Edmunds Turning MSOL Education into Professional Practice at Mercer University

CSU graduate Mat Edmunds learned much about administration, recruiting and leadership during his days in the Turner's College master's program in organizational leadership. A Director of Graduate Admissions in the Stetson-Hatcher School of Business at Mercer University, Mat is not only putting that education into practice, he is doing so in a way that reflects the program's emphasis on servant leadership. In addition to the duties one would expect of a business school's admissions director, those who have followed Mat's professional career (as Turner Business has) know that he has made a special effort in his position at Mercer University to assist K-12 educators who, as a result of the stress and strain that accompanies a career in primary and secondary education, have decided to transition into a new career in business or entrepreneurship. Mat's journey to get in the position to positively impact the lives of graduate students is an interesting one that begins at Lees-McRae College in North Carolina, where he earned both a B.S. in visual and performing arts and a B.A. in sports management in 2002. After graduation Mat journeyed to West Virginia to become an assistant coach for the lacrosse team at Wheeling Jesuit University. After serving in this position for a year, Mat returned to North Carolina the become a resident director and assistant lacrosse coach at Wingate University. After the better part of three years, Matt ventured back to Lees-McRae College, this time as head coach of the lacrosse team, a position he held for more than five years. It was at this point that Mat came to CSU, first as an undergraduate recruiter, and later adding international students, dual-enrollment students, transfer students and graduate students to his CSU recruiting portfolio. Near the end of Mat's 10-year tenure at CSU, in 2019, he completed the MSOL program in CSU's Turner College. During his time as a graduate student in the Turner College he was Vice President of the CSU's chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management and an inductee into the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society. He carried his MSOL degree, and the academic accolades he earned alongside it, to Mercer University in 2020. Turner Business congratulates Mat on his professional career thus far and promises to keep its eye on him going forward.

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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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