Turner Business

Since joining the Turner College just a few years ago, accounting professor Charles Boster  has steadily built an impressive record in accounting education. His students consistently rate his teaching effectiveness at 4.8 (out of 5) or above. Boster's recipe for success is simple. As he explains, "I continually assess teaching methods, teaching materials, and learning goals to improve content relevance, instructional quality, and student satisfaction. Through continuous improvement activities, my goal is 'better.' I am always trying to find ways to make my courses better. I seek to ensure course content reflects current business environments." Boster's approach to accounting education has also been consistent with CSU's recent focus on the development of students' critical thinking skills.  "While I focus on practical applications of course concepts, I know from experience that time management, critical thinking, and problem solving are more impor...

In only his second year in the Turner College, management professor Tom Ngo is establishing a commendable record of service. Ngo serves on the Turner College's  Strategic Planning Committee, a group that has spent the past several months establishing one-year and five-year strategic goals aligned with the CSU’s broader priorities that recently resulted in the faculty-approved Vision 2030 . As a member of CSU's  Research and Grants Committee, Ngo collaborated with Michelle Eady, a Fulbright Scholar visiting CSU, to organize and deliver a “Lunch and Learn” session. This initiative supported faculty development by promoting research engagement and grant-related discussion. Additionally, a s the faculty advisor to the CSU International Student Club, Ngo participated in international student orientation and supported students’ academic and cultural transition to CSU, fostering inclusivity and global engagement. Relatedly, he also  delivered a talk for the English Language Ins...

A new Employer Advisory Council at Columbus State University is enhancing students’ career prospects with the region’s employers—ranging from internships and co-ops to post-graduate jobs. Its origin is part of a comprehensive university strategy that aligns academics, career coaching and experiential learning to prepare students for the evolving needs of the modern workforce.  According to Patrick Keebler, director of Columbus State’s Center for Career Coaching, the council’s main goal is to foster two-way dialogue that benefits both students and the local economy. It aims to establish a direct communication channel between the university and the region’s most influential recruiters and business leaders.  “The goal of our new Employer Advisory Council is to enhance communication between Columbus State University and the area’s leading employers that hire our graduates,” Keebler noted. “This will help us better understand their workforce needs and create more opportunities to p...

Work is progressing nicely on the front of the Synovus Center, home of the Turner College. The image at left, provided to Turner Business by management professor Kirk Heriot , was captured on February 25, 2026. Today, new brick covers almost all of the face of the building. Over the next few weeks that work will be completed and the construction team will focus on the interior of the building. Work on the $10 million project is expected to be completed just prior to Fall 2026. Stay connected to Turner Business for the latest news on this project.

CSU President Stuart Rayfield's March 2026 Updates indicated that the recently passed FY26 amended state budget included a $2,000 stipend for all state employees, including Turner College faculty and staff. Our own February 26, 2026, post on the state budget  also discussed that element of the assembly's activities. Turner Business also reported in that post that Turner College faculty and staff are also expected income and property tax relief, ranging from $500 to $1,000 depending on marital status. This is much needed good news for both groups. Stay connected to Turner Business for more news on the FY27 budget. Yesterday's post about TSYS School computer scientist Yesem Kurt Peker 's publication in IEEE Access failed to mention that this accomplishment marked a milestone for Peker as it is her first publication in an A-rated academic journal. So, this repeat mention corrects that omission and serves as a double congrats to Peker. It is also worth repeating here tha...

TSYS School computer scientist Yesem Kurt Peker  has extended her research program examining fault detection in smart buildings with a new study in IEEE Access that leverages  machine learning techniques to predict  and classify faults in energy consumption, thus providing actionable insights to proactively mitigate them. In  this study, Peker, her TSYS School students  Shashank Sekhara , Akshith Nukala  and McAndrew Okwei , and her colleagues from Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and US Ignite, Inc., propose a data engineering and machine learning framework deployed in the cloud to  predict energy consumption across multiple building types. Their dataset includes hourly energy consumption,  weather conditions and occupancy data, and results from outlier/fault detection to model prediction  provide a detailed comparative analysis on methodologies for implementing a scalable and efficient  framework for buildings’ energy man...