The Turner College conducted a successful Discovery Day academic session over the weekend. According to Turner College Associate Dean Tesa Leonce, "Our distinguished faculty and student ambassadors shared insights with an amazing group of prospective CSU students and families. There was also a great Q&A session [and] we enjoyed the discussions with our guests." The academic session ended with a tour of the Synovus Center on CSU's main campus. Special thanks are due Turner College Student Ambassadors Jaden McCormick and Yasser Mahmoud. Thanks also to Turner College faculty Joshua Brooks and Kirk Heriot, and TSYS School faculty Elke Brumbaugh, Christopher Lovelock, Rodrigo Obando, and Lixin Wang. "This is important and valued work. We hope to see many of the students this fall," Leonce added.
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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