The Turner College's two academic departments -- Department of Accounting and Finance and Department of Management and Marketing -- along with its TSYS School of Computer Science will begin the 2023-24 academic year this afternoon with separate Fall Planning Week meetings. Gisung Moon will be hosting the Accounting and Finance meeting for the first time, following his recent appointment as departmental chair. Moon replaces Tesa Leonce in that role after Leonce was elevated to Associate Dean of the Turner College. Wen Shi will be replacing Frank Mixon as the economics discipline coordinator. Mixon served in that role since 2013. Brett Cotten will be replacing Moon as the finance discipline coordinator. During the Management and Marketing meeting, chairman John Finley will be introducing departmental faculty to Insung Hwang, who joins the department this year from a visiting position at Lehigh University. Stay linked to Turner Business for any news related to these events.
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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