Butler Center Makes Trove of Economic Data Available to Students and Faculty

A recent communication from Jiane Rabara, Public Relations and Sales Director at the Butler Center for Research & Economic Development, the Center is making a trove of economics data available to Turner College faculty and students. The data can be found under the "Regional Economic Data" tab on the Center's website. Faculty and students can download and use the data for research. For now, these data are exclusively accessible on campus and cannot currently be accessed from off campus. The Center is actively working to make it available to faculty and students off campus, provided they log in to their MyCSU account. The data include:

• Cost of Living: Historical cost of living data for more than 300 metro areas, including Columbus MSA, since 1990.

• State incentive: State-administered programs for businesses. The data includes detailed tax credits, exemptions, grant and loan programs, and many others. It includes all programs and is updated annually to include newly implemented programs.

• State Expenditures: State government investment in economic development programs since 2007.

• Diversity Index: County-level diversity index for all U.S counties.

The Center has also added the Cost-of-Living Calculator, a tool accessible off-campus that allows users to compare the current cost of living between two regions. The tool provides detailed cost of living data in categories such as groceries, housing, utilities, transportation, healthcare, and miscellaneous and compares goods and services costs between the selected regions. If you are a student or faculty member at CSU, please contact the Center for assistance in navigating or downloading the data.

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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 and recorded fo

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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