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Goodwin College

Goodwin College
Type	Private College
Established	1999
President	Mark E. Scheinberg
Location	East Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Mascot	The Navigator
Website	www.goodwin.edu

Mission

The mission of Goodwin College is to educate a diverse student population in a dynamic environment that aligns education, commerce and community. Our innovative programs of study prepare students for professional careers while promoting lifelong learning and civic responsibility. As a nurturing college community we challenge students, faculty, staff and administration to fully realize their highest academic, professional and personal potential.

History

Goodwin College was founded in 1999. Prior to the founding, the organization was known as Data Institute and was a training school offering non-credit classes in office work and computer technology.

The college became a non-profit in 2004, adopting a board of trustees, and shortly thereafter secured accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

In 2005, Goodwin College initiated a major project to construct a new campus along the Connecticut River in East Hartford. The college had purchased riverfront property that was home to a defunct oil terminal, and took steps to redevelop the site in partnership with state and federal environmental agencies and the Connecticut Development Authority (CDA). The site had been designated as a brown field, or contaminated area, by the Environmental Protection Agency, and the college removed 30 large oil storage tanks and conducted soil remediation with the help of state and federal funding.

The college was granted approval from the Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher Education to offer bachelor’s degrees in 2008, and began offering its first master’s degree programs in fall of 2017.

Programs

Goodwin College specializes in career-focused programs

Certificates

Associate Degrees

Bachelor's Degrees

Master's Degrees

Accreditation

Goodwin College is regionally accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.

Campus

The Goodwin College auditorium has hosted T. Boone Pickens, Malcolm Gladwell, John Lewis, Gen. David Petraeus, and others.

Honorary Degree Recipients

Congressman John Lewis
Jim Calhoun
Gail Shehy
Peter Yarrow

Magnet Schools

The Goodwin College campus is home to two inter-district magnet schools: the Connecticut River Academy, a sustainability themed magnet high school with focuses on environmental science and advanced manufacturing; and Riverside Magnet School (formerly the Early Childhood Magnet School at Goodwin College), a Reggio-Emelia themed early childhood magnet school.