April 2016 Features

  • How to Turn a Passion for Community into a Thriving Business

    April 28, 2016

    From accountant to CMO, small business owners are used to wearing a number of different hats and juggling myriad tasks. It’s easy to become so immersed in the minutia of business that you forget about your surrounding community. Don’t let this happen to you! It takes a village to run a successful business, and it takes passion for community to make a business successful.

  • Center of Innovation for Manufacturing: Developing Partnerships to Grow Georgia’s Industries

    April 27, 2016

    In an increasingly competitive global environment, Georgia’s manufacturing industry is using cutting-edge technology to develop new products for commercialization and increase the number of manufacturing-related jobs throughout the state. The Center of Innovation for Manufacturing, a program of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, is using university-led research to help the manufacturing industry throughout Georgia develop new products and processes.

  • Georgia’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.5%

    April 14, 2016

    The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March was 5.5 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from 5.4 percent in February. The rate was 6.2 percent in March 2015.

  • Two Columbus Projects Winners of the Knight Cities Challenge

    April 13, 2016

    The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced that 37 innovative projects will share $5 million as winners of the Knight Cities Challenge. Each of the ideas centers on helping cities attract and keep talented people, expand economic opportunities and create a culture of civic engagement. Columbus had two projects represented: Evolving Midtown and Urban Glen.

  • Columbus STEM Students Seek Support for Robotics World Championship

    April 08, 2016

    In just a few weeks, 34 high school students from Columbus hope to be competing for the title of World Champion at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition in St. Louis.

  • Columbus State University Becomes First University in Nation to be RightPath Certified

    April 07, 2016

    With the completion of RightPath’s two-day workshop, Columbus State University became the first university in the nation certified to deliver RightPath tools to external businesses. Facilitators at the Leadership Institute at Columbus State University are now able to use RightPath’s comprehensive array of solutions and online assessment tools for both individuals and teams.