Johnson & Wales University (JWU) is a
private university
Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grant (money ...
with its main campus in
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...
. Founded as a business school in 1914 by
Gertrude I. Johnson and
Mary T. Wales, JWU enrolled 7,357 students across its campuses in the fall of 2020. The university is accredited by the
New England Commission of Higher Education.
History
1914–1947
Johnson & Wales Business School was founded in September 1914 in
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...
. Founders
Gertrude I. Johnson and
Mary T. Wales met as students at Pennsylvania State Normal School in Millersville, Pennsylvania. Years later, both were teaching at Bryant and Stratton business school in Providence (now
Bryant University
Bryant University is a private university in Smithfield, Rhode Island. It has two colleges, the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business, and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
History
Butler Exc ...
) when they decided to team up and open a business school. The school opened with one student and one typewriter on Hope Street in Providence.
The school soon moved to a larger site on Olney Street, and later moved downtown to 36 Exchange Street to better serve returning soldiers after World War I.
The curriculum in the early part of the 20th century included bookkeeping, typing, shorthand, English, and mathematics.
The school admitted both men and women.
1947–1963
In June 1947, founders Johnson and Wales, facing old age and illness, sold Johnson & Wales Business School to partners (and Navy buddies) Edward Triangelo and Morris Gaebe.
At this time the school had roughly 100 students.
Triangelo and Gaebe served as co-directors as the school grew rapidly. The school earned national accreditation in 1954.
In 1960, Johnson & Wales was accredited as a
junior college
A junior college (sometimes referred to colloquially as a juco, JuCo or JC) is a post-secondary educational institution offering vocational training designed to prepare students for either skilled trades and technical occupations and workers in su ...
.
1963–present
The school became a registered
nonprofit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
in 1963.
Edward P. Triangolo served as the college's first president from 1963 to 1969.
During the 1960s and 1970s, as Providence hotels and department stores fled to the suburbs, Johnson and Wales took the opportunity to expand its downtown presence.
The university purchased the former Crown Hotel in 1966, and both the former Dreyfus Hotel and the Gladdings Department Store building in 1975.
Morris Gaebe served as president from 1969 to 1989, and later chancellor.
Gaebe introduced the hospitality program in 1972, despite skepticism from the college's board.
Enrollment in the program grew from 141 students in 1973 to 3,000 in 1983.
Eventually the school's culinary programs became widely renowned.
The college officially became Johnson & Wales University in 1988, known informally as JWU.
By 2016, the university had 16,000 students and more than 2,400 employees across campuses in four cities.
Degree programs were offered in business, culinary arts, arts and sciences, nutrition, education, hospitality, physician assistant studies, engineering, and design.
On June 25, 2020, the school announced it would shut down its Denver and North Miami campuses at the end of the 2020–21 school year.
Campuses
Johnson & Wales University operates campuses in four locations:
* The founding
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...
campus housing JWU's business, hospitality, and technology programs (called ''Downcity'' and opened in 1914) with a subsidiary campus housing JWU's culinary and graduate programs (called ''Harborside'' and opened in 1985) in
Cranston, Rhode Island
*
North Miami, Florida (opened in 1992 – closed in 2021)
*
Denver, Colorado
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
(opened in 2000 – closed in 2021)
*
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...
(opened in 2004)
Two previous campuses in
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...
(opened in 1984) and
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...
(opened in 1986), were gradually consolidated into the Charlotte campus, starting in September 2003 and ending in May 2006 with the closures of these campuses.
Facilities
In addition to the on-campus academic buildings and dorms, the university also operates hotels used as practicum education facilities for the university's Hotel & Lodging Management, Food Service Management, and Culinary Arts degree programs. The university also owns the Doubletree Hotel Charlotte-Gateway Village at the Charlotte Campus.
