Today at Edward Waters College, we are committed to innovation and are taking steps to be bold and audacious towards becoming a “best in class” institution of higher learning on the cutting edge for the future.  The purpose of the annual giving campaign is to seek philanthropic support from faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends. This critical support allows the college to increase academic excellence and student achievement.

“Our future posterity will not be determined by the prominent historicity of our past but by the contemporaneous relevance of our today and our audacity to innovate in preparation for our tomorrow”
– A. Zachary Faison, Jr., CEO and President of Edward Waters College.

What is Level Up?

This year, we are leading with a message that is easy to understand, with “Level Up”. We are asking alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends to make help us take the College to the next level and make a gift to Edward Waters. Private gifts are used to advance the mission, fund the College’s priorities, and ensures the College attracts and educates leaders who will have a positive impact on society.

What does your gift support? Emerging Eminence

  • Level Up at EWC is: Fostering an environment leading to the development of a scholarly and highly reputable academic institutional niche for the College.
  • Level Up at EWC is: An insistence and dogged focus on academic excellence and student achievement quantified by demonstrably successful outcomes for students as evidenced through not only graduation of students but post graduate success (gainful employment and graduate and professional school).

Edward Waters College Receives $150,000 To Support Annual Giving Campaign for Emerging Eminence

Florida Blue Makes Financial Investment in Edward Waters College

Edward Waters College Executive Cabinet Gives $13,689 to the College | Nearly $25,000 given since their onboarding in 2018

Emerging Eminence: EWC Launches New College Website

Make an online gift today, or contact us to discuss how to give and discover how you can make an impact by helping others take part in the Edward Waters experience.

Annual Giving

The Annual Fund provides flexible support so that EWC can launch new initiatives, advance strategic priorities and help meet immediate needs. Make an online gifttoday. If you would like a staff member to assist you with making a gift, please contact the Division of Institutional Advancement at 904-470-8253.

Cash/Check

If you would like to make a gift by cash or check, please print out this formand enclose with your gift. Checks should be made payable to Edward Waters College and mailed to:

Office of Institutional Advancement

The Susie E. Tolbert House
1665 Pearce Street
Jacksonville, FL 32209

Major Gifts

If you are interested in establishing a scholarship, an endowment, or providing a multi-year commitment to the College, please contact Dr. DeShanna Brown at (470) 470-8251, to learn more about leaving a lasting impact at Edward Waters College.

Planned Giving

Planned giving involves deferred commitments such as gifts of real estate, bequests, life insurance, retirement assets, and trusts. For more information, please contact the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Development, Marketing & Communications, Dr. DeShanna Brown at (904) 470-8251.

Corporate and Foundation Giving

Edward Waters College maintains ongoing funding and programmatic relationships with numerous local and national corporations and foundations. We strive to build long-term, dynamic and productive relationships with these partnersthat foster and support student scholarship, faculty development and innovative research.  For more information, contact the Division of Institutional Advancement at (904) 470-8253.

Matching Gifts

Many employers sponsor matching gift programs and will match any charitable contributions made by their employees. To find out if your company has a matching gift policy, please contact your employer’s Human Resources Department.

If your company is eligible, request a matching gift form from your employer, and send it to the Division of Institutional Advancement completed and signed with your gift. We will do the rest. The impact of your gift may be doubled or possibly tripled! Some companies match gifts made by retirees and/or spouses.

Make an online gift today, or contact us to discuss how to give and discover how you can make an impact by helping others take part in the Edward Waters experience.

Annual Giving

The Annual Fund provides flexible support so that EWC can launch new initiatives, advance strategic priorities and help meet immediate needs. Make an online gifttoday. If you would like a staff member to assist you with making a gift, please contact the Division of Institutional Advancement at 904-470-8253.

