Sustainability in the Palm of his Hand
Maarouf Barry, Business Management ’20, is looking to change the way we produce, package, and market palm oil, and he’s using his Wentworth experience to help make it a more environmentally sustainable and socially empowering product. Eleis Farm (pronounced “Ay-lay-is”) was founded by Barry’s parents in 2013. Based in...
Continue ReadingCybersecurity and Applied Sciences Programs Coming This Fall
Wentworth’s Board of Trustees officially approved two new degree programs that are set to debut in Fall 2019: A Bachelor of Science in Applied Sciences and a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity. The chair of the Department of Sciences, Franz Rueckert, believes that applied science is a natural fit...
Continue ReadingPreserving Roxbury’s History Through Interviews
The congregation at Roxbury’s historic Eliot Congregational Church has come to know Wentworth well after a flurry of architecture, construction management, and marketing related classes visited the property to find ways to repurpose and save it (see our Winter 2018/19 issue). But Ella Howard’s “Boston History” class took time...
Continue ReadingA Second Act at Wentworth
Bertrand Saint-Preux earned an associate degree from a community college in Florida, but felt like he could not get to where he wanted without a degree in computer science. He would find what he needed at Wentworth, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 2018 and now working as a...
Continue ReadingBreaking Barriers
We spoke with nine women who have been active at Wentworth and share, in their words, their experiences.Continue Reading
Continue ReadingThe Blending of Industry & Academia
On a weekday afternoon, a group of Wentworth students head to Boston’s Prudential Center. They’re not going to shop, dine, or work. They’re going to class.Continue Reading
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