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克里斯托弗·米. Pietruszkiewicz

克里斯托弗·米. Pietruszkiewicz, 在校园里被亲切地称为"Prez P, began his tenure as the 24th President of 英国威廉希尔中文网站 on July 1, 2018. Prez P has effectively guided the University through unprecedented times. 在100年来第一次全球大流行期间, 他仍然专注于大学的未来, advancing the institution with student-focused initiatives that included the building of academic and institutional programs with a goal of establishing a strong framework for sustainable growth, and further solidifying the identity and mission of the University recognizing the eighteen words that define what we do at UE: to empower each student to think critically, 勇敢的行动, 提供负责任的, 在不断变化的世界中有意义地生活.

Prez P recognizes that college is much more than a degree – college prepares students for an ever-changing world by bringing academic to life through real world internships, expanded hands on learning experience inside and outside the classroom, and adding 改变 Lab courses allow students to follow their passion. 我们的教职员工, 工作人员, 和社区, Prez P has helped re-define the value of a college education – taking knowledge and turning it into action. He has developed a passion for linking the University with the community by creating partnerships to fulfill the responsibility of the University to enhance quality of life. 在他的领导下, UE was awarded a historic $30 million Promise Neighborhood grant from the United States Department of Education, with a total investment of $62 million including matching funds. The grant was one of only three awarded in the country in 2023 and the only one awarded to a university and a city working together. Prez P also helped the institution achieve the second and third highest fundraising years in the history of the University dating to 1854, providing support for an innovative and forward-focused future.

税务律师, President Pietruszkiewicz worked as a trial lawyer in the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC, and as an attorney and advisor for the United States Department of Education. In 2000, he entered academia as an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law and in 2001, joined the law faculty at the Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge, where he later served as vice chancellor for business and financial affairs at LSU. 从2012年开始, President Pietruszkiewicz served for six years as Dean of the Stetson University College of Law in Tampa Bay, 佛罗里达.

在埃文斯维尔, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Southwest Indiana Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana – and serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the now merged Evansville Regional Economic Partnership. He is a member of the Welborn Baptist Foundation Board of Directors, 以及埃文斯维尔扶轮社.

President Pietruszkiewicz also serves on the NCAA Division I Board of Directors and is a member of the Finance Committee and Administrative Committee. He is the past Chair of Board of Directors of Independent 大学 of Indiana, the collective voice for excellence and choice in higher education for all students that represents Indiana’s 29 private, 非营利性的, 地区认可学院, 和大学. He is an active member of the Council of Independent 大学, the National Association of Independent 大学 and Universities, and the National Association of Schools and 大学 of the United Methodist Church. He previously served as a member of the Board of 受托人 of the Law School 入学s Council and held various leadership positions in the American Bar Association, 法律教育和律师入学组. CUSP的创始大学校长之一, 学院和大学可持续发展项目, President Pietruszkiewicz helped to create a consortium of like-minded institutions to achieve cost-efficiency by providing a platform of high-value services that are not accessible to individual institutions.

他的妻子是Siobhan Pietruszkiewicz, a graduate of Georgetown University with a bachelor's degree in sociology and Spanish. She is a licensed clinical social worker with a master's degree in social work from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her experience in social work has focused on workforce development and the child welfare system, 既在临床工作，也作为研究人员, 格兰特的作家, 项目评估者, 也是大学和法学院的讲师, 重点关注高危儿童及其家庭. They were both NCAA and high school basketball officials and have been strong advocates and volunteers for Special Olympics. 他们有两个儿子, 瑞恩(17岁)和约翰(13岁), who attend Reitz Memorial High School and Good Shephard Catholic School in Evansville.