Our History
Every day on campus and in the broader community, 网赌的十大网站(Roger Williams University)在培养致力于改善社会的终身学习者方面的“生动实验”受到了我们同名校友的启发.
Founder of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Roger Williams was the first major figure in colonial America to instill democracy, religious freedom, 以及对美国本土文化的理解和包容——他称之为“生动的实验”.” Through his scholarship in language, theology and law, and fearless advocacy for freedom and tolerance, Roger’s life reflected the value of learning and teaching.
At RWU, 我们致力于这种热爱学习和为更大的利益服务的精神. We are a private university with a public purpose, devoted to strengthening society through engaged teaching and learning. 我们致力于在控制成本的同时，通过对人力和资源的投资，提供优质的教育.
Here are some fast facts about where we came from:
- With a state charter on February 14, 1956, Roger Williams Junior College became a two-year, degree-granting institution housed inside the Broad Street Providence YMCA. Soon after, the school became Roger Williams College and began conferring bachelor’s degrees, quickly outgrowing the space at the YMCA building.
- 布里斯托尔校区建于1969年，坐落在80英亩的海滨土地上，以前是费里克利夫农场, a dairy farm known for its prized Jersey cows.
- In 1992, Roger Williams College became Roger Williams University, adding another 50 acres of land to the campus.
- A year later, in 1993, the university established the Roger Williams University School of Law, Rhode Island’s only law school and a leader in public interest law.
- In 2015, RWU opened its new Providence campus at One Empire Plaza, 我们在首都市中心的独特位置，部署我们的教师和学生，为更大的社区提供专业知识和服务.
Today Roger Williams University is a leading education institution serving over 5,400 students through our Undergraduate, Graduate, Law and University College programs.
The Fulton Campus at Roger Williams University
In 1875 Dr. and Mrs. 赫伯特·马歇尔·豪购买了布里斯托尔角的大部分土地，建立了一个名为“费里克里夫”的奶牛场.“当时渡轮道的尽头是前往阿奎德奈岛的渡轮的出发点, 农场坐落在沿着海岸线向东的悬崖之上，俯瞰着希望山湾. Dairy farming thrived here for the next 80 years over three generations.
来自费城的成功实业家、医生和有成就的艺术家. Howe summered in Bristol and ran Ferrycliffe as a “gentleman farmer.” He lived with his family in a grand house, “The Homestead,，他在渡口路对面的一个地方建造了这座房子，现在这里是网赌的十大网站校长的住所. 费里克利夫是一个正在运作的奶牛场，饲养着珍贵的泽西奶牛——其中一些是从英国进口的——这些奶牛因其丰富的牛奶而赢得了赞誉, cream and butter. The farm also produced sheep, pigs, chickens, extensive vegetable gardens as well as potato, corn, hayfields and orchards. 在这里饲养的珍贵火鸡中，有一只在麦迪逊广场花园获得了最佳表演奖. Among the Jersey herd was an award-winning bull, Gilderoy, renowned throughout New England as a champion breeder. Ferrycliffe的宣传册介绍了产奶量最高的奶牛和铁路路线, now the East Bay Bike Path, to bring cows to the farm for breeding.
Dr. Howe built homes on the point for his four daughters and, when he died in 1916, left Ferrycliffe in the care of his daughter Edith and her husband Dr. Halsey DeWolf. They in turn left it to their only child Mary Howe DeWolf, who married Dr. Marshall Nairne Fulton in 1940. By the early 1960s farming and milk production at Ferrycliffe had dwindled. Dr. and Mrs. 富尔顿拒绝出售农场以换取宅地，并很快得知罗杰·威廉姆斯初级学院, located in the Providence YMCA, was looking for a new location. They contacted Mr. Gerald Harrington, who was sitting president at the time, and in 1965 the College purchased 63 acres of land. On August 21, 1967, construction began on the original seven buildings. In 1992 the remaining 50 acres, including buildings and barns, 被富尔顿的八个孩子卖给了网赌的十大网站，以适应这个不断发展的机构.
Marshall Fulton, MD (1899 - 1977) was a “Renaissance Man” in every sense: a scholar, physician, gifted musician, teacher, civic leader and proud father of eight. 他出生在爱荷华州的基奥卡克，在那里的公立学校接受教育. Frank T. 1920年，他在布朗大学获得了哲学学士学位. 他还是布朗合唱团的钢琴伴奏，并在游行乐队中演奏短笛和大号. 作为牛津大学默顿学院的罗德学者，他以优异的成绩毕业于生理学专业. 他后来在约翰霍普金斯大学获得了医学博士学位，并在波士顿的彼得本特布里格姆医院和哈佛医学院任职. During WWII he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps at White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. There he was General Dwight D. 艾森豪威尔将军从欧洲战场回来后的私人医生. 1946年至1963年，他回到普罗维登斯的私人内科诊所, eventually as Chief of Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital. 他曾在志愿者委员会任职，担任许多地区医院和国家医学协会的行政人员，并在1963年布朗大学医学院(Brown University medical School)的成立中发挥了重要作用，在那里他被提升为名誉教授.
His academic distinctions were also numerous. At Brown University he was Class Valedictorian in 1920, a Trustee and President of the Trustees Emeriti, an honorary degree recipient (Sc.D.) and Chief Marshall at its 1970 Commencement. He served on the Board of the Mary C. Wheeler School in Providence. He also served as a Trustee of Roger Williams College from 1971 to 1977. He was admired and respected at Roger Williams for his perseverance, honesty, vision and optimistic spirit. After his death, the RWC Corporation voted on June 6, 1978, to rededicate the Bristol Campus in his name.
Mrs. Mary Howe DeWolf Fulton Shepherd (1917 - 2006), Dr. Howe’s granddaughter, said of her husband, “他喜欢罗杰威廉姆斯，并不知疲倦地工作，以确保它为学生提供优质的教育.” Mrs. 富尔顿在学院也很活跃，担任公司和建筑委员会的成员. She secured the stone bench at this site, commemorating the rededication of the campus in her husband's name and reading, “The Fulton Campus – Roger Williams College. Dedicated to Marshall Nairne Fulton who loved and worked for the vision.”
Today Dr. Howe’s earlier vision of maintaining Ferrycliffe as a productive, 迷人的海滨社区已经成为网赌的十大网站和布里斯托尔镇的骄傲. 它重振了布里斯托尔的历史和文化声望，并成为其头号雇主. Its scenic and academic appeal has attracted many thousands of students. The Board of Trustees, alumni, faculty, staff, students and entire Roger Williams University community express gratitude to Dr. Fulton and his family for providing this land, 费里克利夫农场的遗产和纳拉甘西特湾的美景，供所有人欣赏.
Portraits of Dr. 赫伯特·马歇尔·豪和他的女儿伊迪丝·豪·德沃尔夫永久陈列在网赌的十大网站图书馆.