Turner Business

TSYS School associate professor of computer science Hyrum Carroll has been nominated by the Turner College's Awards & Scholarships Committee for the 2025 CSU Teaching Excellence Award. This award recognizes  a faculty member's strong commitment to teaching and learning. The criteria for selection include demonstrated use of classroom activities designed to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and/or global and multicultural understanding; use of effective teaching strategies to enhance student learning, such as innovative uses of technology, active learning, learning communities, student portfolios, and assessment; and a strong commitment to fostering academic success through interaction with students outside of the classroom (e.g., advising, mentoring, recruiting, etc.).  During his seven and a half years in the TSYS School, Hyrum has taught an average of 97.6 students per Fall and Spring semester, totaling 1,045 unique students across 66 course section

TSYS School professor of computer science Jianhua Yang has been nominated by the Turner College's Awards & Scholarships Committee for the 2025 CSU Excellence in Online Award. This award recognizes those members of our faculty who have contributed outstanding professional service to the University and/or community. Service is defined as the contribution of the faculty member's expertise in his or her discipline to worthwhile efforts of the university, community, educational, environmental, business and economic life of the community. In terms of service to CSU, Yang is currently a member of the Faculty Affairs Committee. At the Turner College level, he is a member of both the Curriculum and Faculty Resource and Development Committees. At the beginning of this semester, the Turner College Dean's Office announced that Yang would be assuming the  CAE Coordinator, making him responsible for managing the TSYS School's cybersecurity accreditation efforts. At the TSYS Sch

Patrick Aiken , Director of the TSYS Center for Cybersecurity, recently visited management information systems Professor  Jennifer Pitts ' MBA class to speak with students about some cybersecurity concepts. According to Aiken, " Among other things, [the students] were curious about how to protect themselves, so I shared some common sense 'cyber hygiene' best practices." The students also got the chance to tour the newly renovated first floor on the Synovus Center, where the TSYS Center for Cybersecurity is located.

Turner College professor of finance Brett Cotten has been nominated by the Turner College's Awards & Scholarships Committee for the 2025 CSU Excellence in Online Award. This award recognizes  those full-time members of the Columbus State University Graduate Faculty who, in the tradition established by Dr. William "Bill" Chappell, have demonstrated excellence in teaching Columbus State University's graduate students and have contributed outstanding professional service to the Graduate School, the University and the community. Although Cotten only recently returned to teaching in the Turner College's MBA program, he  spent a lot of time last winter and spring developing and  teaching the Managerial Finance course for the program.  In  addition, he worked with and provided input toward the development of the finance portion of a  new MBA class, Foundations for Business. In speaking with Turner Business , Cotten explained his pedagogical approach. " I want s

TSYS School associate professor of computer science Linqiang Ge has been nominated by the Turner College's Awards & Scholarships Committee for the 2025 CSU Excellence in Online Award. This award recognizes  a faculty member's strong commitment to quality online teaching and learning. The criteria for selection include demonstration of teaching, service and scholarly activities designed to advance the quality of online teaching and learning; the use of effective and innovative online teaching practices that result in student engagement, student satisfaction, and effectiveness in achieving desired learning outcomes; and an extraordinary commitment to fostering the academic success of online students through the development of rapport with individual learners in and beyond the virtual classroom. As Ge explained his approach to online teaching to  Turner Business , " Throughout my time at Columbus State University, I have worked to achieve and maintain excellence in onlin

Congratulations to Madison Henderson , who will graduate this fall with a BBA in marketing. She currently serves as the Vice President of Communications for the CSU Marketing Club and as a Turner College Student Ambassador. Her professional goal is to work in marketing with the Georgia or United States Department of Agriculture. Madison shares a piece of wisdom that has inspired her journey: "Listen to the advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand." - Proverbs 19:20-21.