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" " Dear Friends, Colleges and universities across America are increasingly talking about the importance of connect- ing intellectual inquiry with the real world. This approach to education has many names — experiential education, cooperative education, internships — but it is not new to Johnson & Wales University. Since the time of our founding 100 years ago, when Mary Wales said, "We should teach a thing not for its own sake but as a preparation for what lies beyond," Johnson & Wales has embraced the notion that a properly educated person should have the kind of professional prepa- ration and intellectual vitality that integrated learning provides. So we welcome the conversation and look forward to continuing our leading role in it. In 2014, on the occasion of our centennial anniversary, JWU remains fully committed to preparing students for professional success through rigorous academics, rel- evant workplace skills, community leadership opportunities and a unique career education model. Student engagement is a crucial component of successful higher education in the 21st century. John J. Bowen '77 It pleases me that none other than the National Society of Experien- tial Education recently recognized Johnson & Wales with its highest honor, the William M. Burke Award. Accepting that honor on behalf of the university, I told a gathering in Baltimore that JWU is passionate about experiential education, that our philosophy starts at the high- est level of the university as part of our guiding principles, and that we unabashedly believe that student engagement is a crucial component of successful higher education in the 21st century. Tens of thousands of students continue to benefit from this model, and in the end our economy and our society are better for it. There are countless examples of how students benefit from connect- ing their academic programs with engagements in the world beyond the classroom. We've selected just a few of those stories to illustrate the uniqueness of a Johnson & Wales University education, and I hope you are as inspired by them as I am. Sincerely, John J. Bowen '77 Chancellor