Western New England University to Host Undergraduate Open House March 5
SPRINGFIELD, MA (03/02/2022) Western New England University (WNE) will host high school students and their parents at an open house on Saturday, March 5, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. starting in the University Commons. The event is free. Registration in advance is requested. Visit wne.edu/openhouse to register or call 413-782-1321.
This undergraduate open house is intended for all prospective students, regardless of their year in high school. It is an opportunity to come to campus to get a sense of the University’s warm and engaging community, while learning about the wide variety of academic programs and emphasis on inter-disciplinary collaboration.
Students and parents will have the chance to tour the campus and a first-year residence hall, meet current students, get a general overview of the admissions and financial aid process, and have academic questions answered. The day concludes with an exhibit hall where students can gather more information on student clubs and activities, the honors programs, athletics, as well as hear from the Career Development Center regarding the varied internship and career opportunities students are receiving.
Western New England University (WNE) is a private, nationally ranked, comprehensive institution with a focus on preparing work-ready and world-ready graduates. Founded in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts as a division of Northeastern College, WNE’s 215-acre suburban campus serves more than 3,700 students, including over 2,500 full-time undergraduates. More than 47,000 alumni have earned degrees through its 90+ undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs at Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and School of Law. Students come from 39 U.S. states and territories and 23 countries. Of 45,104 living alumni, 30% remain within the region, residing in the four Western Massachusetts counties and northern Connecticut.
WNE is classified among nationally ranked universities in US News and World Report, and among the Top 100 Undergraduate Engineering programs, and in the Doctoral/Professional Universities category in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.