a brochure brief summarizing key elements of the Community Impacts & Benefits realized through Wentworth Institute of Technology's Community & Learning Partnerships Initiatives. This piece was produced as a companion to the Institute's Community Benefits Plan, a component of the Institutional Master Plan filed with and approved by the City of Boston for 2010-2020.

1. Wentworth
and the
Community

2. Mission Hill as viewed from atop Bea y Hall on Wentworth’s Campus
For more than 100 years, Wentworth Institute of This report offers additional details on how
Technology has been proud to call the Mission Wentworth engages this vision for campus and
Hill and Fenway neighborhoods in the city of community partnerships, ranging from our many
Boston its home. Just as Boston has grown and service-learning partnerships to our commitments
changed over that time, Wentworth has evolved to Mission Hill, Fenway, and the City of Boston.
from a trade school into a higher education insti-
tution granting both undergraduate and graduate Sincerely,
degrees in the disciplines of engineering, technol- Zorica Pantić, EE, Ph.D.
ogy, design, and management.
President
The Institute remains steadfast in its commitment
to serving its community by providing a practical
means to a high-quality technical education. As
we build for the next hundred years, Wentworth
will continue to be a student-focused institution
of academic excellence offering high-quality un-
dergraduate, graduate, and lifelong learning pro-
grams that are both accessible and affordable; it
will provide community service through urban
engagement and service learning; and foster eco-
nomic growth by providing the workforce with
highly skilled professionals.

3. CONTENTS
Academic Excellence, Affordability & Access
Community Service & Learning
Mee ng Public Responsibili es through Part-
nerships
Economic Impacts & Community Benefits

4. Academic Excellence,
Affordability & Access
Wentworth is committed to providing a high-quality, career-focused
education that blends classroom, lab and real-world experience
through cooperative education. Further, the Institute is committed to
providing such an education in a manner that is both accessible and
affordable to residents of Boston, the Commonwealth, and beyond.
Scholarships for the Boston Public Schools
Community Partnerships
As an integral part of the commit- Over the past several years, Went-
ment to Boston and its residents, worth has started to align its Bos-
Wentworth annually provides 14 ton Public School Partnerships
full year scholarships to graduates with three key schools/programs
of Boston Public High Schools. that include the John D. O’ Bry-
ant School of Mathematics and
Four scholarships are specifically Science, the Engineering School
designated for residents of the Mis- and the Tech Boston Program. It
sion Hill and Fenway neighbor- is with these key partners that
hoods with one additional full Wentworth hopes to lay the foun-
scholarship to a community resi- dation for and invest in a range of
dent attending Wentworth’s even- programming and coordination that
ing programs, and one scholarship over time will yield a richer experi-
designated each year for employ- ence for students of those schools
ees of the City of Boston who wish and programs as well as a larger
to pursue an associate’s degree. and more successful pipeline of
Boston Public Schools (BPS) grad-
uates to attend and graduate from
Wentworth.
In 2010 Wentworth awarded more than
$425,000 in community scholarships

5. College Awareness A Different Approach to
by Design Workforce Development
The Boston chapter of the Archi- Project STRIVE is a school-to-
tecture, Construction, and Engi- work transition program for BPS
neering (ACE) program is run students with a variety of special
collaboratively through Gilbane needs, including physical, cogni-
and Turner Construction compa- tive, and emotional disabilities.
nies with support from staff and Currently more than 50 students
students at Wentworth. work at Wentworth on a daily
basis at the Institute’s Recycling
The program seeks out high Training Center, where they are
school students interested in ACE hired by Wentworth as an em-
fields and pairs them one-on-one ployee and supervised by
with industry mentors. The stu- STRIVE “job coaches.” Students
dents and mentors meet bi- learn valuable work and social
weekly for three hour sessions. skills and also gain the satisfac-
Students work in teams on hands- tion of holding a paying job for
on projects presented at the con- the first time. In 20 years, more
clusion of each academic year. the 1,500 students have been em-
ployed by the program.

6. Community Service and Service Overall, the Center connects the
Learning initiatives at Went- various forms of engagement,
worth are coordinated by the ranging from a day of volunteer-
Center for Community and ing to a semester of classroom-
Learning Partnerships. Each based service learning, to pro-
year nearly 2,000 students and duce substantive and sustained
dozens of faculty members pro- partnerships.
vide more than 100,000 hours of
Community Service &
service through projects, pro-
grams, and activities coordinat-
ed by the Center.
Learning
Between 2005 and 2010,
Wentworth’s stu dent an d fac-
ulty contributions through
community-based wo rk an d
service had an estimated
$14,250,000 in economic
value as calculated by the
number of hours s erved
multiplied b y th e value o f
an hour of service in M assa-
chusetts as establish ed b y
Independent Sector.

