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Turner College News & Notes: August 18, 2026

The TSYS School recently welcomed its newest cybersecurity Nexus students in Cohort 17. Returning members of Cohort 16 were also welcomed back to campus for fall semester. Their energy has been incredible, and they are ready for a fall semester of learning, connection, and stepping confidently into the world of cybersecurity together. Turner Business welcomes these students to campus and wishes them the best. Turner College and TSYS School alumni are invited to reconnect, raise a glass, and rediscover the newly redesigned Davidson Center on September 1, 2026, from 5:00pm to 6:30pm. The first 50 CSU alumni will receive a CSU logo puffer vest. Please plan to stay afterward for an inspirational evening with #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Do You Want to Do Before You Die? Ben Nimtin.

New Research by Wen Shi Examines Permissive Credit Regulations in Alabama

Alabama is a high-poverty state with permissive small-dollar credit regulation and one of the largest licensed alternative financial service provider markets in the United States. Using Alabama State Banking Department licensing data for 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2020, new research by Turner College economist Wen Shi , Tuskegee University's Rui Chen and Robert Zabawa, and Jiayi Xu of Siena University estimates Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood models with high-dimensional fixed effects in order to examine conditional spatial associations between traditional financial institutions, socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, and counts of payday lenders, small-loan providers, and pawnshops. Their models are estimated at census-tract, ZIP-code, and county levels, and two-part hurdle models separate alternative financial service provider presence from conditional intensity. According to their results, lagged credit-union intensity shows the most consistent positive associat...

Turner College Economist Frank Mixon Recognized for Outstanding Research in Empirical Economics

Published by Springer, Empirical Economics is an A-rated journal (Australian Business Deans Council) that focuses on high-quality papers that apply advanced econometric or statistical methods to confront economic theory with observed data. Exemplary topics appearing in the journal are treatment effect estimation, policy evaluation, forecasting, and econometric methods. This year the journal is celebrating its 50th anniversary. In commemoration of this milestone, its most recent issue leads with an expansive bibliometric analysis of the journal's first 50 years. This analysis recognizes top papers appearing in previous issues and scholars who have contributed to the journal's success. One of the diagrams in the article, Figure 9, presents a network that shows the bibliographic coupling of authors publishing in Empirical Economics , wherein the nodes are the top individual researchers and the edges are co-authorship or citation relationships between those res...

University System of Georgia Drives Record $25.1 Billion Economic Impact

The University System of Georgia (USG) generated a record $25.1 billion for the state’s economy in Fiscal Year 2025 — an 8.9% increase over last year, according to a new economic impact report. At the same time, a companion study shows a USG degree continues to pay off for students, adding more than $1.4 million to a graduate’s lifetime earnings. “A USG degree isn’t just a diploma. It’s a game-changer for our students and a major win for Georgia’s economy,” USG Chancellor Sonny Perdue said. “Adding $25 billion to the state and giving our graduates a $1.4 million lifetime boost shows the real power of public higher education. When our students succeed, they put strong skills, a great work ethic and real value right back into Georgia communities.” The $25.1 billion total economic impact for FY 2025 marks a substantial jump from $23.1 billion in FY 2024. It includes $16.3 billion in direct spending by students and by USG’s 25 institutions on personnel and operating costs, along...

Turner College News & Notes: August 13, 2026

Earlier this month Turner Business reported that the search for a new Dean of the Turner College has been delayed, per CSU Provost Dustin Anderson's May 2026 presentation to the CSU Faculty Senate, until early 2027. As we indicated at that time, listening sessions would begin in January 2027 under the leadership of search committee chair Margie Yates. However, Anderson's presentation to Turner College faculty and staff on August 3, 2026, suggested that listening sessions might begin later this fall semester. He also noted during that presentation that the search committee was almost fully formed, pending the invitation acceptance of a single prospective member. The Turner College's previous dean, Deborah Kidder, was selected from among four finalists identified by a 13-member Dean's Search Committee. That search was co-chaired by Ben Blair , professor of economics, and Annice Yarber-Allen, then-Dean of the College of Letters and Sciences. The 13-member committee was ...

CSU Posts Announcement of Opening for a Turner College Development Officer

Earlier this week the job posting for the Turner College's new Development Officer went live. According to the posting, the Development Officer will report to the Chief Advancement Officer and will be primarily responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding mid-level and principal gifts from individuals, corporations, and foundations. Retaining current donors is a crucial aspect of the Development Officer's role, as it helps ensure ongoing support for CSU. This role involves developing and executing strategic fundraising plans, managing donor relationships, coordinating appeals campaigns, and contributing to the overall success of advancement efforts. The Development Officer will collaborate with various stakeholders, alumni relations, and other university departments, to align fundraising activities with the academic priorities and goals of CSU as defined by the CSU President. This position will primarily be responsible for raising private philanthropic s...