About President Miaoulis
作为体验式学习领域富有远见的领导者和STEM教育的倡导者，Ioannis N. Miaoulis于2019年8月成为网赌的十大网站的第11任校长.
Biography
As his first priority in office, Dr. Miaoulis spearheaded a university-wide process that developed RWU’s Strategic Action Plan, 建立一个指导框架，将大学的举措集中在学术卓越上, Engaged Learning, Student Success, A Thriving Community, and Sustainable Futures. This plan has been a catalyst for launching new interdisciplinary initiatives in the Blue Economy and Sustainable Coastal Futures; Real Estate; the Public Humanities and Arts Collaborative (Co-Lab); STEM; Food Studies; and Entrepreneurship and Leadership, involving the university’s undergraduate and graduate programs, law school, and professional and trades programs at our Providence campus.
Under his tenure, RWU announced a transformative $20 million partnership with Cummings Foundation 并成立了网赌的十大网站建筑学院和新的网赌的十大网站房地产研究所. He has also overseen the opening of the Richard L. Bready Applied Learning Labs, a state-of-the-art experiential learning building in engineering, computing and construction management; the transformation of the School of Engineering, 计算机与建筑管理作为科学与新兴技术创新的中心, featuring a new interdisciplinary Data and Modeling Lab; and opening of an interdisciplinary Design Thinking Studio in the Mario J. Gabelli School of Business.
In 2023, Dr. Miaoulis开始领导一项雄心勃勃的校园总体规划，为布里斯托尔校园的下一阶段建设增长提供支持，该规划将在未来十年投资1.5亿美元用于布里斯托尔校园的设施和场地翻新. 我们的基础设施优先事项包括建设一个新的校园中心，它将成为我们校园中心的社区中心, the addition of a residence hall, 升级建设行人友好的连接动脉和运动场.
Prior to joining RWU, 自2003年起，他担任波士顿科学博物馆的总裁和董事, 通过筹款活动，包括彭博慈善基金会(Bloomberg Philanthropies)的5000万美元捐赠，建立了一所国际知名的STEM教育机构. At the museum, 他领导了国家技术素养中心的发展, providing K-12 curricula programs that have reached an estimated 200,000 teachers and 18 million students.
Before his work at the Museum of Science, Dr. Miaoulis通过与全体教员的合作，担任了塔夫茨大学(Tufts University)工程学院的院长. During his tenure as dean, the number of engineering student applications doubled, and the number of female undergraduates increased by 30 percent. Additionally, he significantly increased faculty and student diversity, 将女教员的比例从1%提高到25%. 他在塔夫茨大学发起了第一个实习项目和创业领导力辅修课程, reflecting his passion for experiential learning, which is central to RWU’s mission.
Dr. Miaoulis holds a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering, 在塔夫茨大学获得经济学硕士学位和机械工程学士学位, 他拥有麻省理工学院机械工程硕士学位和纽约州立大学荣誉理学博士学位. He has published numerous research papers, several educational textbooks, and holds two engineering patents.
He currently serves on the board of trustees for Cummings Foundation, as trustee emeritus of Tufts University, and on the boards of the Patricia and Philip Frost Museum of Science, 国际空间站国家实验室和国家STEM教育咨询小组. He has served on the NASA Advisory Committee, NASA Education and Public Outreach Committee, 国家教育评估计划国家指导委员会, the Board of Wellesley College, WGBH和总统任命的国家博物馆和图书馆服务委员会成员.
Among his many honors and accomplishments, 他于2017年入选STEM名人堂，并获得了2014年美国工程教育学会(ASEE)总裁奖(与NCTL联合)。, the 2016 Adelson Prize of AAAS, the 2012 Science Club for Girls Catalyst Award, 2011年美国机械工程师学会Ralph Coats Roe奖章, NASA's Exceptional Public Service Medal in 2009, 2003年塔夫茨大学校友会杰出服务奖, the William P. Desmond Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Education, 艾伦·麦克劳德·科马克卓越合作研究奖, and the Presidential Young Investigator Award. 2018年，他被《网赌的十大网站》评为波士顿100位最具影响力人物之一.
First Generation Story
Roger Williams University formally celebrates students, faculty, staff, 以及在我们的第一代大学生庆祝日上被认定为第一代大学生的校友. To commemorate the occasion, Miaoulis校长分享了他作为第一代国际大学生的经历.