With the first week of Fall 2023 classes almost complete, Turner College and other CSU students have experienced firsthand the fact that Columbus State is now a Microsoft campus. That is, since the end of Spring 2023 the University has been migrating from its Google platform to the new Microsoft platform. This change has so far meant that students, faculty and staff have been using Outlook as their means of e-mail communication rather than the Gmail platform offered by Google. Currently, students are migrating to new e-mail accounts that will appear as "lastname_firstname@students.columbusstate.edu" while faculty and staff will continue to use e-mail addresses that do not include the "@students." portion. In addition to being able to distinguish students' communications for those of others, this migration process has allowed for alumni e-mail addresses. These will include an "@alumni" tag in the address. Any Turner College (or other CSU) student experiencing problems from this migration process are invited to contact the UITS Help Desk for technical assistance. The Help Desk has two locations -- the Simon Schwob Library on CSU's main campus and Dillingham Place on CSU's RiverPark campus. As it currently stands, all former Google platform e-mail accounts have been deactivated, so taking care of any related issues sooner rather than later is essential.
Officials in the Turner College's Butler Center for Research and Economic Development recently put the finishing touches on an extensive report on trends in educational programs and occupations in the Columbus area. The report also includes data on business and technology trends. According to Fady Mansour , Director of the Butler Center, there are several key takeaways from the report regarding 10 occupational gaps that currently exist in the Columbus area. First, software development occupation exhibits the biggest labor shortage, with the report adding that the TSYS School has a bachelor's degree program in information technology along with a new AI track for the bachelor's degree in computer science, both of which can qualify students for this occupation. Other educational programs are in demand, such as computer programming and cloud computing. Second, there is a gap of 30 employees per year in general and operations management. This gap could be addressed by the Turn...

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