Joshua Brooks Wins 2024 Turner College Excellence inTeaching Award

Turner College associate professor of finance Joshua Brooks received the 2024 Turner College Excellence in Teaching Award at the organization's 2024 faculty and staff retreat on April 30. He previously won the 2022 Turner College Online Teaching Award and was nominated for the 2023 CSU Teaching Innovation Award. Brooks' performance in the classroom has always been exemplary, as evidenced by student evaluations of teaching. Being in the CSU environment has only added motivation to continue classroom excellence. "Columbus State University’s attitude towards effective pedagogy struck me from my very first day on campus. The wide array of professional development and the dedication to instruction were evident from instructors, to department chairs, to administration," Brooks explained. When coronavirus caught the world by surprise it dramatically accelerated many of the slowly moving forces of education innovation. When lockdown went into effect, Brooks taught himself video editing software and created a YouTube channel to begin posting short problem solving videos for each of his classes. He continues to build on this and has found it to be invaluable for teaching Business Analytics and Managerial Finance. I also began communicating each week with students through announcements and email. Speaking of his students, Brooks credits them for much of his classroom success. "I have been fortunate to have had a number of incredibly bright and highly motivated students who have shown a passion for excellence in their fields. They are a great source of encouragement to me, and their stories humble and motivate me to continue to develop and implement relevant online material. At the end of each semester, I take some time to write down a list of opportunities for improvement to incorporate in the next semester’s preparations. At times, I have also adjusted my online presence mid semester. Students are our primary customers. They are the reason we exist. They are the future of not just our organization but all organizations." Turner Business congratulates Joshua on this outstanding achievement.

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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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