The Wildcat Center is the athletic facility of Johnson & Wales University. Denver was the only campus to officially have that name, until the Providence campus renamed its gym as well (formerly the Harborside Recreation Center) and the construction of the Charlotte campus athletic facility. It is home to the athletic program of this branch of the university, and was home to the ABA's
Colorado Storm
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in 2004. In Denver, Wildcat Center is located at the northwest part of the Johnson & Wales campus. The Wildcat Centers, fully renovated as of the summer of 2009, are NAIA and NCAA regulation size, and seat over 600. In Denver the fitness center has tripled in size, and the locker rooms have increased from two to four, to accommodate game day needs as well as general use. The Providence Wildcat Center is located on the Harborside Campus, and has many similar features. The fitness center is already large enough, at twice the size of the downtown center. The Charlotte Wildcat Center is located adjacent to the Cedar Hall South dorm building. The center covers 33,000 square feet and is the newest Wildcat Center to be built.
Providence now features the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletic Complex, located on the Harborside campus, which hosts baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse and field hockey.
Academics
JWU currently has six academic units across each of its campuses:
* College of Business
* College of Culinary Arts
* College of Hospitality
* College of Health & Wellness
* College of Engineering & Design
* John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences
The Providence campus is home to the College of Business, the Hospitality College, the College of Arts & Sciences, and the College of Engineering & Design.
This campus is home to several additional academic units: the
Alan Shawn Feinstein Graduate School and the College of Culinary Arts.
It also has the School of Education, which offers specialized master's and doctoral degree programs.
Students just entering the field can earn a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T. Program), and current teachers can earn a Master of Education degree (
M.Ed.). For current teachers who want to advance their degree, there is a doctoral program where they can earn their
Ed.D.
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Johnson & Wales University also offers 11 online bachelor's degrees and nine online master's degree programs.
Johnson & Wales University is well known for its culinary arts program, but was first founded as business and hospitality programs. The university is the largest food service educator in the world. JWU is one of the top three hospitality colleges, according to the 2010 rankings released by the American Universities Admissions Program, which ranks American universities according to their international reputation. JWU is home to the 39th largest college of business in the United States.
JWU's academic year is divided into three trimesters, each 11 weeks long, where the standard fall and spring semesters are replaced with fall, winter, and spring trimesters. With the start of the 2018–2019 academic year, JWU is offering all graduate degree programs, except for the master's-level education programs, on a semester calendar. The conversion to semesters will be completed in fall of 2020 for all undergraduate, continuing education and master's-level education programs offered at the university. Classes are also offered during the summer months, creating a fourth academic period. This results in an earlier spring break and a typical summer break from May to September. During fall, winter, and spring terms, students usually take three to four courses a term. Students in the culinary program are enrolled in five nine-day lab sessions, which take place Monday through Thursday each week. Such courses are only available for full-time students.
Greek life
Providence campuses
The Providence Downcity and Harborside campuses currently offer membership in 15 fraternities and sororities as well as two social fellowships. These are organized within four groups who act as the governing bodies: the InterFraternity Council (IFC), the Panhellenic Council (PHC), the United Cultural Council (UCC), and the
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC). While all of these organizations are nationally or internationally affiliated, the university oversees the Greek community on campus. Not recognized by the university, the Providence campuses are also home to a number of "off-campus" fraternities. Deeply rooted in tradition, some of these organizations make up the origins of Greek life at the university and continue to exist and recruit new members without the sanction of the school.
Fraternities
*
Tau Epsilon Phi
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*
Lambda Chi Alpha
*
Phi Beta Sigma
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*
Lambda Upsilon Lambda
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*
Sigma Lambda Beta
*
Theta Delta Chi
*
Alpha Epsilon Pi
*
Sigma Alpha Mu
Sororities
*
Alpha Sigma Tau
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*
Delta Phi Epsilon
*
Sigma Delta Tau
*
Sigma Gamma Rho
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*
Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. () is a historically African American sorority. In 1920, five women from Howard University envisioned a sorority that would raise the consciousness of their people, encourage the highest standards of scholastic achie ...
*
Sigma Lambda Upsilon
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*
Omega Phi Beta
Omega Phi Beta () is a sorority founded on March 15, 1989 at the State University of New York in Albany, New York by seventeen women of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. It is a member organization of National Association of Latino Fratern ...
*
Delta Zeta
Social fellowships or other
*
Groove Phi Groove
Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship, Inc. (GΦG) is a social fellowship. It was founded at Morgan State College (now known as Morgan State University) as an alternative to National Pan-Hellenic Council, mainstream List of African-American fratern ...
