Skip to main content

Turner College Alum Heidi Flanagan Having Eventful 2024

It has been an eventful several months for Turner College alum Heidi Flanagan. While finishing her studies in the Turner College's MSOL program, in which Heidi is completed the human resources track, she had the opportunity to be among the few students to speak with representatives of AACSB during that organization's March 2024 visit to the Turner College for meetings related to re-accreditation. This month, while completing an internship with the Jefferson County Personnel Board in Birmingham, Alabama, Heidi worked with a team of interns to assess candidates for administrative supervisor and probation officer for Jefferson County. According to Heidi, "Graduate and doctoral students in industrial/organizational psychology were brought in from Houston to Connecticut and points between to get the job done." 
     These activities weren't enough to keep Heidi, shown second from left of front row in the photo below with other Turner College students who met with AACSB officials, completely busy as she recently became certified by the Society of Human Resource Management. "This international certification shows that I have attained the industry standard of human resources knowledge and skills. They include business acumen, communication, consultation, critical evaluation, HR technical skills, global and cultural effectiveness, leadership and navigation, relationship management, and ethical practice," Heidi explained. This certification is one of several that Heidi holds, including various appraisal certifications from the Georgia Department of Revenue and the California State Board of Equalization.
     Heidi's professional career began as a journalist with the San Luis Obispo Tribune, and later with the Santa Maria Times, both in California. She then took on the role of Utility Communicator with the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in Avila Beach, California. Later, after working with The Parable Group and Pacific Gas & Electric, Heidi took on several roles with the County of San Luis Obispo. These prepared her for a move to the Columbus area in June of 2020 to work as a certified commercial real estate appraiser for the Columbus Consolidated Government. She would hold other roles with the CCG until 2023, when she entered the Turner College's MSOL program. Her educational preparation for that endeavor includes an A.S. degree in general studies from Cuesta College, and a B.S. in journalism from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. During her graduate studies in the Turner College, Heidi served as president of the Turner College chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management.

Labels

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Seven Turner College Management and Marketing Faculty Have Combined to Produce Eight A-Level Journal Publications Between 2021 and the Present

A number of faculty in the Turner College's Department of Management and Marketing, which includes faculty in management information systems, have produced A-level journal publications in the last few years. This report covers that activity, starting with John Finley , the chairperson of the department. Professor Finley published a paper in the Journal of Computer Information Systems in 2022.      Finley is joined by Kirk Heriot , the Crowley Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurship. Heriot, who earned a PhD in management from Clemson University, published in a 2021 issue of Small Business Economics . One of the study's co-authors, Andres Jauregui of Fresno State University, was previously a member of the Turner College's economics faculty.      Next is Johnny Ho , a professor of management, who has a 2022 publication in the Journal of Computer Information Systems . Ho has won CSU's Excellence in Research Award on multiple occasions, while he has compiled 2...
Post a Comment
Read more

TSYS School, Jianhua Yang, Lixin Wang Each among Top Five in the World

New research by computer scientists in the School of Information Technology at Universiti Utara Malaysia that ranks institutions and individuals on the basis of scholarship in the area of stepping-stone attacks heaps praise on the Turner College’s TSYS School of Computer Science and two of its faculty – Jianhua Yang and Lixin Wang .   The article, published in the April 2023 issue of the International Journal of Research in Engineering and Science , provides a bibliometric analysis of both publication and citation data from 2000 to September of 2022 related to research on stepping-stone intrusion.   Among several results, it reports that Columbus State University ranks second worldwide, trailing only the University of Houston, using total publications on the subject as the basis of comparison.   A number of other U.S. institutions appear in the top 10, including third-ranked North Carolina State University, fourth-ranked University of Illinois, sixth-ranked Iowa State U...
Post a Comment
Read more

New Butler Center Report Identifies Employment Gaps in the Columbus Area

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...
Post a Comment
Read more