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Wells CollegeAURORA, N.Y.—Wells College is announcing the addition of an innovative new business center to its liberal arts offerings. This program puts Wells at the forefront of national efforts to revitalize undergraduate business programs by connecting them more fully to the liberal arts.

The College will immediately launch a center for the study of business through the liberal arts, which will focus on teaching business in a manner that stresses interdisciplinary and experiential learning, in keeping with Wells’ core curriculum. The College is charging the new center to build signature programs in areas of business that best leverage Wells’ distinctive values and strengths, including arts administration; non-profit business; “green” business; entrepreneurship; and hospitality.

Through individualized majors overseen by the new center, students can begin studying business as early as next fall, says Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College Leslie Miller-Bernal. Wells plans to begin a search this spring for a director for the center.

Other academic initiatives announced by the College include a program to fully integrate students’ required internship experiences with their major, and the exploration of degree completion programs that would partner Wells with area community colleges in order to reach a wider array of students.

Wells also announced that it is initiating a foundation year program for international students. This program will provide international students with a year of intensive preparation before enrolling in an American college or university. A bourgeoning industry in the American higher education, foundation year programs offer foreign students of promise the opportunity to take courses in language acquisition and study skills, as well as general education courses, while acculturating to collegiate life in the United States.

The Wells College Board of Trustees approved these additions to Wells’ academic and auxiliary programs at their February meeting.

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