Dean Kidder to Offer 'Fast-Paced' Graduate Course on Fort Moore

Jason Dennis of WTVM News Leader 9 spoke recently with officials at Fort Moore and others about CSU's new office spaces for military-connected students. As Dennis indicates, CSU has landed on a list of top 10 military friendly schools in the United States, and recently it unveiled something new for military-connected students. “Columbus State University helps our soldiers Be Moore,” Fort Moore Commanding General MG Curtis Buzzard said Fort Moore’s Commanding General using the motto of the newly renamed post, “Be Moore,” to describe the partnership with CSU, which Victory Media ranked as the 8th best military friendly school in America. Columbus State just unveiled a new headquarters for its 1,200 military-connected students, about 20% of the student body. Top leaders came out for the ribbon cutting of the new office spaces located in the Schuster Student Success Center on CSU's main campus. CSU is the first in Georgia to have a designated space like this also for active-duty service members, their spouses and dependents.

The university will also now be including in-person classes, fast-paced ones, on the Army installation next door. “Dean [Deb] Kidder of the business school is going to go over onto Fort Moore [soon] and teach over 3 weekends, we’re calling it this killer Kidder course,” Military Liaison Special Ast. to CSU President MG (Ret) Pat Donahoe said, referring to a course in the Turner College's M.S. program in organizational leadership. “Across many ranks, our soldiers seek higher education through CSU. That’s Captains that are a part of the Captains Career Course,” MG Buzzard added. “They could be halfway to a Masters degree when they walk across the stage at the end of the Captains Course and head back out to the Army,” MG (Ret) Donahoe also said. There will be no more mandated student fees for military-connected students either, except for on-campus parking. Advisors and counselors at the newly located CSU office will help these students with school-life-career balance, transitioning from military life to civilian learning, transferring past credits, and financial benefits. “Our relationship with Fort Moore has never been stronger,” new CSU President Stuart Rayfield said.

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Four Turner College Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Teaching

CSU Head Women's Soccer Coach Jay Entlich recently released a list of CSU faculty who have been chosen by a player as a member of the CSU faculty who has impacted the player in a positive way along their journey at CSU. Four Turner College faculty were included on the list, along with the player who nominated each. Management professor Phil Bryant was named by Sophia Leal , a freshman midfielder from Oxford, Georgia. Sophia attended Eastside High School and was a two-time all-region selection during her high school career. Through the first 10 games of 2024, she has scored one goal and recorded three assists. Next, management professor John Finley was named by Lizz Forshaw , a graduate student forward from Stockton, England. Lizz, who attended IMG Academy in south Florida, has scored four goals and recorded four assists this season. During her senior year in 2023, she scored three goals and recorded two assists. As a junior in 2022, Lizz scored three goals ...

Turner College Grad Publishes Academic Study on Corporate Culture and Strategy

Former Turner College student Tamara Todorova , now an associate professor of economics at American University in Bulgaria (AUB), recently published a study on corporate culture and strategy. Todorova earned an MBA from the Turner College in 1996 and then went on to earn a doctorate in international economics from the University of Economics - Varna in 2001. She has been on the faculty at AUB since August of 2000. Todorova's study, which appears in the current issue of the International Journal of Business Performance Management , investigates how corporate culture helps to economize on the transaction costs of internal organization. As she explains, the dimensions of corporate culture that assist in this task include increasing trust and reducing intrafirm opportunism. Todorova's study demonstrates that setting common goals and a common direction reduces the sizeable costs of internal organization. Tamara's prior research appears in Economics of Transition , International ...

Hammer joins Turner College Finance Faculty

The Turner College's Department of Accounting and Finance welcomes Melissa Ingle Hammer , who joins the group as an adjunct faculty in finance. Hammer graduated from the Turner College in 2005, after earning a BBA in finance. She later went on to earn an MBA from Auburn University, a Specialist Certificate in Conduct Risk from the University of Manchester, a Certificate in Team Culture from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Certificate in Executive Presence from Cornell University. Hammer is the SVP of Fair Lending Product Management with RiskExec at Asurity. She previously worked as Compliance Manager of Fair Lending at Synovus, a senior regulatory consultant with Wolters Kluwer, and as VP of Compliance at TD. This semester Hammer will be teaching FINC 3135, Financial Institutions and Technologies. Turner Business welcomes Melissa and wishes her a great first semester in the Turner College.

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