7. Foundations of Service &
Learning @ Wentworth Since the start of this program
In 2001, before the establishment more than 150 students have been
of the Center for Community and trained and have passed an inten-
Learning Partnerships at Went- sive taxation exam to prepare both
worth, Professor Jonathan Guever- federal and state tax forms.
ra from the Humanities, Social The student (and now alumni) vol-
Sciences, & Management depart- unteers have prepared taxes free of
ment proposed the idea of organiz- charge for more than 1,000 low-
ing student volunteers to prepare income residents of Mission Hill,
taxes for community residents for Fenway, and Boston helping real-
free. ize more than one and half million
After a period of discussions and dollars in tax returns and earned
planning, in 2002 a small group of income credits.
student volunteers led by Professor
Gueverra came together in partner-
ship with ABCD Parker Hill-
Fenway and the IRS to form the
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
Program (commonly known as VI-
TA).
Since 2002, Wentworth student, faculty, and alumni volunteers have
helped more than 1,000 low‐income individuals and families realize tax
returns exceeding $1,500,000 in value.

8. Campus & Community Policing Open Space and Neighborhood Maintenance
Wentworth police officers monitor the Institute’s cam- Wentworth allows neighbors and visitors access to
pus property, the adjacent residential neighborhoods, campus and the use of open space areas, recreational
and the public streets 24 hours a day, seven days a facilities, athletic fields, and the campus library and
week. The Wentworth Police Department (WPD) em- dining facilities. In the course of maintaining campus
ploys a staff of 11 certified Massachusetts Special properties, Wentworth makes a concerted effort to
State Police Officers who are also sworn deputy sher- clean city sidewalks, curbsides, and catch basins adja-
iffs of Suffolk County and are certified Emergency cent to campus properties.
Medical Technicians. In 2009, the Institute’s public
safety operations expenditures amounted to The Institute also participates in various neighborhood
$1,481,136. beautification projects and maintains two public parks.
Wentworth made a capital contribution of $75,000 to-
WPD coordinates initiatives to promote off-campus wards the improvement of Evans Way Park in 2002
student safety and to improve student/neighbor rela- and the Institute also maintains this public park and the
tionships; addresses student behavior problems in the Mass College of Art Park incurring an annual cost of
neighborhood; and refers students for disciplinary ac- approximately $40,000.
tion to the Institute’s Office of Community Standards;
and participates in Mission Hill Crime Committee
meetings, Problem Properties Task Force meetings,
and weekend/late-night “Ride-Alongs” with the Bos-
ton Police Department.
Meeting Public Responsibilities
Through Partnerships

9. Collaborating to Re-build a Community
In 2006 Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services Parcel, to support the redevelopment of the Roxbury
(MHNHS) launched a community visioning and plan- Crossing. With the Gurney Street Parcel, MHNHS
ning process concerning a vacant city-owned parcel at plans to construct approximately 40 units of afforda-
Roxbury crossing known as Parcel 25. Through this ble senior housing. As of November 2009, the Gurney
effort MHNHS’s successfully bid to redevelop the Street property had an assessed value of $147,300 and
parcel in spring of 2009, and the process is now wind- an appraised value of approximately $200,000.
ing its way from planning to implementation.
Wentworth has been a collaborator throughout this
process and has committed to contributing four par-
cels of land, collectively known as the Gurney Street

10. Leveraging In addition to the approximately $1.5 million Wentworth expends
on community benefits each year, the Institute also contributes
Partnerships through annually to the City of Boston’s Payments in Lieu of Taxes
(PILOT) program. In fiscal year 2009-2010, the Institute paid
Payments in Lieu of $36,468 in PILOT contributions in addition to $117,095 in other
taxes and fees to the City of Boston.
Taxes
As a part of Wentworth’s participation in the PILOT program to
date, the Institute has implemented three community service pro-
jects funded in part by a negotiated allocation of 25% of the Insti-
tute’s annual PILOT commitments. These projects include sup-
porting the Mission Hill Wireless Network project, installation of
“Big Belly” trash receptacles in Mission Hill, and placement of a
College Advising Corps member at the John D. O’Brant School.
PILOT Project Highlight:
Mission Hill Wireless Net-
work
In collaboration with Boston
Main Streets, Wentworth estab-
lished the first node of a planned
neighborhood WiFi network to
provide free wireless Internet
access to residents in the nearby
Alice Taylor and Mission Main
housing developments. The pro-
ject has extended beyond the
original three-year commitment
and now has been incorporated
into broader efforts led by Open
Air Boston to bring additional
service to nearby businesses and
nonprofits in Mission Hill and
the Fenway. Wentworth contin-
ues to support the program by
providing the internet connec-
tion, roof rights for staging of
equipment, electricity, and stor-
age.

