2011/05/19

JWU

Johnson & Wales University

Johnson & Wales University
Established 1914
Type Private, nonprofit
Endowment $184.3 million
President John Bowen
Students 16,095 (total)
Location Original Campus:
Providence, RI, USA (1914)
Other Campuses:
North Miami, Florida, USA (1992)
Denver, Colorado, USA (2000)
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA (2004)
Campus Urban
Athletics 16 Varsity Teams
Colors Blue & White
Mascot Wildcats
Website http://www.jwu.edu

Johnson & Wales University (JWU, J&W) is a private, nonprofit, co-educational, career-oriented university with campuses located throughout the United States. Providence, Rhode Island, USA, is home to JWU's first and largest of four currently operating campuses. Founded as a business school in 1914, by Gertrude I. Johnson and Mary T. Wales, JWU currently has 16,095 students enrolled in business, culinary, equine management, hospitality, education, and technology programs across its campuses.

The University is accredited by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges, Inc. (NEAS&C), through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.

Academics

Johnson & Wales University operates campuses in four locations: Providence, Rhode Island; North Miami, Florida; Denver, Colorado; and Charlotte, North Carolina (Two previous campuses in Norfolk, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina, were consolidated into the Charlotte Campus in September 2003). JWU currently has three academic units at all four of its campuses: the College of Business, the College of Culinary Arts, and the Hospitality College.

The Providence Campus is home to additional academic units: the School of Technology, the Alan Shawn Feinstein Graduate School, and the John Hazen White School of Arts & Sciences. Of these, the School of Arts & Sciences now offers a degree program in Counseling Psychology. The Providence Harborside campus,is also home to the School of Education ,which offers specialized master's or doctoral degree programs . Students just entering the field can earn a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT Program) and current teachers can earn a Masters of Education degree (M.Ed.) For current teachers who want to advance their degree there is a doctoral program where they can earn their EdD.

Johnson & Wales University is well known for its Culinary Arts program as well as Business and Hospitality programs. The university is the largest food service educator in the world. JWU is one of the top three Hospitality Colleges, according to the 2010 rankings released by the American Universities Admissions Program, which ranks of American universities according to their international reputation. JWU is home to 39th largest College of Business in the U.S.A. The university offers a wide variety of degrees, including: Accounting, Fashion Merchandising & Retail Management, Equine Studies/Equine Business Management & Riding, Management, Marketing, Criminal Justice, Entrepreneurship, Hotel & Lodging Management, and Sports/Entertainment/Event Management. The Providence campus offers degree programs in technology such as Network Engineering, Electronics and Robotics Engineering(offered in 2-4 degrees), Computer Programming and Graphic Design.

Academic calendar

JWU's academic schedule is divided four quarters, each 11 weeks long, where the standard fall and spring semesters are replaced with fall, winter, and spring quarters. Classes are also offered during the summer months creating a fourth academic period. This results in an earlier spring break and a typical summer break from May to September. During fall, winter, and spring terms, students usually take three to four courses a term. Students in the Culinary program are enrolled in five 9-day lab sessions, which take place Monday through Thursday each week.

United States campuses

In addition to the on-campus academic buildings, the university also operates three hotels used as practicum education facilities for the university's Hotel & Lodging Management, Food Service Management, and Culinary Arts degree programs. The facilities include the independent Johnson & Wales Inn & Conference Center located near Providence in Seekonk, Massachusetts, and within fifteen minutes of the university's two Providence campuses Radisson Hotel Providence Airport located in Warwick, and the Bay Harbor Inn & Suites, located in Miami Beach. The university also owns the Doubletree Hotel Charlotte-Gateway Village at the Charlotte Campus. The Johnson & Wales Inn in Providence also houses the university's flagship restaurant, "Audrey's", which takes its name from Audrey Gaebe, wife of long time university chancellor, Morris Gaebe.

The Wildcat Center is the athletic facility of Johnson & Wales University in Denver. It is home to the athletic program of this branch of the university, and was home to the ABA's Colorado Storm in 2004. Wildcat Center is located at the northwest part of the Johnson & Wales campus. The Wildcat Center, now fully renovated as of the summer 2009, is NAIA and NCAA regulation size and seats over 600, the fitness center has tripled in size and the lockerrooms have increased from 2 to 4 to accommodate game day needs as well as general use.

Greek Life at the university

Providence Campus

The Providence Campus currently offers membership in 15 fraternities and sororities as well as one social fellowship, these are organized within four groups; InterFraternity Council (IFC), Panhellenic Council (PHC), United Cultural Council (UCC), and National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC). While all of these organizations are nationally or internationally affiliated, the university oversees the Greek community on campus. Not recognized by the university, the Providence Campus is also home to a number of "off-Campus" Fraternities. Deeply routed in tradition some of these organizations make up the origins of Greek life at the university and continue to exist and recruit new members without the sanction of the school.

Fraternities

Sororities

The campus also has a chapter of the Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship

North Miami Campus

Fraternities

Sororities

Denver Campus

The Denver Campus currently offers membership in one sorority, Alpha Sigma Tau.

Notable alumni

Honorary Doctorate Recipients include:

External links

References

Coordinates: 25°53′41″N 80°09′54″W / 25.8946987°N 80.165065°W






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