Cash/Check

If you would like to make a gift by cash or check, please print out this formand enclose with your gift. Checks should be made payable to Edward Waters College and mailed to:

Office of Institutional Advancement

The Susie E. Tolbert House
1665 Pearce Street
Jacksonville, FL 32209

Major Gifts

If you are interested in establishing a scholarship, an endowment, or providing a multi-year commitment to the College, please contact Dr. DeShanna Brown at (470) 470-8251, to learn more about leaving a lasting impact at Edward Waters College.

Planned Giving

Planned giving involves deferred commitments such as gifts of real estate, bequests, life insurance, retirement assets, and trusts. For more information, please contact the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Development, Marketing & Communications, Dr. DeShanna Brown at (904) 470-8251.

Corporate and Foundation Giving

Edward Waters College maintains ongoing funding and programmatic relationships with numerous local and national corporations and foundations. We strive to build long-term, dynamic and productive relationships with these partnersthat foster and support student scholarship, faculty development and innovative research.  For more information, contact the Division of Institutional Advancement at (904) 470-8253.

Matching Gifts

Many employers sponsor matching gift programs and will match any charitable contributions made by their employees. To find out if your company has a matching gift policy, please contact your employer’s Human Resources Department.

If your company is eligible, request a matching gift form from your employer, and send it to the Division of Institutional Advancement completed and signed with your gift. We will do the rest. The impact of your gift may be doubled or possibly tripled! Some companies match gifts made by retirees and/or spouses.

August 31, 2019 07:00:00 PM

The Edward Waters College Emergency Management Team continues to closely monitor Hurricane Dorian, which is expected to be a Category 4 hurricane upon landfall in Florida.

Due to the easterly trajectory of the storm and its current speed, it has been determined that movement of the remaining on-campus students from their residence halls to the JWJ facility will not occur until further notice. Cafeteria hours will operate regular weekend hours on Sunday, September 1st and adjusted hours for Monday, September 2nd. Brunch will be from 11:00a.m. – 1:00p.m. and dinner will be from 5:00p.m. – 6:00p.m.

Be advised, you will receive official communication from the College via email, social media, the EWC Website, and Tiger Alert throughout the duration of the storm. We will continue to monitor weather conditions and update you accordingly.

The Mission of Residence Life and Housing is to provide a living learning experience that that supports all residential EWC students. We strive to create a safe wholesome living and learning environment that is conducive to the overall development of our students that aids in their academic success, leadership development, positive decision making and responsible citizenship. Services are provided to our students in a friendly, courteous and efficient manner which helps to promote academic success.

Mr. Quentin McBeth
Assistant Director of Housing Operations
904-470-8870

August 16, 2019
10:00am
Milne Auditorium

*All incoming Freshmen students are mandated to be in attendance for this occasion. Freshmen female attire is black skirts and white blouse. Male Freshmen attire is black dress pants, white collar shirt and neck tie.

Business Accreditation

Jacksonville, Fla. – Edward Waters College is proud to announce that the Department of Business Administration has been granted the highly esteemed International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) accreditation — a nationally and internationally based accreditation. The Department initiated a relationship with IACBE through membership status. Over the years, the EWC Department of Business Administration has proven itself worthy of this highly sought after status.

“The Department of Business Administration strives to prepare our students for responsible positions in business, industrial, and government entities. This accreditation signifies that we are training our students beyond the basic standards. In addition, we are training our students to be confident, competent, ethical, and responsible business managers and leaders in the today’s society,” said Dr. Francis Ikeokwu, chair of the business department at Edward Waters College. “We will continue to apply our students and push them as they develop and graduate from our program and the College.”

According to their Web site, the IACBE’s accreditation principles are designed to promote and stimulate excellence in business education, and each accreditation principle is linked to one or more characteristics of excellence in business education. IACBE accreditation signifies that the business curriculum and co-curricular experiences provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to function effectively in business and industry. For more information on IACBE visit http://www.iacbe.org.

Edward Waters College has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE) located at 11374 Strang Line Road in Lenexa, Kansas, USA.

For a listing of accredited programs, click here.