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.

Dr. Michael Williams

Dean
School of Business and Management
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Degrees:

  • M.S., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • MBA, DeVry University
  • M.S., Ph.D., Fordham University

Michael Williams, Ph.D., MBA, is the dean of the School of Business and Management at Thomas Edison State University. Appointed in 2013, he is the School’s chief academic and administrative officer.

An entrepreneurial dean and seasoned industry executive, Williams’ tenure is punctuated by numerous School and University milestones. He implemented the School’s scholar-practitioner interdisciplinary curriculum design and the innovative Arc of Degree pathway program, enabling students to progress from undergraduate through doctorate using dual-credit courses and alternative credit options, decreasing cost and time to degree. He also led the School to earn ACBSP (Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs) accreditation, built the University-wide undergraduate Prior Learning Assessment Reimaged curriculum, co-restructured the University’s Bachelor’s to Master’s Degree program and developed and implemented the University’s Doctor of Business Administration degree program.

Williams’ business and management education approach is hallmarked by intellectual rigor, applied scholarship and experiential learning. Framed by his extensive experience working with multiple communities, including traditional, nontraditional, underrepresented and military, he enables students and professionals to access higher education, persist and graduate. His educational leadership focuses on career preparation, workforce readiness and professional advancement.

Williams has held senior leadership positions in higher education in public, private and proprietary universities. Previous academic leadership appointments include serving as the dean and full professor of the Graduate School of Business at Touro University in New York City, where he led branch campuses in Moscow and Berlin. He also served as faculty chair for the Human Resource Management, Leadership and Organizational Development Graduate Programs in the Graduate School of Business and Technology at Capella University, Minneapolis, Minn.

His executive posts include roles in the life sciences, technology and financial services industries for both national and international corporations. His leadership 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 of Corporate for J.B. Hanauer & Co. (Royal Bank of Canada subsidiary — Dain Rauscher, Inc.).

Williams holds multiple interdisciplinary graduate degrees, including a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Policy and Administration and a Master of Science in Human Resource Management from Fordham University. Additional graduate degrees are in labor and employee relations, business administration, psychoanalysis, mental health counseling, double bass performance and music education. He is an International Coaching Union certified master trainer, an ACBSP Certified Accreditation Lead Evaluator and a Licensed Associate Counselor.

Williams’ research interests include a broad spectrum of contemporary topics, including leadership, culture, change and coaching. He is the editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed International Management Review, an AASCU Becoming a Provost Academy graduate and a frequent keynote speaker and conference presenter.