Turner Business

A new study by the Turner College's Jasmine Bordere and Frank Mixon  and Syracuse University's Shane Sanders examines a dimension of collegiate athletics that is understudied but at the same time economically important –  the determinants of apparel and equipment sponsorships among Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) university athletics departments. By integrating insights from sport management, marketing, and public choice theory, the analysis both confirms and complements our extant understanding of NCAA athletics sponsorships based primarily on market size and athletic success. The new study further finds the effect of corporate board alumni connections to be both significant and sizable with respect to apparel sponsorship outcomes. Using multinomial probit models, the findings provide consistent and robust evidence across several specifications that managerial affiliations between universities and apparel firms play an often decisive role in sponsorship affiliation. The...

New research by TSYS School student  Md Nurullah  and TSYS School faculty Rania Hodhod , Hyrum Carroll and Yi Zhou  that aims to improve plant disease detection appears in the latest issue of Electronics . As the study indicates, p lant diseases pose a significant threat to global food security, affecting crop yield, quality, and overall agricultural productivity. Traditionally, diagnosing plant diseases has relied on time-consuming visual inspections by experts, which can often lead to errors. Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), particularly Vision Transformers (ViTs), and Convolutional Neural Networks, offer a faster, automated alternative for identifying plant diseases through leaf image analysis. However, these models are often criticized for their “black box” nature, limiting trust in their predictions due to a lack of transparency. The TSYS School team's findings show that incorporating Explainable AI (XAI) techniques, such as Grad-CAM, Integrat...

[The View from 30,000 Feet is an occasional entry that offers a big-picture view of some of the topics covered on this blog.] About one week ago Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent announced that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, more commonly known as FAFSA, is introducing a new earnings indicator to complement the FAFSA process as a way of improving the information that individuals and families use in considering their postsecondary options. According to Kent, "As more than half of all Americans question whether a college degree is worth the price of tuition and the federal student loan portfolio nears a staggering $1.7 trillion, the Department of Education is taking significant steps to ensure that students and families have clear information to make informed postsecondary education enrollment decisions—before they take on debt they may never be able to repay . . .  The new earnings indicator helps illuminate how graduates’ typical earnings compare with ...

The Turner College is set to host a Career Fair on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm in the Student Recreation Center on CSU's main campus. The event is open to all CSU students, and attendees are asked to bring copies of their resumes. Based on past events, a large number of employers will be in attendance.

Congratulations to our Turner College graduate assistant Aryn Clark , who will be  graduating tomorrow with her M.S. in organizational leadership. She will soon be working as a project manager in Atlanta.  Aryn shared, “I want to give a special shoutout to all the staff at Turner College for their support throughout my journey. I also want to thank my friends and family who have always stood by my side. My experience at CSU has taught me that being driven and empathetic will take you far. A big thank you to [Turner College Associate Dean] Dr. [ Tesa ] Leonce for mentoring me and helping me develop my skills for the profession I am pursuing.”  Help us to congratulate Aryn for all of her hard work.

TEDx is coming to the Columbus State University on Thursday, Jan. 15, bringing with it the TEDx philosophy of “ideas worth spreading.” The event will feature a specially selected slate of speakers who will share the perspectives they’ve gained through their professional expertise, personal successes and failures, and community involvement.  Tickets are on sale now for the TEDxColumbusStateU event, which begins at 6 p.m. in CSU’s Riverside Theatre on the RiverPark campus. There, a diverse slate of some of the area’s brightest minds will share the stage and their pioneering perspectives, projects and vision.  “We’re bringing together thinkers, makers, storytellers and innovators from all walks of life,” explained Shana Young, Columbus State’s Associate Vice President for Community Engagement. “Their talks will challenge the way we think—the status quo—and point to ripple effects that inspire action and that we can incorporate into how we think, behave and lead.”  Young said...