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My name's Levon Harvey.
And we're at
Western New England College
in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Watch out now--
we're in Golden Bear territory.
Let's go.
Western New England College
is located in Springfield,
Massachusetts, with easy day
trips to New York City,
Boston, and Hartford,
close to popular ski resorts
and beautiful beaches.
Beautiful campus.
We have a lot of things nearby.
Like New York City
isn't too far away.
You can take the train.
You can also go into
Boston and do a lot
of fun activities there.
We're also really close
to downtown Springfield
and Hartford,
so there's a lot to do.
Western New England's
Springfield campus has 215 acres
with a mall, gazebo area,
and brand new modern facilities.
Ten campus buildings
and athletic venues have been
built or renovated in the last
ten years, with more facilities
already in design stages.
There's a lot to do
outside of campus.
There's historical sites.
There's clubs for over 18.
You can go dancing
with your friends.
There's really nice restaurants,
the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Even though there's so much
to do outside of Springfield,
a lot of students actually
choose to stay on campus
during the weekend,
because we offer so many
things to do here on campus.
We have comedians come.
We have musicians
come and entertain.
I live 25 minutes away,
and I only went home once
for Christmas.
So I never wanted to go home.
Stop by the rock and see what's
going on around campus.
It's one of the most popular
landmarks at WNEC.
No one ever sees the rock
being painted,
but it often changes to
advertise student activities.
Western New England serves about
2,500 undergraduate students
from 31 states.
The average class size is 20,
and the student to faculty ratio
is 15:1.
Due to the high concentration
of males in some programs,
such as Engineering,
about 60% of full-time
undergraduates are males.
The average freshmen has a GPA
of 3.2, higher for engineers
and pre-pharmacy students.
The minimum SAT, as well
as averages, vary by the four
academic schools
and by academic programs.
For most students,
tuition and fees will cost
about $28,000, and the typical
freshmen will pay about $11,000
for room and board.
On the plus side, 90% of
students receive financial aid,
including merit scholarships.
Western New England
offers nearly 40 full-time
undergraduate majors
through the schools
of Arts and Sciences,
Business, and Engineering.
There's also Masters
and Doctoral programs,
as well as a law school
on campus.
And soon, a school of pharmacy's
expected to open its doors.
Our business school has
an AACSB accreditation,
which basically only 10% of
the schools in the world have.
Schools like Harvard have it,
and we're very lucky to have it.
The most common popular majors
include Sport Management,
Psychology, Criminal Justice,
Accounting,
Mechanical Engineering,
and Communications.
This is one of only a few
institutions in the country
with a total enrollment of less
than 4,000 that has the highest
accreditation in Engineering,
Business, Law, and Social Work.
There are 177 full-time faculty
members.
Ninety percent have earned their
PhD or other terminal degree.
The teachers here
are really good.
They'll give you their home
phone numbers,
their cell phones, and they
really want you to contact them.
So one of my teachers,
he wanted us to text him.
It was his new thing.
So they're really good about
getting back to you.
They really want you to stay
on track with your work.
I am up till one or two in
the morning on occasion.
So if a student sends me
an instant message,
if a student sends me an e-mail,
and occasionally students use
only Facebook as a means
of communication.
I actually have a Facebook page
I use to send out reminders
to students on occasion.
These recently renovated
athletic fields complement
the Golden Bears rise
in national status.
Several of the teams have gone
far in the post-season,
including baseball, soccer,
and lacrosse.
Traditional halls are
offered to freshmen.
Suite-style units are open
for sophomores.
Most juniors elect to stay in
on-campus apartment complexes,
and many seniors reside in
the Evergreen Village townhouse.
First year students use a unique
online matching system to find
compatible roommates
and get to know
what hall and room
they want to live in.
All the residence halls are
equipped with cable television,
including HBO,
and laundry is free.
There are over 60 clubs
and organizations,
like the Concert Band,
the Off-road Bicycle Club,
or feel free to start your own.
And many organizations,
such as the Society of Women
Engineers, have an academic
or professional focus.
Our students have been doing
study abroad for many years,
and we've had students in
Australia and New Zealand
and England and in Italy.
But recently, we've been putting
into place these one week
to two week travel courses.
And we've had students going on
Spring Break or on Winter Break
or the first part of the summer
to places like Guatemala.
We had a trip to Ireland,
and students went into
businesses in Ireland and looked
at the way that business
operates in Europe.
So if you want personal
attention and small classes,
and want to be well prepared
for your career or grad school,
check out Western
New England College.
What a time here at Western
New England College.
Did you know it's a tradition
for students to take
their picture next to
the Golden Bear?
Make sure you put that
on your "to do" list.
For YOUniversity TV, I'm Levon.
We'll catch you next time.
