists.         Next, management professor John Finley was named by Lizz Forshaw , a graduate student forward from Stockton, England. Lizz, who attended IMG Academy in south Florida, has scored four goals and recorded four assists this season. During her senior year in 2023, she scored three goals and recorded two assists. As a junior in 2022, Lizz scored three goals and recorded fo

Mansour Speaks to Columbus CEO Magazine about Butler Center

Online magazine,  Columbus CEO ,   recently featured  the Turner College's Butler Center for Research and Economic Development and its Director, Turner College economist Fady Mansour . "The Butler Center is working to support and help local government agencies and nonprofit organizations make effective, data-driven decisions. We make economic impact studies to help them bring new capital to the region and optimize the return on public spending," Mansour explained. Be sure to check out the feature using the link above.

New Study by Turner College Economist Applies Game-Theoretic Model to Fall of Roe v. Wade

The application of game theory and related mathematical approaches to explain decision-making processes of the U.S. Supreme Court is not new. Attempts to quantitatively model decisions of the U.S. Supreme court can be traced back to the mid-twentieth century. A new study by Turner College economist Frank Mixon and his co-authors Rand Ressler of Georgia Southern University and Benno Torgler of Queensland University of Technology extends the constitutional economics literature by focusing on the recent and much discussed U.S. Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade and, therefore, the constitutional right to an abortion. Mixon et al. focus their analysis on Justice Samuel Alito's now-famous 2022 draft opinion on Roe v. Wade , which, they argue, may have been leaked to Politico by a clerk to a conservative Supreme Court justice. According to the study, which is set to appear in a future issue of the Review of Behavioral Economics , t his possibility focuses on news reports in

Colonel Corey Woods to Speak on AI in the Military at Turner College Event

The Turner College will be hosting a distinguished speaker,  Colonel Corey Woods, the Deputy Chief of Staff of Sustainment at the USA Maneuver Center of Excellence, who will speak on the s trategic use of technology in the military. The presentation will focus on h ow Fort Moore and the U.S. military are leveraging AI and other cutting-edge technologies across all warfighting functions. The event is set for tomorrow evening (Tuesday, October 15) at 6:00 pm in room 305 of the Synovus Center on CSU's main campus. In the event of an overflow crowd, the presentation may be moved to the Synovus Center Theater on the second floor.