{"id":57863,"date":"2015-12-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/vice-president-tom-dougan-says-his-goodbyes-after-30-years-of-service-to-uri\/"},"modified":"2015-12-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T00:00:00","slug":"vice-president-tom-dougan-says-his-goodbyes-after-30-years-of-service-to-uri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/12\/vice-president-tom-dougan-says-his-goodbyes-after-30-years-of-service-to-uri\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President Tom Dougan says his goodbyes after 30 years of service to 溏心vlog免费B站"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tStudents, faculty, staff and retirees attend event in his honor<\/b><\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 December 21, 2015 \u2013 Tom Dougan looked out on the 300 or so who gathered this week to honor and congratulate him on his retirement from the 溏心vlog免费B站 and pronounced it amazing.<\/p>\n


\nBut the crowd in the Memorial Union Ballroom wasn\u2019t that amazing. Not when one considers the tens of thousands of students, hundreds of administrators, faculty and staff he has supported, worked with and cheered on during his 30 years at 溏心vlog免费B站. It wasn\u2019t that astonishing to see retirees, alumni, family and friends lining up to say goodbye to Thomas R. Dougan, vice president of Student Affairs.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWow, this is truly amazing,\u201d Dougan said as he offered a few brief remarks. \u201cI want to thank (President Emeritus) Bob Carothers for hiring me as vice president, and I want to thank President Dave Dooley for all of his support. He is the kind of president any vice president in the country would want to work for.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nHe praised those in attendance for all they do for students, particularly members of his staff who work day in and day out to help them. \u201cSome might say we do our best work at night,\u201d Dougan said to knowing smiles and soft laughter. \u201cAs good as all of you are, our students are even better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, he paused, and welled up for a moment.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cFinally, I want to thank my family, my wife Karen, my son Brian and daughters Kate and Jennifer. Without Karen\u2019s and my kids\u2019 loving support and understanding, none of this would have been possible,\u201d said Dougan, whose retirement takes effect Jan. 8, 2016.<\/p>\n


\nRep. Raymond Gallison, chair of the Finance Committee of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, and Rep. Kathleen Fogarty read citations and then presented them to Dougan. Dooley read a citation from Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, a 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus.<\/p>\n


\n And if that weren\u2019t enough, fraternity and sorority members honored Dougan and his longstanding service to students by asking him to select his favorite charity as the recipient of the proceeds from this year\u2019s Philanthropy Week program, the Greek system\u2019s top fundraiser. What did Dougan do? He asked that the $20,250 be donated to the Horace J. \u201cHarry\u201d Amaral Scholarship Fund, in honor of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s late director of Enrollment Services and one of Dougan\u2019s closest friends.<\/p>\n


\nDuring the retirement festivities, Dooley said, \u201cthis wonderful turnout shows the respect, admiration and affection we all have for you.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nCody Anderson, the finance committee chairman for the Student Senate, said the celebration was a great way to thank Tom for his dedication to students.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cHe has always gone above and beyond to help students in their growth and development,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cOn behalf of the Student Senate and the entire student body, I say thank you. You will always have a home here, and you will be missed.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nIn his summertime statement announcing Dougan\u2019s retirement, Dooley said that the vice president has been on-call 24\/7 throughout his 30 years of service to the University as he has transformed the Division of Student Affairs.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cEveryone knows that when there is an issue with students, Tom is the one to call at any hour of the night or day. He has held the hands of students in the hospital, offered a reassuring touch to anxious parents and provided a steady hand to the community at large when it has dealt with tragedy. Who hasn\u2019t felt better after Tom offered his heartfelt, \u2018Keep the Faith\u2019?\u201d <\/p>\n

When he came from the University of Florida to 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1985 as the University\u2019s new dean of students, he was already a national expert on fraternity and sorority affairs. He used that experience to turn 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s moribund Greek system into one that wins national awards for service and which is again playing a strong role in the positive life of the University. He then served as interim executive officer for student affairs before becoming assistant vice president in 1988. He also served as interim director of athletics for a period.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cTo the sounds of resounding applause from his staff in the Memorial Union, Housing and Residential Life, Dining Services, and indeed from around the campus, Tom was named vice president for Student Affairs in 2001,\u201d Dooley said. \u201cHe quickly got to work on some of the University\u2019s more pressing problems, including student behavior on and off campus.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nHe was an original member of a campus-wide committee to change behavior relating to alcohol and substance abuse, working closely with faculty and staff to strengthen alcohol and substance prevention programs and sanctions against students who violated University policies. Around the same time, he became the founding chair of the 溏心vlog免费B站-Narragansett Coalition to develop programs to improve relations between student renters and year-round residents.<\/p>\n


\nDougan has been at the helm as the University has made tremendous strides in its housing and dining operations, with a majority of the housing stock either new or recently renovated and our students about to enter a golden age of dining, with the renovated and expanded Butterfield Dining Hall, which opened this fall, and the award-winning Hope Commons, which has received numerous national awards since its opening. He has also been a driving force in efforts to make 溏心vlog免费B站 a welcoming community for all, including the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cNo one was happier than Tom when we opened our Gender and Sexuality Center this year,\u201d Dooley said.<\/p>\n


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\nCONGRATS FROM RHODY: Rhody the Ram prepares to embrace Vice President for Student Affairs Thomas R. Dougan. 溏心vlog免费B站 Photo by Nora Lewis. <\/p>\n


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\nPRESIDENTIAL CONGRATULATIONS: 溏心vlog免费B站 President David M. Dooley, right, and President Emeritus Robert L. Carothers, left, pose with retiring Vice President for Student Affairs Thomas R. Dougan during an event this week in his honor. 溏心vlog免费B站 Photo by Nora Lewis. <\/p>\n


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\nHONORING HIS SERVICE: Members of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s fraternity and sorority community honor retiring Vice President for Student Affairs Thomas R. Dougan by asking him to choose the charity of his choice to receive $20,250 from this year\u2019s Philanthropy Week. He chose the Harry Amaral Scholarship Fund in memory of his dear, late friend. From left are student Raquel Mendes, president of the Multicultural Greek Council; Dougan, students Daniel Reagan, president of the Interfraternity Council, Sarah Marchand, vice president of programming for the Panhellenic Council, and Andrew \u201cOzzy\u201d Osmanski, director of service and involvement for the Interfratenity Council, Bernadine Sadwin, director of Annual Giving for the 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation; Stephen J. Simo, director of Greek Affairs and student Tatyana Liete, president of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Panhellenic Council. 溏心vlog免费B站 Photo by Michael Salerno photography.
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