As a teen, I protested racism by skipping school on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Now that we recognize him with a federal holiday – and I’m an educator – I teach my Widener students about the joys of public service.
The last few weeks of the semester can bring tons of stress as we complete final projects and prepare for final exams. So we scoured campus and asked our experts for their best suggestions to help you navigate it all.
The Experience MORE! program helps financially support students who need summer break to work and earn money. The program instead makes it possible for them to do unpaid or low-paid internships that will help prepare them for rewarding careers.
Amanda Rappa ’26 shares her incredible experience as the co-executive producer of the TEDxWidenerUniversity event in September 2023.
Inspired by his stories, and a feeling that Widener was home, nursing major and ROTC cadet Meghan Rampolla ’25 has followed in her grandfather’s proud footsteps.
The Widener Marching Band is marking its five-year anniversary, but bands at the university’s predecessor institutions stretch back at least to 1864 in the form of drum and bugle units. That milestone and legacy were honored during Homecoming Weekend.
The Pride Night series provides late-night and weekend programming on campus, giving students more choices of things to do, and more opportunities to plan larger-scale events.
Over five weeks, students from Widener’s three campuses took advantage of an opportunity made possible through Widener’s partnership with the August-Wilhelm Scheer Institute in Germany for the first-ever internationally held Innovation Sprint.
Widener and the Philadelphia Union hosted a series of area high school students for field trips to get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to work in sports and the academic paths to get them there.
