Turner College Fall 2023 Graduation Ceremony Set for December 8th

This Friday, December 8, CSU will celebrate the 734 Columbus State University students who comprise its Fall 2023 graduating class. The festivities will include three ceremonies throughout the day that mark the university’s 126th commencement exercises. The Turner College, which will confer 172 degrees, will kick off events with a 9:00 am graduation ceremony. Computer science professor Shamim Khan will be serving as one of the marshals at this ceremony. Counting all academic levels, the top five disciplines — in order of the total number of degrees and certificates to be awarded — are public safety, business administration, nursing, cybersecurity and health science. Two of these five disciplines are housed in the Turner College. This fall’s ceremonies will mark the first over which Stuart Rayfield will preside as the university’s president. She began her tenure in June 2023 and was formally installed as the university's sixth president in October 2023.

Each of Friday’s ceremonies will feature Bárbara Rivera Holmes as the university’s commencement speaker. Holmes is one of the 19 regents who volunteer their service to govern the University System of Georgia's 26 public colleges and universities. Each is appointed by the governor to represent one of the state’s 14 congressional districts or to fill one of five at-large appointments. Holmes, who represents Georgia’s 2nd congressional district, is the president and CEO of the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce — one of the state’s largest and most dynamic business advocacy organizations, supporting member business enterprises, civic organizations, educational institutions and individuals.

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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 ...

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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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