We're dedicated to the personal success of every student and ensuring they feel welcomed and supported every step of the way. We invite you, our Widener families, to familiarize yourselves with our vast network of support.
We've created digital spaces to support your student through their journey from first opening their acceptance letter to the final steps before the start of classes. We invite you to become a partner with the university in supporting your student from the beginning of their college journey and beyond by exploring these digital spaces and familiarizing yourself with the resources and opportunities available to your student.
A Widener education is one of the smartest investments your family can make—because the long-term value (in terms of career preparation, job placement, and opportunities for professional advancement and earning potential) far exceeds the costs.
We want campus to feel like your child's second home. We've built a supportive, friendly, caring community for them to grow and flourish. In our residence halls and dining spaces, your child will forge lasting friendships. And through our many ways to get involved on campus, they will build memories that will stay with them for years to come.
Our network of support services will help your child find personal and professional fulfillment. Academic mentors and advisors will help them navigate courses and choose experiences that lead to career success.
Our team of dedicated professionals will keep an eye on your child's academic progress. Our early assessment and retention alert programs help identify struggling students so we can step in and help as soon as possible.
At Widener, we care about your child's academic and physical well-being. Learn more about safety on campus, recreational opportunities, and counseling and student health services. You can also get answers to questions about insurance, forms, and much more.
Our students take the inside track to rewarding first jobs, careers, and futures. Experience their stories.
Working on different projects at Widener taught me how to think on my feet. It taught me how to not leap before I think, but to leap while also thinking.
Widener gives me access to so many great opportunities I would not have had elsewhere. These experiences and opportunities give me a great competitive advantage heading into the workforce.
Every study abroad trip, every internship opportunity, every volunteer event, every class is contributing to me not only being a better person, but better in business. The world of business today requires us to be globally active.
The Boys and Girls Club of Chester’s story is worth sharing. I am glad I was able to use my senior year at Widener to help tell it.
It’s very rewarding when you can see the impact you’re having on either the community, or individuals, or even yourself.
As I embark on a career as a human rights lawyer, these experiences have taught me everyone has a story, and you need to ask people about theirs to really begin to know and understand them.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 (Buckley Amendment) was enacted to assure parents of students and the students’ themselves if they are over age eighteen, or attending a post-secondary educational institution, access to student records and to protect rights to privacy by limiting the sharing and disclosure of their records without their consent.
The quickest, easiest way for parents to receive information about their child’s grades, financial statement, or other student information is for the student to provide it. Students can look up information online, print it off, and give or email a copy to their parents.
FERPA regulations allow, but do not require, higher education institutions to provide notice to parents when a student violates federal, state, or local laws related to alcohol or drugs.
The U.S. Department of Education is responsible for overseeing FERPA. Visit their website for additional information.
Going to college signifies a time of new beginnings, but it can also be a challenging time with added peer pressure when it comes to making choices related to drugs and alcohol use. Although peers have a strong influence on student behavior, parents set the foundation for factors such as peer pressure to have less influence on student alcohol use. Students' relationships with their parents continue to play a major protective role in promoting their development and success throughout college.
The most important thing parents can do to help ensure their student makes healthy, informed decisions while in college is to stay involved in their lives by talking and listening to them about all aspects of their lives. Remain engaged through phone calls, texts, and emails, especially during the first few weeks and months of college life when students are most vulnerable and are at greatest risk of making high risk decisions. Research has shown that the more involved parents are, the higher the likelihood students will make safe choices about alcohol and drug use.
Widener University is one of hundreds of institutions nationwide requiring every member of their first-year class to complete an online alcohol education module. Whether or not your student drinks, this educational tool will empower your student to make well-informed decisions and provide simple strategies to help keep them safe.
Information about this module will be shared directly to students via email.
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