Letter from Mark Thompson - President's Report 2024

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Dear Alumni and Friends: 

When I say that Wentworth is at an inflection point in this moment, I wholeheartedly mean it. As the university enters its 120th year, we are embarking on an ambitious Institutional Master Plan that will transform our Boston campus and have a tremendously positive impact on the Wentworth community and beyond.  

The IMP represents the future of Wentworth. It is a plan to further heighten Wentworth’s visibility and reach while solidifying us as the university of opportunity for students who are looking to transform their lives. 

You have likely been following the progress made on the new athletic center, which is set to open for the fall semester this year and—as you’ll see in this report—has our student-athletes very excited. But we’re just getting started. In the coming years you can look forward to: 

  • A new eight-story, 111,000-square-foot integrated athletics field house and 217-bed residence hall 

  • A 267,000-square-foot, 672-bed residence hall fronting on Huntington Avenue with study and event spaces, a dining hall, and an expanded fitness center 

  • A reconfigured 13-story, 522-bed residence hall at 630 Huntington Ave., replacing Baker Hall, that will include a café, study and event spaces 

  • A five-story West Quad Academic Building to newly house the School of Architecture and Design 

  • New North and South Halls, replacing the outdated Annex complex offering new homes for the Schools of Engineering and Management 

  • Two new outdoor green public spaces 

 

And the IMP is simply continuing work already taking place thanks to people like you. Within these pages you’ll read about what we’re currently doing to transform the academic experience, bolster our external partnerships, enable entrepreneurial opportunities, engage with our alumni, work with our Boston neighbors, and meet more of our donors on the road.  

This year you'll see a further commitment to not just students, but to our alumni base and our friends in industry. 

And we will continue to deliver to our students what has always been at the core of our mission: A hands-on, future-ready education that’s worth it.  

rendering of new buildings on a college campus
A rendering showing new buildings as proposed in the IMP

 

Respectfully,  

Mark A. Thompson, Ph.D.  
President