WPI Receives Investment in the Center for Well-Being
WPI has received a significant gift from Carol and John Gabranski ’75 to provide long-lasting support for the Center for Well-Being and its programs, promoting student flourishing today and for generations to come.
“My dream is for every student at WPI to graduate with the same confidence in caring for their well-being as they have in applying the technical knowledge they gained in the classroom,” says Paula Fitzpatrick, director of the Center for Well-Being. “The Gabranskis’ gift is a transformational investment in the future of our students and in the culture of well-being we are building together.”
Scholarship
Philanthropic support allows WPI to offer competitive financial aid to recruit the world’s top young minds, like Jeremy Tiller ’22, who built a flying car before deciding that WPI was the right place to pursue his passions and create new inventions.
Experiential Learning
Project work is central to the WPI plan and a core part of the university’s mission. Through global project experiences, major qualifying projects, and competitions, students transform your investment into immediate impact at home and abroad. With the help of donor support, all students can complete life-changing project work.
Research
Professor of Chemical Engineering Jennifer Wilcox is currently conducting research on how to remove carbon dioxide from the air we breathe. Donor support of research like this is helping to save the planet.
Faculty
Our outstanding faculty have earned us a #1 ranking in schools that do the best in combining scholarly research with classroom instruction. Donor support helps us recruit faculty like Reeta Rao, who received the 2018 SIMB Waksman Outstanding Teaching Award for excellence in teaching, mentoring, and research.
Humanities
By teaching students within a curriculum firmly rooted in the complex human context, WPI prepares students to be humanist engineers and scientists who understand the wide-ranging influence the STEM disciplines have on the world. Your support of the university is developing the next generation of well-rounded change-makers.