Social Fellowship
*
Swing Phi Swing Social Fellowship
North Miami campus
Fraternities
*
Kappa Sigma
*
Lambda Sigma Upsilon
Sororities
*
Alpha Sigma Tau
Alpha Sigma Tau (known as or Alpha Tau) is a national sorority founded on November 4, 1899, at Eastern Michigan University (formerly Michigan State Normal College). A member of the National Panhellenic Conference, the sorority has 83 active colleg ...
*
Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. () is a historically African American sorority. In 1920, five women from Howard University envisioned a sorority that would raise the consciousness of their people, encourage the highest standards of scholastic achie ...
*
Mu Sigma Upsilon
Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Incorporated () is a multicultural intercollegiate sorority founded on November 21, 1981 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. It is a non-profit Greek-lettered organization for college-educated women that promotes th ...
*
Chi Upsilon Sigma
Denver campus
*
Alpha Sigma Tau
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Charlotte campus
Fraternities
*
Kappa Sigma
*
Lambda Chi Alpha
*
Alpha Phi Alpha
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*
Kappa Alpha Psi
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Sorority
*
Delta Phi Epsilon
*
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. () is the first intercollegiate historically African American sorority. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at the historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of sixteen stud ...
*
Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. () is a historically African American sorority. In 1920, five women from Howard University envisioned a sorority that would raise the consciousness of their people, encourage the highest standards of scholastic achie ...
Athletics
The teams of all campuses of Johnson & Wales University (active: Providence and Charlotte, and defunct: North Miami and Denver) are called the Wildcats.
Willie T. Wildcat (better known as Wildcat Willie) is the official costumed mascot. The suit was redesigned and revealed at the annual family weekend on October 16, 2013, as an early start to the school's centennial year (2014). Previously the costumes had been very different across the four campuses, but the new design replaced all former costumes. The new design came from Devon Tsinzo (Providence Class of 2015), who won the redesign contest. The new mascot was made by BAM! Mascots. Willie appears at home games, alumni events, and other special events. He is played by multiple students, meaning that JWU can accept requests for him to appear at many events. Although the various campuses compete either in the NAIA, USCAA, or NCAA Division III, Willie follows the rules of a Division I mascot, including never breaking character.
During the 1980s and 1990s the official mascot at the JWU Providence campus was Griff the Griffin, a creature with the head of an eagle, body of a lion and tail of a dragon.
Providence campuses
The athletic teams of the Providence campuses (Downcity and Harborside) are members of the
Division III
In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below.
Association football
*Belgian Thir ...
level of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA), primarily competing in the
Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) since the 1995–96 academic year; except the men's ice hockey team, which they compete as an associate member of the
New England Hockey Conference
New England Hockey Conference (formerly the ECAC East) is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference.
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History
The New England Ho ...
(NEHC).
JWU–Providence competes in 15 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball and volleyball; and co-ed sports include equestrian.
North Miami campus
The athletic teams of the North Miami campus were members of the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
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(NAIA), primarily competing in the
Sun Conference
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from 2009–10 to 2019–20. The Wildcats previously competed as an
NAIA Independent within the Association of Independent Institutions (AII) from about 2005–06 to 2008–09.
JWU–North Miami competed in 11 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports included basketball, cross country, golf, soccer and track & field, while women's sports included basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, track & field and volleyball.
As part of the North Miami campus's closure in 2021, on July 28, 2020, JWU published a memorandum that detailed the discontinuation of all sports seasons and competitions there.
Charlotte campus
The athletic teams of the Charlotte campus are members of the
United States Collegiate Athletic Association
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(USCAA), primarily competing in the
Eastern Metro Athletic Conference
Eastern Metro Athletic Conference (EMAC) is a Division I conference of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). The conference consists of schools from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The conference hosted its firs ...
(EMAC) since the 2018–19 academic year.
JWU–Charlotte competes in 12 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer and volleyball; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, track & field and volleyball.
The JWU Charlotte Lady Wildcats basketball team won the 2018 USCAA Division II National Championship.
Denver campus
The athletic teams of the Denver campus were members of the
Division III
In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below.
