John W. Miller will retire as president of Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) effective Sept. 15, 2016. He began his tenure as president in 2005. The Board of Regents will commence a search for his replacement in the near future.
Miller is the 12th president of CCSU, the oldest publicly supported institution of higher education in Connecticut founded in 1849. During his tenure at CCSU, Miller is credited with increasing the university’s endowment from $20 million in 2005 to $63 million in 2015.
He also increased the university’s six-year graduation rate from 40 percent in 2005 to 57.3 percent in 2015, and increased minority enrollment from 11 percent in 2005 to 31 percent in 2015. A new MBA program and majors in engineering, nursing and teaching, were also initiated.
While president, a number of new campus facilities were constructed and opened, including the Mid-Campus Residence Hall, Social Sciences Hall, Mid-Campus Dining Hall, Anthony & Helen Bichum Engineering Laboratory and the Police Station. Recreation and athletics fields were also improved.
Before coming to CCSU, he was chancellor at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, dean of the College of Education at Florida State University, and professor and administrator at Georgia Southern University and Wichita State University.
