The 2024 edition of the Turner College's Fall Semester Welcome Back Event was a big success. In fact, this year's event had the highest attendance across the past three years, with well over 300 attendees. "I appreciate [the Turner College faculty for] spreading the word to our students, showing up and participating, and welcoming the students back to campus," stated Laurie Aiken, Student Recruitment and Engagement Specialist in the Turner College. Aiken also thanked student club faculty advisors for helping organize and motivate their club officers to be available for the booths. "We had representation of all eight of our student clubs with close to 200 new members added. This event is our best recruiting effort for club growth which equals more student involvement," Aiken added. Thanks are also due to Turner College faculty Charles Boster, Laurence Marsh, Mark James, and Josh Brooks for serving the pizzas, and Nexus instructor Armando Fernandez for cleaning up at the end.
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...

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