{"id":40802287427,"date":"2025-02-19T09:53:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T14:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802287427"},"modified":"2025-02-26T10:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T15:35:08","slug":"pres-leahy-named-to-roi-influencers-power-2025-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/pres-leahy-named-to-roi-influencers-power-2025-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Pres. Leahy Named to ROI Influencers Power 2025: Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Monmouth University President Patrick F. Leahy was recently named to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roi-nj.com\/2025\/02\/01\/roi-influencers\/power-list\/2025\/higher-education-2025\/roi-influencers-power-list-2025-higher-education-patrick-leahy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ROI Influencers Power 2025: Higher Education list<\/a>. This acknowledgement honors leaders who demonstrate outstanding achievements, strategic vision, and significant impact on their respective industries and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leahy was recognized by ROI for recently securing $750,000 in federal funding for the Urban Coast Institute, one of the University\u2019s Centers of Distinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under his leadership, Leahy also launched the $175 million comprehensive campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/university-advancement\/campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Excellence. Access. Ambition.<\/a>\u2014the most ambitious fundraising effort in Monmouth\u2019s 91-year history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He additionally spearheaded the development of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/springsteen-archives-announces-new-building-at-monmouth-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a new 30,000 square, $45 million building<\/a>, which will house the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music, related exhibition galleries, and a 230-seat, state-of-the-art theater, and introduced a partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health, including the sponsored expansion of the health and fitness facilities in the OceanFirst Bank Center, enhancing wellness resources for the campus community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roi-nj.com\/2025\/02\/04\/mainfeature\/roi-nj-presents-the-2025-roi-influencers-power-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more about the ROI Influencers Power List 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The list recognizes leaders who demonstrate outstanding achievements, strategic vision, and significant impact on their communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2249,"featured_media":40802284807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,417,804,444,83,179,41],"tags":[1742,4381,1201,4376,1266],"person":[621],"audience":[14,17,11,8,50,29,1961,155],"school":[],"program":[],"class_list":["post-40802287427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-excellence","category-awards-publications-research","category-bruce-springsteen-archives-and-center-for-american-music","category-monmouth-now","category-president","category-the-oceanfirst-bank-center","category-urban-coast-institute","tag-bsacam","tag-hackensack-meridian-health","tag-president","tag-roi-nj","tag-uci","person-patrick-leahy","audience-alumni","audience-community-member","audience-current-student","audience-faculty","audience-graduate-student","audience-media","audience-parent","audience-urban-coast-institute"],"squareimage":{"id":40802240285,"rendered":"<img width=\"1667\" height=\"1366\" style=\"object-position: 50.425% 39.835%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/20190809_President_Leahy_0099-e1614193620682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Monmouth University President Patrick F. 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