The Turner College's marketing club welcomed John Bunn to campus yesterday. Bunn, who owns Century 21 Bunn Real Estate, is a lifelong Harris County resident and leading local real estate professional since 1986. He earned a B.A. in business administration from LaGrange College in 1986. He later earned an MBA from Troy University in 2006. Bunn's talk was held in the Synovus Center Theater (kudos to Turner College students for turning out), where pizza and other refreshments were served.
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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