Turner College Alum Michael Porter Promoted to Facilities Director at Aflac

Turner College grad Michael Porter was recently promoted to Director of Facilities Support at Aflac. Porter began his 18-year tenure with Aflac in June of 2006 as an operations manager. Since then, he has been promoted within the organization at either two- or three-year intervals. In 2008, Michael was promoted to Program Coordinator in Human Resources. Three years later, in 2011, he rose to Project Coordinator in Corporate Services, and two years after that he ascended to Project Coordinator in the Office of the General Counsel. Over the next several years, Michael earned various other promotions at Aflac, bringing him to his new position in the company, where he will oversee and manage facilities, corporate office space design and planning, and corporate real estate. In the midst of his rise within the company, Michael earned a BBA in marketing from the Turner College. The educational training he received not only contributed to his continued professional success, the servant leadership emphasis in the Turner College also likely shaped Michael's views on volunteerism. Currently, Michael serves on the Partners in Education Board of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, he is a regular member of the Columbus Consolidated Government's Community Development Advisory Council and an ex officio member of the Board of Trustees of St. Francis Hospital. Turner Business salutes Michael for his professional successes and philanthropic endeavors.

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ABDC Releases 2025 Journal Review, Now Ranks Journal Edited by Phil Bryant

The long-awaited journal review being conducted by the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) has been released and there are a number of news items that relate to faculty in the Turner College. One of these is the ABDC's decision to now include Compensation and Benefits Review in its journal rankings. This is big news for the Turner College as its editor, Phil Bryant , is a professor of management in the Turner College. The ABDC is proposing that the journal enter its system for the first time as a C-rated journal. Acting Turner College Dean Tesa Leonce sits on the journal's editorial board, while Turner College management professor Mark James has guest-edited an issue of the journal. Published by SAGE, Compensation & Benefits Review is the leading journal for senior executives and professionals who design, implement, evaluate and communicate compensation and benefits policies and programs. The journal supports compensation and benefits specialists and academic ex...

Deborah Kidder's Tenure as Dean of the Turner College Set to End on December 12th

The Turner College community was informed this morning that Deborah Kidder 's tenure as Dean of the organization is set to end on December 12, 2025. An e-mail communication to Turner College faculty from CSU Provost & Executive Vice President Dustin Anderson states, " I am writing to share that Dr. Deborah Kidder will be stepping down as Dean of the Turner College of Business & Technology, effective December 12, 2025. Under . . . Kidder's guidance, the college achieved a number of milestones, such as maintaining our AACSB accreditation, and the establishment of a Business Transfer Articulation with Columbus Technical College. We appreciate . . . Kidder’s service and contributions to the college during her time as Dean. In the interim, . . . Tesa Leonce-Regalado will be appointed Acting Dean to lead the college while we conduct a national search . . . John Finley has agreed to serve as Acting Associate Dean to support our faculty and students during this time as w...

The New Financial Times Top 50 Business Journals Just Released

The newest list of Top 50 journals in business has been released by The Financial Times . This list is used by many of the top business schools around the globe to evaluate business faculty. Containing only 50 journals, this list is generally too restrictive to use as an assessment tool at most business schools. The typical business school employs longer lists constructed by the Chartered Association of Business Schools, the Australian Business Deans Council and Scimago. The new FT Top 50 list is provided below. Congrats to Turner College faculty who have published from this list in the past, such as Charles Boster (accounting), Deborah Kidder (management), Laurence Marsh (management), Frank Mixon (economics) and Ed O'Donnell (marketing). Academy of Management Annals Academy of Management Journal Academy of Management Review Accounting Review Accounting, Organizations and Society Administrative Science Quarterly American Economic Review American Sociological Review Contemporar...

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