
A Place of Their Own: Widener Students Creating Clubs that Foster Community
Widener is seeing a spike in new student-run organizations, especially special interest groups.

Widener is seeing a spike in new student-run organizations, especially special interest groups.

Nursing student Elizabeth Martin had a unique leadership experience while swapping places with Widener President Stacey Robertson as 鈥淧resident for a Day,鈥 and Robertson got to experience student life firsthand.

Widener University鈥檚 work-study tutoring program, which supports Chester fourth graders, has been recognized for expansion by the Partnership for Student Success, highlighting its impact on student learning and academic achievement.

Whether domestic or abroad, for a week or a semester, study away is an option for all Widener students, and through a new partnership, is more affordable and accessible than ever.

Widener is expanding mental health initiatives and combatting stigma with new grant-funded programs that focus on student well-being through program accessibility, awareness of services and peer engagement.
Known as WAVE, the federally-funded initiative is bringing together voices and perspectives from across campus 鈥 including, and especially, students 鈥 with the goal of providing people with the tools and skills needed to change culture.

Today's ROTC program is a direct descendant of Widener鈥檚 days as a military college, carrying on a time-honored tradition more than two centuries in the making.

Internships can provide valuable learning opportunities and hands-on skills for students. Recently, a group of students from majors across the university completed Widener鈥檚 first international internships.

Struggling in class? Trying to strike a healthy balance between school and life commitments? Want accountability to maintain strong grades? The Office of Student Success can help.

The multi-year partnership between Widener and neighboring Philadelphia Union has found the back of the net, again and again, creating opportunities, experiences, and much more for the university community.