Kelli Parlante-Givas, director for Strategic Partnership Management, on left, pictured at the UPS hub in Minneapolis, Minn., in March with Glyneise Gordon, a human resource supervisor at UPS.

Jessiah Styles, associate director, Office of Strategic Partnerships and Outreach, second from right, attends the Brewer Sports International NFL Pre-Draft Panel Discussion in Philadelphia, Pa. in April.

Janet Eickhoff, associate vice president, Office of Strategic Partnerships and Outreach and Tom Phillips, associate director, Office of Strategic Partnerships and Outreach, attend the Society for Human Resource Management conference in New Orleans, La. in June.

Jessiah Styles, associate director, Office of Strategic Partnerships and Outreach, pictured far right, at the UPS Jacksonville, Fla., career fair with UPS personnel.

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A Corporate Choice® partnership with Thomas Edison State University is an investment in your organization's most crucial resource: its employees.

The University has a long history of working collaboratively with organizations to develop educational programs that are aligned with their goals and strategic plans. We also understand that many organizations have invested significant resources in creating excellent in-house professional training programs for their employees and the vital role these programs play in the development of the workforce. Talk to us about the ways we can leverage your employees' professional training and education programs into college credit.

No other college or university combines flexibility, academic excellence and value in higher education designed exclusively for working adults as effectively as Thomas Edison State University.

Some of our recently launched partnerships:

• Airline Pilots Association, Inc. (ALPA): The partnership provides member pilots who possess FAA certifications with a flexible, affordable pathway to complete a bachelor's degree and leverage their professional aviation training.
• American Red Cross, New Jersey Region: The partnership enables the organization's volunteers and staff members to advance their education and increase their capacity to respond to those faced with an emergency or who are victims of a disaster. Volunteers and staff benefit from tuition discounts that may be applied to most undergraduate and graduate programs offered by the University.
• Brewer Sports International: The University is partnering with the firm to help current and former National Football League (NFL) players finish their undergraduate degrees and prepare to transition for a career after leaving the gridiron. The partnership will help athletes take advantage of their National Football League Player Association (NFLPA) Trust Program player benefits, which include reimbursement for tuition, fees and books related to undergraduate or postgraduate course work.
• Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) and Allergy Associates: The University has partnered with ENT to offer the opportunity for its employees to advance their education through flexible degree completion options.
• Nashville Flight Training: The partnership enables Nashville Flight Training students to earn college credits for their FAA-related certifications toward a Bachelor of Science degree in the following areas of study: Aviation Management, Aviation Flight Technology or Aviation Maintenance Technology.
• Sophia.org The University has partnered with the institution, Sophia.org, a flexible, affordable online learning platform. Several Sophia courses can be applied as credit to degree programs at the University, including our Bachelor of Science degree in Aviation Flight Technology.
• Teterboro School of Aeronautics: The University partnership enables those completing Teterboro's training programs to earn college credits for their FAA Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic certifications, Mechanical Airframe certifications and Flight Engineer certifications.
• Triad Aviation Academy, LLC: The University's partnership with Triad Aviation Academy allows their students to leverage their FAA-related certifications for college credit toward a Bachelor of Science degree in the following areas of study: Aviation Management, Aviation Flight Technology or Aviation Maintenance Technology.

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To learn more about the ways your organization or business can become a Corporate Choice® partner, email the Office of Strategic Partnerships at corporatechoice@tesu.edu or call us at (609) 984-7188.


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