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.

Meet the Dean

Michael Williams, Ph.D., MBA

Dean, School of Business and Management

Michael Williams, Ph.D., MBA

Dr. Michael Williams serves as the dean of the School of Business and Management at Thomas Edison State University. He leads the School’s scholar-practitioner-focused degree programming, as its chief academic and administrative officer.

Williams has held senior leadership positions in public, private and proprietary universities. Previous academic leadership appointments include: dean of Graduate School of Business at Touro College and University System in New York, and faculty chair for Graduate Human Resource Management, Leadership, and Organizational Development in Graduate School of Business and Technology at Capella University in Minnesota.

Williams has held global executive positions in the life sciences, technology and financial services industries for national and international corporations. His enterprise roles include senior vice president of Human Resources and Organizational Learning and founding dean of Corporate University for C3i, Inc. (A Telrx Company) and senior vice president — corporate and vice president for Corporate Training for J.B. Hanauer & Co. (Royal Bank of Canada Subsidiary — Dain Rauscher, Inc.).

Williams’ research, publishing and presentation interests include the influence of modern psychoanalytic theory on leadership efficacy, workplace bullying and mental illness’ influence on workplace productivity.

Williams earned a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Administration and an M.S. in Human Resource Management from Fordham University. He holds multidisciplinary graduate degrees; an M.S in Labor and Employee Relations from Rutgers University; an MBA in Management from DeVry University; an M.S. in Mental Health Counseling from Touro College and University Systems; and an M.A. in Psychoanalysis from the Institute of Counseling and Psychoanalytic Studies (ICPS) in partnership with Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. Lastly, he received an M.M. in Double Bass Performance and a joint B.M. degree in Double Bass Performance and Music Education from the New England Conservatory of Music.