Monthly Archives: May 2013

DDD Social Enterprise Summer Internship

Digital Divide Data Social Enterprise Summer Internship and Short-Term Project May 2013 DDD, an award-winning social enterprise operating in Cambodia, Laos and Kenya, is looking for a short-term project manager, based in our New York City office, reporting to our CEO and CFO.  The project mananger would work on new business planning for the organization.…

Max Perel Slater ’11 and the Maji Safi Organization Feature

The Maji Safi Organization, started by Max Perel Slater ’11, ” is a disease prevention and health promotion nonprofit that operates through a community health worker model in rural Tanzania. A core belief of MSG is that preventable diseases can be avoided by taking a community-led approach through empowering women and children to promote disease prevention.…

Join WAPPS (Wesleyan Alumni in Philanthropy & Public Service)

This post invites Wesleyan Alumni to join WAPPS, a group of alumni who focus on or engage with philanthropy and public service. With a host of events throughout the country, it’s easy to stay connected. We hope this post isn’t too soon for you recent graduates, but keep in mind, this is just one of…

From the Middletown Eye // “The Midd You Missed”

Senior Bucket Lists are on bigger to-do lists this week…we heard rumors of a group of seniors who were, as part of their Senior Bucket Lists, “Bonding.” Bonding is a Senior Ritual where a group of students wearing sunglasses slowly roll up in a car blasting the James Bond theme song. As the unsuspecting students…

$7500 Photoshoot Opportunity for Entrepreneurs

This just in from Gina B., a very, very unique photoshoot/social entrepreneurship opportunity with a hefty payout (which, by the way, we have not vetted): “Strickman-Ripps is a NYC based casting company that specializes in finding “real people” for commercials, web videos and print advertisements.  For our current project, we are looking for young adults…

Argus’ “News to Know” High and Low-lights 2012-2013

If New York City is the city that never sleeps…Wesleyan is the university that never lies dormant. When there are things to be done, Wesleyan students can’t relax. Case in point: rallying for Need-blind, bringing awareness to on campus profiling, or working with the administration to further academic minor options. We’re proud to say that…

Jennifer Roach ’14 and Summer of Solutions on ioby.org

As a follow up to this May 15 job opportunities post, we wanted to share this WesChat email from Jennifer Roach ’14:   Hello Alumni! I am a Wesleyan junior, and three years ago I co-founded the Summer of Solutions Hartford, a youth leadership development and food justice nonprofit in Hartford. We run ten-week summer…

From Idealist // How to Turn a Volunteer Position into a Job

Idealist shares 6 tips for turning your volunteer position into a job. Here’s the first two: “Be committed This may seem like the bare minimum, but Kate and Em, who started with a job in the volunteer department before becoming communications coordinator, said that the organization recognizes consistency, notices if a volunteer is often a no-show,…

Co.Exist // 9 Apps to Help You Make Better Food Choices

From this Co.Exist Article: “It’s hard to talk about the future these days without talking about apps. Back in 2008, our mobile phones were primarily for making calls and sending and receiving text messages. Now, they’re for tweeting, checking Facebook, playing Angry Birds, and utilizing apps that tell us when the next bus is coming,…