Michael Shaver, MS, BBA

Education

• MS, Technology, Training and Development (2005)
  Eastern Illinois University (IL)
• BBA, Japanese and International Marketing (2003)
  Eastern Michigan University (MI)
   

About Me

Before joining Widener University, I was the Vice President of Marketing and Information Management at The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), where I worked with families and boarding schools to ensure the recruitment process connected the right students with the right schools.

I also served as a Regional Director (REAC) for EducationUSA at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, where I supported EducationUSA Advising Centers across Asia and collaborated with U.S. colleges and universities to develop recruitment strategies for the region.

Earlier in my career, I held several internationally focused education and admissions roles that allowed me to recruit students from around the world. I led recruitment efforts for NYU Abu Dhabi and the Schwarzman Scholars program in East Asia and the Pacific, served as Director of the University of the South Pacific’s first international office, and worked as an Assistant Director of Admissions at Berklee College of Music in Boston. While at Berklee, I helped develop the Africa Scholars program, which provided more than $1 million in scholarships to talented musicians across Africa.

Beyond admissions, I have taught university-level courses at Eastern Illinois University and Rochester Institute of Technology and served as a guest lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Worms, Germany.