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{{Short description|Private non-profit university in East Hartford, Connecticut, United States}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Goodwin University
| image = GoodwinUniversitySeal.svg
| image_size = 150px
| image_alt = Goodwin College logo
| former_name = Data Institute Business School 1962–1999<br />Goodwin College 1999–2020
| established = 1962
| type = [[Private university]]
| endowment = $9,104,000 (2015–16)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ctohe.org/News/pdfs/2018/2017SystemTrends.pdf |title=2017 Connecticut Higher Education System Data and Trends Report |publisher=CT Office of Higher Education |year=2017 |access-date=2019-11-08 |archive-date=2020-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112011004/https://www.ctohe.org/News/pdfs/2018/2017SystemTrends.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| faculty = 93<ref name=About>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodwin.edu/about/our-students |title=About Goodwin |publisher=Goodwin College |access-date=2019-11-08}}</ref>
| president = Mark E. Scheinberg
| students = 3,477 (Fall 2019)<ref name=About />
| city = [[East Hartford]]
| state = Connecticut
| country = United States
| campus_size = {{Convert|4|acre}}
| mascot = The Navigator
| website = {{URL|www.goodwin.edu}}
}}
[[File:Goodwin University, One Riverside Drive, East Hartford CT.jpg|thumb|Main Building, One Riverside Drive]]

'''Goodwin University'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.courant.com/community/east-hartford/hc-news-east-hartford-goodwin-university-20200106-tslfsyigxffkplh27obg5jcogu-story.html |title=Goodwin College in East Hartford is now Goodwin University |work=Hartford Courant |year=2020 |access-date=2020-01-06}}</ref> is a [[private university]] in [[East Hartford, Connecticut]], United States. It was founded in 1962 as the Data Institute Business School. It purchased the [[University of Bridgeport]] in January 2021.

== History ==
Goodwin University began as '''Data Institute Business School''' in 1962. In 2004, the college gained non-profit status and was granted accreditation by the [[New England Association of Schools and Colleges]] (NEASC). In 2008, the Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher Education authorized the institution to offer baccalaureate programs.

In 2005, Goodwin University 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).

Goodwin College became Goodwin University in early 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-01-06 |title=Goodwin College Becomes Goodwin University |url=https://www.goodwin.edu/enews/goodwin-college-becomes-goodwin-university/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Goodwin University |language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2021, it was announced that Goodwin University would be taking over the [[University of Bridgeport]] in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], and operating it as a subsidiary, although UB would retain its own name and brand.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-18|title=Goodwin extends its reach across Connecticut in deal to take over the University of Bridgeport|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-goodwin-bridgeport-20210118-zkx6rpxo2ba3xllfwbovhveujy-story.html|access-date=2021-03-26|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Campus ==
The campus is located in East Hartford, Connecticut. It is located on riverfront property that was the former location of a terminal. The site had been designated as a brown field, or contaminated area, by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]], and the college removed thirty large oil storage tanks and conducted [[soil remediation]] with the help of state and federal funding.

The campus includes a sculpture by [[David Hayes (sculptor)|David Hayes]].

== Academics ==
The university has three main schools: the School of Nursing and Health Professions, the School of Business Technology and Advanced Manufacturing, and the School of Applied Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.<ref name=":0" />

=== Accreditation ===
Goodwin University is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[New England Commission of Higher Education]] (NECHE). Programs accredited by specific accreditors include:

* The Dental Hygiene program is accredited by the [[Commission on Dental Accreditation]].
* The Early Childhood Education program is accredited by the [[National Association for the Education of Young Children]] (NAEYC).
* The Funeral Service Associate Degree Program is accredited by the [[American Board of Funeral Service Education]] (ABFSE).
* The certificate program in medical assisting is accredited by the [[Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs]] (CAAHEP).
* The Associate in Science degree in nursing is accredited by the [[Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing]] (ACEN).
* The baccalaureate degree program in nursing (RN-to-BSN and ABSN) is accredited by the [[Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education]] (CCNE).
* The Occupational Therapy Assistant Program is accredited by the [[Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education]] (ACOTE).
* The Respiratory Care Associate in Science program ais accredited by the [[Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care]] (CoARC)
* The Vision Care Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Opticianry Accreditation

=== Magnet schools ===
The Goodwin University campus is home to three [[magnet school]]s: [[Connecticut River Academy]], an early college and sustainability themed magnet high school; Riverside Magnet School, a [[Reggio Emilia approach]] themed magnet elementary school; and Pathways Academy of Design and Technology, a design and technology themed magnet high school.

==Notable alumni==

* [[Susan Saint James]], actress
* [[Ernestina Naadu Mills]], [[First Lady of Ghana]]

==See also==

* [[List of colleges and universities in Connecticut]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.goodwin.edu Official website]

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{{Colleges and universities in Hartford County}}
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