CSU's Local Economic Impact Rises to $297 Million

CSU's increasing economic impact in the Chattahoochee Valley continues a multi-year trend, according to a new study by the University System of Georgia. The study analyzed regional fiscal year 2023 spending and jobs created by the state’s 26 public colleges and universities system. CSU's $297.5 million total FY23 economic impact—up from $290.2 million in Fiscal Year 2022—includes $237.2 million in initial spending by CSU students and by the university on personnel and operating expenses. The additional $60.3 million is the multiplier impact of those funds on the local community. CSU President Stuart Rayfield lauded the report’s timing, which followed the university's launch last week of its new five-year Better Together: 2030 strategic plan. “Since opening our doors to our first students in 1958, Columbus State University has been intertwined with this region’s success and vitality. Both our new strategic plan and this study underscore the importance of that relationship,” Rayfield said. “I love the numerical results of our impact, but I don’t want anyone to overlook the intangibles of CSU’s influence on the local quality of life, on individuals whose lives we help change, on communities we help build and dreams we help realize.” The university’s commitment extends to bolstering the region’s workforce infrastructure, and Rayfield noted that the USG’s study emphasizes that role. During FY23, the university generated 2,685 full- and part-time jobs in the region. Two-thirds of those were community-based, off-campus jobs. The remaining third were university jobs, making CSU a top-10 Columbus employer. Columbus State’s regional impact is part of the University System of Georgia’s collective $21.9 billion FY23 contribution to Georgia’s economy. That is a $1.8 billion, or 9%, increase over FY22. The study also showed that USG, over the same period, generated 163,332 full- and part-time jobs across Georgia.

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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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