11. Sustaining Meaningful
Partnerships
Wentworth is committed to com- An example of Wentworth’s com-
munity-campus partnerships that mitment to community is the Insti-
are sustained over the long term; tute’s partnership with Main
layer resources, projects and pro- Streets. This collaboration has last-
grams, and are rooted in a mutual ed for more than a decade, stem-
understanding of assets and ming from faculty members and
needs. These partnerships create students who have volunteered on
both a more effective learning en- boards and committees of more
vironment and a more effective than one district.
vehicle for constructive communi-
ty impact. To date, nearly 500 students have
worked to carry out three dozen
service learning projects including
conducting market research, fa-
çade redesign, streetscape survey-
ing, and website development.
“Wentworth has become a true partner of the City of Boston. Their civic in‐
volvement shows their dedica on to improving our great city.”
~ Mayor Thomas. M. Menino

12. Economic Employment
As of January 31, 2009, Went-
Wentworth’s payroll and benefits
for Fiscal Year 2009 totaled ap-
proximately $39,781,000.
Impacts &
worth employed a total of 743 full
-time and part-time faculty and Local Purchasing
staff members, approximately
Community 32% (240) of whom are Boston Wentworth is committed to posi-
residents. Wentworth also funds tively contributing to the economy
195 positions through private con- of the City of Boston and the
Bene its tractors who provide operational state. In fiscal year 2009, the Insti-
services in the areas of cleaning, tute made operating and capital
food service, health services, copy purchases (not including major
and mail center, receiving and se- construction) in excess of
curity. Approximately 59% (114) $22,000,000, of which
of the individuals employed by $15,572,000 was from vendors
these service contractors are Bos- within Massachusetts. Further-
ton residents. more, $5,318,000 of those pur-
chases was from vendors within
In total, Wentworth employs a the City of Boston.
total of 938 personnel, of which
38 % are Boston residents.
Each year, Wentworth conducts more than
$15 million in business with Massachuse s-
based vendors.

13. Wentworth’s Community Benefits Plan Center for Community and Learning Partnerships and
we will build upon these foundations with sustained
In filing for its ten-year Institutional Master Plan with support, new resources, and a renewed commitment to
the City of Boston in 2010, the Institute proposed a partnerships that will leverage community benefits in-
Community Benefits Plan focused on two primary ob- vestments to achieve a greater impact.
jectives:
Specifically, the Institute will channel resources into
1. Enhance educational opportunities for the young four key initiative areas:
people of the City of Boston
1. Service Learning and Civic Engagement
2. Contribute to and support neighborhoods
2. Workforce Development,
These objectives will be achieved through partnerships
with our neighbors community-based organizations, and 3. College Access and Success, and
the City of Boston. Our long-standing practice of part-
nerships was enhanced with the establishment of the 4. Community-Campus Relations
Wentworth Community Benefits Plan Highlights
Wentworth Investment Annual Cumulative
(2010-2020)
Service Learning and Civic $413,000 $4,130,000
Engagement Operations &
Facilities
BPS & Neighborhood Schol- $425,000 $4,250,000
arships
Project STRIVE and BPS/ $461,600 $4,616,000
School-to-Career Project
Operations & Facilities
Community Policing $150,000 $1,500,000
Cash and in-kind community $100,000 $1,000,000
support
Total $1,549,000 $15,490,000

14. Key Contacts
Office of the President: (617) 989-4476
Community Relations: (617) 989-4478 WENTWORTH
Center for Community and Learning Partnerships: INSTITUTE OF
(617) 989-4992
TECHNOLOGY
Wentworth Public Safety: (617) 989-4400
Office of Community Standards: (617) 989-4486
550 HUNTINGTON AVE
Human Resources: (617) 989-4190
Admissions: (617) 989-4000 BOSTON, MA 02115
General Information/Directory: (617) 989-4590 WWW.WIT.EDU