Association football
*Belgian Thir ...
level of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
(NCAA), primarily competing in the
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
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(SCAC) from 2018–19 to 2019–20.
The Wildcats previously competed as an
NAIA Independent within the Association of Independent Institutions (AII) of the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
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(NAIA) from about 2005–06 to 2017–18; while its women's lacrosse team competed as an affiliate member of the
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The KCAC is the oldest conference in the NAIA and the second oldest in the United Stat ...
(KCAC).
JWU–Denver competed in 15 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports included basketball, cross country, , soccer and track & field (indoor and outdoor); while women's sports included basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball.
Move to NCAA Division III
JWU Denver announced on February 21, 2017, that it would transition from the NAIA to NCAA Division III, a multi-year journey commencing with an "exploratory year" in fall 2017. The school plans to compete as a member of the SCAC, beginning with the 2018–19 season, where it was paired up as a travel partner with the SCAC's
Colorado College.
[
As part of the Denver campus's closure at the end of the 2020–21 school year, JWU announced on June 26, 2020, that all athletic programs there were terminated and that student-athletes were granted releases to talk with other schools.
]
Charleston campus
The athletic teams of the Charleston campus were members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
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(NAIA), primarily competing as an NAIA Independent from about 1984–85 to 2002–03.
Norfolk campus
The athletic teams of the Norfolk campus were members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
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(NAIA), primarily competing as an NAIA Independent from about 1986–87 to 2005–06.
Awards
* Culinary Hall of Fame
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induction
Notable alumni
* Michelle Bernstein
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Early life
The daughter of an Argentine-Jewish mother and a father with Russian-J ...
(1994), chef and restaurateur
* Andrew Gruel
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, celebrity chef, restaurateur, and television personality
* Jeanine Calkin, member of the Rhode Island Senate
* Stephanie Cmar
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Early life and education
Cmar's first restaurant job was at a ...
(2007), chef and ''Top Chef
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'' contestant
* Graham Elliot Bowles (2007), celebrity chef
* Tyler Florence
Tyler Florence (born March 3, 1971) is a chef and television host of several Food Network shows. He graduated from the College of Culinary Arts at the Charleston, South Carolina, campus of Johnson & Wales University in 1991. He was later given an ...
(1994)
* Rahman "Rock" Harper (1996), ''Hell's Kitchen'' season 3 winner
* Chris Hastings
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In ...
(1984), chef and restaurateur
* Andy Husbands
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(1992), chef, restaurateur, author and television personality
* Maria Kanellis
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(2017), pro wrestler and valet
* Emeril Lagasse
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(1978), celebrity chef and television personality
* Scott Leibfried
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(1993), chef and culinary consultant, Hell's Kitchen sous chef, blue team (seasons 1–10)
* Thomas Michael McGovern
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Education
McGovern earned his Ed.D. from Johnson & Wales University, an M.P.A. from ...
(2001, Ed.D.), college president
* J. A. Moore, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
* Anna Olson
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(1995), celebrity chef and television personality, Food Network Canada
* Jim Renner
Jim Renner (born October 31, 1983) is an American professional golfer.
Renner attended Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts, the University of Oklahoma and Johnson & Wales University (Florida), where he won the 2005 NAIA Champio ...
(2007), pro golfer
* Charles Rosa (2008), professional Mixed Martial Artist
* Aaron Sanchez, celebrity chef
* Chris Santos
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(1993), celebrity chef and television personality
* Ben Silverman
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From 2007–2009, Silverman served as co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universa ...
, professional golfer
* Adrianne Calvo
Adrianne Calvo (born 1984) is an American chef and television personality.
Early life
Adrianne Calvo was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1984.
Career
In 2002, Calvo enrolled at the culinary school Johnson & Wales University. Receiving first pl ...
(2004), chef and television personality
* Chris Cosentino
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(1994), chef and television personality
* David Kinch
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(1981), American chef and restauranteur
* Beau MacMillan
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(1991), American chef and television personality
* Charlie Ayers (1990), American chef, cookbook author, and restaurateur
References
External links
*
Johnson & Wales–Providence athletics website
Johnson & Wales–Charlotte athletics website
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