Widener University

• Community Service
• Curriculum & Clinics
• Economic Development
• Outreach
• Recognition
• University School Collaborations

Widener aspires to be the nation's preeminent metropolitan university, and as such, it is committed to contributing to the vitality and well being of the communities it serves through experiential learning, service learning, educational initiatives, economic development, and community building.

Widener places a high value on citizenship and civic engagement, so the university believes it only fitting to assist the children of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The Widener CARES scholarship program provides the opportunity for a quality four-year education to children of military personnel who were killed in action in either Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Over the past several years, Widener has gained national recognition for its civic initiatives.

• Newsweek/Daily Beast ranked Widener nineteenth in their 2011 list of the top 25 most service-oriented schools in the U.S.
  
  
• preLaw Magazine placed Widener Law School on their list of Best Law Schools for Public Interest.
  
  
• The Washington Monthly ranked Widener among the top 100 national universities in the their annual college rankings, which measures how well a college or university, serves the country.
  
  
• Widener has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll every year since its inception in 2006. Widener is one of only five colleges and universities in the Philadelphia region named to the honor roll “with distinction.”