Turner Business

Are you—or a classmate you know—planning to apply for an internship? Learn how to use the Handshake app to track your experiential learning and build a strong foundation for your future career. Your opportunity to do these and other things falls on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month as CSU's Center for Career Coaching offers a standing Internship Workshop in Room 208 of the Schuster Student Success Center on CSU's main campus. Each Internship Workshop begins at 1:00pm. Virtual attendance is available for students who are unable to visit campus.

Workload Management and T&P:  A Guest Essay Despite having to manage the instruction for one of the Turner College's biggest academic programs, the Turner College has only two tenure-track marketing faculty, both of whom are tenured. Three or so years ago, when the marketing faculty roster shrank to this number, the Turner College's request to hire more was denied on the cryptic basis of the Turner College already having "too many" tenure-track and tenured faculty. (Today, the word is that the Turner College even has "too many full professors.") Although one can't really know the meaning of that denial from a distance, perhaps the most charitable interpretation of it would be that the Turner College (CSU) should strive to maintain a program of employing faculty who are capable of ascending the institutional food chain of America's system of higher education. If successful, such a program would lead to healthy turnover of faculty, as veteran facul...

According to this morning's news release from CSU's Office of Strategic Communication + Marketing, CSU anticipates launching its search for a new Dean of the Turner College next month, September 2026, with the goal of welcoming a new Dean to the Turner College in January 2027. If accurate, this is both a stepped-up and accelerated process, as recent news from the CSU administration indicated that search committee finalization and listening sessions would occur this fall and completion of the process would occur in time for the successful candidate to be seated on July 1, 2027. Now, t he Office of the Provost and Chief Academic Officer invites the Turner College community to join its upcoming virtual forums where it can share its thoughts with university leaders and search committee members on the qualities and priorities the Turner College should look for in the candidates. Provided on very short notice, these virtual forums are set for Thursday, August 27, at 5:00pm, and Frida...

The Turner College welcomed back its business and computer science students on Tuesday with its annual fall kickoff gathering in the main foyer of the Synovus Center. As with previous iterations of this event, Turner College and TSYS School faculty and staff served pizza, sodas, snacks and candies to students from noon until 2:00pm. "We loved kicking off the semester with our Turner College community at our welcome back event. From connecting with classmates to enjoying some fun and good vibes, it was the perfect way to start the semester," stated John Finley , Interim Associate Dean. Students were also welcomed by the Turner College's chapter of the Financial Management Association, accounting club, marketing club, ColorStack and several other business and computer science student organizations and clubs. 

The Butler Center for Research and Economic Development has just initiated a new student success opportunity that is  available through the Student-Faculty Applied Research Fellowship Program, an initiative of the Butler Center.  The Fellowship provides $2,500 to support student-faculty applied research focused on issues relevant to Columbus and the surrounding region. According to Butler Center Director Fady Mansour , "We define economic development broadly. A project may address any issue, challenge, or opportunity that can help us better understand or improve Columbus and the surrounding region. Topics may include housing, workforce development, healthcare, education, business analytics, public policy, community development, and many others."  The Fellowship is interdisciplinary, and Mansour encourages faculty across the university to consider students who may be interested. He also noted that the Fellowship may be used as an independent study across many disciplines, ...

On Saturday, Aug. 22, Columbus State University volunteers participated in the 19th annual Day of Service, aiding 15 local nonprofit and community groups. Nearly 250 students, along with faculty and staff, collectively contributed 625 volunteer hours to support the community.  “At Columbus State, leading with care and serving others is just who we are,” explained President Stuart Rayfield. “True leadership starts with empathy, and our annual Day of Service is all about students putting our core value of servant leadership into action. It’s a wonderful opportunity for our students to jump in, connect with our local partners, and make a real, positive difference in the community we love.”  Student volunteers spent the morning engaged in projects ranging from cleaning, painting and organizing to gardening, landscaping and dog-walking. At Turn Around Columbus, Alana Hankerson and her Women’s Basketball teammates focused on gardening at the Dr. George Washington Carver Victory Gard...