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“Students at Western New England College discover themselves in a place where they are encouraged to challenge ideas, develop strengths, field-test theories, learn compassion, and receive guidance to find their personal paths.”

Springfield, MA

http://www.wnec.edu/ - ugradmis@wnec.edu

INTRODUCTION:

Envisioning Tomorrow - Educating Today “Where do I see myself in four years?” is the question most students face as they enter college. With five schools—Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, Law, and Pharmacy—Western New England College offers the academic opportunities of a university in a community that knows its students as individuals. With an emphasis on collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills, Western New England College’s programs challenge students to dream big, take risks, and surprise themselves with all they can accomplish.

4 DISTINCTIONS

ENGAGED STUDENTS

Western New England College students benefit not only from a plethora of activities on campus, but also from the wide range of activities offered in local Springfield…

Student Learning is Our Focus

 For many students at Western New England College, study abroad is a passport to a world of remarkable opportunity. Beyond classes in international settings, students can also intern with the BBC in London; study art in Florence, Italy; or get a close-up look at business in Australia. Students have spent the semester or year in Australia, China, England, Finland, Ireland, Italy, and Spain.

 The college also offers select courses abroad, including London through the Ages. Through the Sophomore Experience Abroad program, business students can spend the fall semester at London’s Richmond University for the same cost (including airfare) as living on campus. Most classes are taught by our own business faculty.

 The college’s Learning Beyond the Classroom program helps students discover learning opportunities all around them. Combining in-class study with out-of-the-classroom activities from community service to mentoring, the program gives students hundreds of ways to gain new and valuable life experience. Subsequent opportunities to reflect on the service activity help students draw important lessons from their involvement as it relates to their academic work.

 The college has relationships with more than 1,100 sponsoring organizations at which students perform fieldwork, research engineering design projects, student-teach, or serve as interns.

GREAT TEACHING

Professors at Western New England College are deeply involved in their students’ education, ensuring that each graduate comes away with the best educational experience possible…

Work smarter, dream bigger

 The college offers more than forty undergraduate programs through its schools of arts and sciences, business, and engineering. Among the most popular majors are communication, criminal justice, management, psychology, mechanical engineering, and sport management. Another popular major, biomedical engineering, offers students lab time and a required senior design project that provides the opportunity to work one-on-one with department faculty. Western New England College professors inspire students to challenge ideas, think critically, and find creative solutions—to become active participants in their education.

 You can be among the first to study in our Western New England’s $40 million Center for the Sciences and Pharmacy opened in January 2011.

 Western New England College offers several joint degree programs. The school’s 3+3 law program is a six-year course of study that leads to both an undergraduate and a law degree. Similarly, students can complete a five-year program leading to both an undergraduate degree and an MBA, a MSA, a MSEM, MSEE or a MSME. The college offers the only program in the country that combines biomedical engineering with the law, a six-year curriculum that leads to both an undergraduate and a law degree.

 The honors program at Western New England College gives students the opportunity to explore subjects in greater depth, interact with honors students across majors, and study topics that cross disciplines.

 For over twenty-five years, Western New England College has set aside one day a year as Lecture Day, inviting students and the public to attend lectures and seminars exploring important topics facing society. To enhance the learning experience for students, many professors require students to attend and later participate in classroom discussions or write papers based on select lectures.

Academic Programs: Accounting, Arts and Entertainment Management, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Business Information Systems, Chemistry, Communication (Concentrations in Journalism, Media Theory and Production, Professional Communications, and Public Relations), Computer Science, Creative Writing, Criminal Justice (Concentrations in Crime and Society, Criminal Investigation, and Terrorism and Homeland Security), Economics, Education (Elementary, Secondary), Electrical Engineering (Concentrations in Computer, Electrical, and Green), English, Finance, Five-Year Bachelor/MBA, Five-Year Bachelor/MSA, Five-Year Bachelor/MSEE, Five-Year Bachelor/MSEM, Five-Year Bachelor/MSME, Forensic Biology, Forensic Chemistry, General Business (Concentrations in Entrepreneurship, International Business, and Sustainability Management), History, Information Technology, Industrial Engineering, Integrated Professional Science Studies, International Studies (Concentrations in European Area, Developing Societies, Economics and Commerce), Law and Society, 3+3 Law Program, Mathematical Sciences, Neuroscience, Management, Marketing, Marketing Communication/Advertising, Mechanical Engineering (Concentrations in Green, Manufacturing, and Mechanical), Philosophy, Political Science, Pre-pharmacy, Psychology, Six-Year BME/Law, Social Work, Sociology, Sport Management, and Sustainability (Concentrations in Communication, International Development, Management and Marketing, and Public Administration).

