Meet the Dean

Meet the Dean - Meet the DeanDr. John A. Williams became Interim Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of New Orleans in August 2010. Dr. Williams worked in the hospitality industry for seventeen years managing both chain restaurants and independent restaurants that included a Mobile Guide four-star restaurant. He holds a Ph.D., Master of Science, Bachelors, and Associates Degree, all from the Pennsylvania State University.

Prior to joining the University of New Orleans as Director of the Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration, Dr. Williams served as Director of the Department of Hotel, Restaurant, Institution Management & Dietetics at Kansas State University and as the Coordinator of the Undergraduate Program at Virginia Tech.
Dr. Williams' research in grant procurement and publishing are in the human resource area. He has published refereed articles in a number of journals that include the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, Journal of Management Development, Journal of the American Dietetics Association, Journal of Child Nutrition and Management, Journal of Foodservice Business Research, Journal of Restaurant and Foodservice Marketing, and Florida International Journal. His current research involves the study of the success, plateau, and derailment of management.


Important Dates

May 1 
Application for Admission deadline for 2012 Summer Session without paying late fee. 

May 23
INFORMATION SESSION of Executive-style MSHCM in New Orleans. Please contact Aundrea Kloor, akloor@uno.edu, 504-280-3622
 
May 29 (Summer 2012)
CENTRALIZED ENROLLMENT SERVICES (Registration, Bursar, Financial Aid, parking I.D. cards) in the regular Service Offices until 4:30 P.M. Deadline to pay fees for REGISTRATION (4:30 P.M.) Students not paid by this time will be purged for non-payment. WebSTAR not accessible after 4:30 P.M.
 
May 30 (Summer 2012)
Late fee in effect for all Students.
 
May 31 (Summer 2012)
CLASSES BEGIN.

June 1 (Summer 2012)
Final date to file an Application for Admission for the 2012 Summer Session. (1:00 P.M. deadline)
 
June 4 (Summer 2012)
Deadline to pay fees for FINAL REGISTRATION / SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT (4:30 P.M.).

WebSTAR not accessible after 4:30 P.M.

Final date to add courses, change sections, or change from audit to credit.

Final date to drop course(s) and receive 100% refund. After this date, there is no refund for drops.

Final date to resign (withdraw from all courses) and receive 100% refund (less $50 and appropriate non-refundable fees).

Final date to receive a parking decal refund.

Deadline to file an Application for Degree and to pay graduation fees for Summer Graduation.

Express Provisional Admission ends.
 
June 5 
WebSTAR active for dropping courses (8:30 A.M.).
 
June 8 
Final date to drop course(s) or resign and not have course(s) recorded.

From June 9 through July 9 an automatic “W” will be recorded for all courses dropped.
 
June 11 
Final date to change from credit to audit. 

June 13 
50% REFUND. Final date to resign (withdraw from all courses) and receive 50% refund (less appropriate non-refundable fees). No refunds made for partial reduction in course enrollment. 

June 20 
25% REFUND. Final date to resign (withdraw from all courses) and receive 25% refund (less appropriate non-refundable fees). No refunds made for partial reduction in course enrollment.
 
July 1
Application for Admission deadline for 2012 Fall Semester without paying late fees.
 
August 1
Late Application for Admission deadline for 2012 Fall Semester. Applications received after this date will only be considered for non-degree status.

August 2 
Official Degree Conferral date for Summer 2012 degree completers.
 
August 10
Deadline to pay tuition and fees. Students not paid by 4:30 P.M. will be purged. 
















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