As part of CSU's annual Homecoming Week activities, the CSU Alumni Association will bestow its top alumni awards during an awards dinner on Thursday, October 24. The annual awards dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Elizabeth Bradley Turner Center on the university’s main campus. The recipient of the 2024 Thomas Y. Whitley Distinguished Alumni Award will be Tim Money. After beginning his career with the Exxon Corporation, Money founded The Money Advisor Group in 2001 to serve families' and small businesses' retirement planning and investment management needs. In 2024, Atlanta-based BIP Wealth acquired his firm, and he retained the title of president. He chairs the CSU Foundation Board and previously served on the Honors College Advisory Board. A 1986 Turner College graduate with a BBA in marketing, he received the university’s Alumni Service Award in 2016. Since 1980, the Thomas Y. Whitley Distinguished Alumnus Award has recognized graduates who live up to the high standards set by its namesake and Columbus State’s first president. It is considered the university’s most prestigious alumni award. Money will be recognized at the October 24 dinner. Individual tickets and tables of eight are available for purchase.
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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