Advisory regarding Southern California wildfires

Advisory regarding Southern California wildfires

On behalf of everyone at Thomas Edison State University, we hope that students affected by the wildfires in Southern California remain safe. The University is offering accommodations to students affected by the wildfires:

  • Students who are directly impacted by the fires and who are currently registered in courses for the November 2024, December 2024 and January 2025 terms have the option of receiving a free eight-week course extension without mentor approval; or, a 100% tuition credit for their course(s) to a future term. Affected students should submit a Request for Course Extension Form or a Request for Course Withdrawal Form indicating “Southern California wildfires” as the reason for the request. Please note that TECEP exams in these terms cannot be extended, nor credited for tuition after the exam has been taken.
  • Impacted students who are currently on a course extension for the September 2024 and October 2024 terms can request a second eight-week extension on their current term at no additional cost.

Request an Accommodation: Students affected by the wildfire and evacuations who need an accommodation should contact the Office of the Registrar by email at registration@tesu.edu or by phone at 609-777-5680. Accommodation requests should be submitted by January 24th. Requests after that date can be accommodated if the student provides documentation of the reason for the late request.

Dennis W. Devery, Ed.D.

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Vice President for Enrollment Management

Dr. Dennis W. Devery is the vice president for Enrollment Management at Thomas Edison State University. In this position, he oversees the areas of marketing, recruitment and market research as well as the offices of Admissions, Strategic Partnerships, and Military and Veteran Education.

Prior to assuming his current position, Devery served as Thomas Edison State University's vice president for Planning and Research. Before joining the University, Devery had a distinguished 30-year military career, retiring at the rank of colonel. Devery's last military assignments was commander of the Joint Training and Training Technology Development Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, where he led a team of training experts who provided strategic, operational and tactical-level instruction to U.S. military forces, state and federal law enforcement professionals and various allied military forces.

Prior to that assignment, Devery was the deputy director/chief of staff of the Afghan National Security Forces Development Assistance Bureau, ISAF Joint Command (IJC-ADAB), stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan. Devery has also served as chief of staff for the New Jersey Army National Guard, the joint director of Military Support for the New Jersey National Guard, the recruiting commander and as a supervisory instructor pilot.

Devery was recently an American Council on Education fellow at Stockton University and has served as an adjunct professor for the Political Science Department of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and as a member of the Veterans Advisory Council of Rowan University.

Devery holds a doctorate in education (Ed.D.) from Rowan University, a master's degree in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College, a Master of Science in Management degree from Thomas Edison State University and a bachelor's degree in management from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Devery serves as the chair of the Board for the Burlington Regional Chamber of Commerce and was inducted into the Burlington County College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2012. He previously served on the Board of the Camden County Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Governors for the YMCA of Burlington and Camden Counties. He is also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion and Moorestown Rotary.