Build the Pride: Experiential Learning
Our Experiential Learning Priorities
Best-in-Region Co-op Program
Serving business, engineering, and computer science majors, our co-op program is the finest in the greater Philadelphia region:
- 100% of students who complete our 12-month co-op program graduate in 4 years, not the typical 5.
Through mentoring from faculty, coaching from a co-op advisor, and connections with alumni, Widener students are able to secure a meaningful co-op in their field of professional interest. The co-op program at other universities rarely rivals this level of personal support.
These distinctions allow us to attract and retain the brightest, most promising students. But keeping these promises requires substantial resources.
Support Co-op With Your Generous Gift
SURCA Symposium
The more opportunities we can give students to pursue research and share their findings, the better prepared they will be to thrive and distinguish themselves in their lives and careers.
Our annual Summer Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) Symposium brings together students and faculty to share discovery, celebrate inquiry, and build connections that lead to further opportunity.
Support the Symposium With Your Generous Gift
Other Opportunities to Make an Impact
Network, reconnect, belong - amazing things happen when the Pride comes together!
When alumni like you step up to mentor Widener students, you become the bridge to confidence and clarity of what's possible—helping to launch careers and open doors that change lives.
Give a little time to supporting your Widener community, online and on your own schedule. Gain a sense of purpose and pride.
Ways Your Gift Supports Experiential Learning
When the Chester Community Clinic first opened in September 2009 its purpose was simple: serve the community and give students an exceptional learning experience. Years of dedication to quality care and strategic transformation have established the clinic as an anchor in the community and a celebrated national model for student-led pro bono care and education.
For Mike and Marietta Borinski, who met at Widener in the 1970s, giving back means helping to shape innovative opportunities like they experienced as students.
Students often turn down or turn away from unpaid internships in their fields because of economic considerations. A new, donor-funded program is designed to help overcome the financial barrier.