Widener University

Recognition

Widener's commitment to civic engagement and community spirit has been recognized by the following regional and national organizations:

• Newsweek/Daily Beast ranked Widener nineteenth in their 2011 list of the top 25 most service-oriented schools in the U.S.
  
  
  
• preLaw Magazine ranked Widener's School of Law among  the Best Law Schools for Public Interest.
  
  

• Washington Monthly Magazine ranked Widener among the top 100 national universities in its 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.”
  
  

• The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching chose Widener University as one of only 76 institutions in the nation to qualify for a new "community engagement" classification.
  
  
• As a Bonner Partner, Widener is among 75 colleges and universities working to improve the lives of individuals and communities as part of the effort by The Bonner Foundation. Widener's Presidential Service Corps is a Bonner Leaders program.