Monthly Archives: August 2014

Disorientation 2014

An interesting document has been making the rounds in Wesleyan’s social media universe after being posted to the University Organizing Center site this week, and we’re sharing it with ENGAGE readers in the hopes of spurring discussion. The Disorientation Guide offers thoughtful and critical commentary on the campus climate, with introductions to a wide range of…

CSPL210: Money and Social Change (Fall 2014)

Have you ever felt like you could make real social change happen if you just had enough money to give? Leveraging funds for social and environmental good, it turns out, is far more complex than throwing money at problems. In a unique course being taught this fall by Criterion Institute president Joy Anderson, students will learn…

Green Street Communications and Marketing Internship

The Green Street Art Center hosts many exciting programs and events throughout the year – Web Design courses, Capoeira, Preschool music classes, you name it! – and they’re looking for a student intern to make sure that everyone on campus and around town knows about all the fun things they have to offer. Students who participate in…

NextBillion Case Writing Competition

What role could enterprise play in ending poverty around the world? How do companies in developing countries overcome obstacles to scaling their ventures and alleviating poverty? If you are interested in researching and writing on these pressing questions, consider collaborating with professors and classmates in the 2015 NextBillion Case Writing Competition. There are cash prizes for first, second, and third…

Municipal Government Internships with the City of Middletown

Politically active students often focus on state, national, and international affairs, yet much of the governance that influences our day-to-day lives happens on the local level, right under our very noses. The new internships with the City of Middletown will allow Wesleyan students and alumni to observe and assist with the daily activities of departments whose work directly…

Global Health and Innovation Conference (3/28-29 in New Haven)

Our friends at Unite for Sight are offering discounted registration for their 12th annual Global Health & Innovation Conference, March 28-29, in New Haven. (That’s a full week after Wesleyan’s Spring Break ends.) The student price is only $110 until August 31, and it increases $10/month thereafter. For full conference details, visit http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference. Current students who register for this…

Composting Internship with the Wesleyan Sustainability Office

Have you ever wondered what happens to all the food we toss after meals at Usdan and Summerfields? Do you know what’s so special about the blue buckets and Earth Tubs around campus and wish everyone else knew, too? This internship with the Sustainability Office presents a unique opportunity to assist with composting on Wesleyan’s campus and…

Opportunities with Hopscotch in NYC

Hopscotch is an award-winning and immensely fun iPad app that uses a visual programming language to teach kids (or anyone, really) to code. Liza Conrad ’11 reached out to the PCSE about two very exciting positions at the startup, and recent grads in New York with an interest in technology education should certainly take a look: 1.…

Speaking The Language: What You Need to Know About Finance and Accounting (10/14 at 6pm)

The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship presents SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING Tuesday, October 14 6-8 p.m. Allbritton 311 Presenter: Carl Byers ’93, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Register HERE  [The presenter will also offer private appointments that afternoon. Register for those HERE.] Entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and changemakers…