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The Turner College's February 2026 faculty and staff meeting was held yesterday afternoon and there are quite a few items that were covered. At the top of the meeting Acting Turner College Dean Tesa Leonce provided an update regarding construction work on the Synovus Center. Phase 4 of the project has commenced, meaning that work on the front of the building is now taking place. The target date for completion of that work is May 19, 2026. This project to replace the Synovus Center's envelope has operated under a $10 million budget and is being undertaken by Sheridan Construction. Since the beginning of Phase 4, the street in front of the Synovus Center has been converted to one-way traffic. Next, Leonce updated faculty and staff on the process of searching for a permanent dean of the Turner College. CSU is currently vetting search firms, having recently moved from four to three candidates for the job. Once a search firm is selected, it will work with a CSU search comm...

A series of posts here at Turner Business celebrates various Google Scholar citation milestones reached by business faculty. As indicated in the most recent of these, highlighting marketing professor  Ed O'Donnell reaching the 500 total Google Scholar citations milestone, various metrics provided by Google Scholar, such as the i10-index and the h-index, are reported. For this post, Turner Business created a metric, the i50-index, which is the number of a scholar's publications that have each garnered at least 50 Google Scholar citations. The i50-index for each Turner College business faculty is provided, using the ranges shown, in the table below. As indicated in the table above, 17 Turner College business faculty have thus far produced an i50-index value of at least one, with six scoring an i50-index above five. In the top category, with an i50-index above 15, are management professor Deborah Kidder and economics professor Frank Mixon . Turner College management professor ...

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has released the newest data on the labor market outcomes for college graduates by major. The data for disciplines in the typical business school, plus computer science are shown in the table below, with the highlighted entries representing majors offered by the Turner College. As indicated there, accounting majors experience the lowest rate of unemployment, which, at 2.6%, is 4.4 percentage points below the unemployment rate of computer science majors. The unemployment rates of 6% for information systems management and 7% for computer science comport with the latest news reports about the struggles of graduates in these areas to secure employment in recent months. The data in the table above also indicate that underemployment is a problem, particularly for general business and management majors. In both cases, the underemployment rate exceeds 50%, with marketing in a close third at 49.3%. Computer science and information systems management majors e...

CSU faculty and staff recently heard from the Georgia chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) about the new accreditation group founded in part by the University System of Georgia and known as the Commission for Public Higher Education (CPHE). According to Georgia AAUP President Matthew Boedy, a professor of rhetoric and composition at the University of North Georgia, the CPHE  is seeking feedback on the evidentiary guidance for its standards . This guidance will help peer reviewers as they visit campuses to evaluate institutions, and the institutions themselves as they aim to meet the standards. Two USG institutions, CSU and Georgia Southern University, are part of the first cohort of institutions to be evaluated by the CPHE. According to Boedy, the Georgia  AAUP holds the view that the CPHE, as a “state run” accreditation group, is a threat to the long-standing traditions of independent accreditation and shared governance. The Georgia AAUP also be...

Research by Turner College marketing professor Ed O'Donnell recently surpassed 500 career Google Scholar citations. Additionally, Google Scholar reports that his i10-index is equal to 8, meaning that O'Donnell has published 8 studies that have each garnered at least 10 citations. Google Scholar also reports two additional metrics. One of these is a scholar’s h-index, which is the largest number, h , of a scholar’s publications that have each garnered at least h citations. O'Donnell’s h-index is 9, meaning that his 9 most-cited studies have each generated at least 9 citations. Another Google Scholar metric is a scholar’s g-index, which is the largest number, g , of a scholar’s publications that have collectively garnered at least g -squared citations. O'Donnell’s g-index is 19, meaning that his 19 most-cited studies have collectively produced at least 361 citations. O'Donnell’s top-cited publication is a 2005 study in the Journal of Management Studies  that,  based ...

The Turner College is joining the Georgia Game Developers Association, Holo Haven, GiM, and Puzzles by Joe to co-host CIMFEST 2026, where attendees can  explore the latest games, test out cutting-edge technology, and connect with fellow tech leaders in the field. Whether you’re a casual player or a hardcore enthusiast, this event is open to gamers of all ages. The event is scheduled for Saturday, March 7, 2026, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in the Synovus Center on CSU's main campus. Well-known gamer  Tygarlilly is scheduled to make a special appearance, and game designer  Michelle Menard is set to be the keynote speaker.  Don’t forget to scan the QR code on the bottom left of the poster above to register.  Join the crowd for a full day of fun, laughter, and technical exploration — you won’t want to miss it. The plan to hire a new dean of the Turner College by July 1, 2026, appears to have been shelved as the CSU Employment Portal does not yet list an opening for the ...