page_title: Michael S. Roth
section_title: Wesleyan Presidency
hierarchical_section_title: Michael S. Roth / Career / Wesleyan Presidency
caption_attribution_description: English: South College, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA.
context_page_description: Michael Scott Roth is an American academic and university administrator. He became the 16th president of Wesleyan University in 2007. Formerly, he was the 8th president of the California College of the Arts, associate director of the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, and Director of European Studies at Claremont Graduate University. He was also the H.B. Professor of Humanities at Scripps College, where he was the founding director of the Scripps College Humanities Institute.
context_section_description: Roth has undertaken several initiatives at Wesleyan University, including expanding the endowment, re-orienting fundraising and spending to emphasize support for financial aid and core academic programs, increasing grant support for University undergraduates who receive financial aid, providing scholarships for veterans of the military, working with faculty on interdisciplinary and curricular initiatives, and working "to anchor civic engagement and innovation within the University’s curriculum." With regard to the latter, the University announced in May 2011 a $2 million donation to establish the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship, which will support students who want to create programs and organizations serving the public good anywhere in the world.
  Roth has overseen the launch of "[t]he Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, which links intellectual work on campus to policy issues nationally and internationally", "the Shapiro Creative Writing Center, which brings together students and faculty seriously engaged in writing" and the Usdan University Center. The former two opened in the fall of 2009. A College of the Environment also has been launched and serves as the University's third multidisciplinary College in addition to the College of Social Studies and the College of Letters.
  Roth has been maintaining a blog about his experiences as president of the University.
  Roth is compensated approximately $1.3 million annually as president of Wesleyan University.
caption: South College, the President's office at Wesleyan University
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