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Even though campus may look a bit different in light of COVID-19, the vibrancy of Widener has never faltered. We invite you to explore all things Widener and rekindle your alumni affinity for this vibrant, inspiring community.

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2025: The Year Widener Went Big

Here’s a look back at the moments in 2025 that made us cheer, crave boba and prove that at Widener, going big isn’t just a trend—it’s a tradition.

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Widener’s Anatomy Lab: A Journey to Learn the Body and Human Experience

The clinical anatomy lab provides graduate health science students with hands-on access to study anatomy, master techniques and build confidence ahead of practice. In this first-person narrative, physician assistant students Sarah Connors, Jordan Li and Vrunda Patel share how the experience not only teaches them about the body, it deepens their understanding of the human experience.

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Student Perspectives

You can take what you learned in the classroom and then apply that to the real world. If we're going over a lecture and we're talking about framing and then we go out to a job and they're doing metal or wood framing, you can see how.
Semaj Smith-Barber
Class of 2028
Undergraduate | Construction Management
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Student Perspectives

As a former Marine, it helps that Widener is a Yellow Ribbon school--whatever the GI Bill doesn't cover Widener will forgive. I plan to get my bachelor’s, work in a hospital, then I can get into flight nursing and practice trauma care.
Samuel Flood
Class of 2027
Undergraduate | Bachelor of science in nursing
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Nursing student Samuel Flood does a fireman carry during an on-campus emergency response workshop.

Student Perspectives

Camp has always been such a big part of my life... I think the education I got through Widener really helped me to fuel that passion and helped me to make connections that I didn’t know could have been made.
Sophia Hastings
Class of 2018
Undergraduate | Social Work; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
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Student Perspectives

Working at Widener's Community Nursing Clinic is a really unique experience that a lot of schools don't have to offer. It’s real life scenarios where we are able to relate to it cause it's around us.
Taylor Wise
Class of 2025
Undergraduate | Bachelor of science in nursing
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Taylor Wise poses in front of the Chester Community Clinic with her stethoscope draped around her neck.

Student Perspectives

Performing Gameday Satisfaction Market Research for the Philadelphia Union was unforgettable. We got an in-depth look at fan, stadium worker, and media reporter insights on the Philadelphia Union, Subaru Park, and loyal fanbase. The energy was palpable.
Ahmad Kamara
Class of 2024
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Student Perspectives

I loved having the opportunity to do research, but also having the opportunity to research with a large medical device company—that’s something you don’t see quite often.
Shaylyn Westmoreland
Class of 2023 and 2024
Graduate | Biomedical Engineering
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