Thomas College expands graduate program across international borders

Courtesy / Thomas College Thomas College partnered with Security Associates in Hamilton, Bermuda, to extend graduate education to its employees.

Write a Comment

By Laurie Schreiber

Thomas College in Waterville said it’s partnered with Security Associates, a comprehensive security services company in Bermuda, to extend graduate education to all its employees.

The partnership, which offers a tuition discount for selected Thomas online graduate programs, is intended to attract and support the professional growth of Security Associate’s more than 200 employees.

“We have a strong commitment to our employees to provide opportunities for growth whenever we can,” said Security Associates CEO Carlton Crockwell. “Partnering with Thomas College is an amazing way to do just that, giving our employees access to further their education and training.”

Thomas College has partnered with almost a dozen organizations in the U.S. to offer their employees discounted graduate program opportunities, said Senior Director of Graduate and Professional Studies Mikaela Ziobro.

Thomas College has been the alma mater of many Bermudians since the 1980s.

Shaquille Trott, a risk and capital analyst at Catalina Re, an insurance company in Bermuda, earned his MBA from Thomas College in 2016. He said his MBA “gave me a head start. I came out of college with the tools that a lot of people have to learn on the job. This helped me to stand out and move up fairly quickly.”

The college offers five online MBA programs and certificates of advanced study with concentrations in cybersecurity, human resource management, and project management.