Turner Business

Advisement for summer and fall courses has now opened for Turner College business students and TSYS School computer science students. Students are requested to make an appointment with their academic coaches in order to review their degree plans, discuss course options, and make a schedule that fits their needs. CSU academic coaches are also available for career counseling and post-graduation professional opportunities.

CSU President Stuart Rayfield recently provided updates regarding campus construction and the institution's master plan for campus. According to the updates, c onstruction activity remains extensive across campus, reflecting major state investment in CSU and signaling investments in academics, athletics and student experiences. "Projects are progressing on schedule, with the renovation of the Davidson Student Center and the re-facing of the Center for Commerce and Technology expected to be finished this summer. A new, privately funded golf clubhouse is under construction at the Key Golf Studio and is expected to be completed this fall. Toward the end of this year, we should begin demolishing the current Police Department and ROTC buildings and related relocations to make way for the new building to co-house our Robotics Engineering and the Coca-Cola Space Science Center. While disruptive at times, these projects are essential to the university’s long-term growth," Rayfiel...

TSYS School computer scientist Yi Zhou  blazed his way through 2025 with nine journal publications, including papers published by Journal of Systems Architecture ,  I EEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering , IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems , I EEE Transactions on Network and Service Management , Electronics  (twice),  Information , and the  Journal of Supercomputing , Computers . In addition to this lengthy list, which follows eight peer-reviewed publications in 2024, Zhou  supervised research conducted by several graduate students, including (1) Xian Gao , Mahmoud, Yasser , and Kaleb Horvath (undergraduate student) in the development of smart health systems, and (2) Pexiong He in data mining and recommending systems. Moreover, nine undergraduate students had the good fortune of working under Zhou's guidance on topics ranging from  AI-powered smart sensing and monitoring for physical rehabilitation to p rivate Cloud establishment f...

CSU President Stuart Rayfield recently provided updates regarding enrollment and the institution's financial situation. In terms of enrollment, she noted that there are " encouraging signs that recent investments and structural changes are making a difference, even as important challenges remain." For example, the fall-to-spring retention rate is currently tracking about 2% ahead of last year. "If this trend holds to when this metric is officially measured (fall-to-fall), it would be an encouraging step bringing us closer to our long-term goal of an 85% retention rate," she stated. On the financials side, Rayfield added that  the university is in solid shape for the current fiscal year. "Looking ahead, we are slated to receive an increase in FY27 state appropriations, followed by a decrease the following year, as the formula tracks enrollment trends. We are making plans for all this, being conservative with our planning while also prioritizing our strategic...

Turner College graduate JJ Tillotson (née Bryan ) recently celebrated her one-year anniversary with the Columbus Convention & Trade Center. JJ, who recently earned a BBA from the Turner College, is the Center's Marketing Coordinator. Regular readers of Turner Business will be familiar with JJ, as she served as the Turner College marketing intern during the 2023-24 academic year.  Her role consisted of creating the weekly Turner Tuesday news videos, traveling to high schools to promote the Turner College, designing graphics and flyers for all sorts of events/notices, shooting photos and videos for the CSU website, and running all Turner College social media accounts including Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Congratulations to JJ on this recent milestone.

Scheduled for Wednesday, March 25, CSU's annual Legacy Celebration will honor university students, employees, alumni and partners for their advocacy, leadership and accomplishments. Attendees will e njoy dinner with classmates, colleagues and community partners. Tickets are sold individually and in tables of eight. They will also  hear from keynote speaker T. Dallas Smith, an African American real estate pioneer, CEO and entrepreneur. The Legacy Award nominations deadline is Friday, February 20, 2025. Finally, the p riority ticket deadline, with sales continuing until tickets are sold out, is Friday, March 6.