TSYS School's Nexus Cybersecurity Program Spotlighted in Company Blog

The first blog post of February 2024 here at Turner Business reported on a visit with TSYS Schools Nexus cybersecurity students by Joseph Blankenship and Jess Burn, Vice President and Principal Analyst, respectively, at Forrester Research, an Atlanta-based research and advisory firm. Shortly after that visit, Burn (pictured at left) and Blankenship penned their own blog about their experiences during that visit. In their blog, Burn and Blankenship describe the cybersecurity Nexus program as a one-year certificate program designed to give students of all ages and backgrounds an intensive and hands-on learning experience that will prepare them for careers in fintech. They add that the students are taught by former practitioners and have the opportunity to earn security certifications and participate in live fire exercises in a cyber range, both in addition to earning a cybersecurity Nexus degree. Local companies Global Payments and Synovus are mentioned as backers of the program. Burn and Blankenship also credit (1) the cyber range featured in CSU’s cybersecurity Nexus program from Cyberbit, which offers a higher-ed-specific version of its full cybersecurity skills and training platform, and (2) Patrick Aiken, Director of the TSYS Center for Cybersecurity, who indicated that 27 graduates of the program have been hired since the program's inception three years ago. Lastly, the executives nicely summarized their visit, stating "Our time with the CSU Cybersecurity Nexus Program students and staff was incredibly inspiring. These students are excited to be in the program, eager for a challenge, and preparing themselves for a future role built on a foundation of practical experience. Be it through a degree or certification program at a local college, an online university, or direct access to labs and ranges, practical and continual upskilling is the future of cybersecurity skills and training."

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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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