JWU History
This is the year Johnson & Wales University was founded.
What is 1914?
JWU Providence consists of these two main campuses.
What are Downcity and Harborside?
This animal represents Johnson & Wales University's athletic teams.
What is a Wildcat?
JWU is nationally recognized for its programs in culinary arts and this service-focused industry.
What is hospitality?
This downtown Providence shopping mall features multiple floors of stores, restaurants, and a movie theater.
What is Providence Place?
These two women founded Johnson & Wales University.
Who are Gertrude Johnson and Mary Wales?
This campus is home to JWU's College of Food Innovation & Technology.
What is Harborside?
WU's athletic teams compete in this NCAA division.
What is Division III?
This JWU college includes programs related to nursing, health sciences, and wellness.
What is the College of Health & Wellness?
Clue: This popular Rhode Island coffee shop is known for its nitro cold brew, iced lattes, and matcha.
What is The Nitro Bar?
Before becoming a university, JWU originally specialized in this field of education.
What is business education?
Students use this free transportation service to travel between JWU's campuses.
What is Wildcat Wheels?
This outdoor gathering space serves as a central hub for student activities on the Downcity Campus.
What is Gaebe Commons?
This Harborside building is commonly abbreviated as CCCE.
What is the Cuisinart Center for Culinary Excellence?
This historic Providence neighborhood, centered around Atwells Avenue, is known as the city's Little Italy.
What is Federal Hill?
JWU officially became a university during this decade.
What are the 1980s? (1988)
Students commonly refer to the Harborside Academic Center by these three letters.
What is HAC?
This residence hall shares its name with a Downcity dining location.
What is Snowden Hall?
This academic college is commonly abbreviated as CFIT.
What is the College of Food Innovation & Technology?
The Sanderson Sisters returned to Rhode Island when scenes for this 2022 Disney sequel were filmed in Providence.
What is Hocus Pocus 2?
During these two years, JWU introduced its culinary and hospitality programs.
What are 1972 and 1973?
This building on Harborside houses the university's Culinary Arts Museum, library, and Liberty Market.
What is the Friedman Center?
JWU students interested in varsity athletics head to this Harborside facility, home to the Wildcats.
What is the Wildcat Center?
This Harborside laboratory helps students develop and test new food products.
What is the Food Innovation Design Lab?
Created by artist Barnaby Evans in 1994, this Providence public art installation features bonfires burning along the city's rivers.
What is WaterFire?