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Graduates of Warrington Welcome are
now employed at the nation’s top-rated
workplaces including:

Accenture
Amazon
Bank of America
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
General Electric
Goldman Sachs
Google
IBM
Johnson & Johnson
KPMG
Procter & Gamble

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PwC
Target
Teach For America
Welcom
The Walt Disney Company
Walmart Corporation
Wells Fargo
“I am confident that
because of my
“As I enter my senior year at UF, I can easily track Warrington Welcome
the majority of my success and involvement back experience, I was better
to Warrington Welcome.  I took this class during prepared to succeed
the summer of my freshman year, and it has both academically and
continued to impact me since then!” -Philip C. professionally at the
University of Florida and
beyond.”
Warrington College of Business Administration
Career & Leadership Programs - Chelsea L.
233 Bryan Hall, PO Box 117160
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: 352-273-0177

What is Warrington
Welcome?
Warrington Welcome (SLS1102) is a one-credit
course for freshmen declaring a business or
accounting major. The class is limited to 25
students, and is facilitated by a professional staff
member and an upper-level business student.
The college expects that business and
accounting majors will take Warrington Welcome
during their first semester on campus.
A Foundation for
Success
As a Warrington Welcome student, you will have
the unique opportunity to:
• Meet Dr. Brian Ray, Associate Dean,
School of Business
• Develop your personal brand
• Understand your personal strengths
• Discover business majors and careers
• Explore the role of diversity on campus
and in the workplace
• Understand how you can internationalize
your degree
• Understand how to enhance your
resume through your college experience
• Network with peers, faculty, and
professors
• Gain professional teamwork,
communication, and interpersonal skills
Personal Attention
One unique aspect of your Warrington Welcome
class is your Peer Leader. Your Peer Leader is an
undergraduate student in the Warrington College
of Business Administration who will help facilitate
your course. Not only do Peer Leaders aid in
course instruction, but they also serve as a key
resource for undergraduate students. Having
experienced many of the same things that you
will experience over the next four years, your
Peer Leader will be able to provide you with the
keys to a successful college experience.
Professional
Development
Students who enroll in Warrington Welcome
have the unique opportunity to participate in the
SIFE Warrington Welcome Ethics Case
Competition. This case competition places
students in the middle of a real-world ethical
dilemma. Students are challenged to work as a
team to come up with a creative and ethical
solution, which they present to judges from SIFE
and various community organizations. The
winning teams receive cash prizes, but all
students gain invaluable real-world experience in
only their first semester at the University of
Florida.
Community
Involvement
Do you want to make a difference in the first
semester of your College experience? That is
exactly what students in Warrington Welcome do
through their class service project. These
projects provide wonderful assistance to their
new community while giving students an
opportunity to bond with one another.
Lasting Friendships
”Due to the small class size, I became very close
with my peers. It was comforting to be in a
classroom filled with intelligent students who had
similar career goals in the business world. To this
day, I still keep in touch with my classmates from
Warrington Welcome and am not surprised that
they have leadership positions all throughout
campus.” - Rajiv A.
Each semester
Warrington Welcome
students spend time in the
local community on various
service pr ojects.