The TSYS School’s cybersecurity nexus students were visited recently by Lee Himes, Senior Director of Cyber Threat Management and Security Operations at Synovus. In addition to providing career advice to students, Himes discussed his own career in IT and career opportunities for nexus program graduates at Synovus. Following Himes on the stage was Shannon Krantz, Senior Campus Recruiter for Tricentis, a global leader in automated testing to accelerate software delivery and digital transformation. She spoke with nexus students about Tricentis, and offered them tips for interviewing successfully. Krantz was joined by John Walker, a Cloud Software Engineer at Tricentis who earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a master’s degree in applied computer science – cybersecurity, both from the TSYS School. According to Patrick Aiken, Director of the TSYS Center for Cybersecurity, “It was a big day for our Cybersecurity Nexus Program. To top it off, our cybersecurity club, the Black Box Society, picked up two pages worth of new members thanks to the efforts of Alex Walston and Roydon D’souza.” Walston is a nexus program graduate who is now pursuing a bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity from CSU. He currently holds a part-time position as Information Security Analyst at Synovus. D’souza is currently pursuing a degree in computer science – cybersecurity in the TSYS School. Prior to that he served more than 13 years in the U.S. Army. Finally, the Black Box Society is a student organization devoted to computer security, cybersecurity and information security. Its goals are to facilitate computer security education and grow the population of qualified information security professionals.
The Turner College's new marketing intern Lizzy Grant , a senior marketing major from Newnan who previously attended Gordon State College, where she played varsity soccer, and is scheduled to graduate from the Turner College in May of 2024, has hit the ground running in her new position. She recently played a large role in the creation of a video tour of the Synovus Center, the main campus home of the Turner College. The video helps to guide new students on where to go in the building and who they can talk to if they help. The video showcases the Student Services Center, the main lobby, and more. The video is played as part of a loop on video screens placed throughout the Synovus Center. Lizzy's list of activities at CSU is impressive. She is the Treasurer of the Turner College's Marketing Club, the President of Marketing for the Turner College's chapter of the Financial Management Association, and an Ambassador for the Turner College. She is also the Treasurer of her s
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