Turner College alum Lauren Katzfey has been accepted into the University of Georgia School of Law. Lauren was honored at the 2024 CSU Scholastic Honors Convocation, where she received the 2024 Student of Excellence in Marketing & Management Award. Last year Lauren travelled to the University of North Georgia with her classmates to participate in the Georgia Collegiate Honors Conference. There she presented her Honors Contract titled, "Compelling Cases: An Analysis of Georgia Workers' Compensation," and was also part of the Leadership Panel. Lauren was also part of a student panel that recently visited with USG Regent Jose Perez to learn about USG operations and provide students' opinions about how to improve CSU in the next few years. Lastly, Lauren is the Co-Founder of Phi Alpha Delta and a member of Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. She will begin her studies at the University of Georgia Law School in August of next year.
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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