Applications are now open for the Turner College's 2024 Cougar Business Pitch Competition. The deadline for submission of applications is Friday, March 29, at 12:00 noon. All undergraduate and graduate students enrolled during the 2023-2024 academic year are eligible so long as they are in good academic standing with the university and do not have any holds on their accounts. Students may submit individually or as a team. Team members must all be students at Columbus State University. Teams are limited to four students. Students may only submit one entry for the competition, individually or as part of a team. Interested students should use the website linked above to submit their plans using a business pitch process, sometimes called an elevator pitch. The finals will be held on Saturday, April 27, in the Synovus Center Theater. Monetary prizes will be awarded to the top finishers. First place will receive $3,000, second place will receive $2,000, third place will receive $1,000, and honorable mention will receive $250. For questions, please contact Kirk Heriot, professor of management and holder of the Crowley Chair for Entrepreneurship. "All CSU students are encouraged to participate, but especially our students in computer science and business. I am available as a resource for any student that has questions. I will be happy to respond to their inquiries over the Spring Break," Heriot added.
The Turner College's new marketing intern Lizzy Grant , a senior marketing major from Newnan who previously attended Gordon State College, where she played varsity soccer, and is scheduled to graduate from the Turner College in May of 2024, has hit the ground running in her new position. She recently played a large role in the creation of a video tour of the Synovus Center, the main campus home of the Turner College. The video helps to guide new students on where to go in the building and who they can talk to if they help. The video showcases the Student Services Center, the main lobby, and more. The video is played as part of a loop on video screens placed throughout the Synovus Center. Lizzy's list of activities at CSU is impressive. She is the Treasurer of the Turner College's Marketing Club, the President of Marketing for the Turner College's chapter of the Financial Management Association, and an Ambassador for the Turner College. She is also the Treasurer of her s
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