Synovus Announces its Title Sponsorship of Atlanta Braves' Minor League Ballpark in Columbus

This week Synovus announced its partnership as the title sponsor for the ballpark – Synovus Park – that will be the new home for the Atlanta Braves AA team in Columbus in 2025. Synovus Chairman, CEO and President, Kevin Blair, made the announcement in front of local business leaders and media. "I’m excited about [this] new milestone for Synovus . . . Synovus has supported Columbus for more than 135 years, and this investment is one more way we’re helping the community grow. We look forward to the first pitch at Synovus Park in 2025," Blair stated. Regular visitors to Turner Business will recall that the Turner College's Butler Center for Research and Economic Development, which is directed by Fady Mansour, played a key role in Columbus' support of the relocation of the Braves' AA team from Mississippi. According to Butler Center projections, the Columbus area could expect an estimated $475 million in direct and indirect economic output as a result of the team's move. Interestingly, Synovus' sponsorship of the ballpark marks at least the second major Columbus-area facility benefitting from the bank's financial support, as the Turner College is currently housed in the Synovus Center on CSU's main campus.

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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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