Tom Lawrence named Dean of Arts and Sciences division
January 15, 2017
PENDLETON, SC – Tom Lawrence spent the last five years as instructor and an administrator in the Business and Public Services Division (BPS) at Tri-County Technical College. This semester he takes on a new challenge – in December he was named Dean of the Arts and Sciences Division. He succeeds Dr. Hap Wheeler who retired in December.
As BPS department head, Lawrence says he invested time building relationships with faculty and students and focused on bringing people together to find solutions. “It’s critical to develop a strong network in order to be an effective leader. My new role is a big opportunity to leverage what I have done well in BPS,” he said. “I will take the lessons I learned in BPS and bring them to a larger scale in the Arts and Sciences Division. I plan to look for collaborative opportunities with the technical divisions and Arts and Sciences to strengthen our relationships,” he said.
He holds a B.A. in management from St. Mary’s College of California and a master of criminal justice degree from Boston University. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in leadership and organizational management at Indiana Tech. He has published on the need for organizations to develop global communication strategies and recently presented to an international conference on the complex intra-political and leadership issues attendant with U.S. foreign policy.
His contributions to the College community are wide ranging and include service on the faculty senate, appointment to the SACSCOC reaccreditation leadership team and development of several new degree and certificate programs.
He and his wife, Bridgett, have two children. They live in Greenville.
