Burgos Visits TSYS School's Student Chapter of Women in Technology

The TSYS School's student chapter of Women in Technology recent received a visit from Gail Burgos, Chief Executive Officer of Girls Inc. of Columbus and founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Burgos Consulting Group, Inc. Burgos earned a BBA from the Turner College, a master's in human resource management from Troy University, and a doctorate in organizational theory and leadership from the University of Phoenix. Prior to her current roles, Burgos spent more than 25 years at TSYS, ending her tenure there in 2020 as Senior Diversity Officer. According to Patrick Aiken, "Gail and I sat in back-to-back offices while we were both at TSYS . . . Many late nights I would walk into the break room for a cup of water or coffee to find that Gail was also still there working on something important. We would encourage each other and get back to work every time." Burgos is the latest local business or enterprise leader who has visited with students enrolled in the TSYS School students. However, she has previously supported the mission of the Turner College. At the beginning of the 2022-2023 academic year, Burgos met with Turner College Dean Deb Kidder to discuss opportunities for Burgos and Girls Inc. of Columbus can collaborate with Kidder and the Turner College in the future. As Aiken added, "Gail is a magnificent person who gives unselfishly of her time and talents."

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New Butler Center Report Identifies Employment Gaps in the Columbus Area

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...

ABDC Releases 2025 Journal Review, Now Ranks Journal Edited by Phil Bryant

The long-awaited journal review being conducted by the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) has been released and there are a number of news items that relate to faculty in the Turner College. One of these is the ABDC's decision to now include Compensation and Benefits Review in its journal rankings. This is big news for the Turner College as its editor, Phil Bryant , is a professor of management in the Turner College. The ABDC is proposing that the journal enter its system for the first time as a C-rated journal. Acting Turner College Dean Tesa Leonce sits on the journal's editorial board, while Turner College management professor Mark James has guest-edited an issue of the journal. Published by SAGE, Compensation & Benefits Review is the leading journal for senior executives and professionals who design, implement, evaluate and communicate compensation and benefits policies and programs. The journal supports compensation and benefits specialists and academic ex...

TSYS School, Jianhua Yang, Lixin Wang Each among Top Five in the World

New research by computer scientists in the School of Information Technology at Universiti Utara Malaysia that ranks institutions and individuals on the basis of scholarship in the area of stepping-stone attacks heaps praise on the Turner College’s TSYS School of Computer Science and two of its faculty – Jianhua Yang and Lixin Wang . The article, published in the April 2023 issue of the International Journal of Research in Engineering and Science , provides a bibliometric analysis of both publication and citation data from 2000 to September of 2022 related to research on stepping-stone intrusion. Among several results, it reports that Columbus State University ranks second worldwide, trailing only the University of Houston, using total publications on the subject as the basis of comparison. A number of other U.S. institutions appear in the top 10, including third-ranked North Carolina State University, fourth-ranked University of Illinois, sixth-ranked Iowa State U...

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