Although the search for a new dean of the Turner College is not yet underway, faculty and staff were recently informed that Margie Yates, Dean of the College of Education and Health Professions, has been named chair of the search committee. CSU is currently seeking volunteers to serve on the search committee while work is still occurring on search firm selection. Once the committee is constructed, "listening sessions" will take place on campus. Yates earned a BSEd from the University of Georgia, and MEd from CSU and a PhD from Auburn University. Stay connected to Turner Business for more on this search.
In other news, TSYS School Director Rania Hodhod recently announced that this summer's Study Abroad program in Egypt has been cancelled due to travel restrictions resulting from the war in Iran. Next, Turner College faculty were informed last week that construction on the Synovus Center is ahead of schedule. Punch list walkthroughs are already taking place, and the end date for the project now stands at May 19, 2026. Turner College faculty were also informed that annual evaluations of faculty activities are due from department chairs on March 31, 2026, and that Acting Dean Tesa Leonce's evaluations of the chairs' work on this project are due on April 24, 2026. The dean's involvement in this process returns after a hiatus during Deborah Kidder's administration of the College. However, as Turner Business has reported in the recent past, what is needed to avoid the problems that occurred during last summer's merit raise process is a roundtable discussion between the Turner College dean, associate dean and department chairs to normalize the ratings across the three departments. Until this occurs, what it takes to earn the highest score in one department will differ from what it takes to do so in the other two departments.
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