Clubs & Organizations

Widener Sports Network and WUFilms provide additional out-of-the-classroom opportunities for advanced students to develop their skills in broadcasting, live sports coverage, film directing and production, and screenwriting. Students are encouraged to work with industry-standard equipment to cover live sporting events on the playing field. Advanced film students create documentaries and short films for film festivals and other competitions.

Widener Ink, a literary journal published each spring, takes student submissions of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, drama, and art. Additionally, working on the journal's staff gives students hands-on experience in editing and publishing.

Widener Productions is a television and film production broadcast facility in the Communication Studies Department. Widener Productions incorporates various clubs, including WUTV, WideCast Radio, Widener Sports Network, and WUFilms, offering students a chance to work behind the scenes or onscreen in a real production team.

The Wind Ensemble is a standard collegiate concert band. The group rehearses weekly and offers concerts for both the university and local community.

WUCAST (formerly WDNR) members produce programs and podcasts using industry-standard software and can be heard around the world on our streaming station. The WUCAST facilities are also designed for recording music using MIDI technology and traditional vocals and instruments. Students can hold leadership roles such as program host, program director, and general manager.

WUTV is the student-managed television studio on campus. Students pitch show ideas and work as both talent and crew for all productions. WUTV also produces programming outside of the studio, from sporting events to debates.