President Dooley

New University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley is making a big splash into the Ocean State. The recently inaugurated 11^th president of the University of Rhode Island is ready to help change the econmic state of Rhode Island. Dooley recently wrote an opinion editorial in the Providence Journal that talked about URI’s role in the renewal of the state’s economy.

Dooley believes that in order to pull our state out of this economic funk, we have to recreate an economy that will sustain the 21^st century. This means that our state can benefit with new technological advances that professors and students at URI are helping to perfect. URI can do this because they are a major research university. Dooley stated in his opinion editorial that, “Their [URI’s faculty and students] research and scholarship frequently create new intellectual property that leads to the creation of new companies.” By coming up with innovative ideas and creating new products, URI is helping to expand already established Rhode Island companies and create new Rhode Island businesses.

I had the pleasure of sitting down with President Dooley to talk about how he hopes to change URI and positively impact the state. He said that he wants students to get more first hand experience in the real world. He would like the students to work outside of the classroom more to gain necessary skills that they will need once they graduate. This gives Rhode Island students an advantage over others. It allows them to gain knowledge that they would not learn in a classroom. This will help to produce students that hope to make an impact on Rhode Island and the world.

Supporting URI’s research activity is extremely important. The research is starting to create new developments in science and technology and create new partnerships with Rhode Island companies to expand the discovery process. Dooley believes that by encouraging this research process we are helping to create a “knowledge-based economy” that will benefit Rhode Islanders.

URI’s role in the economic renewal is based off entrepreneurship. President Dooley has become an entrepreneur of the University by reaching out to the Rhode Island community and being proactive in all of his efforts. All of the research activities being done at the University are helping to mold students into becoming entrepreneurs themselves. With all the new science and technological advances that are being discovered the students are able to create new companies, which in turn will create new jobs for people in the community.

Bucci Insurance Group supports all of President Dooley’s efforts to help our state. We believe that higher education is something that will bring us out of this economic decline.

Yesterday was a big day for Rhode Island. The University of Rhode Island had the first formal inauguration of a president in 35 years! President David M. Dooley, the 11th president of the university, was inaugurated last night at the Ryan Center in Kingston, RI. The inauguration brought over 1,000 people to the Ryan Center including CVS Caremark chief officer Thomas M. Ryan, Governor Carcieri, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, and Master of ceremonies Judge Frank Caprio.

Dooley wants to change the perspective that people have of Rhode Island. The old saying, “only in Rhode Island,” is something that Dooley does not like to hear when referring to something negative. He wants people to think positively when they say that phrase, “[think] advantages of this unique place – most importantly the talent, resilience and commitment of the people here,” Dooley said. On President Dooley’s blog, he says that he believes the students and faculty at the university are capable of changing the world and making a brighter future. This is the type of encouragement that our students and state need to keep us going. It gives us hope that “only in Rhode Island,” will soon be followed by positive, ground breaking statements.

He is sure to be a president that the whole state will remember. In his inaugural address Dooley said that he wants to bring our states university into the 21st century, move the state into a global economy, enrich the minds of Rhode Islanders, and bring the students into the real world. He has big hopes and dreams for the university and the state as a whole and I believe that he will be able to fulfill them.

For today’s video we are going to focus on the new man of Rhode Island, President David M. Dooley. We like what his plans are for the university and the state as a whole. If you would like to read more about President Dooley, please visit his page on the URI website. Visit the Providence Journal to read more about the inauguration of URI’s president. Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend!

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