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CSU President Stuart Rayfield's March 2026 Updates indicated that the recently passed FY26 amended state budget included a $2,000 stipend for all state employees, including Turner College faculty and staff. Our own February 26, 2026, post on the state budget also discussed that element of the assembly's activities. Turner Business also reported in that post that Turner College faculty and staff are also expected income and property tax relief, ranging from $500 to $1,000 depending on marital status. This is much needed good news for both groups. Stay connected to Turner Business for more news on the FY27 budget.

Yesterday's post about TSYS School computer scientist Yesem Kurt Peker's publication in IEEE Access failed to mention that this accomplishment marked a milestone for Peker as it is her first publication in an A-rated academic journal. So, this repeat mention corrects that omission and serves as a double congrats to Peker. It is also worth repeating here that Peker's TSYS School students Shashank Sekhara, Akshith Nukala and McAndrew Okwei are all co-authors on the paper, as are her colleagues from Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and US Ignite, Inc. One of Peker's colleagues from Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is Riduan Abid, who was a member of the TSYS School's computer science faculty at this time last year.

Turner Business recently took another look at The Chronicle of Higher Education's list of universities that are currently searching for a business school dean. That lists now includes (1) Spalding University, (2) Linfield University, (3) Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, (4) Touro University, (5) Emory University, (6) Kutztown University, (7) University of Richmond and (8) Widener University. Of these, only Linfield University is listed with Inside Higher Ed. As the Turner College's search for a new dean begins to develop, stay connected for more news on this topic.

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ABDC Releases 2025 Journal Review, Now Ranks Journal Edited by Phil Bryant

The long-awaited journal review being conducted by the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) has been released and there are a number of news items that relate to faculty in the Turner College. One of these is the ABDC's decision to now include Compensation and Benefits Review in its journal rankings. This is big news for the Turner College as its editor, Phil Bryant , is a professor of management in the Turner College. The ABDC is proposing that the journal enter its system for the first time as a C-rated journal. Acting Turner College Dean Tesa Leonce sits on the journal's editorial board, while Turner College management professor Mark James has guest-edited an issue of the journal. Published by SAGE, Compensation & Benefits Review is the leading journal for senior executives and professionals who design, implement, evaluate and communicate compensation and benefits policies and programs. The journal supports compensation and benefits specialists and academic ex...

New Butler Center Report Identifies Employment Gaps in the Columbus Area

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...

TSYS School, Jianhua Yang, Lixin Wang Each among Top Five in the World

New research by computer scientists in the School of Information Technology at Universiti Utara Malaysia that ranks institutions and individuals on the basis of scholarship in the area of stepping-stone attacks heaps praise on the Turner College’s TSYS School of Computer Science and two of its faculty – Jianhua Yang and Lixin Wang . The article, published in the April 2023 issue of the International Journal of Research in Engineering and Science , provides a bibliometric analysis of both publication and citation data from 2000 to September of 2022 related to research on stepping-stone intrusion. Among several results, it reports that Columbus State University ranks second worldwide, trailing only the University of Houston, using total publications on the subject as the basis of comparison. A number of other U.S. institutions appear in the top 10, including third-ranked North Carolina State University, fourth-ranked University of Illinois, sixth-ranked Iowa State U...

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