VIBRANT COMMUNITIES

With so many opportunities to get involved, it’s no wonder Western New England students are so well prepared for “real world” experiences…

Inspiring Involvement

 With over sixty student clubs and organizations, and a variety of athletic and creative outlets to choose from, many students find niches in appropriate co-curricular activities—from student government and athletics to the student newspaper (The Westerner), the cheer leading club, the Historical Society, the outing club, and many others. In their first year, students can join the Emerging Leaders program, where they explore personal strengths and test their capacities for leadership.

 Opportunities for volunteering abound. Students can participate in the America Reads programs in which students read to young children in local schools; Helping Hands, a part of Campus Ministry; Make a Difference Day, when students volunteer in homeless shelters and soup kitchens; and alternative spring breaks, when students work with Habitat for Humanity or other organizations. Western New England College students also volunteer to teach computer skills. Sports teams also get involved in projects such as distributing free books and helping with city beautification.

 The college’s setting in Springfield, Massachusetts, offers access to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Six Flags New England, The MassMutual Center, home to concerts and a minor-league hockey team, several museums, and a number of libraries. The campus is ninety minutes by car from Boston and sixty miles from skiing in Vermont. Western New England College is also part of a coalition of eight colleges in the Springfield area.

 Three-quarters of Western New England College students live on campus, and many opt to live in themed housing, where they share housing with students with similar interests in academics, fine arts, sports, and wellness and health, as well as interests in other areas.

SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES

Western New England College’s more than 41,000 alumni have a high rate of success thanks to an education that integrates liberal and professional learning. Our graduates go on to prestigious graduate schools or immediate entry into their chosen fields…

Skills to Succeed

 Many Western New England College students are required to complete projects that serve as stepping-stones to real jobs. One student, for example, made a video for a local school for the deaf; she submitted the video to a local affiliate of ABC-TV and was offered and accepted an on-air reporter’s job, while studying as a full-time student. Similarly, a mechanical engineering student who worked with United Technology on jet engines received an offer from NASA, after seeing her work, to pay for her Ph.D. degree. Western New England College also boasts a former biomedical engineering student who developed an apparatus that surgeons were using a year later in open-heart surgeries.

 Many students gain practical experience in internships. The college has a partnership with a public radio station in nearby Albany, New York— students serve as reporters of the station, producing news segments aired throughout the Northeast. The station houses its Pioneer Valley News Bureau on campus.

 Through its CareerCenter, the college nurtures a network of alumni who serve as mentors for current students. Many alumni come back to campus to talk with students in classes. In engineering classes, for example, practicing engineers help students get a real-world perspective.

 Western New England College’s nearly 41,000 alumni have a high rate of success. Graduates go on to prestigious graduate schools or to jobs in their chosen fields. Western New England College alumni are the CEOs, CFOs, and presidents of many of the region’s banking and financial institutions; senior-level engineers at major corporations such as UTC and Pratt & Whitney; leaders in the law-enforcement community; managers of business strategies at corporations such as Chubb, Big Lots, Hasbro, and MassMutual Financial Group; and experts who make a difference every day in the sciences, health care, education, and social services sectors.

FAST FACTS

Western New England College is a four-year private, independent, coeducational college founded in 1919.

Web site http://www.wnec.edu

Location Springfield, Massachusetts–90 miles from Boston.

Student Profile Fall 2009: 2,480 undergraduate students (60% male 40% female); 28 states and territories, 57% students out of state; 13% minority.

