Widener University

What's the real value of a Widener education? It's a combination of quality academic programs, experiential learning and civic engagement that challenges our students both inside and outside of the classroom and prepares them for success in school and in life.For starters, Widener's value lies in the unique academic programs we offer starting Day 1 with a liberal arts foundation, regardless of the student's major. That foundation provides the tools for thinking-for communicating, analyzing information, distinguishing the relevant from the irrelevant, developing moral judgment and wisdom, and understanding the importance of diverse people and cultures. Widener gives students hands-on experience applying these thinking skills to challenging career tasks whether in hospitals, court rooms, classrooms, engineering firms, science laboratories, or corporate offices. Beyond their years at Widener, students will need these critical thinking skills for the rest of their lives as the world around them continues to change and evolve in ways we cannot even imagine today. A Widener education means hands-on learning that starts in a student's very first semester, so that students will know early on if he or she's chosen the right major. At Widener, reality starts in the classroom with real life assignments so real, that Comcast decided to implement recommendations for 76ers Retro Nights at the Spectrum, an idea that some of our students came up with in a sports marketing class. It continues with service learning courses, co-op opportunities, paid internships, senior capstone projects, and team assignments where professors purposely put students with very different personalities on the same team to work on projects and problem solve together.