The Turner College's Patrick Aiken, Director of the TSYS Center for Cybersecurity, recently spoke about "the opportunity-rich field of cybersecurity" at Calvary Christian School's Career Day Event. Accompanying Aiken on this occasion was Jammie "Peyton" Holloway, a CCS alum, volunteer baseball coach at CCS, and current student in the TSYS School's Nexus cybersecurity program. "CCS is a refreshing environment of holistic learning with eager students and engaged teachers and administrators. It was just lots of fun. Special thanks to Gwen Lewis and Steve Childers for hosting us, feeding us, giving us swag, and driving us around in a golf cart," Aiken stated.
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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