Faculty Profile 188 full-time faculty. 15:1 student/faculty ratio. Average class size is 19.

Residence Life Highly residential: 85% of freshmen live on campus.

Athletics NCAA Division III, The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC). 19 varsity sports (10 men’s: baseball, basketball, cross-country; football; golf; ice hockey; lacrosse; soccer; tennis; wrestling; 9 women’s: basketball, cross-country, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, volleyball). The College also offers two non-NCAA sports teams for men and women (bowling and martial arts).

Academics Accounting, Arts and Entertainment Management, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Business Information Systems, Chemistry, Communication (Concentrations in Journalism, Media Theory and Production, Professional Communications, and Public Relations), Computer Science, Creative Writing, Criminal Justice (Concentrations in Crime and Society, Criminal Investigation, and Terrorism and Homeland Security), Economics, Education (Elementary, Secondary), Electrical Engineering (Concentrations in Computer, Electrical, and Green), English, Finance, Five-Year Bachelor/MBA, Five-Year Bachelor/MSA, Five-Year Bachelor MSEE, Five-Year Bachelor/MSEM, Five-Year Bachelor MSME, Forensic Biology, Forensic Chemistry, General Business (Concentrations in Entrepreneurship, International Business, and Sustainability Management), History, Information Technology, Industrial Engineering, Integrated Professional Science Studies, International Studies (Concentrations in European Area, Developing Societies, Economics and Commerce), Law and Society, 3+3 Law Program, Mathematical Sciences, Neuroscience, Management, Marketing, Marketing Communication/Advertising, Mechanical Engineering (Concentrations in Green, Manufacturing, and Mechanical), Philosophy, Political Science, Pre-pharmacy, Psychology, Six-Year BME/Law, Social Work, Sociology, Sport Management, and Sustainability (Concentrations in Communication, International Development, Management and Marketing, and Public Administration).

Costs and Aid 2010–2011: $41,148 Arts & Sciences and Business comprehensive (29,812 tuition and fees), $42,398 Engineering comprehensive (31,062 tuition and fees).

More Distinctions

 Listed in top tier among Master’s Universities in the North in “America’s Best Colleges” rankings by U.S. News and World Report.

 Western New England College is AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) International accredited. Less than 10% of business programs worldwide are accredited by AACSB International.

 Recognized by The Washington Post as one of “America’s Top 100 Colleges” considered “Hidden Gems.”

ADMISSIONS AND FINANCIAL AID

Five choices:

1 Apply online at http://www1.wnec.edu/admissions

2 Download a copy of the application.

3 (Requires Free Adobe Acrobat Reader)

4 Submit a paper application.

5 Apply with the Common Application.

6 Apply with the Universal Application.

Admission Application Deadline Western New England College has a “rolling admissions” policy, not a set admissions deadline, which gives students greater flexibility in applying. The College urges prospective students to apply as early as possible. The College begins accepting students for the fall semester after first term senior high school grades are available. Applications continue to be reviewed until the class is filled. Fall semester applications will be processed on a space-available basis after February 15 for freshmen and after July 1 for transfer students.

Financial Aid

Basic Annual Fees Arts & Sciences and Business $27,762 Engineering $29,012 Fees: $2050 Total: Arts & Sciences and Business $29,812 Engineering $31,062 Residence Fee: Room & Board $11,336

Total

Arts & Sciences and Business $41,148

Engineering $42,398

Scholarships

Merit scholarships and grants are available for freshmen based on grades and SATs. For 2011-12, the scholarships range from $5,000 to $15,200 per year. Transfer students are automatically considered for a merit scholarship and grants based on the GPA from their previous college(s). These scholarships currently range from $5,000 and $10,000 per year. Merit-based international student scholarships of from $10,500 to $14,000 per year are also available. The merit scholarships are renewable if a 2.70 GPA is maintained. The Admissions Office considers every student for merit scholarships; no separate application is required.

CONTACT

Western New England College

1215 Wilbraham Road

Springfield, MA 01119-2684

1-800-325-1122

Fax: 413-782-1777

ugradmis@wnec.edu