The President

Welcome, visitors, to Roger Williams University.

If you have steered your browser to our newly launched University website in search of facts, figures and stories that can extend a glimpse at what Roger Williams has to offer – first and foremost, to our students, but to the greater community as well – then you have come to the right place. Even more importantly, you’ve come at an interesting time, both for Roger Williams and for the world of American higher education at large.

At this University, we embark upon the 2011-12 academic year with a renewed spirit of innovation. The coming years promise abundant opportunity for us to build on our foundation of superior academic programs; to expand upon our array of co-curricular possibilities; and to engage ourselves daily, beyond the limits of our physical campus, in real-world projects that reflect the core values we share across the institution.

Having arrived myself at Roger Williams just last summer, I am still exploring this campus, getting to know the ins and outs of RWU from our students and faculty, and unearthing those great stories that make this University such a compelling community of teachers and learners.

What I can tell you, even after just a few months, is that regardless of the role you play in the Roger Williams community, you will be surrounded by a dedicated group of individuals – members of our campus community who approach every day with a student-first mindset and will stop at nothing short of ensuring that each and every RWU graduate emerges from the University enriched by four years of rigorous intellectual exploration, both inside the classroom and beyond.

Once again, welcome.

Donald J. Farish, Ph.D., J.D.
President