Johnson & Wales University (JWU, J&W) is a private, nonprofit, co-educational, career-oriented university with four campuses located throughout the United States. Providence, Rhode Island, USA, is home to JWU's first and largest of four currently operating campuses. Founded as a business school in 1914, by Gertrude I. Johnson and Mary T. Wales, JWU currently has 17,230 students enrolled in business, counseling psychology, culinary arts, education, engineering, equine management, hospitality, and technology programs across its campuses. - Source: Wikipedia